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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 01/10/2026

@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social presided over the reopening of Braid Rd to streams of cars in either direction, to great fanfare. Any comment Scott Arthur MP? (We will not be accepting anything blaming another political party - dems the rulez)

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is what makes sitting through the rest of the dross feel worthwhile. #totp

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Road is still closed but The Innocent Path is not restricted. The crossing itself is out of action, but with the road closed there's no need for it and you can cross a few metres east. #EdTravCyc Token picture of broken water main.

Broken sections of water main in cordoned off area of works.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Loneliness of the cyclo-cross marshall.

Park with cyclocross course set up with poles and tapes. Course is empty.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seen a report (Reddit) of a burst water main on Duddingston Park South which looks like it's taken the Innocent Path crossing out of action. #EdTravCyc www.reddit.com/r/Edinburgh/...

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Cllr Claire Miller (she/her) @cllrcmiller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The council is consulting on whether to grant access to vehicles to the rear of Greenside Church and house, as this is common good land. While this is a bit of a niche issue I'm sure there will be some who would want to feed in their views consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/cg/greenside/

A map shows the Greenside Church and house with a red boundary line, and a green outlined and shaded area to indicate the vehicular access that is proposed across common good land.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Eulalie! (If only that worked)

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Dave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Reminder that, wildly, Edinburgh councillors declined to continue 20mph through Currie because it would make the 1am night bus two minutes slower (there was no impact predicted for day buses except making them much more competitive with private cars):

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Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The vast majority of people use the buses in Edinburgh. To make sure they get the best service we need more bus gates/bus lanes, bus priority at traffic signals and expansion of bus lane hours. Politically a no-brainer for even the most timid of councillors. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

edinburghlive.co.uk

Edinburgh bus route sees some journeys increase by nearly 20 minutes in 20 years

The figures come in a report that says new bus lanes, bus gates and other interventions could help bring down journey times across the city

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Heads up! There are 4 way temporary lights at the junction of Duddingston Road/Southfield Place and Baileyfield Road/Duddingston Park. Long queue of cars on Duddingston Road approach, lots of grumpy/impatient drivers.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Businesses that complained the trams were killing Leith now complaining the lack of trams is killing Leith.

Screenshot of Evening News clickbait, headline 'Leith businesses hit by ongoing tram network issues following Princes Street fire.'

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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Large SUVs are so common in streets now. This one is from KIA and is around £79k. It's a 6 seater. Battery pack is a massive 100Kwh. Meanwhile we offer the UA at £6.5k with 545Wh battery. Only one can get you through city traffic! 😆 @sw20.info @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social

Three Urban Arrow FamilyNext cargo bikes. One built and two on pallets to build - direct from Amsterdam via Westerman BV and DFDS. European trade has continued since 2016 depsite government obstacles. 🇪🇺

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wank, wank, wank, good-guy.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It is, absolutely, like another planet down there at times.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

A mockup SUV advert image with a prototype safety warning

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The stench of hypocrisy in West Edinburgh is, if anything, stronger than the traffic fumes.

Alex Cole Hamilton in a gas mask with a sign reading 'clean air now'

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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 14/06/2026

I am once again going to bang my wee drum about how many folks go and pay to holiday cycling about in a rewilded/tree-lined car-free 15-minute city and don't stop to think for a minute that home could be just like that, after they drive home again from Center Parcs.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In the Name of the Father!

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Heard a distant rumble that might've been thunder around 5:50, I was on Seafield Prom, sounded like it came from the North West.

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Cornelius Beer & Wine @corneliusbeers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

BACK - @pilotbeer.co.uk Blue Lady Pale. 5% abv. £3/33cl

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Been watching this on a loop for several minutes now, still laughing.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Scenes from Porty beach...

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Eric Lesley @ericlesley2.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

No doubt keen cyclists. Carbon fibre cervelo season is well into swing

A car blocking the cycle lane with a road bike on the roof rack

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Machrie Moor Standing stones, on a rare cloudless sunny day on Arran.

Three large (4 and 5 meter) standing stones, with the hills of north Arran in the background. The sky is a near cloudless blue.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Isn't this illegal parking? This may seem a bit petty, but if you suggested some of that *public* space be used for a better protected cycle route it would be all BuT mA TrEEz!

Cars parked on a roadside between the carriageway and driveways. There is a wide strip of grass next to the carriagewayway and the cars are parked on a tarmac strip through that grass which is there, presumably, to allow access to the driveways. The road has double yellow lines.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The length of time between Porty getting some new dropped kerbs installed, ¹ and some entitled driver blocking it with their ego-pram is, sadly, measured in hours.

Large white SUV parked blocking a newly installed drop kerb. There are double yellow lines with no loading markings.

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portyenergy.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Join our weird wheels extravaganza on 31 May to mark the launch of our new handcycle! Bring your bike, cycle with us, then try out some weird & wonderful wheels from hand cycles & cargo bikes to tandems on the prom. #Portobello #cargobikes #handcycle find out more: www.facebook.com/events/21722...

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Though you maybe have to also factor in some spineless opportunistic wee Tory nyaff jumping ship to join them.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

He stated he has "done more to encourage cycling in Edinburgh in 4 months than he’s done in 40 years!", 'he' being @chasbooth.bsky.social, but as yet it not apparent what these encouraging things are. Certainly nothing I can see that wasn't, as you point out, already in the pipeline.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

You going to show some leadership, @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social, and fix this mess, or just follow your predecessor's example and happily wash your hands of it while blaming someone else.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

exchange on X

Christoffer Bjelke @chribjel
We hired a junior developer to write the simple code, so we don't have to spend a ton of money on tokens for those basic/primitive tasks

Sameer goel @sameer_goel
Great, so now we're optimizing LLM costs by inventing employees again.
Full circle innovation.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/04/2026

Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Yeah, though the cold is playing havoc with its piles.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I would totally have replied with a pithy adjunct.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Detectives in Ealing nick already on the case.

Man looking through film reel one frame at a time.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

First KitKat harvest of the season waiting to be lifted in Suffolk.

A field which has been prepared for planting, long straight rows of dark brown earth with flat tops in groups of three, with a wider gap between. Faintly, and I do mean faintly, reminiscent of KitKat fingers. Coastal marsh and sea in the background.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Aren't the black vertical things to the front of the seat bars? They appear to have brake levers on them. Did a bit of googling - PERS Chainless pedalling system. Front unit is indeed a generator. Claims regen braking too.

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Charlie @urchaidh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This is excellent, and the soup in the cafe is pretty good too.

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