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  1. The amazingly well preserved Clickimin Broch on the south-west edge of Lerwick in Shetland. The site was first occupied around three thousand years ago, with the main structure dating back around two thousand years. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/she

    #Scotland #Shetland #Lerwick

  2. Boo hiss...

    Controversial #JackdawGasField set to be approved in weeks, sources say

    Simon Jack, 3 September 2026

    "The #UK government is set to give the go-ahead for a controversial new #GasField off the coast of #Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

    "Approval for the Jackdaw project could come in mid-September, just before #Parliament breaks for party conference season, according to government and industry sources.

    "The gas field was approved by the former #ConservativeGovernment in 2022 but was delayed by a legal ruling from a #ScottishCourt, after #EnvironmentalGroups argued consent was given without fully considering the #ClimateImpact.

    "Jackdaw's owner says it will account for 6% of UK gas output when at peak production but environmental groups say it will provide only 2% of UK use when imports are included.

    "Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the #RosebankOilField off #Shetland was given the green light in 2023.

    "The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that #Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted #OilAndGas from the sites.

    "A judge ruled that more detailed climate assessments had to be published, and further estimates were put out for consultation in July.

    "Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by #Adura, a joint venture between energy giants #ShellOil and Norway's #Equinor. Aberdeen-based firm Ithaca also owns 20% of Rosebank.

    "Adura has estimated that Jackdaw could produce 35.8m tonnes of carbon over its 11-year lifetime, the equivalent of 90% of Scotland's emissions for 2023. But it said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.

    " #Environmentalists insist that more #drilling would be unconscionable, hampering efforts to cut planet-warming carbon emissions as deadly #heatwaves and #ExtremeWeather affect billions across the globe.

    "They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to #GreenerTechnologies would be better for supporting jobs."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cj9xe09j

    #RenewablesNow #NoDrilling #NorthSea #ScottishCoast #UKNews #UKPol #Scotland #BigOilAndGas #ShellLies #Oiligarchy

  3. Boo hiss...

    Controversial #JackdawGasField set to be approved in weeks, sources say

    Simon Jack, 3 September 2026

    "The #UK government is set to give the go-ahead for a controversial new #GasField off the coast of #Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

    "Approval for the Jackdaw project could come in mid-September, just before #Parliament breaks for party conference season, according to government and industry sources.

    "The gas field was approved by the former #ConservativeGovernment in 2022 but was delayed by a legal ruling from a #ScottishCourt, after #EnvironmentalGroups argued consent was given without fully considering the #ClimateImpact.

    "Jackdaw's owner says it will account for 6% of UK gas output when at peak production but environmental groups say it will provide only 2% of UK use when imports are included.

    "Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the #RosebankOilField off #Shetland was given the green light in 2023.

    "The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that #Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted #OilAndGas from the sites.

    "A judge ruled that more detailed climate assessments had to be published, and further estimates were put out for consultation in July.

    "Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by #Adura, a joint venture between energy giants #ShellOil and Norway's #Equinor. Aberdeen-based firm Ithaca also owns 20% of Rosebank.

    "Adura has estimated that Jackdaw could produce 35.8m tonnes of carbon over its 11-year lifetime, the equivalent of 90% of Scotland's emissions for 2023. But it said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.

    " #Environmentalists insist that more #drilling would be unconscionable, hampering efforts to cut planet-warming carbon emissions as deadly #heatwaves and #ExtremeWeather affect billions across the globe.

    "They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to #GreenerTechnologies would be better for supporting jobs."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cj9xe09j

    #RenewablesNow #NoDrilling #NorthSea #ScottishCoast #UKNews #UKPol #Scotland #BigOilAndGas #ShellLies #Oiligarchy

  4. Boo hiss...

    Controversial #JackdawGasField set to be approved in weeks, sources say

    Simon Jack, 3 September 2026

    "The #UK government is set to give the go-ahead for a controversial new #GasField off the coast of #Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

    "Approval for the Jackdaw project could come in mid-September, just before #Parliament breaks for party conference season, according to government and industry sources.

    "The gas field was approved by the former #ConservativeGovernment in 2022 but was delayed by a legal ruling from a #ScottishCourt, after #EnvironmentalGroups argued consent was given without fully considering the #ClimateImpact.

    "Jackdaw's owner says it will account for 6% of UK gas output when at peak production but environmental groups say it will provide only 2% of UK use when imports are included.

    "Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the #RosebankOilField off #Shetland was given the green light in 2023.

    "The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that #Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted #OilAndGas from the sites.

    "A judge ruled that more detailed climate assessments had to be published, and further estimates were put out for consultation in July.

