bookish_cats_aye

...love wordplay, doorstep tourism and what's round the next cornerstone, especially if it's a library's! And, love Central Library, Edinburgh - #SaveECL!

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

Daisy Carnegie, Edinburgh's Carnegie library cat on the payroll in the 1950s (featured in 'Lum Hats in Paradise')

[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

So you thought double jobbing at Holyrood had been banned?

Think again! 22 of 24 councillors elected as MSPs last month will stay in post until May 2027.

There is no excuse for this deficit of democracy - the loophole must be closed.

@heraldscotland

https://t.co/7zkc8GUP90

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

Residents of Maidencraig Court, Craigleith invite Edinburgh Reporter to meeting with City of Edinburgh Council about the future of their homes only for officers to insist that the journalist is not allowed to attend is surely unlawful @NUJScotland @FerretScot @theSpurtle?

[Edinburgh Reporter @EdinReporter]

Our reporter was asked by the council to leave a meeting with residents tonight - despite the fact that most residents wanted him to stay… read more here https://t.co/mqhV0Rj7Y0

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@andywightman The Peter Pan Scottish Parliament that never grows up.

https://t.co/6KnHOrlu5H

[Jenny Reilly @crit_gen]

I'm calling this piece Silly Shirley.

[Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscot]

Too many people are cut off from nature because local paths are missing, blocked or unusable.

It's no accident. It's down to years of political & financial neglect.

We’re fighting back with our #AccessDenied campaign & we need your help!

Pledge support: https://t.co/jiwgT9Dd3e

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@sunpath2 @iain_masterton Yes, presumably someone is looking at old plans, including ones of workings made by National Coal Board Inspectorate, of which there are many, held by
@NatRecordsScot?

https://t.co/g2j89G4Dze

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

Worth a quick note on how SP Bureau works. The Bureau decides on various parliamentry business matters most notably the timetable, what debates happen when, membership of committees etc. It then tables motions in Parliament (bureau motions) 1/5 https://t.co/xmZmJlyoZQ

[StudiocanalUK @StudiocanalUK]

Remembering the brilliant Marjane Satrapi, the extraordinary artist and filmmaker behind Persepolis.

Through this deeply personal and powerful film, she gave audiences a story of identity, freedom, exile and resistance that continues to resonate across the world.

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

New standing orders govern the election of Committee convenor. Eg 2D says any nomination had to be seconded by an MSP from another party. The vote is in secret. So this will help at least to ensure Colin Beattie doesn’t get convenorship of Finance! https://t.co/pIX8hvoij1

[Michael Foran @michaelpforan]

The Scottish Court of Session has just ruled that providing multi-user unisex toilets in a primary school amounted to indirect sex discrimination against female pupils.

https://t.co/ulFHKebMK9

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

It's been 37 years since the June 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, when countless peaceful pro-democracy protesters were killed in Beijing.

To this day, the Chinese government has failed to accept responsibility for its crimes. Learn more:

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@overlandertheb1 A two-finger salute to the council killjoys?

https://t.co/WlsQCqF83U

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

Historic Environment Scotland: Organisational and Cultural Review by David Martin, 2 June 2026, lists eight damning key findings, see

https://t.co/6P9mBkmJFw

[Scotsman Arts @scotsman_arts]

Exclusive: Culture probe recommends major overhaul at scandal-hit heritage quango

https://t.co/cA8ncCJiNZ

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@meljomur According to Companies House still operating, together with his management consultancy, ASCR Limited:

https://t.co/I6blfsTQcn

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@Cartoon4sale @CamleyCartoons Bar-L’ joins the A list

https://t.co/nq1hBRCBX7

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

@Cartoon4sale @CamleyCartoons Bar-L’ joins the A list

https://t.co/nq1hBRCBX7

[Political Cartoon @Cartoon4sale]

Steven Camley @CamleyCartoons on #PeterMurrell #SNP @ScottishHerald – political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

St Petersburg Economic Forum

[21 septembre 1951 @jp210951]

@Gerashchenko_en

[bookish_cats_aye @oculusaye]

The Murrells mostly missing stoutherie...WANTED by Police Scotland!

[Rory @MrRoryFlint]

@jk_rowling And you can, too!

https://t.co/3fk0CISCRs

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

BLOG - Scotland’s landownership transparency laws require disclosure of beneficial interests of offshore entities. They are however effectively voluntary since Police & Crown Office decline 2 take action to enforce the criminal sanctions for non-compliance https://t.co/LfXROPELEq