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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 1d

I love this building - I visited for the first time around the time we were reading the Ada Goth series and the two are now inextricably linked

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 1d

A Smith and Gertrude wine flight and a book at the bar - I liked finding out that people reading books over a glass of wine were one of the target audiences when the founders set the bar up 10 years ago! Wine was delicious though book choice - Tender is the Flesh - continues to creep me out

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 3d

New book (the very freshly published Mate by Ali Hazelwood) - and an evening off

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 3d

I would love to wear this fabric

Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 3d

It took a highly sophisticated Jacquard weave to create the incredibly detailed oranges that form the fabric of of this early 1890s dress. You can almost smell the citrusy peel. There so many details to observe here, the pattern matching, the cuff trim, the drama! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 3d

Temperature has dropped & October door wreath is up 🍂 🎃

Wreath made of woollen bobbles in different autumnal colours

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 4d

How amazing are these Halloween candles?! From Watson’s Wick Works (@Watson’s wick works on insta) who are at Edinburgh Portobello’s Brighton Park market first Saturday of the month - & at the Pitt market on October 12th

Candles in the shape of a skull, a ghost and a pumpkin

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 4d

‘Cold Kitchen’ by Caroline Eden - and all I want to do is grab a backpack and my passport and be able to do this:

a man is walking through a grassy field with the words i 'm going on an adventure

ALT: a man is walking through a grassy field with the words i 'm going on an adventure

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 5d

@historygamesnet.bsky.social guessing this might already be on your radar but just in case not & it’s of interest

99% Invisible @99pi.org · 5d

Come chat with @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson about video games and our upcoming series Hidden Levels!

9:00am PT in the 99PI Discord 👉 discord.gg/99pi

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 5d

The calm after the storm: some sky this morning over Edinburgh

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 22d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t believe I’ve not heard of the Ig Nobel prize before but I love it

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 22d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 7d

Mid-Autumn festival at Out of the Blue Drill Hall and a chance to make our own mooncakes

Chinese dance exhibition - dancer in a traditional red dress

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 8d

Collecting the @argonautbooks.bsky.social Halloween totes (with a spooky book) is becoming an annual tradition but think this year’s kraken design may be my favourite to date - I absolutely love it!

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 8d

It was a dark and stormy night … and going to one of @argonautbooks.bsky.social spooky season events to hear Vanessa Santos talk about her short story collection ‘Make a Home of Me’ was a good way to spend it

Skeleton in a chair (Pelvis Costello) at Argonauts bookshop

Cover of Vanessa Santos’ Make a Home of Me

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 8d

For #nationalpoetryday one of my favourites: Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout by Gary Snyder

Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout
Gary Snyder
Down valley a smoke haze
Three days heat, after three days rain
Pitch glows on the fir cones
Across rocks and meadows
Swarms of new flies

I cannot remember things I once read
A few friends, but they are in cities
Drinking cold snow water from a tin cup
Looking down for miles
Though high still air.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9d

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 9d

I do like a vampire/gothic romance and this list looks good - I did enjoy Twilight (though never made it through the sequels) but have to admit these all look more fun www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

‘Twilight’ Is 20. These Books Will Remind You Why You Loved It So Much.

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 10d

I am gutted - I was really hoping to try this

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 10d

This was our last bedtime story of the evening in honour of Jane Goodall: ‘only if we understand, will we care, only if we care, will we help, only if we help, shall all be saved’

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 11d

Well worth reading Chris' deep dive into the legal proceedings. #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory #archives 🗃️📚

Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 11d

More on the legal proceedings by Ancestry against the National Records of Scotland scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/more... #genealogy

More on the legal proceedings by Ancestry against the National Records of Scotland

From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

scottishgenes.blogspot.com

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 11d

I can’t imagine what that would taste like but a willing guinea pig

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 12d

Because this week sees the start of October I’m reading ‘A Tempest of Tea’ by Hafsah Faizal (vampires, romance, roaring ‘20s inspired fantasy) … & building myself up to ‘Tender is the Flesh’ by Agustina Bazterrica (which looks like full on horror 😬)

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 13d

Also finally got to look inside 14 India Street, the birthplace of James Clerk Maxwell as part of Open Doors in collab with the JCM Foundation. Lots of detailed but well written info about his work and impact today: quite a bit I did not understand but some I did (I will take that ratio)

Carved stone of house at 14 India Street saying James Clerk Maxwell, natural philosopher born here 13 June 1831

Entrance hall at 14 India Street with curving stairway and marble pillars

Posters from the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation - a wealth of information and very well written

Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 13d

Marking #MathsWeekScotland at National Museum of Scotland with a talk on maths and myths (Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui … or the brocken spectre phenomenon?) and a wild maths trail around the natural history galleries

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