No, you're spending your evening listening to Dabeull in 24-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC on TIDAL and sipping MOTH cocktails.

Goodbye boring life. Welcome FONK!

I've just been informed that the car park at Waitrose Comely Bank will be closed for six weeks from 21st April.
I anticipate we'll witness scenes of utter pandemonium, chaos, and passive-aggressive behaviour.

Meanwhile, Irish DRS is going exactly as expected…

Interesting poll here 👇

It’s good to see brands moving towards optional secondary packaging.

I’d like to report (another) hate crime.

Where on earth are you Roddy Dunlop KC? I’m not sure I ever want to go there as a result of these crimes against negroni you’ve been sharing.

James 🥃 Blair Bowman 🥃 It’s not working well. Tiny minority of cans being returned and operating comp y pocketing millions in un-refunded deposits. Not to mention punters being charged deposits on non-returnable cans in many places. It’s happened to me several times already.

A grim thread on Reddit where a son seeks help after discovering his ailing father's €150,000 'investment' in whisky casks reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFi…

A week today there is a superbly titled debate in Scottish Parliament, sponsored by Ivan McKee MSP

Scotch Whisky Association wants all political parties to celebrate #ScotchWhisky , and highlight the huge contribution the industry makes to Scottish life, culture and economy

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CC: Lorna Slater

Blair Bowman 🥃 It’s a complete and utter shambles. Never allow anyone in Scotland to point to ours as an example of it working.

Wood burning stoves on new builds banned. This is absolutely bonkers. Missed this consultation. Many rural homes heated with sustainable wood grown on farms & crofts. Keeps costs down. Key part of rural self catering experience. Mairi Gougeon

Meanwhile, Irish DRS is going exactly as expected…

That recycling deposit return scheme is the worst thing to come into the country in a long long time

'ban' : verb to decide or say officially that something is not allowed

Joyous scenes at Port Glasgow as the Glen Rosa is 'launched' six years late but the true state of the ferry network is demonstrated by the fact you cannot currently book a ferry to or from Islay *next week*. Great job, folks.

To ask the Scottish Government if they’ve genuinely consulted with Islanders and Island communities to determine their desire for tunnels? Constructing tunnels to the mainland could potentially affect the identity of island communities.

Fergus Ewing MSP at the Holyrood Sources 25 Years of Devolution special:

“We need to get back to competent management of running the basics. And if I had one wish for the parliament in the next three years, it's: can we please run out of things to ban or make free?'