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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Europe is heading into winter with gas storage at its lowest level for this time of year in at least 15 years and gas prices at their highest since the 2022 energy crisis.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is Black History Month. Check out this book list for children and young adults, which includes a wide range of engaging and informative reads relating to Black history. www.scottishbooktrust.com/booklists/bl...

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Black History Month books for children and young adults | Scottish Book Trust

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 30/09/2026

Youtube trying to subtitle an episode of Speaking our Language (a Gaelic language learning show from the 1990s for listeners outwith Scotland) has inevitably spectacularly wrong but also amusing results.

Caption "hello Liana give it her chef ah kobata love connacher fien cleaver" instead of "halo Catriona, ciamar a tha sibh? Tha gu math tapadh leat. Ciamar a tha sibh thein? Gle mhath"

caption "market Danielle had this shot Kirsty in unicum" instead of "seo a mac Neil agus seo Kirsty a nighean agam"

Caption "I guess showing the yeah console this Chuck Fionna and you nothing" instead of "Agus seo agam Domhnall, agus seo Catriona tha nighean agam"

Caption "it's mission more a collage hello all right come on a high shelf" instead of "Is mise Morag Nicleoid, Halo Morag, ciamar a tha sibh?"

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/09/2026

How hot & dry was your UK summer? Excellent interactive tool to explore how hot this summer was: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was

Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Watched "Ann Droid" on the BBC and it's a great show, recommend - if you like a light-hearted, funny but not silly take at robots & humans especially in the context of loneliness

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I missed @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social’s study initially, but this is telling breakdown of the origin of many objects in the British Museum: “Outside of the UK, the museum database returned 164,140 results from Iraq, followed by Italy (147,697), Egypt (119,854)…” www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/...

Brilliant maps visualization of object origins from the British museum online database.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 18/09/2026

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 13th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 190,000 km² above the 2010s mean • about 930,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,050,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,750,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between August and October by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Leith Central Community Council @leithcentralcc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1/ 🏨 Too many aparthotels?�Too much student accommodation?� Worried about the loss of homes to short-term lets? Here’s the important bit: by the time a planning application arrives, the rules it will be judged against will already have been written. That’s why CITY PLAN 2040 matters.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An email about getting ready for the festive/xmas season in September is an immediate unsubscribe

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The planet with the fastest rotation speed is Jupiter, where a day takes about 9 hrs 50 min (slightly longer at the poles). Jupiter's equator is spinning at 43,000 km/h; 26X the speed of the Earth's at 1,670 km/h. Meaning 'standing still' on Jupiter's equator is still traveling at Mach 35.

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Jupiter's Dynamic Atmosphere in B&W

Alt: Jupiter's Dynamic Atmosphere in B&W

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A good read - the needle in the haystack problem is known but this is a fun experiment

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

25 years ago, light bulbs were the single largest use of electricity in American homes. By 2018, energy-efficient LEDs had shrunk that use. What’s likely to dominate in the future? Amazing interactive by @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Streamgraph titled "Residential electricity by use" showing U.S. home energy consumption by category from 2000-2025, measured in quadrillion BTU. Headline: "Around 2000, lighting was the single largest use of electricity in American homes. By 2018, energy-efficient lightbulbs had shrunk the category to sixth place." The lighting band (highlighted in green) starts near the top around 3 quadrillion BTU in 2000, holds steady through the mid-2010s, then drops sharply after 2015 to under 1 by 2020, settling below cooling, heating, water heating, refrigeration, televisions, and dryers.

Streamgraph extending the residential electricity-by-use chart to 2050, with a vertical divider at 2025 separating "historical" from "projected" data. Headline: "Energy forecasters expect that electric vehicles will come to dominate residential power use over the next few decades, contributing to an increase in overall electricity use." A new green band labeled "E.V. charging" appears near zero in the mid-2020s and grows steeply after 2035, becoming the largest single category by 2050, pushing total residential electricity use well above 4 quadrillion BTU, above cooling, heating, refrigeration, and dryers.

Streamgraph titled "Commercial electricity by use," historical data 2000-2025 with projections to 2050 divided by a vertical line at 2025. Headline: "But it's now changing fast. The explosive growth of data centers will help drive electricity use higher than ever." A green band labeled "Computing" is negligible before 2015, rises modestly through the early 2020s, then climbs steeply from the early 2030s onward, becoming a dominant category by 2050 alongside ventilation, cooling, and refrigeration, driving total commercial use toward 4 quadrillion BTU.

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The latest OECD PISA results show record-low average scores, with one in five students classed as low performers. Long texts and sustained attention are a particular challenge. The OECD points to more screen time, less reading for pleasure and widening educational inequality.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Joke's on him, he lost an opportunity to rename all oceans and seas around too

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Watching the British news these days is a game of measuring how long it takes Farage to pop up and me to turn the TV off in a rage consequently

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Nick Radcliffe @njr0.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s Bandcamp Friday folks: 100% of revenue to the artists. bandcamp.com Buy music direct from artists who could really use more than the pennies they get from streaming. e.g. Ellie Gowers Katie Spencer Jenn Butterworth Jo Harrap Or listen to me: nickradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...

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Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is fun and educational - I miserably failed my first game but hey you can try it

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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A New Language Game has Entered The Villa: Glottle! glottle.app Try to guess the target language and along the way you get clues from its position in a language family tree and its geographical position. #languages #linguistics

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A list of lyrics if all lyrics were as profound as “I got soul, but I'm not a soldier” by The Killers... 1. I got hips, but I’m not a hipster 2. I got plums, but I’m not a plumber 3. I got toes, but I’m not a toaster 4. I got badge, but I’m not a badger 5. I got meow, but I'm not a homeowner

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Can you think of a word in your native language that is missing in English? Tell us in the comments which word we should cover next!

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On 22 August, global ocean surface temperatures reached their highest level ever recorded. In parts of Europe, sea temperatures were around 6°C above average in the western Mediterranean and more than 5°C above average off the Iberian Peninsula.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ho scoperto (BBC) che esiste il Trump mobile - s'è fatto una rete telefonica e anche uno smartphone 🤣

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Europe’s heatwaves are killing more than people. In France, up to 3 million chickens died in just a few days this June. Across Europe, pigs, poultry and cattle are increasingly struggling in farming systems that were not built for extreme heat.

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Lenore Beadsman @lenorebeadsman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sentimi bene la guerra che dovrà porre fine a tutte le guerre non esiste la guerra si nutre di guerra succhia il sangue versato dalla violenza e cresce alimentandosi con carne ferita dalla violenza la guerra è in sé una creatura vivente autosufficiente devi saperlo Murakami Haruki

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Leith Central Community Council @leithcentralcc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We have our monthly meeting next Monday 17th August, 7-9pm at the Macdonald library, open to everyone!

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

They kept order the way our poor species has ever learned to keep order. We think there must be better ways but we never learn them — always the whip, the rope, and the rifle. – J Steinbeck, “East of Eden” #quotes #sempreverde

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Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wren fledgling hiding in the field Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A young wren sitting on top of a wheat crop

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If this is what a summer's been like in a world of +1.53°C warming, can you imagine +1.7°C or +2°C in a few more years' time?

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What’s your favourite description of a famous person? I like Alan Partridge on Gary Barlow who described him as a “Wide hipped wealth enthusiast”

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🧵1/ Imagine you have some people that studied a species-threatening thing like, say, the Earth roasting, for years. They gathered lots of facts, made nice visuals and wrote complex things and shared all publicly. Imagine they were paid by everyone to provide this service AND to inform action.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I love this image of the Great Buddha statue in Nara, with the tiny monks capturing the grand size of the statue (15 m/50 ft). It was built as part of the original temple complex by edict of Emperor Shōmu in 743 AD. Let's talk about how SMALLPOX spread Buddhism in Japan. (📷: Yomiuri Shimbun)

Monks remove dust from the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji temple in Nara.
CREDIT: The Yomiuri Shimbun

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Would like to see this on every social media website, and I’m glad we’re calling it what it is now

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Plug-in solar panels are coming to the UK from August 27th! It's been in the pipeline for a while & it's already common in Germany. But it's BRILLIANT because it opens up these technologies to renters & ppl w/o their own roof. Plugs into a normal socket & supplies ~ 10-20% of household needs. ☀️🎉

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UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August

Law change means renters and flat owners may be able to cut bills as energy costs soar amid Iran war

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Nino Cartabellotta @cartabellotta.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Grazie Presidente #Mattarella per il rigore, l’equilibrio e il profondo senso delle istituzioni con cui continua a rappresentare l’unità del Paese. Tanti auguri di buon compleanno

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It was time decades ago, but crying on spilled milk helps nobody. Still.

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EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 20/07/2026

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Monday’s headlines: Crags fire burns 12-hours overnight, another Porty beach safety warning, Princes Street fire building update + Josh Kerr breaks men's one mile world record ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: Adam Johnston

A hill on fire above a city at night. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Monday 20 July 2026: Crags fire burns for more than 12-hours overnight, another Portobello beach safety warning, Princes Street fire building update, arrest in hunt for 'The Scratcher' car vandal + Josh Kerr breaks men's one mile world record

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Scripps National Spelling Bee @scrippsbee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today is National Don't Step on a Bee Day! Bees are responsible for pollinating roughly one-third of the world's food supply. Bees are also responsible for inspiring a love of words in millions of students every year. All bees must be protected at all costs. 🐝❤️

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 06/07/2026

Another #dataViz for the ages:

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Leith Central Community Council @leithcentralcc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

1/ 🧵🚧 Dalmeny St/Leith Walk junction - is it working properly for everyone using it? There have been several repair attempts since completion of the tram line. The repairs have been temporary, and the problem keeps returning because they're shallow, affected by vibration from passing vehicles.

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

La nuova serie di zerocalcare è bellissima ma pure un pugno in faccia

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Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust @greenspacetrust.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Help look after trees across the Lothians this #CleanAirDay. Tree are important, they clean our air, reduce flooding, keep us cool in the summer and warmer in the winter, improve our health and give the wildlife in our city a home. Donate here www.tree-time.com

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

While you're sweltering in the first major heatwave to hit Europe this year, you're probably telling yourself heatwaves must have gotten worse.

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Can you think of a word in your native language that is missing in English? Tell us in the comments which word we should cover next!

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Martina Pugliese @martinapugliese.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Great resource if you like to do historical walks, there's options all over Scotland

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