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An alle tapferen Wanderer, die am heutigen #vatertag unterwegs sind: Wir öffnen für eine muckelige, leckere und spaßige Rast heute schon um 15 Uhr! 💪😀🍻🎶🕹️👾
Bockenfelder Str 273, #Dortmund#retronomarcade #bar #Bier #arcade #pinball #castroprauxel #castrop #bochum
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An alle tapferen Wanderer, die am heutigen #vatertag unterwegs sind: Wir öffnen für eine muckelige, leckere und spaßige Rast heute schon um 15 Uhr! 💪😀🍻🎶🕹️👾
Bockenfelder Str 273, #Dortmund#retronomarcade #bar #Bier #arcade #pinball #castroprauxel #castrop #bochum
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An alle tapferen Wanderer, die am heutigen #vatertag unterwegs sind: Wir öffnen für eine muckelige, leckere und spaßige Rast heute schon um 15 Uhr! 💪😀🍻🎶🕹️👾
Bockenfelder Str 273, #Dortmund#retronomarcade #bar #Bier #arcade #pinball #castroprauxel #castrop #bochum
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Abenddemo in #Göttingen: Gegen Macker und Sexisten. #march8th #8märz
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Remark (1850-01-12)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/32262…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #Christ #Christianity #Jesus #JesusChrist #makefun #makefunof #mockery #modernworld #prophet #rejection
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#FotoVorschlag 'Raubtier'
Die Tatze des gefährlichen Geckos.
Alle Mücken, Fliegen und andere kleine Insekten sind in großer Gefahr, wenn er sich leise anschleicht. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Raubtier'
Die Tatze des gefährlichen Geckos.
Alle Mücken, Fliegen und andere kleine Insekten sind in großer Gefahr, wenn er sich leise anschleicht. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Raubtier'
Die Tatze des gefährlichen Geckos.
Alle Mücken, Fliegen und andere kleine Insekten sind in großer Gefahr, wenn er sich leise anschleicht. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Raubtier'
Die Tatze des gefährlichen Geckos.
Alle Mücken, Fliegen und andere kleine Insekten sind in großer Gefahr, wenn er sich leise anschleicht. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Raubtier'
Die Tatze des gefährlichen Geckos.
Alle Mücken, Fliegen und andere kleine Insekten sind in großer Gefahr, wenn er sich leise anschleicht. -
Kyiv groans collective #WTF? to Trump’s latest #Putin comments
#Trump's claim Putin “kept his word” by not launching missile & drone strikes against #Ukraine's #energy #infrastructure for a week has met with bewilderment & dismay in #Kyiv
"I believe this is either a #mockery of our #misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," lawmaker from opposition European Solidarity party
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-groans-a-collective-wtf-to-trumps-latest-putin-comments/
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3 Uhr nachts und mir fällt auf: Wir diskutieren seit Jahren über "die Jugend von heute" – dabei haben genau die Boomer, die jetzt am lautesten meckern, in den 70ern mit Schlaghosen und LSD durch die Gegend gerannt. Vielleicht ist "die Jugend ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war" einfach der älteste Running Gag der Menschheitsgeschichte. 🌙
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3 Uhr nachts und mir fällt auf: Wir diskutieren seit Jahren über "die Jugend von heute" – dabei haben genau die Boomer, die jetzt am lautesten meckern, in den 70ern mit Schlaghosen und LSD durch die Gegend gerannt. Vielleicht ist "die Jugend ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war" einfach der älteste Running Gag der Menschheitsgeschichte. 🌙
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3 Uhr nachts und mir fällt auf: Wir diskutieren seit Jahren über "die Jugend von heute" – dabei haben genau die Boomer, die jetzt am lautesten meckern, in den 70ern mit Schlaghosen und LSD durch die Gegend gerannt. Vielleicht ist "die Jugend ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war" einfach der älteste Running Gag der Menschheitsgeschichte. 🌙
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3 Uhr nachts und mir fällt auf: Wir diskutieren seit Jahren über "die Jugend von heute" – dabei haben genau die Boomer, die jetzt am lautesten meckern, in den 70ern mit Schlaghosen und LSD durch die Gegend gerannt. Vielleicht ist "die Jugend ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war" einfach der älteste Running Gag der Menschheitsgeschichte. 🌙
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3 Uhr nachts und mir fällt auf: Wir diskutieren seit Jahren über "die Jugend von heute" – dabei haben genau die Boomer, die jetzt am lautesten meckern, in den 70ern mit Schlaghosen und LSD durch die Gegend gerannt. Vielleicht ist "die Jugend ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war" einfach der älteste Running Gag der Menschheitsgeschichte. 🌙
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Man, listen....A Guitar Center wallet is a mockery that knows no bounds.
