#Highland

At long last, the final paper from my PhD thesis, with Allen Allison from @bishopmuseum and @uncshai, out now in @AnimalEcology!So what is the paper about, and why are PNG
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Scottish Women - The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald, is regarded as one of the most romantic in Scottish History.Flora MacDonald is famously known for helping Bonnie
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Some #camanachd or #shinty related news in "The Celtic Monthly", 1893 - @HughDan1956 #Gàidhlig #ScotsThere are interesting notes here. There's a sense of shinty declining in popularity in some areas,
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Just over a year ago, @PdxInteractive released the grand strategy game "Imperator Rome". Because I have nothing better to do on a Thursday, I decided to make a THREAD dedicated
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Here’s a thread of what I saw on a walk thru Evanston. Located right on Lake Michigan, this home was designed by architects Booth, Nagle & Hartray in 1977-78 for
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Why BTS should come to Scotland; a thread #BTSToScotland2021 1. They said they’d like to visit Northern Europe to see the Aurora Borealis, which you can actually see from some
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Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any
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10 lesser known forms of Asian architecture. Rumah Gadang (Indonesia)Native to the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, these homes are notable for their multi-tiered upswept gables and are decorated with
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Psst, hey, check your Mapbox account – notice any 135,000,000 km² of new imagery? That’s right. No, no, you deserve it. It’s been a hard year. Happy holidays. https://www.mapbox.com/blog/3d-satellite-maps-high-res-imagery This
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In case others need an Explain Like I'm 5 version of the power outages: - Texas Republicans decided to make their own power grid separate from the rest of the
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Freedom for Scotland, 1927 Lewis Spence (1874-1955) published more than forty books, mainly in the fields of folklore and anthropology. A nationalist with strong anti-English opinions, Spence was a founder
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#otd 21st August 1689, the Jacobite Army commences their assault on Dunkeld and the Earl of Angus’ Regiment of Foot (also known as the Cameronians). 1,200 Presbyterian soldiers fight with
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THREADThe images of @RikRankin’s Failte gu Alba are stunning, but for #Outlander readers, they are also an enchanting visual companion to @Writer_DG’s vivid writing. I can’t help but be transported
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Just when you thought one epic thread on economic theory was enough for the day, I think it's time I picked up my history rant from a couple of weeks
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Since Zack has come up with a lovely idea but clearly executed it with the wrong animals:DOGTORS AND NURSES OF THE NHShttps://twitter.com/zackferguson/status/1348331623230672910 Beagle - Medical F1. Small but keen to
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I’m in East Liberty this evening where protesters are circling up near the Target at Penn & Centre Aves. The action comes days after plainclothes police officers in an unmarked
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