Sarah Mackie

@lumi1984

Lover of sci-fi, gaming, soundtracks and the Scots language. Aspires to a Scotland with self determination and a better world for all. "...humans can be better than they are, so let's do that." James S.A. Corey

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Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· 2d

Was having a wee look at www.lightningmaps.org with all the tracking stations enabled and was reminded of Wargames

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· 5d

Ugh...was overjoyed recently to come across new music tracks that were total earworms, then today I discover they are AI made. So fucking fed up with it pervading every aspect of our lives.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· 14d

Really wish articles would leave out "the UK" when they're not referring to the United Kingdom in its entirety. If only we could have quietly left the Union while UKGov's leadership imploded once again...just grabbed our keys and slipped out the door. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Article in the Guardian, 7th August 2026:

Could the UK ever run out of water?

Pippa Neill and Safeerah Ahmed

Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be?

Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought. But what does this mean and could the UK’s taps eventually run dry?

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 17

Restenneth Priory near Forfar, over 800 years old and previously home to Augustinian canons. Hard to believe this used to be completely surrounded by a loch!

Photo of Restenneth Priory near Forfar, most of the walls have collapsed but the central tower and spire and a few surrounding walls still remain. There is a long grassy path leading up to it and a giant sycamore tree growing next to it with a brilliant cloudless blue sky above

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 16

Current status

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 9

Best STAR TREK captain. Wrong answers only.

Stellan Skarsgård as Luthan Rael in Andor, on the left a picture of his alter-persona as an antiques dealer with wavy hair, rings and smiles...on the right a picture of him as himself, one of the leaders of the Rebellion.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 3

Rådhuspladsen metro station gave me slight Escher-esque vibes...just without actually breaking all the laws of physics.

Looking down from the first level down in Rådhuspladsen metro station, where there are escalators lined up in a symmetrical way heading down to and up from the platforms, although some look like they should connect if there wasn't a landing in the way

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 2

A thing we could have had in 2022 in Scotland, if Westminster hadn't done the usual and thrown a tantrum, preventing it from being implemented. Here in Copenhagen, returning these three bottles will give DKK 1.50 each - DKK 4.50 is around 52p just now.

Three plastic bottles marked with PantB - a category of bottle return in Denmark.

From the Dansk Retur System website:

Deposit on one-way packaging

Bottles and cans with a deposit mark are one-way (disposable) packaging that can be recycled, melted and turned into new bottles and cans.

Pant A = DKK 1.00 (glass bottles and aluminium cans less than 1 litre)

Pant B = DKK 1.50 (plastic bottles less than 1 litre)

Pant C = DKK 3.00 (all bottles and cans of 1–20 litres)

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jul 1

Only seen a fraction of it so far...but oh my, København is STUNNING 😍

Looking across Kongens Nytorv, with a statue surrounded by lots of grass and an outer ring of flowers. A hotel flying Danish flags is in the background.

Looking down Sankt Annæ Plads, past a statue there are two long rows of trees and a walkway between two roads.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 28

What's it like inside your head?

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 22

Scrooge leaning out a window in A Christmas Carol to ask "You there, boy! Who's turn is it to be Prime Minister this week?"

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 19

The United Kingdom's governing party falling apart at the seams with dissension in the ranks and mutiny being fomented over dismal leadership. This feels...familiar.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 14

Missing Mum so much right now, she would have absolutely adored this view 💔

The view from the Loch Melfort Hotel, looking out over Loch Melfort and the surrounding coast.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 13

Post a logo, emblem, or title (with its original font) that remains as perfect today as when it was new.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 6

Can also vouch for the ridiculously tasty Earthquake Ale on tap here, brewed specially for the Shaky Toun - as the UK's earthquake capital, we have the world's first dedicated seismometer observatory with our position on the Highland Boundary Fault. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/comrie/earth...

On the front of the pouring tap in the Royal Hotel in Comrie, a label reading: Comrie's own Earthquake Ale - I WAS SHOOK

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 6

Absolutely love our local. Right at the front door in The Royal Hotel, Comrie.

Sign in The Royal Hotel in Comrie, reading:

Dogs are welcome in this hotel.

We've never had a dog that smoked in the bedrooms, stole our tv's or had noisy arguments with their travelling companion.

We've never had a dog get drunk and break any furniture...so if your dog can vouch for you, you are more than welcome.

The Management.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Jun 2

A red kite on the prowl overhead...love that I get to hear this sound every day!

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 27

Oof size meter, pointing at Large, with a semi-transparent still of a man going oof

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 26

Eh, no.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 25

Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone

A close up of a white and grey cat looking devious, with her ears back and a stern demeanour...she wants fed.

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 25

Pls send help, the heat has broken the cat

A white and grey cat sprawled out on a sheepskin rug in the heat, stretched out fully on her back

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 24

First major taps aff day in Scotland

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 22

Well worth several years of anticipation - ridiculously tasty food, fabulous cocktails, the whole experience in itself was delightful and it was an absolute pleasure to finally meet @colken.bsky.social (enjoy the fitba the morra!) Now away aff hame to descend into a contented food coma for a week 😁

One of the amazing chefs at Sapporo Teppanyaki Glasgow lighting a pool of heated oil on the hotplate, creating a fabulous fireball and giving everyone in a 100m radius a tan to be envied throughout Scotland

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 21

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 19

Every. Day.

A blue cat looking to the right with a horrified expression saying "THE FUCK IS THIS"

Below it is the same blue cat with the same horrified expression looking to the left saying "THE FUCK IS WAS THAT"

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 16

Today I discovered Changing forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor) growing in the garden, and OH MY GOD LOOK AT THEIR PERFECT TINY WEE FLOWERS

A load of Changing Forget-me-not flowers growing together - from further away they look a bit like heather...

But get closer and there is a spiral of fibonacci goodness unfurling at the top of each one...

Get closer still, and each golden spiral is blooming into rows of perfectly formed tiny wee cream, lilac and purply-blue flowers

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 4

The absolute splendour of spring never ceases to delight.

A Chilean Firetree bursting into glorious orangey-red life, surrounded by the green growth of other plants in spring

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 4

Happy Star Wars Day! #MaytheFourthBeWithYou

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· May 3

Possibly one of my favourite scenes from the first season of #Silo - Bernard's eyebrow twitch had me screaming...cannot wait for the start of season three in July!

Sarah Mackie@lumi1984· Apr 26

Don't you Forget about me