A poem by Edwin Morgan inscribed into a flagstone on Candleriggs in Glasgow, just outside the City Halls. Born in 1920, Morgan became the city's first poet laureate in 1999. This particular poem is an alternative take on the well-known rhyme about the Glasgow Coat of Arms.

#glasgow #streetart #poetry #edwinmorgan #glasgowcoatofarms #streetpoetry

I remain happy with the Fediverse as it is, i.e. essentially statistically insignificant. This has its benefits.

Is my boss on here? No. Are any of my work colleagues on here? No. Is my mother on here? No. Are my irl friends on here? What irl friends.

I wrote on Boing Boing about the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.

NOT ONLY CAN IT BE DONE, IT WAS AN ECONOMIC BOON THE THE COUNTRY.

https://boingboing.net/2025/12/09/this-physics-professor-transformed-his-country-to-98-renewable-energy-in-five-years.html

Notepad++ have released a new version to fix the auto update process being hijacked https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released/

I reported the vulnerability, it is being hijacked by threat actors in China. https://doublepulsar.com/small-numbers-of-notepad-users-reporting-security-woes-371d7a3fd2d9

I do approve of Alan Moore's dedication in his upcoming novel :

"For Volodymr Zelenskyy and anti- fascists everywhere. Ils ne passeront pas"

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#books #livres #Bookstodon #AlanMoore #IHearANewWorld