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Moira
@moirabanks.bsky.social
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Lazy human, champion procrastinator, socially awkward, Impostor
Living in dreamland since 1957.

‘I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.’
Emily Dickinson
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moirabanks.bsky.social
Peek-a-boo
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 16d
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
January 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Doing time
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 18d
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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memorialdevice.bsky.social
Worth saying out loud: Foreign mass murdering criminals like Trump and Netanyahu are given state visits and welcomed with open arms while British citizens are jailed and criminalised for holding up placards protesting against genocide.
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Broken Light by Joanne Harris
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Playing a sweet tune to accompany your road trip.
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 28d
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
January 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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dinahrose.bsky.social
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
A magnificently detailed dalek made of snow, complete with sink plunger.
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
All the best to you and your kin, Nick. Thank you for your inspirational posts. Lang may yir lum reek.
December 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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labrador-lover1.bsky.social
We have this too. Where Shemima Begum, who was groomed as a school girl. Made poor choices. Has subsequently lost her children. Yet the British press blame her. She is a victim. Farage, at the same age was accused of racism. But we are told”he was just a kid!”
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Wha knocks at my door this Hogmanay?
A cannie young lassie, limber and gay.
Lips o’ mine, e’en o’ mine—
Come ben, come ben tho’ ye’re deid lang syne…

—Marion Angus, “Hogmanay”
THE SINGIN LASS (1929)
#poem #poetry #Hogmanay
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Hogmanay Marion Angus Wha knocks at my door this Hogmanay? A cannie young lassie, limber and gay. Lips o’ mine, e’en o’ mine— Come ben, come ben tho’ ye’re deid lang syne. Whaur ha’e ye tint yir Sabbath shoon? The fiddles is tuned and a’ the toon Is kissin’ and courtin’ and dancin’-fey Tae the screich o’ the reels on Hogmanay. When the stars blaw oot an’ the mune grauws wan, It’s ower the hills wi’ a bonny young man Whaur the floo’er o’ love springs thorny an’ sweet— And tho’ an auld wife maun awhilie greet Ye’ll aye gang limber an’ licht an’ free— Canny bit lassie that aince wis me.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In This City, Where it Rains is part of the 25% off B&N pre-order sale for next couple days! Scottish gothic horror with ghosts that appear in the rain, a cursed city, strange rituals and weird moths is out on Feb 3rd from @lunapress.bsky.social ! 🖤🏚️🦋 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-this-ci...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
‘Thank you, said the three bridges to the sun, thank you for the beautiful marmalade sky. You’re welcome, said the sun, and just out of sight, his love the moon knew it was also for her, giving her the light she needed to allow her to slip into her silver gown.’
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · Dec 30
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
December 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
My friends and I had gone to see this at a cinema on Ste Catherine St,Montreal. The whole of the balcony was cordoned off as our PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau was there along with an unknown female (he was a single man then).
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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On the Seventh Day of Christmas we bring you @pennyblackburn.bsky.social , @fionalarkin.bsky.social, @ruthhiggins.bsky.social.

Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-seven...