#IndependentMusic #DIYMusic #GearHeads
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Guitar-Center/Leather-Pick-Wallet-Black-1500000236072.gc
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Remark (1850-01-12)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/32262…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #Christ #Christianity #Jesus #JesusChrist #makefun #makefunof #mockery #modernworld #prophet #rejection
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Remark (1850-01-12)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/32262…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #Christ #Christianity #Jesus #JesusChrist #makefun #makefunof #mockery #modernworld #prophet #rejection
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Remark (1850-01-12)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/32262…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #Christ #Christianity #Jesus #JesusChrist #makefun #makefunof #mockery #modernworld #prophet #rejection
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Alastair Clarkson spray to Colby McKercher, video, North Melbourne’s Good Friday win over Carlton, latest news
North Melbourne young gun Col…
#NewsBeep #News #AFL #AlastairClarkson #AU #Australia #AustralianFootballLeague #BenCotton #CarltonBlues #ColbyMcKercher #defensivelapse #defensiveside #epiccomebackwin #fierythree-quartertime #finalchange #four-timepremiershipmentor #NorthMelbourneKangaroos #sports #three-quartertime #three-quartertimeaddress #younggun
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Alastair Clarkson spray to Colby McKercher, video, North Melbourne’s Good Friday win over Carlton, latest news
North Melbourne young gun Col…
#NewsBeep #News #AFL #AlastairClarkson #AU #Australia #AustralianFootballLeague #BenCotton #CarltonBlues #ColbyMcKercher #defensivelapse #defensiveside #epiccomebackwin #fierythree-quartertime #finalchange #four-timepremiershipmentor #NorthMelbourneKangaroos #sports #three-quartertime #three-quartertimeaddress #younggun
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Ocksters, Oxscares and Oxcars: the thread about the islands of the Forth and what some of their names mean
Oxcars. A lump of rock crowned by a lighthouse in the Firth of Forth. I was interested to see that a 17th century variation of the name was Ocksters – the Scots word for armpit!
Ocksters – Excerpt from Greenville Collins’ map of the Firth of Forth, 1693. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandA few years previously it’s down as Ockstairs on the original sketches for John Adair’s map of the Forth, but then in a 1703 imprint it has been amended to Oxscares. The oldest variation is recorded in 1621 as Oixtaris in the Register of the Privy Council on the subject of the need for a beacon on these rocks, which are submerged at high tides.
Oxscares – Adair’s map of 1703. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandIf you are wondering where these variations come from, then wonder no more. The root is Ox Scaris, as in ox skerries; ox being the animal and skerries being intertidal rocks. Ocksters etc. are simply phonetic variations. It’s likely this animal theme lent its name to the neighbouring rock of Cow(s) & Calves, which was traditionally Muckriestone as it lies off the north on Admiralty coastal charts.
Cows and Calves off of Inchmickery, OS 1 inch map of 1895. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandWorking our way down the Forth from it’s outer reaches, we can explore the toponymy of the islands; the meanings of their place names. The Isle of May, at the eastern extreme, is likely from the old Norse, Má ey or gull island. Stands to obvious reason. The Gaelic Magh, an open field, is less likely.
Isle of May – Excerpt from Adair’s map of the Firth of Forth, 1703. Excerpt from Greenville Collins’ map of the Firth of Forth, 1693. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandAbout 8 miles south, and a little west, of the May is the Bass Rock, whose unmistakable outline is prominent along the East Lothian coast. The origin of its name has been lost to history, John Milne suggests a relation to death, from the Gaelic bàs, as it was long a place of banishment and execution, but that’s just conjecture and some of Milne’s use of Gaelic is often a little bit too convenient. But we do know that the Bass gives the scientific species name to the Northern Gannet – Morus bassanus – for which it is the largest colony. These animals were scientifically described as far back as the 16th century as Anser bassanus, and later in the 18th by Linnaeus as Sula bassana. The Scots word for them was however the solendguse or solen goose. In the spring and summer, the Bass takes on a white appearance, caked in the birds and their droppings.
