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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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spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

NEW TOWN QUARTER.—Reporter 'minded to grant permission' for controversial development. Details at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/reporte... #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #planning

Huge shafts rising above King George V Park. Steeple of Broughton St Mary's in the background.

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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Interesting thread! ⬇️⬇️ Thank you @sevensugars.bsky.social!

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That there are people on Earth who idolise Elon Musk is beyond understanding. Indeed, Musk has become a handy barometer of morality, or rather immorality. Where someone stands on Musk is an almost instant guide to the rest of their beliefs and their character My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

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Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire defines this Age of Stupid

Even if Elon Musk wasn’t Elon Musk, even if Elon Musk was a good and noble man, even if Elon Musk was a planetary exemplar of decency and…

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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Alina Burns, 19, of Lynton Road in Bristol, admitted attempting to murder Mohammed Mahmoodi, outside a barber's shop in Bristol. Burns approached Mahmoodi from behind and swung the axe at his neck. He was able to wrestle the weapon away from her before she could strike him again.

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Neo-Nazi teenager jailed for attempting to murder man with an axe

A 19-year-old approached the victim from behind and swung an axe at his neck.

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 08/06/2026

Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Wrote a letter to my MP, it’s probably not the most coherent thing in the world but I couldn’t not say anything.

Dear
For the five years I have lived in
, I've been proud to have you as my representative. Your
intervention when my gender identity clinic did not send my surgery referral for over a year was crucial in getting them to acknowledge and, vitally, rectify their error. I will remain forever grateful to you for this.
But I'm afraid will not vote for you again, not whilst the red rosette you proudly wear remains a symbol of my exclusion.
Your government's proposed guidance is innately dehumanising. It prioritises the comfort of others over my ability to use the toilet, to access services, and to play the sport love with my friends. Ultimately, it seeks to confine me to my home - away from those who view me with disgust. A dangerous precedent has been set that it is more important for others to be protected from acknowledging the existence of those they deem unworthy than for marginalised people to exist publicly at all.
No matter how hard your party tries to spin this, there can be no dignity and respect for trans people with this guidance in place. As a trans man, I am told am not permitted to change with my football team who have called family for the last five seasons - that I must use separate female facilities alone. But if a woman walked through the door whilst I was lacing up my boots, I could be removed from these facilities too if she objected to my presence. Where is the dignity and respect in changing in a corridor? I suppose the preference is that don't play at all and stay at home so others do not have to perceive me.
I expect this behaviour from the Conservatives and Reform. Had this guidance been proposed by the previous Minister for Women and Equalities, I would have been devastated but not batted an eye. To watch a party I campaigned for, a party I was proud to represent for several years as a candidate, the self-identified "party of equality" usher in the biggest rollback of LGBTQ+ rights since Thatcher's Section 28 is shameful. I will not choose betwe…

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Imagine this was a Jewish person who wasn't left-wing or pro-Palestinian.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

If journalists were doing their job properly, it would simply not be possible for the public to be labouring under this degree of ignorance when it comes to immigration. inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 15/03/2026

🔴NEW: A group leading the push to overturn Scotland’s opposition to new nuclear power says it is “independent” and “grassroots”. But we found links between campaign and a lobbying firm representing EDF, which owns Torness nuclear station www.theferret.scot/britain-rema...

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This pro-nuclear group claims to be 'grassroots'. So why are its directors industry lobbyists?

Britain Remade has appointed two directors from a lobbying firm which represents EDF, the owner of Scotland’s last nuclear power station.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

A production company has been blasted for creating a 'two-tier' review system, which allegedly implies that both critics and audiences in Scotland are 'less important' than their London counterparts

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Row erupts over 'two-tier' system as London papers favoured over Scots critics

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/02/2026

And so if you really *mean* "never again" -- if you're serious about it -- then the time to intervene, the time to speak up, the time to stop it, is *when it is still small*. When it's just a casual slur. When it's just sports. When it's just asking questions. When it's framed as anti-PC.

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I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I Am Loud is 12 today! Our directors, Kevin, Katie, and Mark, are excited for this new chapter and can't wait to see how our new team supports our ongoing work in bringing the best of spoken word and poetry to Scotland. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/iamloudp...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good. Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies. So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.

Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff
Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to
Greenland to take care of the many people who are
sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!!
President DJT

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Ken Armstrong @kenarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

AI posters for theatre productions really put me off. Get your five year old to make a poster, I'll be there. Make it reflect the Art and Creativity and Love of the play. Don't just push that button

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Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Brilliant work here from LondonCentric!

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 24/01/2026

Good morning folks and thanks for supporting Bylines Scotland! It's been another busy week so there's some great reading and listening here! 👇 Huv a gid weekend, yin an' aw! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #CitizenJournalism

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Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism

Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism

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Youth Theatre Arts Scotland @ytartsscot.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Applications are open for Creative Scotland's Go See Share, a small fund for individuals, organisations and creative businesses to undertake trips to explore new ways to expand their business activity and make them more financially sustainable buff.ly/ptXI20R (deadline - 5 Feb 2026)

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Creative Scotland: Go See Share Fund - YTAS

A small fund for individuals, organisations and creative businesses to undertake trips to explore new ways to expand their business activity and make them

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Gair Dunlop @gair.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT If you are interested in colour, photography, meaning, and what it means to be human, visit www.joelsternfeld.net/bodies-of-wo.... It's a generous and thoughtful journey of a lifetime's quest to discover the world and who we are in it. Thank you, #JoelSternfeld

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Yet Why Not Say What Happened

Joel Sternfeld (born June 30, 1944) is an American artist using photography, as well as an educator and writer.

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Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is a really useful read... It doesn't solve anything itself, but it helps provide understanding - and without that, we can't even start to solve the issue of GPs, appointments and best use of limited funds.

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Announcing Gray Day 2026! New Lanark audiobook by @canongate.co.uk narrated by Alan Cumming + five commissioned animations. Celebrating 45 years of Alasdair Gray’s Lanark. 25 Feb 2026, Òran Mór, Glasgow. Tickets via link in bio.

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If ICE are this comfortable executing a white woman on a public street, just imagine what they're comfortable doing to minorities in private. Last year, I read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. There are some deeply alarming similarities in what's happening in America right now.

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - Wikipedia

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EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 08/01/2026

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: Masked gang's cash machine ram-raid, £7.5m revamp for Porty pool, Venezuela protest planned + rooftop pilates ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo by: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social #edinburgh #scotland

A seaside promenade at night, with street lights on the left and houses on the right. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Thursday 8 January 2026: Masked gang's cash machine ram-raid, £7.5m revamp for Porty pool, Venezuela protest planned + rooftop pilates

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Hearts Standard @heartsstandard.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

💪 Big game, big result 🧱 Defensive depth ⭐ Devlin dominance 😮‍💨 Set-piece threat 👀 'Bring on the Hibees' How Hearts made 65-year feat with another big game win over Rangers | @sked21.bsky.social & @craigcairns.bsky.social 🔗 onlrl.co/xof0cd

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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Beating the Old Firm is just a routine day’s work for Hearts at the moment. Long may it continue.

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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

All very well beating Celtic, but Hearts proving they can take care of those niggly mid-table sides too

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Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Happy winter solstice, one and all. To mark the occasion, Hugh Nankivell and I have released a Christmas album. Do take a listen. Dance vigorously... sweethumanafi.bandcamp.com/album/the-mi...

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The Mistletoe Dance, by Sweet Humanafi Rhythm Orchestra

11 track album

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Flavia D'Avila @flavdav-theatre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thank you @alledintheatre.bsky.social for listing #Placeholder as a top tip across Edinburgh stages this week! 💜 Sat show nearly sold out, grab tickets while you can! @summerhallarts.bsky.social www.alledinburghtheatre.com/listings-mon...

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Listings Mon 17 – Sun 23 Nov 2025 : All Edinburgh Theatre.com

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Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

"Fake Noozzzz....zzzzz....zzzzz...zzzzz."

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 05/11/2025

Obituary: Nabil Shaban — Actor who co-founded disabled-led theatre company Graeae and performed at theatres including London’s Royal Court and the National Theatre 👇

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Obituary: Nabil Shaban – actor and Graeae co-founder

Actor who co-founded disabled-led theatre company Graeae and performed at theatres including London's Royal Court and the National Theatre

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 29/10/2025

Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions. The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.

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✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is probably the funniest headline of the year.

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
People

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EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 29/10/2025

Anyone seen any mega wooden pyramids ahead of Bonfire Night yet? Keen to see (and publish) photos from around the city if anyone spots any in the coming days. Have news in tomorrow's newsletter about the council's plans for these (and guess what: it's not to set them on fire).

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Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This is a very positive step forward for the future of The Brunton theatre. The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!

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All Edinburgh Theatre @alledintheatre.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

NEWS: East Lothian Council tests market for Brunton replacement. ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre. www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...

A picture of the Brunton Theatre, warmly lit in the setting sun.

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

RIP Prunella Scales. Does so much with a fag, a box of chocolates, and little more than three words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zva...

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Fawlty Towers: Oh I know!

YouTube video by Fawlty's Vault

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Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The horrible irony is that the recent treatment of poppies shows that actually they're doing nothing to help remember their origins.

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Framework Theatre Company @frameworktc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📣 RESIDENT ARTIST 2026 CALLOUT We are so excited to be recruiting one Resident Artist to join us on a 10 month, part-time, paid placement. This role is designed for an emerging theatre-maker who wants to learn more about running a theatre company in Scotland 🎭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Graphic with paper effect and an arrow pointing towards the next slide. The text: Resident Artist 2026 Callout, deadline: Friday 21st November 2025 @ 5pm.

Graphic with paper effect. The text: Resident Artist 2026 Callout, We are recruiting one Resident Artist to join Framework Theatre Company on a 10-month long, part-time, paid placement. Commitment: 20 days of ad-hoc work over a placement of 10 months (January-October). Estimated at 2 days a month. Fee: £3,000 (20 days at £150/day).

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FOHF @fohf.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

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Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Tonight’s preset for LITTLE WOMEN from EUTC at the Bedlam. Pics by @clairevpf.bsky.social for Hugh Simpson who is on reviewing duty for @alledintheatre.bsky.social

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Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The @theguardian.com on the truth of the Maccabi fan ban from the Aston Villa game in November. This has been known and written about in the football chats for a while - obviously not read by Starmer who promised to fund any necessary policing. Est cost? £6m. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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