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Rupe Nash

@rupenash.bsky.social
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Physicist & HPC research fellow EPCC, UoEdinburgh; CFD, HPC, and software. Join a union. Cycling cos it’s ace and Green politics so the kids have a future. He/him.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>
Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Unfettered access to chatbots can harm educational outcomes Using AI while solving problems improves performance by 48% (GPT base). When access to AI was taken away, students actually performed worse than those who never had access (17% reduction in grades) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hats off to @privateeyenews.bsky.social a new guide to all those untapped oil fields
a cartoon from Private Eye naming untapped North Sea oil fields: Fuck Tuvalu, Icemelter and Scorchio and Dodo, etc etc
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The right wing media do its best to portray me as something that I'm not, much of which has racist undertones. The Daily mail have now apologised to me. More apologies to come...
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Shona McIntosh (she/her) @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
North Berwick motorised traffic is apparently massively down since the machines went live so might I suggest this week is a great time to cycle there (or use public transport!) and spend some time and money in the local businesses. Would help provide the economic case for pedestrianisation 🚶🏾‍♀️🚶‍♂️👩🏽‍🦽☕️
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Laura Kuenssberg and Chris Mason of the #BBC finally defect to Farage's Reform. From #PrivateEye.
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Thomas Dietterich @tdietterich.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We are implementing a similar policy at @arxiv.bsky.social. If there is incontrovertible evidence of LLM slop in a paper, this means the authors did not take the time to read the LLM output and we can't trust anything else in the paper. Penalty is 1 year ban from arXiv followed by...
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 12/05/2026
There absolutely should be sackings at the Electoral Commission over this. A fake party that does no campaigning, will have spent £0, and whose own holocaust denying leader acknowledged is only there to confuse voters, came 7th, only explainable if it did indeed confuse voters.
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie @agcreports.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🗣️Did you vote for Independent Green Voice when you meant to vote for the Scottish Greens? I'm keen to chat to voters who think they - or someone they know - may have been confused by this at the ballot box. Hit me up in DMs or abbi.garton@thenational.scot @scotnational.bsky.social
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs (Edinburgh & Lothians East) Regional List Vote (vs 2021 notional): LAB: 8000 (22.4%, -0.4) SNP: 7520 (21%, -11.8) CON: 5489 (15.4%, -12.1) GRN: 5409 (15.1%, +6.1) RUK: 4702 (13.2%, +13) LD: 2805 (7.8%, +4) OTHx16: 1827 (5.1%) Valid Turnout: 59.8% Labour Lead - LL
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Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
An amazing result for Edinburgh and Lothians East! Not only Edinburgh's first constituency win but also the first time we've had 4 MSPs in the region. This is a massive tribute to our remarkable volunteers. A huge thanks to everyone who voted Green- now is the time to join! greens.scot/join
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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The following have been duly elected to serve as Members of the Scottish Parliament for the Edinburgh and Lothians East Region: Kate Nevens (Scottish Green Party) Angela Ross (Reform UK) Irshad Ahmed (Scottish Labour Paty) Miles Briggs (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)
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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As someone said outside of polling station this morning in Dunbar "voting is cool" A vote for Scottish Greens is a vote to demand better.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Reform are accusing me & the @scottishgreens.org of being a 'danger to national security'. That's the same Reform whose former Welsh leader is doing 10yrs in prison for taking Russian bribes to parrot their propaganda. I'm proud to have been sanctioned for the Kremlin while others shilled for it.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/05/2026
It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Cover for Gil Duran's forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy." Red background with computer circuitry, words in black and white letters.
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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
It’s getting hard to miss the growing support across East Lothian for the Scottish Greens. On the 7th of May, lets demand better and vote Scottish Greens. #votegreen #votescottishgreens @scottishgreens.org
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Nice visual gag from SNL UK nails why Palantir has no place in the NHS. Palantir are specialists in harm, not health. Its record is in targeting people, not caring for them. This isn't "putting ideology above patient safety” – in the NHS, it’s one and the same: www.youtube.com/shorts/0j0Z9...
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Weekend Update: Paddy Young on Military Contractor Palantir.
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live UK
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Edinburgh staff urge university to ditch OpenAI deal: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...
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Edinburgh staff urge university to ditch OpenAI deal
Academics raise concerns over ChatGPT owner’s links to US military and claim tools are ‘looking to replace knowledge workers’
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Semi-regular reminder: Baby open-ocean octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats. 📸 Songda Cai bit.ly/2ZmNZZH 🧪🪼🐙🦑🌿
A small paper nautilus octopus female riding on the top of a pink jellyfish.
A dark orange octopus, possibly a male blanket octopus, riding on the top of a four tentacled jellyfish.
A small octopus, possibly a male blanket octopus, riding on an octopus that is only about as large as he is.
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Alice Ross @alice-ross.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My university claims (despite operating at a surplus) that we need to cut jobs by £90M, but somehow has money for a contract with OpenAI, directly entangled with the US government, military, & ICE, for large language models to make the students less capable of thinking for themselves. Let's not.
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Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
And it passed! Fantastic news as all parties (except the tories) backed this proposal - there will be a report brought to the Planning Committee in June setting out how Edinburgh could implement a moratorium on data centres🥳
A graphic with a faded photo of computer servers in the background and a photo of Alys Mumford, a white woman with short blond hair wearing a black jumper. The text says "MOTION PASSED. Edinburgh Council agrees to consider a moratorium on 'green' data centres in the city" Cllr Alys Mumford.

There is a green band at the bottom with a white Scottish Greens logo and the word Edinburgh
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 11/03/2026
⚠️ Today, Standards Commission hearing (Councillors Neil Ross & Marie-Clair Munro) found both had breached the Councillor code of conduct for failing to declare they lived by the Braid Estate when dealing w/ Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route, including their votes to remove effective traffic filtering
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Feel like this should have got bigger pick-up last week The General Secretary of Labour's largest affiliated union and biggest donor over last 10 years writing in the @financialtimes.com they might disaffiliate in 2027. And if this is happening in Unite, other unions will be considering similar...
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Press release: councillors in Lincolnshire will tomorrow vote on whether to give the go-ahead to a vast data centre, which will produce over 1,000,000 tonnes of CO2 per year: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/03/10/p...
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Press release: Vote due on plan for data centre with one million tonnes of climate emissions - Foxglove
North Lincolnshire councillors are set to vote tomorrow [Wednesday 11 March] on plans for a data centre which will cause …
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 02/03/2026
This is a really weird fantasia of Edinburgh (and its geography) as it never was and is *full* to the brim of the sorts of simple yet glaring errors and anachronisms you would never have gotten if you hadn't left it to a computer to just barf out an averagised slop answer.
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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway…. 📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
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Shona McIntosh (she/her) @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Getting the weekend off to a Green start with some campaigning around Musselburgh. Heard concerns about cost of living, health services, the energy transition and safe cycling infrastructure. #VoteGreen for a Holyrood that will take action on all these things!
A group of people holding Vote Green posters gathered in front of a mid-century civic building with a tree in between
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Action to Protect Rural Scotland @aprscotland.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
BREAKING NEWS! Edinburgh City Council Committee REJECT the application for a 210MW Data Centre at Edinburgh Gyle This was refused on the ground of: Contrary to NPF4 policy 1 - as it does not address the climate crisis 1/2
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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Great day speaking to voters around Dunbar high street yesterday. We need more MSPs who will speak up for Palestine and take action to tax the rich so we can tackle the cost of living and fund a just transition. #VoteGreen
People gathered round a statue holding a Vote Scottish Greens poster
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The UK Government has often repeated Big Tech's claims that data centres will create thousands of local jobs. Those claims don't stack up at all. www.ft.com/content/1a48...
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There might be good reasons for Britain to build data centres. Job creation isn’t one of them
Estimate*estimate
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Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Will MSPs please just do a tiny bit of reading around a subject before spouting nonsense. I know there's an election coming but the fact remains that increasing capacity creates congestion rather than reduce it. (Sustainable) alternatives are available. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
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Extra lane proposed as 'interim solution' at Sheriffhall roundabout
Transport bosses are being urged to create an extra lane on the approach to Edinburgh's Sheriffhall roundabout in a bid to ease congestion while the wait goes on for a full upgrade.
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 24/01/2026
#ClimateChangePlan: good on #transport? "The answer is NO" Prof @2760.bsky.social -> web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/parl... We agree-> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... @michaelmatheson.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @bobdorissnp.bsky.social @kevinstewartsnp.bsky.social
Video of Prof Adrian Davis speaking to MSPs Net Zero Cttee

The Scottish Parliament
‪@parliament.scot‬
“There is no real substance to this plan on transport”. 