    "Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by #Adura, a joint venture between energy giants #ShellOil and Norway's #Equinor. Aberdeen-based firm Ithaca also owns 20% of Rosebank.

    "Adura has estimated that Jackdaw could produce 35.8m tonnes of carbon over its 11-year lifetime, the equivalent of 90% of Scotland's emissions for 2023. But it said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.

    " #Environmentalists insist that more #drilling would be unconscionable, hampering efforts to cut planet-warming carbon emissions as deadly #heatwaves and #ExtremeWeather affect billions across the globe.

    "They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to #GreenerTechnologies would be better for supporting jobs."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cj9xe09j

    #RenewablesNow #NoDrilling #NorthSea #ScottishCoast #UKNews #UKPol #Scotland #BigOilAndGas #ShellLies #Oiligarchy

  5. Boo hiss...

    Controversial #JackdawGasField set to be approved in weeks, sources say

    Simon Jack, 3 September 2026

    "The #UK government is set to give the go-ahead for a controversial new #GasField off the coast of #Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

    "Approval for the Jackdaw project could come in mid-September, just before #Parliament breaks for party conference season, according to government and industry sources.

    "The gas field was approved by the former #ConservativeGovernment in 2022 but was delayed by a legal ruling from a #ScottishCourt, after #EnvironmentalGroups argued consent was given without fully considering the #ClimateImpact.

    "Jackdaw's owner says it will account for 6% of UK gas output when at peak production but environmental groups say it will provide only 2% of UK use when imports are included.

    "Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the #RosebankOilField off #Shetland was given the green light in 2023.

    "The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that #Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted #OilAndGas from the sites.

    "A judge ruled that more detailed climate assessments had to be published, and further estimates were put out for consultation in July.

    "Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by #Adura, a joint venture between energy giants #ShellOil and Norway's #Equinor. Aberdeen-based firm Ithaca also owns 20% of Rosebank.

    "Adura has estimated that Jackdaw could produce 35.8m tonnes of carbon over its 11-year lifetime, the equivalent of 90% of Scotland's emissions for 2023. But it said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.

    " #Environmentalists insist that more #drilling would be unconscionable, hampering efforts to cut planet-warming carbon emissions as deadly #heatwaves and #ExtremeWeather affect billions across the globe.

    "They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to #GreenerTechnologies would be better for supporting jobs."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cj9xe09j

    #RenewablesNow #NoDrilling #NorthSea #ScottishCoast #UKNews #UKPol #Scotland #BigOilAndGas #ShellLies #Oiligarchy

  6. Boo hiss...

    Controversial #JackdawGasField set to be approved in weeks, sources say

    Simon Jack, 3 September 2026

    "The #UK government is set to give the go-ahead for a controversial new #GasField off the coast of #Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

    "Approval for the Jackdaw project could come in mid-September, just before #Parliament breaks for party conference season, according to government and industry sources.

    "The gas field was approved by the former #ConservativeGovernment in 2022 but was delayed by a legal ruling from a #ScottishCourt, after #EnvironmentalGroups argued consent was given without fully considering the #ClimateImpact.

    "Jackdaw's owner says it will account for 6% of UK gas output when at peak production but environmental groups say it will provide only 2% of UK use when imports are included.

    "Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the #RosebankOilField off #Shetland was given the green light in 2023.

    "The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that #Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted #OilAndGas from the sites.

    "A judge ruled that more detailed climate assessments had to be published, and further estimates were put out for consultation in July.

    "Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by #Adura, a joint venture between energy giants #ShellOil and Norway's #Equinor. Aberdeen-based firm Ithaca also owns 20% of Rosebank.

    "Adura has estimated that Jackdaw could produce 35.8m tonnes of carbon over its 11-year lifetime, the equivalent of 90% of Scotland's emissions for 2023. But it said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.

    " #Environmentalists insist that more #drilling would be unconscionable, hampering efforts to cut planet-warming carbon emissions as deadly #heatwaves and #ExtremeWeather affect billions across the globe.

