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CLondoner92 (New Account) @CLondoner92@mastodonapp.uk · 4 weeks ago

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Minister for Equalities Kaukab Stewart has launched a pilot scheme providing free #rail travel for companions of blind and partially sighted individuals on all #ScotRail journeys across #Scotland, starting 1 April 2025. Announced at #Anniesland Station in Glasgow, the initiative allows those with an eye +1 National Entitlement Card to travel with a companion at no extra cost, aiming to enhance #accessibility and affordability for visually impaired passengers. Running for one year, the scheme aligns with existing concessionary travel policies for #buses and ferries in Scotland. Ms Stewart highlighted its importance for community access, education, and employment, while Craig Spalding, Chief Executive of #Sight Scotland, noted the significant achievement of the Fair Rail Campaign, emphasising the positive impact on independence and community connection for visually impaired individuals.
https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/minister-for-equalities-launches-blind-companion-pilot-scheme/

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · last month

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Any recommendations for #potters in #Scotland? I need a new really big, durable, quirky mug. Or two. My attempt at wabi-sabi on the ancient mug has failed

Vintage Buses @vintagebuses@mastodon.social · last month

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Hi folks

Just joined today. I'm a retired Scottish gentleman interested in vintage buses and I hope to post some interesting facts as we go along.

I'm building a website using Hugo and I'm currently visiting transport museums and collecting photographs.

#vintagebuses #buses #transport #scotland

TheEdinburghBookshop @TheEdinburghBookshop@bookish.community · 2 months ago

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Yay! We're shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop of the Year Scotland awards, along with our lovely chums at Ullapool Bookshop, Ginger Cat Bookshop, The Book Nook, Bookhouse, Seahorse Bookstore, Night Owl Books, Heron & Willow & Far From the Madding Crowd https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards-content/independent-bookshop-of-the-year?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nibbies

#books #livres #Nibbies #bookshops #librairies #awards #IndependentBookshopOfTheYear #bookstodon #Scotland #Ecosse

Flyer for the Independent Bookshop of the Year awards, Regional and Country Finalists (Scotland) shortlist

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · 2 months ago

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Apropos of discussion around reintroductions into the Highlands of #Scotland, here is a very good study by Ouvrier, Vimal et al on the interactions between #bears, #sheep, #dogs, #government, and #shepherds in the French Pyrenees. It uses a more-than-human geography approach to argue that a patchy, localised analysis has to be the foundation of more comprehensive analysis. #Mountains are inherently patchy sites of analysis!

https://besjournals.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.70000

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) @buddhistdoor@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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BDG feature: Living Playfully: Glimpses into a Buddhist Artist’s Training and Practice

Read here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3cs5wu

#buddhism #creativity #art #expression #mindfulness #uk #scotland #nonself #play #playfulness #buddhistpractice

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · 3 months ago

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@kottke

Helpfully, this also analyzes some civilized beverages like Irn Bru.

Apparently, 500 in one day would kill me.

I think that much Irn Bru would cause me to wreak utter havoc first, let alone come up with some very interesting theories.

#Scotland

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · 3 months ago

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If you happen to be (or know) a procurement/logistics expert looking for an international humanitarian job in #Scotland... https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/1126676

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · 4 months ago

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Storytellers, musicians, scholars, tradespeople. Why the diverse Syrians of Scotland are staying here.

scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/syrian-refugees-tell-fm-our-childrens-futures-are-here

#NewScots #Scotland #Refugees

🎑 Rí Rua na dùbhlachd 🏔️ @ruari@gts.eunach.scot · 4 months ago

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One of my favourite café's in #Inverness has closed =( and they're trying to raise funds to re-open under a new name; Roots Café.

They're amazing for communtiy work and in promoting bicycles as transport, health improvement and social aspects. They do an incredible vegan menu.

Staff were always superb, kind and generally went that extra mile without being asked.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-us-open-roots-cafe-inverness

#Scotland #Vegan #Crowdfunder

Will Tuladhar-Douglas @yetiinabox@todon.nl · 8 months ago

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Why have there been *no* fascist riots in #Scotland so far?

Because we all work very hard to make #NewScots safe.

For the past two years I've been working with others in local government, the third sector, universities, and Scottish government on this : https://newscots.scot .

We are held up as an example by UNHCR of how to promote welcoming, trauma-informed integration, even while Patel, Braverman, and Jenrick (and the press, and Yaxley-Lennon, and Farage) screamed for blood.

And it works: yes, of course there is #racism in Scotland, but so far we've been able to resist the horrors in England. But it requires a continuous, thoughtful commitment across all layers of society. It isn't a "natural feature" of Scotland. We achieved this.

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Kristie @kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot · 5 months ago

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A photograph that I am very lucky to have.

c 1897, my dad's family who were Travellers for generations. What an incredible look into the past, and the faces of my ancestors.

#History #Photography #Scotland

A black and white photograph of a Traveller family (c 1897) standing with their horse and wagon. The image is worn looking, hard to make out some details.