#take me to Scotland

[icewindandboringhorror]

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#i feel like I posted this already but I also can't find it in any recent posts so... #......he #cats #EVEN if I did post it.. why not poast himb again? it's he #I'm like halfway through actually editing aforementioned costumes and stuff and i WANT to work on sculptures again and I have video #s and that worldbuilding slideshow and all of these things so hopefully like.. more usual stuff soon maybe.. to be posted #for now though yeah.. just cats #The end of the year is also when I panic about the passage of time and how little I've gotten done and how I will never actually be a #sucessful game maker slash author slash cat cafe owner slash set designer slash costume designer slash psychologist #who lives in like Scotland or somehting and also owns my own candle company or something ghbjhb #and will probably just be a mentally ill hermit recluse all my life who dies early of mysterious health issues with 5000 projects left #undone and blah blah the crushing weight of chronic illness and capitalism and so on and so forth #So then I scramble to get projects done to try and meet some goals but usually that means I scatter between projects #so it takes longer to finish all of them. Like instead of dedicating 8 hours to one thing and finishing it one sitting. I'll do 2 hours on #this then 2 hours on that then 2 hours on another things. so they all get done slower even though I'm still technically making progress on #them all. This is also a very poo poo pee pee stink brain way to work and is not like. the most efficent thing but it's just how my brain #organizes tasks sometimes lol #*** #(<ignore this its part of an OCD compulsion lol. anytime you see me type three asterisks I'm not bleeping out a curse word #it's just a Special Secret Foolish Thing I Have To Do At Specific Uncontrolable Times When Brain Says So gbjhhj) #ANYWAY... eeeee #Still haven't resolved my mystery chest injury though so being at te computer for too long is also kind of achey-inducing #Better get over it though because I have like 30+ hours of slideshow vidoe to edit hahaha hee hee hoo!!!!!

[bonesofhoney]

☁️i miss being in a dreamland turned reality✨

#take me baaaaaack #I miss it 😭 #I’ve never been anywhere more magical #also hi yes hello 👋 #it’s been a while #and I realized I never posted these! #:) so here I am #mine #Scotland #selfie #ish

[ifindus]

norway as sanji and scot as zoro?🩵💚

ofc!! 🥰🥰🥰 my two fave ships 💖

#hetalia #scotnor #aph norway #aph scotland #hws norway #hws scotland #thanks for the ask 🥰🥰🥰 #such a good take #love me some enemies/rivals-to-lovers #the colours match up so good too #what a duo

[fumblingmusings]

I think it's very important for my understanding of Scotland is that he cannot succeed in literally anything. And even when he does, it's a monkey's paw of a situation which will turn around and bite him on the ass. He flops so hard at being a world power he copes by creating capitalism. Like that level of incompetent. The man is held together by the chips on his shoulders and short sightedness. He's incapable of playing the long game like his siblings and every single one of his schemes ends with him losing in the most important way.

He's cheery, musically and artistically inclined, and is a good laugh but he's the most mercurial of the bunch, the most stubborn and the most spiteful. Like he'd put washing up liquid in Arthur's tea only to forget which cup he put it in and chug it right in front of his brother, desperately resisting the urge to throw it back up whilst Arthur drinks his own mug utterly oblivious.

#it just seems to be a reoccuring theme in my country's history of them going 'HAHA LOSEROHNO' #a man takes an opportunity #a man absolutely loses everything including his dignity in the process #somehow he at peace with this #hetalia #hws scotland #headcanon #op #it's just deeply important to me that people understand that he is just... not doing hot. #ever

[wis-art]

it's hard to drive a perfect racing line when you're in an RWD 425 BHP car and it is raining, sometimes it's better to take it easy because a crash will costs you seconds and pushing your brake a little so you take the corner slower will only loose you fractions of a second

#I am playing dirt rally and i DIED! #i am playing a daily and i fell into a tree and broke my wheels!!!!! #that porsche in scotland #they were planning to murder me #i think everyone should play dirt rally 2.0 #because oh how fun a car game i will go fast #and then you just end up crashing #and failing #and you realize #oh my god #this is so much harder than i thought #and people are so much better than me #and then you realize how much work someone put in to take every corner you struggle with at baller speeds #WHAT IM SAYING ITS VERY HUMBLING AND ALSO CAR AND ITS COOL CAUSE I LIKE BIG LOUD CARS GOING FAST THROUGH FORESTS AND MOUNTAINS #hehe big engine #but seriously #i love this game #i genuinely feel like i started looking at my art in way healthier way ever since i played this game #just realized that #it's ok to not be the best and to struggle with something #it's kinda the whole fun of it #figuring it all out and putting in the time to get better #that's the secret to having fun

