Simon Forrest
@SimonForrest11
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Engineer, entrepreneur, footballer?, treehugger, beekeeper, music-lover, internationalist, optimist - at heart, a happy curious bairn - pronouns Reilly/Dalglish
Joined August 2019
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night in deepest, darkest winter. This event was once so important, those who lived in Scotland thousands of years ago had to mark it in some way. That's one of the theories behind our ancient stone circles.
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With policies that support newer, modern recycling, we can increase sustainability while meeting the growing demand for products made with recycled plastic. More jobs + less waste = Solutions
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I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? ~ Hemingway
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Stirling Castle c.o. Beauty of Scotland Photo by Debs H.π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
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Who knew? Free healthcare, free education, affordable childcare, paid leave & a social contract between government & citizens really matters.
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@SimonForrest11 Itβs every bit as much of Edinburgh as The Mile or the Grassmarket, should not be closed on a bureaucrat whim
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The Radical Road is one of my favourite spots on earth. We're blessed to have it. It's ours, the people's. Not H.E. Scotland's. Not ScotGov's. Not the king's. Sadly Scotland's institutions no longer serve our people. They serve themselves. Screw them all. Let's take it back.βοΈ
I have a job for you lot. @HistEnvScot have applied for planning permission to close the Radical Road, owned by Scottish Ministers on our behalf. @AngusRobertson is the man currently asleep at the wheel of that particular clown car. π§΅
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Aye, right! π€ Beware the politicisation of vocabulary. "War is peace. Slavery is freedom. Ignorance is strength."
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Edinburgh after dark. No crowds. No colour correction. Just the city as it really is. #DarkEdinburgh #EdinburghAtNight #ScottishPhotography #EdinburghLife
#ScotlandInFrame
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When asked by Kate Abdo in a sit-down interview with CBS Sports how many times he had watched his Scotland wondergoal against Denmark back, Scott McTominay said: βWell over 500, Iβm not even joking. βIt gives me goosebumps still thinking about it. βIβm pretty big on
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βIn the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.β β Jonas Mekas
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In Alaska, nature sculpted this lone tree into a frozen wave at sunrise βοΈπ¬οΈπ
Relentless wind, drifting snow, and rime ice stacked layer by layer until the branches looked like feathers made of frost. That soft golden glow is the sun catching every icy strand, turning the
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