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Edinburgh now and past; merging. Books. Running always.

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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 5h
Kicking out artists and community groups to create more student flats. As one person says here, the irony is not lost in a city that boasts about its art festivals.https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/st-margarets-house-meadowbank-eviction-notice-creative-hub-9236791?ref=edinburghminute.com
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Artists and groups hunt for new homes as eviction notice served on creative hub
Charity Scot-ART has rented out space at St Margaret’s House in Meadowbank for the past 18 years
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a really good piece of writing - informative and engaging. Got me looking at images of Hormuz island and thinking about fish fingers...
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The most memorable, because it was the most frightening, moment of my journalistic life was being caught in the Garvaghy Road riot after Rosemary Nelson's murder. It was after the ban but when the stand-offs were still happening. Why would anyone let this back into NI? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
bbc.co.uk
Drumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997
The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This petition is out to save courses at Edinburgh Art College - I've signed it and hope they will listen - c.org/cmQkq7vcbr
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Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unemployment benefit in the UK is £95.55 per week for those aged 25 & over. It is 14% of average full-time earnings: the lowest in the developed world. Yet it is still too high for the Tories & right-wing vandals who would ideally live in a world where it did not exist.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 24/09/2026
Macklemore announces Free Palestine Tour after Ed Sheeran controversy
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Macklemore announces Free Palestine Tour after Ed Sheeran controversy
Macklemore has announced a series of European concerts, called the Free Palestine Tour, after he was controversially dropped as Ed Sheeran's support act.
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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is Edinburgh University a Scottish University at all? fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/is-edinbur...
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Is Edinburgh University a Scottish University at all?
The announcement of cuts at Edinburgh University supports the argument that some of our fundamental institutions are not our own.
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優noD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot · 16/09/2026
BBC News - No consent for large AI data centres before Christmas, MSPs told www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No consent for large AI data centres before Christmas, MSPs told
The growth of AI is happening at lightning pace, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of Scotland being at the forefront?
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 20/09/2026
More than balances out Morrisey's being an asshole if anyone takes umbrage at you for listening to The Smiths in this day and age
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 16/09/2026
“Finally being compliant now doesn't suddenly erase years of documented breaches.” Animal Equality has criticised the regulatory response to alleged breaches at Mowi’s Loch Linnhe salmon farm
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Sepa branded ‘toothless’ after salmon farm accused of 15 environmental breaches
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog sent seven letters over three years alleging multiple breaches at a fish farm – and then issued a final warning letter.
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: EIAs for Hyperscale Data Centres. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/eias...
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EIAs for Hyperscale Data Centres
We have an urgent situation - two new planning applications have been submitted for hyperscale AI data centres, one in Greenock and one in Chapelhall, Airdrie, and neither is being required to do an E...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What is wrong with the BBC's ridiculous idea of 'balance'. Every week I do admire and love Stephen Collins's strips. This is a golden oldie from a few years back.
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This needs full public discussion.
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Really interesting, great piece of work - tomhumberstone.com/just-work?ut...
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Just Work | Tom Humberstone
Just Work
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It was such a class run. Got out of tricky situation and just glided....
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I ask the question of whether the message is more ominous than that of public highway access.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This halftime show thing is a crime against humanity
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Finding this quite hard to stomach from a country that is bombing the shit out of other countries…
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There is now an imminent threat to the life of Dr Abu Safiya. He has been arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since Dec 2024, subjected to torture, severe physical & psychological abuse, & prolonged solitary confinement. Join us and demand his release: amn.st/63322BEMbho
Before and after detention image of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, showing his degradation.Many healthcare works in the UK holding signs reading Free Gaza Medics and Free Dr Abu Safiya and other medics.List of prominent signatories who signed the letter by healthcare works calling for the release of Dr. Abu SafiyaMany healthcare works in the UK holding signs reading Free Dr Abu Safiya
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Interesting to see we're getting the City Guard back, last seen in 1817. Presumably they'll arrive without the Lochaber axes, and maybe with more people skills 🙂
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Total bravery and guts, taking a message of love to this America. BBC News - Two people climb to top of NYC's Empire State Building www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two people climb to top of NYC's Empire State Building
At one point while at the top of the building, one individual appeared to propose marriage to the other.
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
His manuscripts are a memorial to one of the most industrious and likeable scholars of the Victorian age. 📖 Read the full story on our website > www.nls.uk/collections/...
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John Francis Campbell of Islay: Collecting Gaelic stories | National Library of Scotland
Manuscripts, books, and watercolours reveal the many interests of John Francis Campbell, whose collecting work transformed the study of Gaelic folktales.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 28/06/2026
🔴NEW: Scotland’s first spaceport on Shetland plans to use the sea as a “dustbin” to dump tonnes of debris from rockets, The Ferret can reveal, prompting claims it could endanger tourism and fishing. Our latest: theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-r…
A rocket engine test firing at SaxaVord Spaceport on Shetland during dusk. Bright flames and exhaust emerge from the base of a tall vertical test stand, with the sea and coastline visible behind. Overlaid text reads: “A spaceport plans to dump tonnes of rocket junk into the sea north of Shetland, posing a risk to tourism and fishing.”
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Once again the scottish government overrides a council planning decision, ignores democracy and dictates to a community. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/controv...
