Yeti in a box

Just a few folk out marching for independence in Aberdeen today…#AUOB #AyeAberdeen

Deep, cold mud frozen into cusps, cracking and squooshing with each stride. Grateful for warm socks.

The difference between a cohesive society and a "command economy" is not something Western capitalist states can understand; for them, individualism is morally necessary. That is why they fail to control Covid-19. As Dr Harris, from the WHO, observed, Taiwan is both cohesive *and* highly liberal -- and "Taiwan, for instance, probably has the best management" of Covid-19 anywhere, while Europe staggers through lockdowns and Trump just leaves USA folk to die. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/covid-lockdowns-are-cost-of-self-isolation-failures-says-who-expert

From a brilliant rally to a fabulous concert: here to watch Blazin’ Fiddles at the Aberdeen Music Hall. #finedayout #AUOBAberdeen

At the #AUOBAberdeen rally today we saw some wonderful flags — what’s the story behind the unicorn-dancing-on-the-waves flag? #AyeAberdeen

Yesterday morning I was just saying that we had a lot of sparrows. Yesterday evening: #trophicweb

What a fine way to learn about a march for Yes. My boys saw this as we walked to swimming lessons - “a march for what?” “For Yes” “Oooh! We like Yes!”

Local solutions: Khumbu people use ingenuity and social coordination to mitigate effects of increasing glacial outburst floods (Byers) https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/living-below-nepals-melting-mountains/

This looks good. Any early-career or PhD student mountain conservation folk need a crash course? https://www.grassrootsglobal.net/mer2020/