Wil Macaulay

@Tom_frog
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Fiddle music. iOS. Cats. Tha beagan gàidhlig agam.
Retired software developer so I don’t have to deal with the current enshittification.
The Craic http://thecraic.co
Sideband http://sideband.co
LocationToronto, Canada

what do you mean #elonmusk did a #nazi salute on live tv at the #unitedstates presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

a cop in a panda
wound down his window & asked us
what we had in our bags
to which we shouted POETRY!
in unison,
lifted
thick majestic photocopies
and POEMS OF THIRTY YEARS
by Edwin Morgan into the air
as he looked on in horror
and told us to be on our way
and not to do it again…

—Graham Fulton, “Poetry Reaper”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/poetry-reaper/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #WorldPoetryDay

One of my most delightful interviews from my CBS News Radio days was with the amazing B.B. King, who brought his guitar Lucille into the studio.

So I sat about four feet away from one of the best musicians in history while he played the blues and talked.

It doesn’t get any better than that.

#radio
#blues

I've said it before, but Spencer Glendon is consistently the most thoughtful and articulate communicator of climate financial risk. If you're interested in climate science, financial markets or human behavior, he's a must read. https://probablefutures.org/perspective/equinox-greetings-greedy-for-the-new/
Equinox greetings: greedy for “the new” · Probable Futures

Spencer Glendon’s reflection on our drive for constant growth—challenging “greedy for the new” thinking in a world shaped by limits.

Probable Futures

On March 1 Trump said the Iran war would be over in 4 weeks. He has 8 days left to deliver on that promise.

It sounds unrealistic now, but wait until you see Captain Bone Spurs rappelling down from that Black Hawk helicopter over Tehran to lead the charge, with a golf 9-iron in one hand and a diet coke in the other, shouting “I love the smell of spray tan in the morning!”

Happy Spring! Here's this year's the first spring sunrise over Lake Superior in northern Minnesota.

#photography #Minnesota #spring

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/alan-lomaxs-massive-music-archive-is-online-20000-recordings.html

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s has been digitized and made available online for free listening.

Open Culture

No trick photography or enhancement - this is exactly as my phone camera took it. I love how each pane of glass has a different opinion of the view.

#windowFriday #haddonhall #venetianglass

Ice forming on Bright Water Bog, Shutesbury, MA