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Controversial Bruntsfield student flats approved despite more than 200 objections
There had been hundreds of objections lodged against the development
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
God I love this country. We're just so ridiculous.
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Meercat....
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Cat lovers of the world unite - www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Cat Interrupts “Romeo and Juliet” Ballet Performance
A cat wandered on stage during a performance of the “Romeo and Juliet” ballet in Turkey and stole the show.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 15/06/2026
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements promoted at London property show that sparked protests
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Homes in illegal Israeli settlements promoted at London property show that sparked protests
Sky News has obtained exclusive images that demonstrate illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank were being advertised at a controversial property show that attracted large protests in London on Sunday.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Today's ruling by the Court of Appeal is deeply disappointing. This case remains about much more than one group. The banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a grave misuse of counter-terrorism powers with serious consequences for human rights.
BREAKING: Court of Appeal upholds proscription of Palestine Action
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2026
WE SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED 🤬 The way the U.S. welcomed the team from Senegal 🇸🇳 vs. The way Mexico welcomed the team from Spain 🇪🇸 #WorldCup
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is not the first extra sweetener the government has given the project. The money it is spending on this short stretch of road could instead be used to transform the entire national transport system for the better, as the figures here show: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Overblown infrastructure projects damage lives and imperil democracy. Why is Britain addicted to them? | George Monbiot
The Lower Thames Crossing proves the point. It’s a white elephant plan, sucking money from local projects that could actually improve lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Call on Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org
Call on Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres
Sign our petition to call on the Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres. Data centres use huge amounts of energy and water – a recent proposal for a data centr...
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Keely loves #Bbcspringwatch
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
What is our species like? We pollute the air, fill the sky with satellites, destroy habitations on land and now we're ramping up our abuse of the oceans. But hey, who cares? BBC News - US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drone technology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Aukus: US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drone technology
The technology, developed under the Aukus military pact, is aimed at protecting undersea cables and boosting naval defence.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 24/05/2026
Made my first website c. 1997 with Frontpage Express and Notepad after I discovered my parents' email came with free FTP sub-accounts they knew nothing about. Spent hours crafting "Tinky Winky's World of Tanks", where I rated armoured vehicles from the point of view of a Tellytubby. True Story.
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Teletubbies Tinky Winky Reading a Book
ALT: Teletubbies Tinky Winky Reading a Book
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"A Palestinian teenager has been killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank" You mean a child? And murdered?
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote
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Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our government is still supplying arms to Israel as it continues to bomb, starve & dispossess the Palestinian people. That is why thousands of us continue to demonstrate — and that is why we reject disgraceful attempts to malign our movement for peace. metro.co.uk/2026/05/13/c...
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Corbyn leads campaign for Met chief to retract remarks about pro-Palestine demos
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 10/05/2026
Scotland has world-class wind resources and one of Europe’s most concentrated patterns of land ownership. Our latest investigation looks at what happens when those two realities collide www.theferret.scot/landowners-makin…
Graphic showing wind turbines beneath an image of British banknotes and coins, with headline text: “Wealthy landowners are making millions from Scottish wind farms. You’re subsidising them.”
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Everything you need to know about the moral vacuum at the heart of Labour. The party deserves its agonising death ‘A former Scottish Labour MP has taken up a job as an adviser to Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord’
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Former Scottish Labour MP takes up job as adviser to Reform's Malcolm Offord
Former Glasgow South West MP Ian Davidson has become an adviser to Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord. After 60 years in Labour, the veteran Eurosceptic…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🟨 Print Edition — Notes on Now – Lebanon, Lebanon Under the ‘cover’ of the Persian assault, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel has invaded Lebanon and, as I write, has just carried out massive bombing raids across that small and beautiful country.
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Notes on Now – Lebanon, Lebanon
Under the ‘cover’ of the Persian assault, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel has invaded Lebanon and, as I write, has just carried out massive bombing raids across that small and beautiful country. The post Notes on Now – Lebanon, Lebanon appeared first on Byline Times.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Keir Starmer's intention to restrict peaceful protest even further is punishment for crimes the great majority of protestors hate and reject. By suggesting that support for Palestinians is an attack on British Jews, he conflates British Jews with the state of Israel, which is wrong and dangerous.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The police just interfered in our democracy. Take action now 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/the-police...
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The police just interfered in democracy
We have to take action now
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
All power to their elbows 🙂 www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
edinburghlive.co.uk
Edinburgh locals battling to change 'intolerable' industry conditions
"We have all this talent here. We could do our own thing."
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11/04/2026
“There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished” BBC world affairs editor @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social writes for the Nerve on the journacide in the Middle East 🔗⬇️
John Simpson, pictured against a black background with images of journalists who have died in Gaza. Caption: “Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide”
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Nerdbro3000 @nerdbro3000.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So would wiping out a civilization permanently disqualify him from the Nobel Peace Prize? 🤔
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
BBC news has lost so much credibility in the last few years but Jeremy Bowen is one of the best - Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working
One month into the conflict in Iran, Trump's gut-instinct approach is not proving effective, writes the BBC's international editor.
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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It looks like it was built in a precarious location, with a dirt slope so nearby (!). We know the rainfall here, and that it was previously a loch, so someone must have thought to shore it up a bit later. But wouldn't you be inclined to do that first??
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