    "They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to #GreenerTechnologies would be better for supporting jobs."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cj9xe09j

    #RenewablesNow #NoDrilling #NorthSea #ScottishCoast #UKNews #UKPol #Scotland #BigOilAndGas #ShellLies #Oiligarchy

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    Plus: revolutionverte.fr

    #Avignon #BuenosAires #Argentina #Argentine #Uruguay #Paraguay #Belize #Haiti #Cuba #LaHavane #Montevideo #Venezuela #Honduras #Panama #Ecuador #Equateur #Shetland #Galapagos #USA #UK #Iran

  8. Hit wis da swans, dat’s whit it wis.
    Dat’s whit set da day apairt.

    Twa cygnets, happit in emsket,
    a midder, a faider. A peerie geo

    aa ta wirsels, whaar waves yockit
    sands saftly, maas cried oot abun,

    an da sun drappit waarmest hugs
    apö wir shooders…

    —Maxine Rose Munro, “A fine day”
    published in NEW SHETLANDER #295, 2021

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetlandic #Shetland

  9. Da spindrift hings across da soond,
    An da sea braks right up ower da Taen;
    Da reek is flannin ta da flür,
    An da ben laft’s runnin in again…

    —Rhoda Bulter, “A Coorse Day”

    2/3

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic #Scots #Scotslanguage

  10. I can see da rüfs aa taekit, an da hens aroond da door;
    Fok kerryin twartree paets hame, an rigs delled every voar.
    Aa da lums ir reekin, an I hear da happy soonds
    O peerie bairns skirlin, as dey play dem ower da toons…

    —“Da Clearance”, by Rhoda Bulter (1929–94), born #OTD, 15 July

    A 🎂🧵 – 1/3

    Listen to Rhoda Bulter reading “Da Clearance” here:

    shetlanddialect.org.uk/da-clea

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic #Scots #Scotslanguage

  11. Celebrities drawn to tears as much-loved otter #film makes #Gogglebox

    Famous faces including actor Michael Sheen were shown watching the film, which was #filmed in #Shetland

    Film focuses on Billy & Susan Mail who came to care for a wild otter. #Molly. She appears outside their house desperate for food.

    It became a massive festival success in late 2024, and has since scooped numerous awards – including two Emmys.

    shetnews.co.uk/2026/06/27/cele

    #nature #ocean #animals #movies #films #documentary

  12. Islands Matter Public Seminar: Faroese & Shetlandic Folklore
    26 February, free online

    Prof Jóan Pauli Joensen (University of the Faroe Islands) on “Water Beings in the Faroese Folklore – Tradition & Change” & Prof Andrew Jennings (UHI Institute for Northern Studies) on “From Fetlar to Foula – The Norse Roots of Shetland Folklore”

    uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterpri

    #Scottish #Scotland #Shetlandic #Faroese #Shetland #Faroes #folklore #Norse

  13. Auld rock meets Nordic Noir

    “the idea of the ‘Nordic’ is constructed through the naming of the landscape rather than geography itself”

    – Hanne Tange & Gunhild Agger turn a Danish gaze on Shetlandic Scandinavian-ness

    3/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/au

    #Scottish #literature #Shetland #Shetlandic #Norse

  14. A Deep, Owld Anchor

    “Even writing about Nicaragua or New York, Cuba or my adopted home of Glasgow, it is with Shetlandic eyes that I see the world, and with Shetlandic ears that I hear it”

    —Christie Williamson on da wirds an wyes o spaekin in Shaetlan

    2/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/a-

    #Scottish #literature #Shetland #Shetlandic #Norse

  15. When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, #Orkney & #Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472

    NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future

    1/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/no

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #Norse

  16. A boannie nicht for castin kale:
    a fat mön vaegin owre Sannis,
    a hale gadderie o laads an lasses…

    —Christine De Luca, “Hallowe’en Hansel”
    published in WAST WI DA VALKYRIES

    Listen to Christine reading her poems online here

    christinedeluca.co.uk/pages/wa

    #Scottish #literature #Shetland #Halloween #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetlandic

  17. Du gies hooseroom tae a swap o scarfs,
    lodgins ta mallies. A shjalder swanks
    apo dy shooder…

    —Christine De Luca, “Growin Auld (Wasterwick)”
    published in WAST WI DA VALKYRIES (Shetland Library, 1997)

    christinedeluca.co.uk/pages/wa

    #Scottish #literature #Scotstober #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic #Scots #Scotslanguage

  18. Whan du telt me hoo du thowt o ‘luck’
    as nae mair as chance, de happy hubbelskju
    o aentropie, I thowt onnly o de ben-end
    o my grandmidder’s hoose an aa her talismans
    o tat…

    —Roseanne Watt, “Lukkie”

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic #Scots #Scotslanguage

  19. Da spindrift hings across da soond,
    An da sea braks right up ower da Taen;
    Da reek is flannin ta da flür,
    An da ben laft’s runnin in again…

    —Rhoda Bulter, “A Coorse Day”

    2/3

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic

  20. I can see da rüfs aa taekit, an da hens aroond da door;
    Fok kerryin twartree paets hame, an rigs delled every voar.
    Aa da lums ir reekin, an I hear da happy soonds
    O peerie bairns skirlin, as dey play dem ower da toons…