The Bass Rock, John Gabriel Stedman, 1780. Collection of the National Galleries of ScotlandMoving west, the next island is Craigleith. Milne suggests the Gaelic Creag Liath – the grey rock. (In Gaelic, Liath – is the colour of a blue sky, but when used in reference to the landscape it refers to something being greyish. This is a feature of the Gaelic language when dealing with place names; the colour use is subjective and descriptive, not literal). However Craigleith is actually comprised of very dark, volcanic rocks – it needs to be squinted at in combination with the stains of guano to take on a greyish hue. It should also be noted that in Gaelic the word liath does not have the soft “th” ending that Leith does in English. Notice on the 18th century map below that the earliest spelling is Lieth, with the I before the E, which was also the case at this time for maps showing the port and town of Leith along the coast.
Craig Lieth. Excerpt from Adair’s map of the Firth of Forth, 1703. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandNext up is The Lamb. Milne goes for the easy Gaelic Làmh for an arm or handle, one assumes for the shape, but in that language the –mh sounds like an English –v. As I said before, sometimes Milne’s use of Gaelic for the roots of place names seems to be just too convenient. There might also be a Norse origin for the name, or it may simply be named after the animal (see already Oxcars, Cows & Calves). It is after all flanked by the North andSouth Dog rocks. This island was bought by Uri Geller (yes, that Uri Geller) in 2009 so he could dowse for Egyptian treasure on it. Yes, I’m being serious, he described that it’s an analogue for the layout of the Egyptian pyramids and holds the buried treasure of Princess Scota. He recently told the BBC that he has spent a single night on his island and didn’t enjoy it one bit and was declaring the island a micronation, the Republic of Lamb. In January 2026 Mr Geller again made the headlines when he declared Donald Trump an honorary citizen and president of the island.
Lamb, North Dog and South Dog, from OS 6 inch map, 1853. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandMoving west is Fidra, for which Milne once again gives a fanciful Gaelic derivation, but it’s now believed to be Old Norse, from Fiðrey or Feather Island as a result of all the seabirds. Eider feathers would have been gathered here in yore for use in bedding. Robert Louis Stevenson based his plan for Treasure Island on Fidra (amongst other islands). Like its eastern neighbour, Fidra too is guarded by North and South Dogs.
Fidra as shown on the OS 6-inch map, 1854. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandNext along is Eyebroughy, the fourth and final of the basalt islands between North Berwick and Aberlady. It is shown as Ibris in Adair’s 18th century chart and the 1850s Ordnance Survey place name book for East Lothian also gives Eyebrochy. The Old Norse Ey for island seems an obvious start for the word, but I cannot find a reference explaning the second part.
Ibris. Excerpt from Adair’s map of the Firth of Forth, 1703. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandThere is now something of a gap until the next major island; it is 12.5 miles from Eyebroughy to Inchkeith, which looms large in the centre of the Firth. Its etymology gets a whole chapter on its Wikipedia page, but the logical explanation may be Innse Coit, a hybrid of old Gaelic (Island) and Welsh (wooded); a wooded island. The oldest recorded form is Ked in the 13th century, but as the Place Names of Fife points out, its an unlikely candidate to be known for being wooded, so once again we probably just don’t know. It was used to quarantine victims of syphilis from Leith and Edinburgh in the 15th century, of that we do know. The Grandgore (syphilis) Act of 1497, saw the island made a place of “Compulsory Retirement” for sufferers, obliged to board a ship at Leith and to remain on their island “till God provide for their health“.
“Inchkeith on the Forth in a Fresh Gale”, John Gabriel Stedman, 1781. Collection of the National Galleries of ScotlandInterestingly, the Georgian mapmaker extraordinaire of Scotland, William Roy, left Inchkeith off his Great Maps of both the Lowlands and Highlands, with the Forth forming the boundary between these two geographical divisions in the east of the country. But there is a square that looks like a repair where it should be…
Here be… nothing? The position of Inchkeith on Roy’s map. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandNext up is Oxcars, 5.5 miles west of Inchkeith, where we started this thread. If we move south from there we get to Inchmickery and Mickrystone (now Cows & Calves, as previously mentioned also). The derivation of Mickery may be from the Gaelic Innis nam Bhiocaire, island of vicars, as like most of the islands of the Forth it has been a Christian retreat at one time or another. The island was fortified during both World Wars, and it’s not without good reason that there’s a legend that its outline was deliberately made to look like an anchored battleship. The logic is that any U-boat commander who made it into the Forth would pop up his periscope, be taken in by the cunningly disguised island and would have fired his torpedoes and disappeared before realising he’d wasted them on a rock. If you know your Royal Navy ships, the fortifications are a reasonably good likeness to HMS Nelson and Rodney, but I have it on expert authority that the legend is precisely that, a legend.
