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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Schrodinger's traffic lights at the bottom of Leith Walk - can cyclists still be accused of jumping reds if there aren't lights to jump?

Image shows a traffic sign propped against a set of traffic lights, completely covering the bike lights.

Image shows a green bicycle light behind a traffic sign

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The voi void after late night Fringe shows

Screenshot from the voi bike hire app showing a complete absence of available bikes in the centre of Edinburgh

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy ##CycleToWorkDay! 🚴‍♀️🚲 Great to see so many taking part (as evidenced by TWO full bike racks on George Street #Edinburgh) - time for more bike parking @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social?

A full bike rack next to the James Clerk Maxwell statue on George Street

A full bike rack outside the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Edward Tissiman @edtiss.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New all-time record set on the Leith Walk cycle lane - 2,568 cyclists on 30th April, 2026. There has been another surge in cycling this spring after slow growth in 2025, and last year's record has already been broken 10 times.

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

In June I'll be joining 14,000 other cyclists riding from London to Brighton to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. If you’re able to contribute, any donations are hugely appreciated. If not moral support + prayers for good weather are equally welcome🚴‍♂️ www.justgiving.com/page/katie-m...

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London-Brighton 2026 🚲

Help Katie McDonald raise money to support British Heart Foundation

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Treat or trick from the RSE Archive 🎃 Our Hallowe'en blog explores the RSE's links to Dr Robert Knox, the celebrated anatomist whose reputation was destroyed by his connection to Burke and Hare 👻 Read more here: rse.org.uk/resource/dr-... #ExploreYourArchive

Image of Robert Knox's signature in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Roll Book

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Presenting: the case for more bike parking on George Street #Edinburgh

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Delighted our article 'Distilling the Past: Cataloguing the Records of Whyte & Mackay' has now been published in the Business & Industrial History journal, as part of a special issue celebrating the 200th anniversary of the 1823 Excise Act 🥃 More info: busarchscot.org.uk/journal/bih

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Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

#OTD in 1783, the first meeting of @royalsoced.bsky.social was convened. 📷 Founding RSE Royal Charter granted by King George III in 1783 (Photo: Stewart Attwood)

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I had the pleasure of being on the panel for the annual RSE/SCRR Peter Wilson lecture, discussing the importance of natural history collections, and their role in identifying + predicting the impact of climate change on biodiversity 🌏 ICYMI, the recording is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=anH9...

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Preserving what matters: Scotland's national collections

YouTube video by The Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Hot off the press! 📰 Interested in the newly acquired Charles Waterston Archive - a collection with over 7000 photographic slides? Read all about it in the @royalsoced.bsky.social's latest issue of ReSourcE: bitly.cx/Xo1q9 Some bonus favourites from digitisation so far ⬇️ #ExploreYourArchive

Image of passengers on the Orcadia as the ship leaves for Westray, 1968

Image of a field of highland cows. One cow is 'looking' directly at the camera. Taken at Harris, Rhum, 1977

Image of Crail Harbour, 1977, with boats in the foreground and cars and buildings behind.

Image of Iona, 1979, with the sea in the foreground.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.

Alt-Txt: Two people stand before multi-color strips of paper with text on them that stretch down an entire wall and onto the floor. The title of the installation "I Agree" appear in all caps on the wall, too.

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Celebrate Earth Day by exploring the @araukie.bsky.social Environmental Sustainability Group Case Studies 🌍 Discover real-life stories of how the sector is helping fight climate change, sharing knowledge and securing collections for the future. Access them here: www.archives.org.uk/environment-...

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Environmental Case Studies — Archives & Records Association

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Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Happy #NationalUnicornDay 🦄 fun fact, in 1790, according to The Royal Society of Edinburgh's records, "Dr Gregory presented to the Society an Unicorn’s Horn (so called) from the Whalefishing Company of Aberdeen". See the minutes entry 👇 📷The Royal Society of Edinburgh [archive ref: ACC10000/1]

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's #WorldPoetryDay, so what better time to celebrate the silliest of poetry - the clerihew! Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, this whimsical format produces a short four-line biography of a person, usually summarising their achievements in silly or spurious ways. (1/2)

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Delighted to be at the #NLS100 celebrations, celebrating 100 years of curation, cataloguing + making Scotland's precious collections accessible. From Byron to the Beano, from Mary Queen of Scots' final letter to football programmes, the @natlibscot.bsky.social collection has something for everyone

Image of the NLS main staircase, with a '100' sign at the top of the stairs

Image of archive documents congratulating the NLS on its opening in 1925

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Katie McDonald @katiemcdonald.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Hi Bluesky! My first post so a bit about what you can expect: interesting archive finds, snippets from cycle rides, a bit of film photography, and thoughts about slow travel and the planet 🌎

Photograph of me selecting produce from a local market

Photograph of a jackapoo sitting amongst some bluebells

Photograph of Edinburgh's Old Town from Waverley Bridge

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