    —“Da Clearance”, by Rhoda Bulter (1929–94), born #OTD, 15 July

    A 🎂🧵 – 1/3

    Listen to Rhoda Bulter reading “Da Clearance” here

    shetlanddialect.org.uk/da-clea

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic

  21. Der a ön o haet ida gairden here,
    Whaar da sun-flooer proodly staands,
    An dark-red roses trowe da green
    Laek da lowe fae fiery braands…

    —T.A. Robertson (“Vagaland”), “Haem Tochts”
    published in The Collected Poems of Vagaland (Shetland Times, 1975)

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic

  22. Hit wis da swans, dat’s whit it wis.
    Dat’s whit set da day apairt…

    —Maxine Rose Munro, “A fine day”
    published in NEW SHETLANDER #295, 2021

    Listen to Maxine read the poem here, via the Scottish Poetry Library:

    soundcloud.com/scottishpoetryl

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic

  23. Da ask is tick at da back o Vaila,
    As da cowld, sweet braeth o da Sooth wind blaas,
    Whaar da rigs is lyin, gold an shaila,
    An da paet-reek driftin by ower Waas…

    —“Voar Wadder”, by Vagaland (T.A. Robertson, 1909–1973)

    Listen to the poem on Shetland ForWirds:
    shetlanddialect.org.uk/voar-wa

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic

  24. “Just as, after reading Heinlein, a door is no longer quite the same thing, so, after reading DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA, a dialect is no longer quite the same thing either… It is not just poetry about a science-fictional subject. It is poetry in which the poetry itself is science fiction.”

    –Cat Fitzpatrick reviews DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA for STRANGE HORIZONS

    8/8

    @bookstodon

    strangehorizons.com/non-fictio

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #scifi #sciencefiction #poetry

  25. In 2019, Harry Josephie Giles’s SF verse novel DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA was a work-in-progress, & we were delighted to feature an extract. Published by Picador in 2021, DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Book of the Year

    7/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/th

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #scifi #sciencefiction #poetry

  26. The New Orkney Language Literature

    Harry Josephine Giles looks at “the minoritisation of the language, perpetuated not just through literary snobbery but also through an education system that beat out Orcadian with physical force” & a literary rebirth

    6/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/th

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic

  27. Persistence of Vision: Blue Black Permanent

    “For Tait, making the bigger picture – making feature films, and working on a bigger scale – didn’t mean compromising the poetry. For her, cinema itself was essentially a poetic medium”

    —Sarah Neely on the enduring legacy of Margaret Tait’s life & work

    5/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/pe

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #film #cinema

  28. Norse Past, Victorian Present

    “Orkneyinga Saga… is at once a historical chronicle and a literary fantasy. It is a Christian book of bloodshed that celebrates saints alongside murderers. Rich in paradox, invention and embellishment Rich in paradox, invention and embellishment”

    —Simon Hall addresses Orcadian readings of the 12th/13th-century Orkneyinga Saga

    4/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/no

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #saga #OrkneyingaSaga #medieval #Viking

  29. Auld rock meets Nordic Noir

    “the idea of the ‘Nordic’ is constructed through the naming of the landscape rather than geography itself”

    —Hanne Tange & Gunhild Agger turn a Danish gaze on Shetlandic Scandinavian-ness

    3/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/au

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic

  30. A Deep, Owld Anchor

    “Even writing about Nicaragua or New York, Cuba or my adopted home of Glasgow, it is with Shetlandic eyes that I see the world, and with Shetlandic ears that I hear it”

    —Christie Williamson on da wirds an wyes o spaekin in Shaetlan

    2/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/a-

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic

  31. When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, Orkney & Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472

    NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future

    1/8

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/no

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic

  32. Grey dawn brakkin ower troubled watters,
    Da Soond laek a burn wi da rip o da tide;
    Da Mull, black an grim, ida first o da daylicht
    Wi da sea brakkin white on his nortmast side…

    —Jack Renwick, “Winter Comes In”

    Listen to Laurence Graham read the poem on Shetland ForWirds:

    shetlanddialect.org.uk/winter-

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic #winter

  33. A boannie nicht for castin kale:
    a fat mön vaegin owre Sannis,
    a hale gadderie o laads an lasses…

    —Christine De Luca, “Hallowe’en Hansel”

    Listen to Christine reading some of her poems, including “Hallowe’en Hansel”, online here:

    christinedeluca.co.uk/pages/wa

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #poem #Scots #Scotlanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic #Halloween