Sam Rhynas

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

@julia_allum So beautiful!

The third in my new series of bird illustrations. I now have a theme - Birds of the Norfolk Broads #illustration

@StoryScotland Great story, somehow made better by not having my glasses on and thinking it was about a dog called Brian at first 😂

Fingal wouldn't have succeeded in half of his adventures without Bran and I can relate to that. You wouldn't catch me tying Molly up to a rock though, she doesn't even like me leaving her at home...

This is one of my favourite stories from the west coast of Scotland, surrounding this stone hiding on the outskirts of Oban. According to legend, this odd shaped lump didn't always look like this. Molly was very interested when she found out its strange name - The Dog Stone.

@KenrisMacLeod Beautiful, very Edinburgh 😊

A moody little number I finished for a client yesterday. Pine trees growing on the Pentland Hills just outside #Edinburgh. It was a challenge to try and convey mist with something as solid as thread. #stitchedart #freemotionembroidery

@CeliaRichards0n Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. Photos taken from train, pretty close to Plockton. It's quite spectacular and takes in coast as well as moors on the journey from east to west.

Tell me, is there any British train journey view better than the stretch between Berwick and Newcastle? I’m about to get to the Lindesfarne bit and I’m totally squeaking.

@ScotRail Thanks, it’s not that I needed them, but the screenshots are what is linked to the £17 tickets in your app, which isn’t correct

@lilacpatsy Hi, You can see the Club 50 £17 Flat Fare Return Terms & Conditions here: scotrail.co.uk/Club-50-flat-f…. ^Hayley

@ScotRail the T&Cs on the special offer available now for Club 50 are massively out of date, they say it costs £10 and travel must be completed 27 Sep to 21 Nov 2021 😫.

Evening @edinhelp, The green man crossing on Leith Walk beside Pilrig church has been twisted & is facing the wrong way, it’s now pointing towards the church instead of towards the pedestrians waiting to cross. It’s still working though. Can someone sort it please?

@johnlewishelp any update on app? It’s been offline for a few hours, and I can’t make online payments with my card, I’m guessing cos it can’t connect to do verification.

@on_lothianbuses what’s up with app? It’s wildly changing arrival times each time it refreshes,showing buses on map about to arrive but time says 10mins.I need to catch connecting buses & it’s really hard to plan route when you’ve no idea when things will arrive!

@friendsofpollok @pollokfriends @pollokparkrun car and what looks like like house keys lying on steps up to the side garden of Pollock house.

@HiveHomeUK your app update 😩It’s appalling, breaks about every UX design rule. Tried to submit feedback, whoever designed your form also has no idea about users! Didn’t bother asking anything about WHY I thought awful, instead questions about other smart home devices I have 😵‍💫

We still have a few places left on our PL course on data literacy for Secondary teachers. Free course with some funded places with cover costs provided for schools in SE Scotland. See dataschools.education/about-data-lit… for more info

@edinhelp Thank you!

@lilacpatsy Evening, Thanks for getting in touch. I have reported this under reference number 1784511 and called the out of hours team about this. Thanks again, Gayle

@edinhelp hi, the barriers for pedestrians at corner of north bridge and high street are collapsed and it’s impassable without walking in road , can you help please?

It’s rose time again! So beautiful, heavily scented & still a few different colours about to bloom. I’m luckier cos the peach one isn’t even in my garden but a neighbour doing a cheeky peek over the fence. 🤩 #Rose #BackgardenFlowers #ScentedRoses #Leith

@EdinburghUni @UoE_EFI @Edinburgh_CC @ELCouncil @LoveWestLothian @midgov @scotborders Gobsmacked to see, given the huge diversity of projects & people who need to be involved & benefitting from the deal. I think there are folk missing from pic to be fair, however to have so few minority group members such that it’s really easy to end up like this is not good

@cocteautriplets @Samuel_Lloyds Yep, this drives me mad, I put up with the road works thinking how great a tram would be, and now often choose to not use it (when it would be the better option) cos it will cost me more in total.

I know the planters of leith walk are not to everyone’s taste (I personally really like the rusty effect) but some of them are peak beautifulness just now #LeithWalk #StreetFlowers #poppies

@EdinburghTrams hi, are tickets valid for bus services just now? We’ve been stopped at west end cos of broken down train in newhaven, can we swap to bus?