Convener of the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee, Edward Mountain MSP, asked if the policies in the Climate Change Plan were sufficient to meet goals for reducing transport emissions.

⬇️ Professor Adrian Davis responded
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Big news today as UK Government concedes in data centre court case. “It shouldn’t take us having to drag the Government to court for them to admit their decision to back Big Tech’s polluting data centres was fundamentally wrong," says Foxglove's Rosa Curling: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...
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Press release: UK Government admits "serious error" in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environmental protections
This is the first time the UK government has admitted its decision to force through a new hyperscale data centre was wrong. It's a big win.
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rob pike @robpike.io · 25/12/2025
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.
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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yup, we definitely need a fleet of these in Edinburgh... 😉
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Transform Scotland @transform.scot · 20/11/2025
🚦 It’s Road Safety Week, and like many of you, we’ve been thinking about what it feels like to move through our cities, whether that's walking kids to school, cycling to work, or just trying to cross the road.
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Too big for our streets: the harms of SUV use in Scottish cities - Transform Scotland
Professor of Transport & Health at Napier University, Dr Adrian Davis, writes for Transform Scotland. “SUVs are now one of the biggest emerging threats to road safety in Scottish cities.”...
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Rupe Nash @rupenash.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Kids were playing on those bollards on Friday while we were waiting for my auntie 😱
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies. It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Obscene' pay of uni fatcat bosses targeted in new proposals before MSPs
Greens co-leader Ross Greer has tabled amendments to a Scottish Government Bill to curb the earnings of top execs at universities and colleges.
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies! #StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
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Lorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I want to extend my full support to staff threatened with compulsory redundancy at the University of Edinburgh. I have today written to the Principal imploring him to change direction.
A letter written to the principal of the University of Edinburgh, from Lorna Slater MSP
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
RALLY TOMORROW! Join the fightback against job cuts! Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the Scottish parliament.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🤖 Would you trust a driverless taxi to spot you while you’re cycling? Waymo plans to bring autonomous taxis to London by 2026, but are our streets ready for robot cars? 👉 cyclinguk.org/driverless-taxis
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Driverless taxis in London must be bike safe
American company Waymo has revealed it is aiming to trial driverless taxis in London next year. Cycling UK Policy Manager Jim Densham examines whether the Waymo trial is the way to go or if we should ...
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
One planned data centre in Edinburgh will have emissions equivalent to the city's airport, but the council says no environmental impact assessment is needed: inews.co.uk/news/data-ce...
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Giant data centre could use as much power as every home in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Edinburgh Council has said the developer will not have to submit an environmental impact assessment, sparking concerns data centres are avoiding scrutiny from planners
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Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Come along as we get started on the campaign for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! We're holding open meetings over the coming weeks for anyone who wants to get more Greens elected at Holyrood. See our events calendar for more details & upcoming dates: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/
Holyrood 2026 - Get Involved! 19:30 to 21:00 on 9 October; Let's Get Started Meeting for South Edinburgh in the Eric Liddell Centre. 13:00 to 14:00 on 12 October; Edinburgh Candidates Launch at the Pavilion Cafe, followed by canvassing. 19:00 to 20:30 on 22 October; Let's Get Started Meeting for South East Edinburgh in Nelson Hall. More info at edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/
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Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
My grandfather (R. J. Pumphrey) and great-grandfather (W. H. Mills) were both FRSes. As they are no longer in a position to tell us what they think, I exhort @royalsociety.org to do what I like to think my illustrious ancestors would have wanted: boot Musk's sorry arse out.
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