[cowboyslikedean]

watching good omens and the fact they simply superimposed a distant vague london skyline over one of the most recognisable streets in edinburgh is really making me laugh

great job lads i’m sure no one will notice

#good omens #good omens season 2 #this isn’t a dig i know how filming locations work and also #listen ppl probably won’t notice because edinburgh actually does look a lot like london especially the new town/stockbridge area #which is where this street (circus lane) is #but i have lived in that specific part of the city and everyone is always taking pics on that street so it made me laugh #so photoshopping the gherkin in the background is taking me out #esp bc some of the season is ACTUALLY set in edi #lucys ramblings #BUT if u saw this part of ep 1 and were like omg that street is so cute where in london is it #let me be the person to tell you it is circus lane. in edinburgh. in scotland. #it is very much worth visiting though it’s in a lovely (if expensive) part of the city with lots of little restaurants and antique shops #and public gardens

[blamemma]

realistically...qatar sim test would have been today....so where is the news @ red bull @ alpha tauri

#also could potentially be tomorrow but thats a v tight turn around and timeline #i just NEED to know okay cause then i gotta grapple with btoh daniel on track and scotland v ireland #look i WANNA see him back desparately but also for my own mental health it may be good for just one sport to take me out this weekend #daniel ricciardo

[docholligay]

Trying not to murder my darling sister who, I remind myself, I love very much, as I attempt to help her plan a trip to the UK.

#'we're just gonna skip london' #you're gonna skip a world class city named one of the best cities in the world by art LEAST Afar and conde nast also rick steves #because it doesn't get your husbands rocks off in whatever weird highlander image he had in his head? #girl you've seen a lake and you loathe nature and hiking #you hate scotch #please please DO visit scotland #but honey!! you are a steampunk bitch!! and have been since you were like 14!! #please don't skip london which i know you would fucking LOVE SO MUCH #because your husband is a huge baby who wants this entire trip which you will never ever take again to be about him #it makes me generally nuts when people assume they will i guess...suddenly become a different person on vacation? #you gonna suddenly take an interest in hiking just because you crossed an ocean? #all of a sudden your stamina kicks ass when you're complaining about your legs hurting after two days of walking at my usual? #know who you are and deal with it

[hacash]

Fact One: Nicola Sturgeon has in the past expressed a hope that Scotland keeps the royal family as head of state if Scotland goes independent. I’m not entirely sure how that works, but given this is a shit-post rather than a serious political treatise, please bear with me here.

(Tenuous) Fact Two: Given that the English and Scottish kingdoms came together officially when James VI of Scotland also inherited England and became James I of England, there’s a tongue-in-cheek argument for saying that the English royalty died out with Elizabeth I, and then Scottish royalty ‘obtained’ England. 

(Inaccurate) Conclusion: The royal family belongs to Scotland.

(Tongue-in-Cheek) Proposal: If Scotland goes independent they have to take the royal family with them. (Not sure if that would encourage more independence votes or less.)

#uk politics #it's not often i'm proud of my country #so help me god if you guys take this post seriously i will roll my eyes right out of my head #scotland #england #tw royal family

[floweringpear]

october 30, 2023 — colton hill, edinburgh

#lily evans and brianna fraser my style icons rn #redhead #autumn #fall #dark academia #light academia #autumn fashion #style #mine #face #shout out to my friend for taking these amazing photos of me #photography #edinburgh #colton hill #scotland #studyblr #study abroad #lily potter

[ed-teach]

Taking a bath for the first time in AGES. thank god for mutuals with bathtubs

#at my friends' place. one of whom is a mutual #i got that new tattoo swag and a bath after a good day at work #i have many friends who love me and i love them and life is suddenly so good #i am writing my Bachelor's thesis on judas and my favourite prof (and friend) will be my second examiner #my dad is taking me to scotland for a couple days after xmas #I'll see my best friend in 3 days #the pain is finally paying off #quip

[pvffinsdaisies]

Recently been trying to develop a headcanon where Scotland is hard of hearing, and currently imagining him and Norway communicating through sign language one night. Norway is still learning BSL, he’s trying his best but he’s making mistakes, and Alistair is happily trying to guide him through and correct those mistakes. Nor struggles the most with the facial expressions, and Alistair is trying to model it for him but since Norway is so used to wearing a blank facial expression, he’s really struggling, which results in some silly and funny looks. The pair of them wind up laughing and giggling together, Scotland looks at him with the warmest smile ever. And Norway takes this as his opportunity to sign something he’s been practicing for months and months to get perfect for Alistair, “I love you.”

