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CNN @cnn.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, the groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA’s Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died. She was 90. cnn.it/4jI4LxB
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Scientist, inventor & women's rights campaigner Eunice Foote died #OTD in 1888. She was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect (heat-absorbing properties) of carbon dioxide (CO2), laying the scientific groundwork for #climatechange research. #WomenInSTEM
A warm-toned, sepia-style artistic illustration depicting Eunice Newton Foote, a 19th-century American scientist, viewed from behind in a softly lit laboratory setting. She stands facing away from the viewer, her back to us, wearing a period-appropriate mid-19th-century dress with puffed short sleeves, an off-the-shoulder neckline, and a full skirt. Her dark hair is styled in an elegant updo with soft curls and a decorative comb or ribbon at the back. She holds an open scientific notebook or paper in both hands at chest height, reading it attentively. The background shows a detailed Victorian-era lab interior with wooden shelves, glass apparatus including tall cylinders and tubes, a bell jar, a thermometer or barometer-like instrument, and other scientific equipment on tables and walls, evoking a sense of quiet discovery and early experimental science. Drawing by Carlyn Iverson, NOAA.
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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 01/10/2026
It is Hallowmonth, so I am contractually required by the radge basturt spirits of my ancient forebears to post a *proper* Jack O'Lantern for the benefit of all you sweet summer children of America with yer cute lil pumpkins.
A proper jack o'lantern carved from a tumshie, a hideous leathery visage like the head of some terrible burn victim left languishing in an insane asylum for decades, the bandages stained filthy to the point of solidity, with a sick sheen. Pumpkins? Pfft!
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great documentaries, like life, happen while the director is busy making other plans. I’ve written a little bit about Up in the FT Weekend:
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The ‘7 Up’ series: didactic social history as masterpiece
This vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
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Littleoldladywho +Angie Scarr @littleoldladywho1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
When you get P'd off with the stupidly rich, (and how creatives are so often underpaid/underfunded) remember they're mostly sad barstewards who don't really appreciate this. #TheFrugalistBook
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 67216: Don't be afraid of silence. Only in silence can you hear the music.
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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👍 🧶 #knit
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
'Cake Shop' by Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009), prolific US street photographer #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a child in a pram looking into the window of a bakery shop with cakes on display, on a busy city street
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Edinburgh Images 📷 @colognuh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
George IV Bridge from the Cowgate, Edinburgh.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The amazing Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire. Built on the site of the old Summerlee ironworks and complete with working trams, this is one of the best free days out in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #NorthLanarkshire
The Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. The image shows the gateway of the museum, formed by black circular uprights and a metal sign above them, forming an arch. In the background are the buildings of the museum, beyond a gate and fence. The sky is blue.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Street advertising, Glasgow style - Direct and to the point, with not a single wasted word! I spotted this on Garth Street in the Merchant City area of the city today. #glasgow #advertising #merchantcity #haircut
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/08/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "... human civilization as we know it will collapse and billions could die. And we’re not talking about the far distant future. We are talking about collapse within years, not centuries. For real." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🤢 no thanks
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abaird.bsky.social @abaird.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Pondering the wisdom of getting rid of my landline and moving to full fibre. For emergencies would it not be better to keep phone lines that work during power cuts?
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Why are caravans only white or beige? Where are the bright red, or blue or turquoise caravans? Why aren't there caravans in as many colours as cars come in? Is there some regulation?
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Excellent flash flooding advice here www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Globe vase with iris”. Artist Robin Freedenfeld. Born (1951). American Realism, Oil on canvas
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Incredible automated YouTube subtitles have the director of the FBI in the 1930s as a man named Jed Garoover
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Very noticeable how much more some folks on this platform are posting on X. People should be aware that the more that happens the more this platform will languish and eventually fail — which would be a shame.
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Found Land Beneath the Waves in the wonderful Highland Bookshop! It's a very friendly shop with a stonking selection of #naturewriting.
A bookcase of nature writing booksNic standing smiling in front of the Highland Bookshop with her book.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A neon-green solar-powered slug that lives underwater is the winner of @theguardian.com Invertebrate of the Year competition! - "It’s very, very beautiful but also very smart too - it builds its own solar panels” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
neon-green solar-powered slug
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Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon @lucyantal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
With my @alchemickitchen.bsky.social hat on. 👇 @feedingliverpool.org @sustainweb.org @foodfoundation.bsky.social @foodrise.bsky.social @kindlingtrust.bsky.social
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yesterday #sophiefromromania was brave enough to go on the beach until she was scared by the sound of a wave. Today she seemed to decide she loved it. Did some zoomies and even dipped her toe almost in the waves.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I was too unwell to teach for many months so retweeting my post below about my workshop relaunch with the link to my first illustration & mental health class will help so so much if you have a moment👇 Thankyou x🌿
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One of my cartoons for Wednesday's Metro
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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just as Edinburgh gears up to launch its annual literary celebration, Glasgow pulls the plug on its own book festival for another year, You couldn’t make it up. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2645379...
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Aye Write shelved again as Glasgow Life reveals plans for scaled-back return
The city's biggest literary celebration will not be going ahead this year despite securing new Scottish Government funding.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11/08/2026
I’ll ha’e nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur Extremes meet – it’s the only way I ken To dodge the curst conceit o’ bein’ richt That damns the vast majority o’ men. —from “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle” 🎂🧵 for Hugh MacDiarmid—born #OTD, 11 Aug 1892 1/10 www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hugh-m...
A sepia headshot photo of the Scottish Modernist poet Christopher Murray Grieve, AKA “Hugh MacDiarmid”. A middle-aged moustachioed man, he is wearing glasses and looking to the right, holding a pipe to his mouth.
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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Missing 67-year-old woman boarded train to Edinburgh at Inverkeithing Police are appealing for help to trace Moira Fraser, 67, who has been reported missing from Inverkeithing....
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Missing 67-year-old woman boarded train to Edinburgh at Inverkeithing
Police are appealing for help to trace Moira Fraser, 67, who has been reported missing from Inverkeithing. She was last seen boarding a train to Edinburgh at Inverkeithing train station around 10.40am this morning Sunday, 9 August, 2026. She is described as white, 5ft 5in tall, with shoulder length blonde hair. When last seen Moira was wearing gold and brown rimmed glasses, a long black cardigan, jeans and black or brown boots. She was carrying a brown leather handbag with a shoulder strap and two carry handles. She is with her dog, a black female labrador cross cocker spaniel, which was wearing a red tartan collar with a black lead.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Remember, if someone has the audacity to claim that spending the weekend reading a mystery novel, drinking multiple cups of tea, and indulging in an obscene amount of chocolate croissants “doesn’t sound exciting”, then they’re simply not your true friend.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"did u spray paint those penises all over portland" "yes, lol" "it worked they filled the potholes!" "the what now"
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Cleo👠✨ @ozgib.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Jeanne Gibson, known worldwide as Rosie the Riveter, passed away on 29th July 2026 at the remarkable age of 100. Thank you Jeanne for giving women a symbol of strength when we were told we had none. 💋💪🏻💘
Image of jeanne in her 90's doing her famous pose with the famous outfit onOriginal rosie illustration poster
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Alicia Bruce @aliciabruce.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
RPS167 Opens 7th August @saatchigallery.bsky.social www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/r...
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RNIB Scotland @rnibscotland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Rain or shine, Café VI is ready for you! ☕ Pop along for great coffee, homemade cakes, and delicious soups, sandwiches & toasties. Every visit helps support blind and partially sighted people across Scotland. Find us at 12-14 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, Tue–Fri, 10am–3pm. Everyone's welcome!
Daryl and Antoni enjoy the sunshine while sat at an outdoor table at Café VI.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Food shortages are already here – the government needs to tell us the truth
Britain’s food insecurity is no longer a distant threat but a growing national security risk. As climate change, conflict and fragile supply chains collide, the warnings from intelligence chiefs are b...
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Ms Marchmont @msmarchmont.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Welcome to Bruntsfield @typewronger.bsky.social !
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Excellent, wide-ranging, in-depth reporting by @aloner.bsky.social on upcoming Israeli elections.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lawyers to investigate claims of GB power grid cover-up over blackout risk
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Fiction and fantasy aren't "fake" any more than light seen through a prism is fake. It's just seen from a different perspective. Light through a prism is still light. Truth through a story is still the truth.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 02/07/2026
The decline of the Russian superpower The once-mighty Russia spirals into a demographic crisis, worsened by Putin’s miscalculations in Ukraine westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/world/t...
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The decline of the Russian superpower
The once-mighty Russia spirals into a demographic crisis, worsened by Putin’s miscalculations in Ukraine
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of Manchester
Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
In a few weeks @lucygobag.bsky.social and I will be talking about something important - and that featured in The Swedish Art of Aging Well - continuing to repeat the same problems and issues year after year Register to join us here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A busy start to the week. And sharing details of the latest webinar that @lucygobag.bsky.social and I are doing. It is on 29 June and details are below. It would be great if you could join us for the important discussion. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.
David Attenborough and one of his creations.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026
We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.
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