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William Collins scoops biography of 'contentious and politically influential poet' MacDiarmid thebookseller.com/rights/william…
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Alexander Linklater
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Alexander Linklater
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Working title – "Antagonist: the life behind Hugh MacDiarmid" https://t.co/MnFwCMvzLw
Edinburgh, Scotland Katılım Mart 2014
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Hugh MacDiarmid’s personal bookplate is me on a good day.
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Really looking forward to more unbiased Scottish commentary from Alistair at the World Cup.
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There are days when I miss being an editor and I particularly loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.
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@LiamMcIlvanney Yet anon repairs his drooping head! His memory is a thing of wonder... and his MacD commentaries are a literary dragon's hoard... need to get those scholarly mofos published!
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@ARLinklater While sinking pints like the day-star in the ocean bed…!😉
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The Poems of Seamus Heaney (co-edited by my old supervisor, the great Bernard O’Donoghue) has finally landed in Aotearoa. Will be dipping into this for the rest of my days…
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@ARLinklater The Crot. Magnificent reciter of poetry. Can do ‘Lycidas’ from a standing start…
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The Sturgeon Years by @ProfJMitchell
"There are no simple solutions to the tough problems of public policy... Politicians should set out objectives but they must include a delivery plan otherwise speeches are just words and possibly cruel deceptions."
euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.33…
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Merz on the EU... complete revision of the last 10 years
matrixbot@thematrixb0t
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just called the EU a "complete failure" in front of global elites by stating, "Germany & Europe have wasted incredible potential. We have become the world champion of over-regulation & zero growth."
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@ProfJMitchell @These_Islands (I attach no judgement to that statement btw, just an observation)
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@ProfJMitchell @These_Islands Yes, Jim Sillars understood the EU; he also voted for Brexit.
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It's the confident assertion when patently so ill informed that is so damaging to our politics. The days when SNP really was really on top of EC/EU affairs is long gone. Recall many conversations with Jim Sillars and others back in 1980s. Different world.
James Mitchell@ProfJMitchell
Classic case of a loyalist over-promoted far too quickly. Guess her prospects of replacing John Swinney in next Parliament are reduced. Perhaps had SNP leadership given thought to developing potential future leaders rather than awarding loyalty then might have been different.
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@jamiedmaxwell The Scottish press has never had decisive power. But the question, surely, is whether the SNP get closer to 60 seats or closer to 50. Some dial of influence there? But biggest factor is surely turnout. They can take the influence of our press, but they’ll never take our apathy!
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What will it say about the power of the Scottish mainstream press if the SNP win this election?
mandy rhodes@holyroodmandy
Yikes, election day front pages!
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@GerardCarruthe2 @LiamMcIlvanney Doh! I've even got the copy or your masterful production in front of me now!
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@ARLinklater @LiamMcIlvanney How dare you doubt my designs, Sir!
Of course there is but there is no Kelman (unfortunately).
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@ARLinklater One of my favorite things ever. Scots version is in here, even better
biggararchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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The Reiver's Curse - among the greatest of all the great curses of history – really needs to be cited in full. See the reply
Scott Wortley@Scott_Wortley
anyway, as this campaign has gone on I have felt regarding Scottish politics like the Archbishop of Glasgow responding to the reivers in 1525. The monition of cursing of 1525 is incorporated herein brevitatis causa bbc.co.uk/cumbria/featur…
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This would be more interesting if people (including both @RichardDawkins and folks at the @guardian) considered the basics of the problem of consciousness, which is really many problems, both “easy” and “hard”. eg try asking whether an AI can think, which is different to asking whether it is conscious. The answer could be affirmative for one and negative for the other, depending on the definitions of both. When it comes to the “hard” problem, that includes the extent to which consciousness entails nervous system connections to the entire sensory experience of being alive and embodied in the world. Just ask Claude what the problems are! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_prob…
Jeff Sebo@jeffrsebo
The Guardian covers Richard Dawkins' assertion that Claude may be conscious, with quotes from various researchers. @dioscuri and I offer the most supportive takes. My quote: "Current AI systems are unlikely to be conscious, said Jeff Sebo, the director of the Center for Mind, Ethics and Policy at New York University, but 'Dawkins is right to ask about AI consciousness with an open mind and I also think that the attribution of consciousness to AI systems will become more plausible over time'." theguardian.com/technology/202…
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Alexander Linklater retweetledi
if you have never read the curse on the reivers you should. It's magnificent.
Scott Wortley@Scott_Wortley
anyway, as this campaign has gone on I have felt regarding Scottish politics like the Archbishop of Glasgow responding to the reivers in 1525. The monition of cursing of 1525 is incorporated herein brevitatis causa bbc.co.uk/cumbria/featur…
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@Scott_Wortley Now that's what I call a soundtrack. I must visit!
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@ARLinklater One of the great things about Tullie house museum is the curse being declaimed in the background as you go into the reivers room. I was looking for a recording of it but couldn't find one.
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still don't know how I will vote tomorrow. I always turn up. Will do tomorrow. But there is no joy in my heart, no optimism. It has been an awful dispiriting campaign. Vacuous policies or policies where implementation has never been thought about. And an enormous fiscal black
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