#thought this was cute! #if this is offensive in any way let me know and I’ll take it down #hetalia #aph scotland #aph norway #scotnor

[twinkskeletons]

i don’t care if you’re seeing fall out boy at the metro. it should’ve happened to me

#fall out boy small venues tour? fall out boy at any venue in scotland ?? #txt #fob #the fact that they only play in fields here is why i didn’t get to see them until i was 20. #my dad refused to take me to any bc for some reason he thought moving a concert outside makes it more dangerous

[thatdamnokie]

celebrating the 4th of july by fantasizing about leaving the country

#personal #uh tags #fourth of july #july 4th #fuck america #i miss scotland baby take me back i hate it here

[hnybnny]

leaving edinburgh today!!! wish we got to stay longer but oh well, i got to meet a good friend (ILY @tmae3114) and explore! but. also importantly. i got to go to the memorial of a true hero— corporal wojtek my beloved 🫡

two wonderful older scottish ladies took the photo for me and one called me love it was soul healing

#me #edinburgh #wojtek #corporal wojtek #i love him so much #travel #scotland #madi takes the uk #i didn’t have time to see the statue of my husband sherlock holmes but oh well

[thedreadvampy]

here is a situation I would like you to consider. Imagine a charity, right?

This charity has a staff of 207, of whom around 5-8 are people of colour

This charity works in poverty and homelessness reduction, an area which disproportionately affects Black people, Asian people, and non-EU migrants.

This charity operates in Scotland, a country which is considered extremely white with a population who identified as 96% white in the 2011 census

This charity operates in Edinburgh, a city with a population that's still pretty overwhelmingly white, with 91.7% identifying as some form of white in 2011 (5.5% Asian, 1.1% Black or African, 1.6% other/mixed) (the 2022 census numbers aren't out yet so this is real outdated)

The charity has an Inclusion and Diversity staff working group

Despite operating in a pretty white country, this charity is still managing to limbo under the line of 'less white than Scotland as a whole in 2011' by having a staff body which is under 4% people of colour, despite operating in the capital.

All staff of colour in the organisation are below junior management level

All but 2 people of colour in the staff team have, at some point, joined the staff working group then left. Several have mentioned feeling like they're being expected to take on extra diversity work because of their race, and one spoke to feeling like there was no room or interest in discussing racial equity.

There has never been any concerted data gathering or analysis on the racial picture of applications vs successful recruitments in the organisation

When asked, the general take from management is 'people of colour prefer to work for BAME organisations'

When asked about racial equity in recruitment, managers in the inclusion and diversity group repeatedly deflect to talking about reaching BAME client groups by co-working with BAME-focused community organisations.

When asked about putting budget underspend behind scoping the reasons for racial inequity in hiring and retention, managers in the (entirely white) I&D group said, and I quote, "obviously it's important but it's never come up as a priority and we don't need people to come in and tell us what we already know"

"ok what do we already know"

fucking nothing as it turns out because it's "never been a priority"

we don't even know if it's a recruitment or hiring issue

except I do

because I've talked to multiple people of colour who applied and went through the hiring process and were not hired

so people are fucking applying aren't they

anyway I had a very angering day yesterday, how are you all doing?

It's not, in fact, that "they don't want to work here for some reason"

#red said #I AM GOING TO GO FERAL AND START CHEWING THIS FUCKING WOMAN'S FACE OFF #racism #you know not to lead the witness but uhhhhh IT'S RACISM #also it takes like. EFFORT to limbo under the incredibly low bar that is 'whiter than Scotland as a whole' when you live in the capital #we're at a level of whiteness that compares to my fucking hometown #I'm starting to worry it's me? Like everywhere i go on my life seems to have a whiteness problem. is it me??? #bc my hometown? devastatingly white didn't meet a black person until i was 11 #my university? i was in a weirdly white class compared to like. every other course and every other year group on my course #I've only worked in offices in Edinburgh with teams that have at most one (1) person of colour #i don't. understand it. because it's statistically implausible and I'm not like SEEKING OUT WHITE SPACES. #am i only accepted into spaces that have a race problem? is it me? #bc statistically this is insane