Calumn

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@YoungRenegadeRY @GTABase 19th November, you're welcome

@GTABase It for sure is frustrating, like why isn’t there at least a little screenshot dump or an updated trailer on the marketplaces and social media to show the new date for more casual fans?

I don't understand the lack of care by Rockstar towards the fanbase, especially on a day like this. How hard would it have been to tweet something like: "Today was supposed to be the GTA 6 release. The additional time is allowing us to create something great. We will have more to share soon - but in the meanwhile, here's a Screenshot to help with the wait. Thank you for the support!" But no - nothing, even today. Crazy.

By "priest" did they mean "Rabbi"? I wonder why it would be changed?

@BrianTheGael "world's best" - it's been used (erroneously) in PR pictures for the Bahamas!

Achmelvich Beach, Sutherland pristine white sand and turquoise water on Scotland's west coast, often ranked as one of the UK's best beaches. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🩵

@confedince @elnathan_john I'm curious. What language is of your mother tongue?

@elnathan_john You're a bold man. Many such encounters don't end very well. Especially during such odd times

I was out recently, dancing by myself. I kept my jacket (one of my favourite ones) in the corner and while my back was turned, someone picked it up and left with it. I wanted to leave and realised it was gone. It had my house keys, my bank card and AirPods. I panicked at first, and told the bar tender. He told me he was sorry but there was nothing he could do and that he usually warns patrons to watch their stuff. I decided to track the AirPods and realised it was on the move. It was already 5am but I followed it until I got to a building in a nice neighbourhood not too far from mine. I was afraid of waking anyone up but I just rang all of the bells until someone, irritated, just buzzed me open. I went into the building but now the challenge was finding out which of dozen flats had my jacket. I started walking upstairs and then checked the tracker again and that was when I realised how accurate Find My on Apple is. As I went up, my phone kept telling me I was getting closer until the screen turned green and said I was within 3 meters of the AirPods, right at a door on the third floor. I knocked and a very young woman who appeared to just be waking up opened. I just told her outright: someone here took my jacket. She did not act surprised and just said, let me check. Either she knew it was taken or knows that someone in the flat is a thief. To avoid any denials, while the door was still open I made the AirPods beep from my phone and sure enough, we both heard the sound. I told her, those are my AirPods and I just want my stuff back. A young man, guilt all over his face joined her and they handed me the jacket complete with everything and quickly slammed the door shut. I was already too tired to make a scene or do anything, so I just left. On my way home, I saw the bartender and told him I got my stuff back and he was gobsmacked, but mostly impressed that I did not just find the building but the exact flat where my jacket was. He told me if I ever recognise them in the future, I should tell him and they would be permanently barred from coming into the establishment. Fun times.

@urbanrealm Apologies, it's D&G's carpark. Lowest tyre places in town (allegedly)

@urbanrealm Your AI has moved one of the original floodlights into Halfords carpark

Shawfield Stadium masterplan is off to the races: urbanrealm.com/news/2026/05/2…

@SandyofCthulhu @Trash4Fun Is it true? Because the red pen in the 2nd one certainly isn't

@Trash4Fun The first one (contradicting false authority) enrages me to the bottom of my soul. That person has zero excuse for being a teacher. Find that person a concentration camp to guard instead.

This makes me really sad. How do these people get into education? I remember as a 6 year old arguing that daddy-long-legs (A) weren't spiders and (B) weren't venomous. (I was a nerdy kid.) The teacher shot me down and I was so deeply offended. But that was way more egregious than what we see below.

@lizzkelly7 Just don't let him near the airmiles accounts, eh?

He has this way of looking at me that completely bypasses the noise of the rest of the world. It’s not just the look of someone who is in love; it’s the look of someone who sees exactly who I am, who I’m trying to become, and is already quietly celebrating the finish line before I’ve even taken the first step. The romance with him isn't just about the grand gestures- though he knows exactly how to show up when it counts. It’s woven into the fabric of how he protects my peace. It’s in the way he handles the heavy lifting of our daily life without keeping score, ensuring that I have the breathing room to chase my own wild ambitions. When the day gets loud and overwhelming, he is the steady, unshakeable center I get to return to. He doesn’t just share my life; he actively builds a sanctuary for it. But the most breathtaking thing about him is his belief in me. There are days when the imposter syndrome creeps in, or when the weight of everything I’m trying to balance feels a bit too heavy. In those moments, when my own confidence wavers, his doesn’t even blink. He believes in my vision with a fierce, quiet certainty that is nothing short of a gift. He has left behind comfort zones and rewritten his own scripts just to stand by my side and say, "I've got you. Go do it." To be loved by someone who puts action behind his devotion, who respects my mind, and who treats my dreams as a collective priority is a rare, beautiful thing. Every single day, I watch how he shows up for us, and I am filled with this overwhelming, quiet wave of gratitude. I am forever grateful- not just for the love he gives me, but for the way his belief makes me feel powerful enough to take on the world.

@WSJ Laughs in Irn Bru

As Coke Zero gets bigger, and threatens to dethrone Diet Coke as the most important diet soda property in the Coca-Cola extended universe, the feud between Diet Coke fans and Coke Zero drinkers is getting pretty fizzy. on.wsj.com/4wKhvI5

@AFrazzledScot "Croque Monsieur"<edit>

Do you understand the aura and skill it takes to order in French, in Paris, and have the waiter not immediately revert to English? This is like when Ronaldinho had the Bernabeu on its feet applauding him. Truly the greatest to ever do it.

