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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bessie Grant Relict of Richard {} Flesher. burges of ED gave A donation of 100 merks To Ye poor of this House Sept 4th 1719. Go and see the Hammermen's chapel ( Magdalen chapel) in Cowgate. Incredible tiny jewel from C17th Edinburgh, hiding in plain sight.
Painted inscription wooden panel from 1719
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Loz. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇨🇦 @wtfdoyouneed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Meanwhile in Edinburgh
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Andy Lawrence @e-astronomer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here is my grid of eclipse progress plots from yesterday at the event on Calton Hill organised by @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social #astronomy There were thoosands of people! All taken with Seestar S50.
grid of ten pictures of the Sun during the eclipse, proceeding from full sun top left to 90% coverage bottom left and then halfway out by bottom right. Patchy cloud on most of the pictures, but makes it look more dramatic.
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Andy Lawrence @e-astronomer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
now the real thing
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The scale, the amounts, the neck. Clacton you deserve better.
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Andy Lawrence @e-astronomer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My latest Science piece #astronomy Undead models and shrouded black holes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Undead models and shrouded black holes
Some physical theories take a long time to die, even when evidence piles up against them. Consider the geocentric cosmology that placed the Earth at the center of the universe, or phlogiston, once bel...
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Andy's thing!
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Oh dear, another blaze on Arthur's Seat earlier, and still tons of smoke now at 11pm.
View of slopes on Arthur's Seat smoking with flames at the edges, taken around 8.30pm.
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Andy Lawrence @e-astronomer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Atmospheric pollution from falling SpaceX debris. Nice write up, with quote from yours truly squeezed in at end www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of lithium
A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 18/02/2026
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Extraordinary research and remarkable story.
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Michael Harris @davidmichaelharris.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you! adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Sunday Skye, home again.
Skye mountainscape, from a car,  silhouette of crests against blue sky
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This woman posts absolutely beautiful, inspiring and heartening content, I can only imagine her workshops would be exceptional.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Thank you very much @mooseallain.bsky.social for the wonderful annual chance to colour. Loved the 2025 Big Foot advent.
Coloured-in hand drawn advent calendar by Moose, featuring Big Foot in 2025.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If this doesn't gladden your heart, yours must be very unlike mine!
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Merry Santa Lucia’s day. She symbolises light in winter, hope in the darkness.
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Jo Caulfield @jocaulfield.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
PLACES still available for ASTRONOMY walk with Prof Andy Lawrence. Start 12.45 on Saturday (6 Dec) from the Portuguese Cannon, watch the falling of the black time ball, learn about great Victorian astronomers and more. Free for members, donation for non-members. Contact <chair@caltonhilltrust.org>.
Time Ball on top of the Nelson Monument, Calton Hill 1861
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It would be so helpful if you could RT my post above about my Etsy shop. I haven't been able to work for more than half the year due to severe depression/a breakdown. If you see this & could spare a few moments for a RT it would help me put my designs in front of a few more eyes. Thankyou so much🌿
My blackbird necklace design. I hand-sculpt each of my bird necklaces individually in recycled silver.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells. I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds 20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20 Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My snowdrop necklace made by casting a real snowdrop in recycled silver My lily of the valley necklace made by casting a real lily of the valley flower in recycled silver My wren necklace, individually handmade like all my jewellery designs, made by sculpting a tiny wren in recycled silverMy bluebell necklace made by casting a real English bluebell from a friend's garden in recycled silver
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Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ASTRONOMY on CALTON HILL: Saturday 6 December starting at the Portuguese Cannon at 12.45. Please join the Trust and Prof. Andy Lawrence as he tells the history of the Astronomical Institution, Royal Observatory, Henderson & Piazzi Smyth, time ball & time gun, Maria Short, and City Observatory. 1/
Memorial to the astronomer Thomas Henderson (28 December 1798 – 23 November 1844), City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
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EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 14/11/2025
🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: 'Half-baked' Princes St plan shelved, hitman admits Hogmanay murder, uni staff to strike, Stockbridge Creative Colonies + Christmas markets open ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social
A person sitting on a bench in a park overlooking a river. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Weekend edition: 14 - 16 November 2025: 'Half-baked' Princes Street plan shelved, hitman admits Hogmanay murder, uni staff plan strike, Forth Awards winners, Stockbridge Creative Colonies open studios + Christmas markets open
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The thread about Argyle House; "preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock" threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/t...
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The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture – passionately loved or loathed – and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodge…
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The thread about Argyle House; "preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock" threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/t... Eloquently expressed, meticulously researched, and brilliantly timed article from Andy Arthur, architectural history genius. Read, support him, be smugly well informed.
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The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture – passionately loved or loathed – and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodge…
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My individually handmade recycled silver jewellery including intricate casts of real flowers (snowdrop, bluebell etc), casts of dragonfly Wongs & jay feathers & my tiny wearable sculptures of much-loved British bird speciesOne of my best-selling mounted art prints of flowers I grew & bought from an honesty floristVictorian ink bottles that form part of my tiny posy-making mental health kits-they make great giftsThe 12 photos that make up my 2026 botanical calendar-each image is designed to improve mental health
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere: www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
A collection of Victorian ink bottles all on sale in my Etsy shop as part of my mental health kits, arranged to make a colour gradation on a cream linen background The cover design of the booklet I've written that is part of my mental health kitsDried flower posies that are part of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kitsA tiny spring posy in shades of blue & mauve in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 01/10/2025
Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht (from Feb 23)
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
LIMERICK It was the Medical Council’s belief, That as a form of effective relief, Paracetamol would Be next to no good From the pain of the Satsuma-in-Chief.
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Jo Caulfield @jocaulfield.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🤦‍♀️
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The silvery Tay in Perth. Great day out
Close up of Tay side walkway, art bench. Curvy steel seat,  fish shaped piercings in the curving bench back. View of the river Tay, still waters reflecting grey skies, and distant bridge.
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Retwonk if your keybeard is brokne
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The Arthur's Seat fire was quite dramatic and burned throughout our long rowing practice this afternoon.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The thread about Portobello Open-Air Pool; a deep dive into a "Bather's Paradise" threadinburgh.scot/2025/07/19/t... Andy Arthur is unquestionably a genius historian, great writer, thorough researcher, and very very generous with his knowledge. This thread is absolutely brilliant.
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The thread about Portobello Open-Air Pool; a deep dive into a “Bather’s Paradise”
When it opened, it was proudly boasted that Portobello had the “most up-to-date open-air swimming pool in the world”. The Art-Deco wonder was the second largest in the country, had only…
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Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The next Calton Hill Conservation Trust VOLUNTEERING AFTERNOON will be on Friday, 25 July 14.00. If you want to get a bit of exercise and fresh air, enjoy the views, and get to know one of the best conservation teams in Edinburgh, this could be for you. Contact <chair@caltonhilltrust.org>.
Calton Hill, Edinburgh, volunteering in 2024
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The amazing Gracemount Mansion!!
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@andylawrence.bsky.social
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
What Laura describes here mirrors my own experience with Unbound / Boundless over the last year or so.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Hi, I’ve had a rough few months mental health (so income) wise & engagement is way down over on twitter. If you could maybe RT my workshop sale👇🏼to help put my classes in front of more eyes it would help so so much. Thankyou 🌿
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Never pay more than £57K for hat.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#millionsmissing protesters @Scottish Parliament , concerned about the ticking clock, and time left to take action to support ME sufferers.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Here’s a poem for Earth Day. It’s called ‘Birdsong’.
Birdsong
 
