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Microsoft just put up the price of your subscription without your consent. Mine rose from £79.99 per year to over £100. The extra is because they've strapped their 'AI copilot' in to every program. You can refuse this increase and these features. Instructions below.

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill). Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill). Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

submitted 35 days ago • 119 comments

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin - right now! In cooperation with @ledbydonkeys.org

submitted 37 days ago • 238 comments

"It’s not about the money. You see, taxes are an implicit acknowledgment that I exist within society and not above it. That my fate is tethered to the fate of humanity at large. That I am not the special little boy I’ve always believed myself to be."

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

We have teamed up with Macondo Literary Festival to offer 2 Scottish & 2 Kenyan poets with the unique opportunity of a residency in March at the Turkana Basin Institute. Supported by British Council Scotland & Creative Scotland. ffi 👇 www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/disrupting-t...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

It’s not Christmassy but here’s my Xmas poem dedicated to delivery drivers everywhere!

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

"I get that, in all likelihood, you planned every detail of that vacation and got zero thanks for it."

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

‘Glasgow is the most complete of Britain’s motorway cities, outstripping anything achieved in London, and even car-mad Birmingham.’ Richard J. Williams on the utopian vision and disappointing reality of Glasgow’s M8: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

The man who sold the World www.theguardian.com/football/202...

submitted 79 days ago • 17 comments

Putting the finishing touches to an edit of an interview I did with poet Donnie O'Rourke. I could listen to Donnie talk about poetry all day. One of the most generous, articulate, informed people I've ever met on the subject. His passion is infectious. Hope to have it on SPL website by Monday. (KW)

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the

submitted 92 days ago • 18 comments

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT... ... the SPL hosts the Luath Press Poetry Showcase featuring Hugh McMillan, Liz Niven, Anne Pia and Julie McNeill. 50% discount with the promo code Luath50 via our Eventbrite box office: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scottish-p...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

AI generated Robert Louis Stevenson in a kilt. The hands though...it's always the hands that give it away.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Congratulations to Pàdraig MacAoidh [Peter Mackay] on his appointment as Scotland's new Makar (National Poet). Pàdraig is the first Scottish Gaelic poet in the role. He recorded his poem Crann-cuinnse [Quince Tree] to promote the announcement. The English translation appears in the thread below.

submitted 88 days ago • 4 comments

#ScottishPoetryEvents TONIGHT! BOOK LAUNCH! Laura Fyfe & Friends Starts: 7pm at the SPL www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/laura-t-fy...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

500 by hippos!

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

Here's a searchable list of all the Starter Packs on Bluesky: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

My six favourite European Mr Men character names... 6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso 5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel 4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing 3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo 2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs 1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump

submitted 103 days ago • 93 comments

Poems on the Underground created a page for our exhibition of their posters which includes recordings of the poems. All for free. poemsontheunderground.org/scottish-poe... A highlight: Scroll down their page to the recording of The Loch Ness Monster's Song.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

Hello to all you poets & poetry fans. By way of an intro here's a poetry resource we've been working on for years. It features the internet's largest database of Scottish poets & their work, poetry-related blogs, podcasts, films, archive recordings, etc. Enjoy. x www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

I'm the Deputy Director of the Scottish Poetry Library, although this isn't the official feed for them.

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Bluesky, goodbye TwiXter.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments