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Ian Marland

@ianmarland.bsky.social
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Former journo now in comms, covering innovation and tech. Father, husband, dog guardian and optimist (sort of). Glasgow, Scotland.

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University of Glasgow, Innovation & Economic Development @uofgied.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The University of Glasgow MedTech Innovation Fund is now OPEN for applications! Full details on our Linktree in bio, including links to Q&A sessions. @glasgow.ac.uk @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social #MedTech #Innovation #Glasgow
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University of Glasgow, Innovation & Economic Development @uofgied.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🎉 Applications are now open for the third wave of the University of Glasgow’s GRID Civic Grant Fund! With £50,000 available, local organisations across can apply for grants of up to £5,000 (or smaller awards up to £850) to support impactful community projects. See our Linktree in bio for more.
Composite image of group photograph showing participants and volunteers with the Invisible Cities social organisation that works in the Glasgow area, alongside text promoting the GRID Civic Grant Fund and logos for the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District and the University of Glasgow.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Headwinds are getting stronger for news media.
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Andy Tattersall @andytattersall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
And then there were 53 left. I’ve taken another look to see which UK universities remain on X/Twitter out of 141 original accounts. When I last checked earlier in the year there were 64 universities still actively posting on the platform. Who's gone? Who will be last one Tweeting? 1/8
Infographic depicting a weighing scale that shows two balls. The larger of which is lower down on the scale to show that nearly two thirds of UK universities are no longer on posting on X. The other, smaller ball, is higher up indicating that just over a third still post on the platform. Below is a bar chart which shows the five universities who have ceased using X with the largest followings.
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University of Glasgow, Innovation & Economic Development @uofgied.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Knowledge Exchange & Innovation Awards 2026 winners were announced at an event @uofgarc.bsky.social last week. See our 🔗🌳 in profile for full list. #Innovation #TeamUofG
Champion Spin-out / Spin-out of the Year, Vector Photonics, awarded to founder Dr Richard J E Taylor and presented by Vice-Principal for Innovation & Economic Development Uzma Khan.Champion Student StartUp (Commercial Enterprise) – Generation Mulligan, (awarded to founder and CEO Malcolm Weir) presented by Vice-Principal for Innovation & Economic Development Uzma Khan.Champion Student StartUp (Social Enterprise) – WISE Mentoring CIC , (led by and awarded to director Hana Butorova and her team) presented by Vice-Principal for Innovation & Economic Development Uzma Khan.Positive Contribution to Place-Making – Project Eisirean | Native Oysters, awarded to Carly McNamara, PhD, presented by Vice-Principal for Innovation & Economic Development Uzma Khan.
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is incredibly petty by @manchestermill.bsky.social - it was obviously done without my knowledge manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-mill...
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Why The Mill will be republishing ‘MEN Premium journalism’
How a publicly-funded scheme is being misused
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 19/01/2026
Bluesky fires shots at Twitter (X)’s Grok “Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Meanwhile , in Auroral news , …. Over Greenland this evening , as the northern hemisphere experiences a bumper event ,
Auroral meme with comical , fruity message for dear President Trump ..
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UofG School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
“If you met him, you weren’t likely to forget him.” Great article in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the extraordinary story of 'tour de force' Alec Nove, leading Soviet expert and former head of the Institute for Soviet and East Europe Studies @glasgow.ac.uk www.glasgowbell.co.uk/alec-nove-so...
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Glasgow’s Gorbachev go-between
How a local academic saw through the iron curtain
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
‘Managers were targeted more than players, with 82% of abusive posts made on X, formerly known as Twitter’ No regrets about deleting my account. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Football abuse: Premier League and WSL stars targeted by death and rape threats
More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women's Super League in a single weekend, a BBC investigation finds.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 26/11/2025
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
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Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 15/08/2025
hi Bluesky! 🦋 i’ve been chosen as the new head of product here at Bluesky HQ! and i couldn’t be more excited to hack with this incredibly talented team on making this site better for everyone.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Catching up with @michaelspicer.bsky.social. So funny.
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 11/07/2025
Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein. More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q #GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow @uofgravity.bsky.social
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Institute for Gravitational Research @uofgravity.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
On Sunday 13 July Dr Erin MacDonald will speak about Spacetime in Star Trek. 📍 LT222, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow 🕒 19:00-20:00 13 July 2025 🎫 iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1... 💵 Free but tickets required
A poster describiing the talk; the information in the image is the same as in the post. The image has a 3D computer graphic representation of Dr MacDonald wearing a blue star trek uniform, and a photo of her wearing  a dress which is covered in images of planets and other astronomical objects.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Zelensky has promised to stop the war between Trump and Musk in 24 hours.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
And another one bites the dust. Not sure we fully appreciate what impact the loss of our local press will have.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
First circle represents the end summer. The second, the start of my week off. 😂
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Honestly! #Lochgoilhead
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Big news! We're looking for a Glasgow-based editor for The Bell. In just six months we've racked up nearly 600 paying subscribers and over 8000 free readers. Now we're seeking someone to lead our exciting next phase. Salary: £33k-£37k Deadline: 31 May
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We’re hiring an editor for The Bell
The Bell’s mission is to provide a new kind of local journalism about Glasgow — narrative, thoughtful and full of investigative rigour and insight - and so far, it’s working. In just nine months, more...
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, Alex McAnespie is braced for a call from discharged military personnel who have found themselves homeless. He runs the Homeless Veteran Project, which has helped hundreds, entirely voluntarily. Rory MacNeish meets a complicated man.
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The Greenock man standing between veterans and life on the streets
In a thirteenth floor living room, a phone rings. Alex McAnespie answers.
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Matt Navarra @mattnavarra.com · 23/04/2025
Elon Musk Critics See Their Reach Vanish on X When three far-right influencers slammed Musk over visa policies — their views tanked overnight Musk denies shadowbanning but admitted blocking or muting accounts can “sharply” limit visibility Critics say it’s targeted suppression, not free speech
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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/04/2025
Americans are increasingly looking for jobs in Britain as President Donald Trump’s administration continues funding cuts and worries increase over a darkening economic outlook
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More Americans Are Eyeing Jobs in UK Amid Trump Funding Cuts
Americans are increasingly looking for jobs in Britain amid President Donald Trump’s funding cuts and a darkening economic outlook.
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Robbie Armstrong @robbiejourno.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Incredibly hyped to welcome investigative journalist Calum Grewar to the good ship Bell
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
First moon shot with the new camera. Room for improvement 6/10.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An excellent, if chilling, read. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How Trump blew up the world order - and left Europe scrabbling
This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two. So which nations will step forward as the new world order emerges?
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
A picture of Vladimir Putin holding his phone
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Matt Navarra @mattnavarra.com · 24/03/2025
This infographic of X's biggest political + news accounts is shocking – but not surprising The infographic shared by @mcuban.bsky.social shows the extent to which X now prioritises Republican voices. And Elon
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in DenverZoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Man Who Built Titanic Stan Fraser lived in Inverness & was fascinated by the sea & particularly boats. All sorts of sea-going craft. But his favourite was Titanic. So Stan decided to build one, only a scale model of course. Titanic was 880 ft (270m) long. So Stan settled for 1/10 scale. 1/15
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Sunday morning visitor. #scotland #vanlife
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12/03/2025
Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
‘Bluesky isn’t just another social media app, she emphasized — it's a whole structural alternative to bigger platforms.’ Sounds good 👍
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
@uofglasgow.bsky.social aerobatics team! Great pics. @uofgnews.bsky.social
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic ties www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic ti...
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Anton Muscatelli @antonmuscatelli.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The extraordinary thing is that, prior to the Trump 2.0 tariff announcements, the US economy was projected to grow in 2025-26. This economic crisis is internally generated and a rare example of economic self-harm: buff.ly/28zR9pB “The US economy is heading for recession”
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https://on.ft.com/4bB5k6i
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The Insider @theins.press · 07/03/2025
❗“Let’s hire an ISIS suicide bomber to blow him up in the street!”: Europe’s most wanted man plotted my murder — and that of my colleague After today’s verdict, @christogrozev.bsky.social reveals the plot to kidnap — and possibly kill — him and @dobrokhotov.bsky.social.
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“Let’s hire an ISIS suicide bomber to blow him up in the street!”: Europe’s most wanted man plotted my murder — and that of my colleague
A jury at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, has just found six of my compatriots — citizens of Bulgaria — guilty of conspiring with the Kremlin to kidnap and possibly murder me and my c...
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Here’s to another relaxing Sunday.
Day of Rest  
 
Blessed Sunday, day of rest, 
a day on which to catch your breath 
and put the busy world on pause, 
while cracking on with all the chores. 
 
The hoovering, the weekly shop. 
The housework, laundry, washing up. 
The futile war on disarray – 
Sunday, such a restful day. 
 
A chance to let yourself unwind,
to spend some precious family time 
when on your phones or arguing 
about the state the bathroom’s in;
 
to shake off last night’s beer and wine 
by being made to run the line 
at your youngest’s football game, 
while getting yelled at in the rain. 
 
Long may the reign of peace prevail 
so you can answer work emails 
and start the coming week less stressed – 
blessed Sunday, day of rest. 

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
North Sea Poets is live! We offer online masterclasses, webinars, workshops for poets everywhere (novice or adept) and readers, because poems sing in the dark times. Hope you'll join us. Pls see website. Do share. northseapoets.com 🌊 @northseapoets.bsky.social
Image announcing the launch of North Sea Poets Features a sunset photo of a beach, a logo with blue waves, and the names of poets Kathleen Jamie, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lisa Brockwell, and Lesley Harrison.
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Ian Marland @ianmarland.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Lovely thread. Thank you.
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Jane Chilton 🇺🇦 @janechilton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Kicking off their UK tour, #Doves totally smashed it tonight @swg3glasgow.bsky.social #doves #swg3 #glasgow
Doves live on stage tonight at Glasgow’s SWG3
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APECS Oceania @apecsoceania.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
📣 #ConferenceAlert for the @agu.org Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland next February 🌊🌊🌊
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/02/2025
Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending | Fact Check
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Fact check: Eight ways Elon Musk has misled Americans about government spending | CNN Politics
Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending.
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