There is a bird who sings to me,
each morning from the old lime tree.
I wonder what he’s trying to say?
Stop fucking up. It’s not too late.
 
It’s such a happy, joyous sound!
Little bird who chirps so loud
And brightens up my day with song.
Stop standing there. You’ve not got long.
 
I wish I could translate your words,
my faithful, a cappella bird,
who sits upon the lime tree bough.
And still you wait. You must act now.
 
All’s quiet in the tree today.
I think perhaps he’s moved away.
There’s silence these days everywhere,
the ghost of birdsong in the air.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
My favourite haiku has to be One two three four five. One two three four five six se- -ven. One two three four.
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Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) @communityownership.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is an amazing effort over such a short time - www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/04/09/c... @democraticfinance.bsky.social
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Centre in Portobello raises over £40k in community shares in order to transform building  - Deadline News
BELLFIELD in Portobello has launched a community shares offer to raise money to redevelop the centre, raising over £40k already.
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emmalawrence.bsky.social @emmalawrence.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
You were working as a racist in a hostile bra when I met you
Widdecome & Farage looking like weird-ass zombies
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Duck sayings
9 small cartoons on the theme of ‘Duck sayings’, illustrating the following:
Boys will be ducks.
If God had meant us to fly. he would have given us ducks.
A little duck is a dangerous thing.
Into every life a little duck must fall.
Every duck has its day.
A duck paints a thousand words.
If you can't stand the duck, get out of the kitchen.
Duck is the best medicine.
All that quacks is not duck.
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