James Tweedie :yes_scotland: :noai:

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The evolving bio...

#Geologist and #SoftwareDeveloper (now #retired).
#Munro compleater and #hillwalker / dogwalker.

Ich spreche #Deutsch

Scottish Independence is both logical and highly desirable.
#ScottishIndependance
#GeologyRocks
#Geology
#ScottishGeology
#hiking
#Science
#LandReform
#Scotland

I don't:
Follow faceless/no bio accounts.
Boost images without captions (no matter how good they are).
Boost any post containing so-called 'AI' art/images.
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2026-06-12 10:14:50 UTC

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@nprofile…g59p I use a word with a similar spelling, that is said to float, and fills the sewers (like X, Truth Social and similar).

2026-06-03 22:06:11 UTC

"Controversial #Fife #AI data centre’s security plans include man traps, spikes and invisible sensors."
"The #compound will be bigger than the #village of #Auchtertool itself."
"They also intend to gauge if there is public support for a legal challenge against Fife Council’s decision not to request an #environmental impact assessment (EIA)." Fife Council must have been fooled by the snake oil salespeople.
There are no benefits to the folk of Fife - only destruction.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/5504512/controversial-fife-ai-data-centre-security-details/

2026-05-29 07:20:11 UTC

"Musk officially filed the paperwork to take SpaceX public at a ridiculous $1.75 trillion valuation. But a quick look under the hood reveals a nightmare deal: Musk has crammed his failing X and xAI ventures into SpaceX, which lost over $4 BILLION in a single quarter.
Normally, an unprofitable, unstable company like this would never be allowed near safe, reliable stock indices. But Nasdaq changed their rules... "
Petition for S&P!
https://action.eko.org/a/s-and-p-don-t-throw-investors-under-the-bus

2026-05-16 14:08:48 UTC

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2026-05-12 07:23:30 UTC

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@nprofile…e4ff In Scotland most political parties seem to be on X still. Scottish Greens make extensive use of Mastodon and are encouraging people to use alternatives to the big US corps. SNP seem to be using Bluesky. Missed opportunity here, when they could set up their own Mastodon servers.
X posts are still used as sources of info for a lot of printed press.
Cannot understand why so many prefer to swim in the sewer. No matter your intentions you'll get covered in sh!t...

2026-04-20 15:48:22 UTC

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@nprofile…l70y Perhaps worth noting that in the UK 'gas' (or petrol) is at about $8 per gallon. I'm guessing if it was that level in the US there would be rebellion?

2026-04-15 08:40:37 UTC

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@nprofile…x9tq
A bit of a counterpoint to the inane rhetoric from US regime...
https://no01.substack.com/p/blockading-the-blockade
Not sure the US is capable of taking on China (as it seems incapable of joining the dots).

2026-04-01 07:12:32 UTC

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@nprofile…x9tq Starmer, weaker than most of Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-hardens-opposition-trump-iran-war-demands/

2026-02-14 20:14:59 UTC

Let's kick Trump/ICE supporting #Palantir out of the UK. Stop Starmer from providing personal health and military security data to a private company with no morals, no scruples and no integrity.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-palantir-taking-over-our-public-services

2026-01-25 17:12:17 UTC

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@nprofile…senk @nprofile…mvj2 Worth checking SURI toothbrushes. Still not cheap but they just work so well (ultrasonic) - no bells and whistles. Been using one for 3 years and wished they'd been around 20 years before. And they often have 15% off.

2025-11-15 17:59:29 UTC

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@nprofile…6zuf @nprofile…gwkh Imagine how many Brains(tm) could be trained to do clever stuff with all the billions spent on the binary flip floppery stuff.

2025-10-25 14:05:31 UTC

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@nprofile…35ec Unfortunately the overall visual effect from certain angles is of a series of swastikas....

2025-10-12 08:51:19 UTC

Time for serious questions on #Reform and #Russia
(In March, the New York Times reported that “one of the biggest corporate donors to the #populist #ReformUK party has sold almost $2million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of #Moscow’s #blacklisted state weapons agency”.)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/25502957.time-serious-questions-reform-russia/

2025-10-07 21:17:54 UTC

Amazing number of #Amanita #Muscaria (Fly Agaric) this year. Found a 'forest' of them on my walk today. In county of #angus in #scotland
#autumn #mushroom
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/334/934/931/628/685/original/170c43ba4d6dff7d.jpg
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/334/934/968/740/506/original/44a2f74073bdbfee.jpg

2025-04-04 07:52:33 UTC

This needs to be hammered into the heads of all politicians....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
A friend who worked in senior management in UK insurance told me 15 years ago that they were taking climate change very seriously because they were seeing the effects building up over the preceding years.
#climatechange

2025-03-14 08:41:39 UTC

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@nprofile…yxwg @nprofile…dpr0 Although we can only hope the analysis (link in my post) is correct https://mastodon.scot/@MyricaGale/114155026674193740