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf
Burgundy background with a night sky running down the centre. Fir boughs decorated with red and gold ribbons, berries and bows adorn the corners. Text overlaying the night sky reads: On The Seventh Day of Christmas. What the Woodcutter Knows About Midwinter Penny Blackburn The Approach of the Cailleach Fiona Larkin At the year’s midnight Ruth Higgins
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Merry Christmas to you all from me and the ginger lad xx
Ginger cat sitting on sofa gazing up at Xmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Pink meets Pink: a love story.
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · Dec 24
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
December 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
Democracy dies in darkness. Getting the below post seen by as many people as possible would be very helpful 👇
marcdavenant.bsky.social Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · Dec 24
I discovered yesterday that in advance of our meeting with Westminster Council to discuss the Adelphi tent encampment, they secretly brought forward the eviction to present us with a fait accompli. The community is now fractured. Here is my open email from today to Adam Hug, Council Leader.
An empty building terrace with security fencing along the area where a homeless tent encampment used to be Dear Adam I hope you are well and thanks again for facilitating the meeting which took place yesterday. David was very nice and gave some assurances over the planned interventions for some displaced members of the Adelphi encampment community over the next eight weeks. However, the actions of the council the previous week do raise some doubts as to whether any of our communications/discussions so far have been in good faith. I was bitterly disappointed to discover yesterday that the council had moved to pre-emptively clear the encampment last week in advance of that meeting and without informing me or MoH. When I spoke with members of the community in November, they all told me that they had been informed by council officials that the date for the clearance had been set for 1 January. I had planned to attend from 6am that day, with my press card, to document the evictions for the media and for the public record. I had planned to do follow-ups with members of the community documenting the longer-term consequences of the decision to evict them. This will not now be possible as the community has been fractured, with some at the Connection and others dispersed along the Embankment or elsewhere. I had wondered why David kept putting back the date of the meeting, after we had said we would be flexible, offering several dates and times early in December but it all now becomes clear. The council was playing it long on the meeting while in the background bringing forward the date for the eviction. It does create a perception that this was an underhand strategy by the council designed to present us with a fait accompli at the meeting and to avoid any embarrassing photographic record of these evictions ending up in the media or on social media. I understand from community members who I spoke with yesterday that officials from the council turned up at midnight one day last week, completely out of the blue, and informed people that the camp would be cleared at 7am the following morning. They then turned up mob-handed and cleared the encampment. One community member told me yesterday that people they knew in the camp lost all of their possessions through this action. After yesterday's meeting | tried to track down people from the encampment and found some at the Connection and one sleeping rough on the Embankment. Two of the most vulnerable members were nowhere to be seen and appear to have fallen through the gaps. I really appreciate that there are no easy answers to a situation like this but must question whether pre-emptive clearance was justifiable on public interest grounds. I asked David who the decision-maker was for the early clearance and when the decision was made but he couldn't or wouldn't tell me. I can't help feeling that the decision was made by the council as a response to the article in The Big Issue, and to avoid media momentum building around the story if emotive images of vulnerable people being evicted were to be published. I have always believed that any democracy thrives where there is transparency, especially when it comes to making life and death decisions like these. Five participants in the Outsiders project have subsequently died while sleeping rough. In 2024 at least 1,611 homeless people died. These are difficult decisions and people's lives can literally depend on what public bodies like yours do in situations like the Adelphi. I would hope that officers at the council can reflect on their actions and understand that public scrutiny of the evictions of the most vulnerable members of society is a good thing. It provides checks and balances on the overwhelming strength of public bodies and the imbalance of power between them and those who must live with the consequences of their decisions, especially when those decisions have been made in secret and the subsequent actions are done surreptitiously to avoid any visual record of what happened. It sends all the wrong messages when it comes to trust and public confidence. Critical friends on issues like homelessness are something that the council should be nurturing - that only works where there is mutual trust, respect, and transparency. I hope you have a good Christmas, if you celebrate it, and hope perhaps that you will spare a thought tomorrow for those who have been displaced and cast aside by society just before such an important day for reunion and reconnection. Best Marc Davenant
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
🤣
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
This is beautiful.
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
Clairmont, by Lesley McDowell.
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Posh prick launches racist attack on Scottish children the day before coming to Scotland...

Can't wait for Reform's only MSP to explain this latest bullshit from his boss.
National front page: Farage attacks Glasgow pupils for being bilingual - but is fine with his own children all speaking 'perfect German'
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A homeless tent village on London's Strand is to be demolished. Photographer Marc Davenant captured the stories of the people who live there.
What a row over a tent village in London says about the homelessness crisis
www.bigissue.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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All support from here!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
A recent reread while overnighting in a van, in Dunbar, enveloped in haar. Had to make do with Guinness and crisps. So, yes please, I’m definitely in need of an upgrade.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
moirabanks.bsky.social
…and the breeze through the cables of the bridge hummed, and vibrated. This was his love song to the moon.
edinburghclock.bsky.social Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · Nov 22
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

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Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
moirabanks.bsky.social
I’m 68 with copd, in addition, I also do bank shifts in an older adult mh ward. That still wasn’t enough to qualify. All the best for both the surgery and the baby
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM