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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 10h

When cake decoration meant: 'half a glacé cherry and put them on a doily' #GBBO Cooking With Mother (1977)

Photograph of a plate with doily and a group of simple sponge cakes -each with half a cherry on top

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 13h

Scenes from the Picket Lines: Day 2 of the UCU workers' strike against the University of Edinburgh's avaricious, exorbitantly paid senior management and their campaign of mass cuts against staff.

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lynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social · 13h

One buddleia down. Chainsaw cleaned and re-oiled. Battery recharging wIth leccy, me recharging with cuppa and custard tart. A good day.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.

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Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio

A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 17h

Breast cancer awareness. Edinburgh Thursday October 1st. 7pm. Led by breast surgeon Beatrix Elsberger in collaboration with Surgeons' Hall Museums, the event will feature a series of talks from leading specialists in breast surgery.

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 17h

Join us at Surgeons' Hall Museums this Breast Cancer Awareness Month for an inspiring evening exploring the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breast-can...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Past, Present and Future

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, explore the history of breast cancer treatment and the advances shaping care today

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 23h

"According to Aviva's research, nearly a third of new homes built in 2024 will be at risk of some flooding by 2050, and one in seven would be at medium to high risk of flooding as extreme weather becomes more acute." #housing #ClimateCrisis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Aviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prof Karly Kehoe: 'From the Merchant City to McNab’s Cove: A Scottish family’s journey of reinvention in nineteenth-century Nova Scotia.' Online lecture. Friday Oct 30, 5:30pm - 7:30pm (UK). #Canada #Scotland #FamilyHistory #skystorians www.eventbrite.ie/e/scottish-h...

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Scottish Historical Review Trust: The Jenny Wormald Lecture [Online]

Professor Karly Kehoe: From the Merchant City to McNab’s Cove: A Scottish family’s journey of reinvention in nineteenth-century Nova Scotia.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Three-quarters of England’s wheat (77%), barley (75%) and oilseed rape (74%) grow in parts of the country rated as being at a moderate to very high drought risk, along with 70% of sugar beet and 67% of potatoes, it found." #FoodSecurity #ClimateCrisis #farming www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk

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Kirsten Lloyd @klloyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This was the largest picket I have ever seen at Edinburgh College of Art (& I’ve been at a fair few). Massive support from students as we fight against compulsory redundancies. @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social

large group of people stand outside sandstone buildings holding UCU placards

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Overwhelming response today from the protests and picket lines at the University of Edinburgh, on Day 1 of the UCU workers' strike. This includes at the university's Medical School ...

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Huge turnout today at the picketlines and protests against the mass redunancy plans of University of Edinburgh senior management and their surplus.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

👇 A must watch 😍 10/10 No notes 🔭

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

FINAL DAYS - current exhibition closes 7pm 30 Sep! 'The Women's Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections' on the history of The Women’s Library and its rich and diverse collections and stories from the viewpoint of researchers. @lsesu.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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ECIU @eciu.net · 28/09/2026

Over 240 million litres of milk lost in record summer heat Analysis of farm delivery data shows unprecedented impact on UK milk production, costing farmers over £83 million Lost grass growth was enough to feed entire UK cattle herd for 2 months eciu.net/media/press...

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Over 240 million litres of milk lost in record summer heat

Analysis of daily milk delivery data from farms shows record summer heat contributed to an unprecedented impact on UK milk production, costing farmers over 240 million litres, worth over £83 million.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Adapted from a novel by Tory politician Douglas Hurd; shown in the run-up to a general election thus infuriating the SNP (the separatist guerrillas are funded by the USSR); never shown again. The tapes still exist apparently.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Best of luck to @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social members going on strike for over a month. Nobody does this willingly - it’s a last resort, unlike that enormously rich university’s slash and burn tactics.

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 1 of our strike at the University of Edinburgh while senior management shrugs and says 'crisis, what crisis?' at the complaints about the inevitable falling educational standards and job losses.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28th September 2026 07.07

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My 2xGt Grandmother, Catherine Crinnell or Krennel came from the Isle of Man's most northerly parish, Kirk Bride. Or, as it appears on John Blaeu's map from his 'Atlas Maior' (1662/65), 'Kirk Bridge'. Never mind the cartographic accuracy, just revel in the beauty of the map... #MyFamily52Maps

Blaeu Atlas Maior, 1662-5
Volume 5
Insvlæ Britannicæ (page 386) / Mona

National Library of Scotland
https://maps.nls.uk/atlas/blaeu-maior/browse/5/page/258

Name: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Title: Insvlæ Britannicæ (page 386) / Mona
Imprint: [Amsterdam : Blaeu, 1662]
Pagination: 1 map : hand col. outlines ; 38 x 27 cm., on sheet, ca. 52 x 61 cm.
Scale: [no scale bar]
Shelfmark: EMW.X.017

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1. Hefting a flail’s ball. 2. This Norman landowner’s incredible vibe. 3. A talk on medieval spices before the backdrop of the Deloitte building.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Braidwood building is to be leased to the School of Ancient Crafts, a specialist in living history workshops for schools and community groups. Plans include arts and language classes, wellbeing sessions, environmental activities and volunteering. #Edinburgh www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/09/25/a...

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Ancient crafts charity agrees lease for troubled Scots community centre

A lease has finally been agreed for a troubled Edinburgh community centre almost four years after it shut down.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An ECA graduate reflects on her own career, education and the future of her craft. #ECAmatters #Edinburgh #ucu #craft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #art Jewellery and silversmithing is one of the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social UG degrees under threat. www.instagram.com/p/DdlO7ZIM_J...

A young woman in a workshop with a large flaming torch.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Small, but consistent, errors I've noticed that have become commonplace in undergrad writing: - titles not in italics or quotation marks; they're just hanging out in the text - no capitalization; not of names, places, titles, etc. - so little punctuation

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The Scottish Farmer @thescottishfarmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Forestry and Land Scotland offers a five-year, 70-hectare Glenprosen grazing tenancy for new farmers, supporting livestock, biodiversity and habitat…

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70ha Angus grazing tenancy offered to aspiring farmers

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docomomoscot.bsky.social @docomomoscot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This Saturday, 3 October, 20th-century cycle ride in Edinburgh's Liberton, guided by the architectural historian Clive B. Fenton and the conservation architect Carsten Hermann Tickets from £3 tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland #edinburgh #modernism #liberton #cycleride #architectue #c20

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two months on from the announcement about Jodrell Bank Observatory's future funding, almost £50,000 has been raised thanks to your generosity. While discussions continue, no solution is yet in place. Help protect Jodrell Bank with a donation: donate.manchester.ac.uk/p/jodrellba…

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'Landscape with a Geoglyph ll' by contemporary painter Sarah Lees #WomensArt

Painting of a stylised landscape with rolling hills with fields in browns and creams and bare trees

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Grant Bulloch @bulloch.photography · 27/09/2026

Revisiting a trip to Colonsay over the next few posts, and the wonderful textures and patterns along its coastline. #photography #landscapephotography #photographers

Fractured lines in the rock with yellow lichen.

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Red Rope Scotland @redropescot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A lovely day out in North Berwick, walking up Berwick Law and around Balgone Lake, partly on the John Muir Way. Overcast skies turned to heavy rain after lunch but we had waterproofs, great chat and a good cafe to dry out in. We have regular walks in the Lothians & Fife, non-members welcome!

Group of hikers on top of Berwick Law with view of the town and sea behind. Overcast skies.

View across North Berwick and offshore islands under cloudy skies

Balgone Lake, bullrushes, trees and swans

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last day to have your say on franchising plans for north east buses. Check out @northeastptug.bsky.social’s next post for suggestions for responses. Should help to make this an easy job.

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is my Great Auntie Jan, 100 today, on her wedding day in May 1944. L to R: Margaret Sinclair Annal (1904-1973) Robert Annal (1921-2006) Janet Annal (née Arnold) Joseph William Batters Arnold (1903-1982) Maria Jane Arnold (née Andrews) (1908-1967)

Wedding photo, 27 May 1944
Robert Annal & Janet Arnold
St Paul's church, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire

L to R: Margaret Sinclair Annal (1904-1973), Robert Annal (1921-2006), Janet Annal (née Arnold), Joseph William Batters Arnold (1903-1982), Maria Jane Arnold (née Andrews), (1908-1967).

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fresh new look for The Street on Broughton St / Picardy Place corner. Will there be fusty New Town outrage? We shall see!

Pub/ cafe on corner with patterned exterior walls and Banksy-style artwork

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Jewellery and silversmithing ECA graduate Rhona McCallum reflects on her own career, education and the future of her craft. #ECAmatters #Edinburgh #ucu #craft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DdwE977gg9...

A young woman at a long wooden work bench in a studio with others. She is concentrating on making a piece with metal wires.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The forecast for Edinburgh is wet and grey, but the day started in technicolour.

Silhouetted trees against a dawn sky featuring strong pinks, lilac and grey blues.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🧵Chinese wallpaper became fashionable in Britain during the 18th century, when wealthy families imported it as a luxurious form of decoration. At Nostell Priory, the wallpaper was supplied by Thomas Chippendale around 1771. It features colourful birds, butterflies, flowering trees and decorative

The image displays a highly detailed section of the famous 18th-century hand-painted Chinese wallpaper located at Nostell Priory, This exquisite Chinoiserie artwork is part of a historic suite of State Rooms. Specifically, Sections of this beautifully preserved wallpaper can be found hanging across the State Bedroom and the State Dressing Room. Image: Clive CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

This detail depicts a large pink peony flower, which is part of the famous 18th-century Chinoiserie hand-painted wallpaper preserved at Nostell Priory. In traditional Chinese art and symbolism featured on this wallpaper, individual birds and flowers carry deep meanings. The peony symbolizes wealth, honor, and fame, and it is beautifully combined here with trailing branches, cherry blossoms, and a standing crane to form an auspicious depiction of nature. This historic wallcovering has been highly celebrated for its artistry and serves as the archival source for luxury modern reproductions by heritage brands. Image: Clive CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Art Nouveau jewllery designed by Glasgow School artist and Frances Macdonald (1873 –1921) #WomensArt

Four photos of brooches created in silver and enamel in an Art Nouveau style

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

27th September 2026 06.26

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SophiefromRomania is so happy that #strictly is back and her favourite people are here

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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

EXC: The Health and Safety Executive has blocked the publication of a fire safety report for the Princes Street building that burned down in July, citing an ongoing investigation. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658336...

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HSE blocks release of Princes Street fire safety report amid 'ongoing investigation'

The Health and Safety Executive has refused to release the safety report for the Princes Street building which burned down this summer, citing an…

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Have been to an absolutely fascinating lecture on the film from 1951, the Singing Street, given by @threadinburgh.scot Andy Arthur, at Norton Park for #DoorsOpenDays. Here’s an article by him on the former school, where the film he discussed was made. threadinburgh.scot/2026/09/14/s...

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A moving day for Kirkcudbright, RNLI & our active local RNLI branch. The official launch & dedication of the new RNLI lifeboat, the George D Dow, along with a new lifeboat station in Kirkcudbright Bay. A fitting ceremony to an important service & tradition saving lives.

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pleased to have lent a work by Colquhoun from the Red House collection to this. It's a cracking exhibition: if you're within reach of Kilmarnock in the next few months you should definitely go!

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amazing turn out from students and staff at the University of Edinburgh, in protest at senior management's greed and manufactured cuts. This is what solidarity looks like - as our campaign of industrial action begins this coming week in protest at the cuts. www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/student...

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900+ at inaugural Student & Staff Assembly! — UCU Edinburgh

More than 900 students and staff gathered for the inaugural Student-Staff Assembly on Thursday 24 September.

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