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Wylie Horn

@wyliehorn.bsky.social
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Passionate naturalist and thrawn gadgie. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig. Bruidhinn Gàidhlig rium mas e ur thoil e.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20h
Wintering Woodcocks will shortly be arriving in large numbers, diluting resident UK population. Shooting season began last week, but 'voluntary restraint' urged until December. is it enough? UK population survey in #BirdStudy shows mixed picture but overall strong decline: doi.org/10.1080/0006...
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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 19h
A really fascinating tiny fungus I have yet to see
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 09/10/2026
I am once again asking/begging cultural, heritage and environmental groups in Edinburgh to stop using Gen AI images of a city that has been photographed from nearly every conceivable angle and for which a vast portfolio rights-free images already exist to use if you don't have a budget to pay
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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nice little nugget of horror buried in there
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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Had another play with the Chiffchaffs. As always opinions welcome. #UKbirding #birds #sciart
A page of ID info on winter collybita Chffchaffs in the UK. There are three illustrations and notes.A page of ID information on tristis Siberian Chiffchaffs in the UK. There are three illustrations and notes.
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com · 08/10/2026
RIP to the world's first software engineer news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission
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PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am sure Edinburgh Uni management are delighted to discover they can now rely on the Scotsman to scold workers striking for their livelihoods. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Should researchers be handling wader chicks? Important paper about conservation and disturbance by Camilo Carneiro, summarised in WaderTales blog #140: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/h... 🎂2⃣ #ornithology
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How do wader chicks respond to being handled?
Every wader researcher knows that their actions can have negative consequences for the birds they are studying. Given that most shorebird species are in trouble or causing concern, conservation sci…
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @brianl028.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is not about democracy. Nor is it about ensuring that we 'can' have nuclear power stations. This is about the Tories, having spent seven decades in the wilderness in Scotland, overriding our elected gov't so that we WILL have nuclear power stations. The abuse continues. Only indy stops this.
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Tories will cut Scottish Government's planning powers, senior Conservative pledges
A TORY-RUN UK administration would cut the Scottish Government's powers over planning ...
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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hacking is still a crime if you ask your computers to do it for you then pretend it was an accident by the computer. All of them should be in a cell.
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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The BBC axing its coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships sends a 'clear message' that Scottish culture is unworthy of investment, Iona Fyfe writes✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/comment/2660...
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The latest victim of BBC cuts is nothing but tone-deaf cultural vandalism
At a time when piping is going from strength to strength with worldwide appeal, this will be a devastating blow to the global pipe band community and its enthusiasts, writes Iona Fyfe
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 02/10/2026
Scotland needs it's own public broadcastor.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The 2026 survey of St Helena Plover has revealed 583 adult birds, highlighting stability in the population of this previously Critically Endangered bird:
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St Helena success as plover numbers hold firm
The latest St Helena Plover survey, conducted in 2026, shows continued stability in the population of this previously Critically Endangered shorebird.
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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Every year an estimated 95,000 #seabirds, including Razorbills and Guillemots, are accidentally caught in nets off European coasts.” “But simple deterrents tested by Cornish fishers and devised by scientists and the RSPB have been shown to reduce the toll by about two-thirds.”
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Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets
Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows
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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’
Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’
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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Happy shorebird migration season! 🪶🌿 some least and semipalmated sandpipers in Rye Harbor State Park.
A sandpiper stands amongst rocks and kelpA sandpiper stands on a rocky surface with one leg up A sandpiper walking through mush on the shorelineA sandpiper walking on a rocky beach
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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An important acquisition to prepare for a nearly 1-month offshore fieldwork trip I’m heading out on in September on @whoi.edu’s R/V Neil Armstrong! 🪶🦑
An outstretched hand holds the book “Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide” by Steve N.G. Howell and Kirk Zufelt.
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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Research Cruise AR103 Thread: Views & Critters Yesterday’s Wilson’s storm-petrel extravaganza off the back deck! 🪶🌿🦑
A wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surface
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David Gould @drdavidgould.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My book on historic rabbit warrens in England is published on 13th Nov by Liverpool Uni Press and I'm pleased to have received my advance copies. The perfect Xmas gift for any rabbit warren-obsessed nerd, of which there are no doubt many such people. #landscapearchaeology #rabbits #medievalsky
Me in a dapper shirt pointing at the cover of my soon to be published book.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 30/09/2026
An (inter)nationally important archive and library being moved to an industrial estate in Bonnyrigg so the existing site in central Edinburgh can be turned over to student housing is so very on trend.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 29/09/2026
The leader of a UK government elected on 32% is telling a Scottish government elected on 36% that a 56% pro-Indy Scottish parliament can't hold a referendum that 68% of Scots want. UK democracy, ladies and gentlemen.
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 27/09/2026
25 years after we started online, have a look at our new look modern website! Now with maps, images, better search & mobile friendly. Still lots of ulpdate & fixes to do, but it’s now a lot easier to for us to update things than before, let us know what’s wrong/missing! scottishcinemas.org
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In re-reading this - I must acknowledge that it's very good. The intro is too long, but the rest is brilliantly clear. If I say so myself. annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
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Its Time to Ignore Defeatists on Both Right and Left
The Left must reject Neoliberal Political Framing. Taxes do not pay for government spending. Taxes are a consequence of spending.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
as an artist I'd love this but I also think everyone else should also get it. I think UBI should just be default. But I think that would transform the economy into TRULY being the free marketplace of ideas, the car capitalists chase and hope they never catch lol #politics
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nazis don't want you to remember their crimes
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Memorial in Oxford to the 31 volunteers from Oxfordshire who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, 6 of whom were killed:. In stone, the clenched fist crushing a scorpion, symbolising the poison of fascism and the 3-point star of th International Brigades 📷 BulgeUwU (Wiki)
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Daniel @buckmeister.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Open protocols do not in themselves prevent something being captured by capital. But they are surely a necessary precondition to democratic control/oversight
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Craft Scotland director's petition against @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social plans to close Jewellery and Silversmithing, Textiles and Performance Costume UG ECA degrees to new admissions in 2027 (to be taught out over the next four years). #Edinburgh #craft #art #students #design 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 c.org/JJQNyV8R6m
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Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"...these graduate cohorts are ranked amongst the best in the UK. Makers working in jewellery and textiles have directly helped to establish the reputation of Scottish craft internationally and contribute to cutting edge research in materiality and design." www.craftscotland.org/journal/arti...
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Advocacy: Open Letter Addressing the Closure of Craft Courses at Edinburgh College of Art - Craft Scotland
Craft Scotland along with organisations and leaders across the craft sector call for the reinstatement of undergraduate craft degrees at Edinburgh
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ECIU @eciu.net · 26/09/2026
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/potato...
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Potato crop down 3.5 million tonnes due to drought
New research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit has shown that drought and heatwaves will impact potato harvests to the equivalent of between €498m (£423m) and €818m (£701m) across five countries
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Kim Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇺 @kimmarshall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BBC Shortbread on Glasgow City Council pay dispute. Fails to mention which party was responsible for the pay mess (Labour) but screams that its an SNP run council now. Fair and balanced as ever.
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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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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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Biosecurity for LIFE @biosecuritylife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some great advice in the August issue of @yachtingworld.com.web.brid.gy about how to humanely keep #rodents off your #boat. Not only useful for avoiding damage to your belongings or vessel but also to prevent harm to #island dwelling animals such as #seabirds www.yachtingmonthly.com/top-story/ho...
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How to humanely keep rodents off your boat
What are the most effective humane methods of keeping rodents off your boat? Chris Taylor explores the options. Read on to learn more.
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Peter Santema @petersantema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Very chuffed that our dotterel study made the front cover of Proceedings B! 🎉 Thread below: 👇
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All these platforms were originally sold to us as being liberating tools of free speech and expression. Now they're being actively used by their owners to suppress it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Southern Scotland’s Golden Eagle population has reached a major new milestone after four young eagles descended from birds translocated through a pioneering conservation project successfully hatched and fledged this summer. Read the article: britishbirds.co.uk/news/golden-... 📸John Wright
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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 20/09/2026
The worst bit is that The Proclaimers are seen outside Scotland as a jokey band but they started out with pretty solid principles and wrote songs about being Scottish and working class, about Scottish identity, displacement, politics. They could and should have been so, so much better than this
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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wow! P Hall's image of Red-billed Tropicbird off Porthgwarra this morning #ukbirding
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This from a party with liberal in the title. Zero moral leadership from either Labour or the Lib Dems on this issue
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026
I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has.
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