Inchmickery. CC-BY-SA 2.0, Anne Burgess and HMS Nelson. Move the slider to compare the outlines.North of Cows & Calves is Inchcolm; probably the best known of the Forth Islands and certainly the most visited. It is named for Saint Columba (Colum Cille in Gaelic) who reputedly visited it in the 6th century. The modern name is from the Gaelic Innis Choluim orColumba’s Island. The old joke goes “how many inches are there in the Forth?” and you’re meant to count the islands. In The Scottish Play, Shakespeare refers to the place as Saint Colmes Ynch.
“Inchcolm on the Forth in a Summer Shower”, John Gabriel Stedman, 1781. Collection of the National Galleries ScotlandJust off Inchcolm lies Inchgnome, but the jury of the best minds in Scottish placenames is still out on where that one might come from. Probably from some obscure Gaelic saint.
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South and west lies Cramond Island, which obviously takes its name from the village off which it lies. That in turn comes from Caer Amond, Caer being old British for a fortification (referring to Roman fort on the site), and Amond or Almond is the river of that name. Like the rivers Esk and Avon (and others), River Almond is a tautology as the latter word simply means river.
Cramond IslandAnother tautological place name is the island of Carcraig , just northwest of Inchcolm. The Car element is an Scots word for rock (from the Old English Carr) and the Craig bit is the Scots word for the same, from the Gaelic Creag.
Carcraig, from OS 6 inch map, 1853. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandThe other principal islet off of Inchcolm is Meadulse. This rock is entirely covered by the tide which makes it an excellent growing place for seaweed and the name likely comes from the edible dulse which grows there and is known to have been a medieval food source.
The final, and westernmost, of the Inches of the Forth is Inchgarvie, that convenient supporting foothold for the Forth Bridge. Its name is likely from the Gaelic Innse Garbh, or rough island, the –bh sound in Gaelic sounding like a –v in English. This is on account of its rugged appearance (and perhaps its legendary population of giant rats!).
Inchgarvie, OS 25 inch map of 1892. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of ScotlandUpstream of the Forth Bridge there are fewer islands. The Beamer Rock‘s name is quite literal, and refers to an early beacon that was there from time immemorial to guard ships from it. The older form was Bimar or Bymerskyrr, the –skyrr from the Scots skerry, for a low islet or sea rock. This islet suffered the indignity of having the very beacon it was named for demolished (the base was blown up with explosives) in 2011 to make way for a tower of the Queensferry Crossing.
Beamer Rock in 2010. CC-BY-SA 2.0 Simon Johnston.I won’t move any further west than this, as this site is principally concerned with the geography of Edinburgh, Leith and the Lothians. However there are of course countless other islets and named rocks in the Forth. Many of these are simply a variation on Craig, Carr and Bush, all words referring to rocks. Selected others in the Edinburgh area include:
- Birnies, a collection of tidal rocks at Granton. I cannot find a description of the name, but the –birnie in the placename Kilbirnie comes from the Gaelic Cill Bhraonaigh, or Saint Brendan.
- Another rock near the Birnies, Chestnut logically takes its name from its similarity of appearance to the fruit of that tree
- General’s Rock on the Granton Foreshore, allegedly where English forces under Lord Hertford (Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset) landed in 1544 before the burning of Edinburgh and Leith.
- Gunnet Ledge, a navigational hazard directly north of the entrance to the Port of Leith and west of Inchkeith, marked by a pair of bouys called the East and West Gunnet since at least the start of the 19th century. Probably a variation of Gannet, alternative older spellings include Dunnet and Guneet.
- Martello Rocks, sitting at the old tidal entrance to the Port of Leith and named retrospectively for the Martello Tower that was constructed upon them to defend the approaches
- Megmillar another intertidal rock off of the Granton foreshore, whose name I can find no explanation for.
The names of many of these islands were given to Council housing tower blocks built in the north of the city in the 1950s and 60s. There re are of course many more, but I hope this whistle stop tour has been of some interest.
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Alles was Jürgen Mackert zu Deutschland und seiner angeblichen Vergangenheitsbewältigung sagt
Jürgen Mackert ist Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Potsdam.
#Kolonialismus #Deutschland #Vergangenheitsbewältigung #Herero #Nama #Gaza