@FTBL_Planet Just wondering, what AI writes these one sentence to a paragraph things, I'm seeing loads more of them. “John, get warmed up, you’re coming off.” is good , but "tell him he's Pele and get him back in the pitch" is the greatest manager line

When John Hartson played for Martin O’Neill at Celtic, the relationship worked because both of them knew exactly what the other one was. Hartson scored goals. O’Neill trusted him. And Celtic supporters loved him. But O’Neill also knew something else about him. Hartson was not exactly going to spend 90 minutes chasing full-backs into the corner flag. Years later, the two of them were on stage together at a Celtic event in Glasgow, with Hartson’s family sitting there watching it all. O’Neill could easily have been kind. He chose not to be. “I know your lovely family is here but I have to tell them you were the laziest player I ever managed.” Hartson was sitting there taking it. Then O’Neill brought up one of his favourite examples. It was during a game at Celtic. Hartson had already scored what turned out to be the winning goal. Only for O’Neill, that did not make much difference. By then, Hartson had done what Hartson sometimes did. He had disappeared from the game. So O’Neill looked over at him and came out with: “John, get warmed up, you’re coming off.” Hartson did not take that well. And when Hartson did come off, he was furious. He confronted O’Neill afterwards, and for once, O’Neill admitted it was not one he was especially keen to escalate. “That was a battle that I was certainly not going to win.” “If there had been a sort of a physical fight about it.” Hartson eventually calmed down and apologised. They got on brilliantly after that. But O’Neill still remembered the moment clearly. “At that particular moment, I must admit, I was a bit frightened.” #football #celtic

@AlexMacLeod9 @scotball_ Tbf, it was a work of art though

@scotball_ They've only printed 100 so the chance of us plebs getting a finger on one is zilch. The rich will buy them up and trade them like rare pieces of art.

The Bank of Scotland have unveiled a limited edition £20 note featuring an image of Scott McTominay’s wonder goal against Denmark. These notes will be up for grabs via online auctions, a prize draw and two pop-up “vaults”. Proceeds will go towards Crisis Scotland. (📸: PA)

@Heavenly_Race_ ELI5

Once you hit about a 20-point IQ gap, communication starts to completely break down. It's not that the lower IQ person is "stupid" (although that can often be the case) or the higher one is arrogant, it's that you're literally operating on different systems. A 20 point difference (roughly 1.3 standard deviations) means: Vocabulary and abstraction levels diverge sharply. What feels like crystal clear logic to one side sounds like vague, pretentious word salad to the other. Jokes land flat. Metaphors get taken literally. Complex cause and effect chains get simplified into "this good, that bad." Different time horizons and pattern recognition. One person thinks in months or years and sees systems, the other is locked into days or immediate rewards. Trying to explain second order effects feels like speaking another language. Also, processing speed and working memory gaps. The higher IQ person is already three steps ahead, getting impatient. The lower IQ person feels talked down to or overwhelmed. Both walk away frustrated. Both have wasted each others time.

@grobb73 @is_glasgow Deemed. It was 22 years ago.

@is_glasgow Delighted to see the BBC deem us useful for something.

One of Scotland's more unusual memorials, which I came across on a hillwalking trip today. It's dedicated to Barry from Eastenders and is near the Rest and Be Thankful in the Arrochar Alps, about an hour's drive from Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #memorial #scotland #eastenders

@CeliaBedelia Whisky if it's Scotch, Whiskey if it's Bourbon. We'll appreciate it.

(Also, I love how the Scottish spell it "whisky" because now I am confused as to how I want to spell it).

I went on a whisky tasting tour in Edinburgh with my friends. They know I don’t drink, so there was no pressure to join, but I didn’t want to be left out. So, I smelled them all. The guide asked, “What do you think?” “Burning tires, nail polish remover, burnt wood, asphalt.”

@JefferyDoomer The Spy Kids movies are Robert Rodriguez' tech tests

What I find interesting about the first 5 Pixar movies is each one was essentially a tech demo for computer graphics at the time. Toy Story was to show you could even make a computer animated movie A Bugs Life was to show you could have hundreds of individual models on screen Monsters Inc. Was to showcase fur and hair physics Finding Nemo was to showcase underwater effects and motion.

@London_W4 And yet they use paper tablecloth

I was in Fortnum and Mason’s yesterday, sipping my cup of tea in the restaurant, when the couple at the table next to me had their coffees brought to them. I couldn’t control my excitement and asked them if I could photograph their coffee. How perfect is this? A cup of coffee with a mini ice cream? I shall insist on a mini ice cream with every coffee I order whilst out from now on.

@CalumRaasay Not portpatrick to Ireland, then

Can you guess what this is? Hint: it used to be about 2000 miles long

@orcachillin I'm from Scotland but it's alphabetically and climatically close? ;)

apparently i can limit replies to just seattle?? hi seattle people reply if you can

@JethroSkull @atlanticesque Only soft bodies, gotta get them in there before rigor sets in

@atlanticesque I didn't realize these things were made for moving bodies mine are filled with clothes

Got these soft-body moving bags and they're (1) way better than cardboard boxes and (2) way cheaper than plastic boxes (even renting them) and (3) more convenient than either What's the catch