Hi Steve. I worked on Edinburgh Council's response to 2005 Gaelic Language Bill consultation. There is a sizeable Gaelic speaking population in the lowlands. The Act stems from UK Govt's signing, in 2001, of the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 1/

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2/ It included Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scots, Irish etc - all minority langs in grand family of world languages. Endangered species, if you will. They only exist in meaningful numbers here. The responsibility filtered down to devolved admins

We have one case of Covid in our house, and I have some early anecdata 🚨. We think we picked the infection up early thanks to Orient Gene LFTs. Have been doing them at least twice weekly for kiddo. A faint line *outside* the 30min time window made me suspicious. 1/ 2/ Later that day school let us know of a case in their class. Kid tested early evening - thin but clear line on LFT. So a quick parental chat, we agreed I would sleep in the other room, and mask up, FFP2 with headband. Windows open as much as poss. 3 air purifiers running.

That beekeeper heart honeycomb image. A thread. Firstly, I'm a folklorist to trade. Interested in traditions, customs, tales, songs. How things are passed on.
In June 2020, an artist published a Tweet saying her parents are beekeepers, who sent her this image from a fellow French bee keeper /2