Mary
@imaged.bsky.social
Stopped working. Started studying. Obsessed with Justified Sinner til June '26. Running always.
'Come to Edinburgh and get smashed' - great quote in a great thread from Andy. My whinge for the day is that I ask the media to stop regurgitating the line about how many millions of pounds it brings to the city, and instead tell us where the money goes, specifically to benefit local communities.
🙋Did you know that Edinburgh's "official" Hogmanay festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century? 🎆
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
'Come to Edinburgh and get smashed' - great quote in a great thread from Andy. My whinge for the day is that I ask the media to stop regurgitating the line about how many millions of pounds it brings to the city, and instead tell us where the money goes, specifically to benefit local communities.
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Talking Heads’ bassist, Tina Weymouth, from the August 1985 issue of Vogue #Womensart
(Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)
(Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Talking Heads’ bassist, Tina Weymouth, from the August 1985 issue of Vogue #Womensart
(Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)
(Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)
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To celebrate the new year A THREAD of successful female Scottish writers. Here's too us. Let's start here 👇 Hugely popular Mary Brunton's second novel, Self Discipline inspired Jane Austen's Emma. She sold TONS of books. I 💕 her /1
December 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
To celebrate the new year A THREAD of successful female Scottish writers. Here's too us. Let's start here 👇 Hugely popular Mary Brunton's second novel, Self Discipline inspired Jane Austen's Emma. She sold TONS of books. I 💕 her /1
Wandered by this today. Ignoring the typo, I just got images of people testing the threat; hauling a fish supper from a backpack, or carefully unveiling a goldfish in a tank...
December 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Wandered by this today. Ignoring the typo, I just got images of people testing the threat; hauling a fish supper from a backpack, or carefully unveiling a goldfish in a tank...
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With my glorious new-old badge, I am sartorially prepared for the work Christmas lunch 🧥🐸🎀
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With my glorious new-old badge, I am sartorially prepared for the work Christmas lunch 🧥🐸🎀
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Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
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EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein didn’t just fund the Silicon Valley network linking founders of Amazon, Google, Facebook and SpaceX. Emails reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social show this opened the door to Bitcoin’s core developers just as the project faced collapse bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/h...
How Epstein Saved Bitcoin – and Accessed Trump’s Tech Inner Circle
Newly released emails show Epstein helped rescue Bitcoin’s core developers during a governance crisis - drawing him deeper into the Silicon Valley networks that would frame crypto as a way around demo...
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein didn’t just fund the Silicon Valley network linking founders of Amazon, Google, Facebook and SpaceX. Emails reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social show this opened the door to Bitcoin’s core developers just as the project faced collapse bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/h...
When they tell us finances are stretched and we all have to make sacrifices, this is how our government chooses to use police officers' time. Apart from being immoral, and difficult for the brave protesters being arrested, what's the cost to the taxpayer of court cases, police hours and paperwork?
🚨BREAKING: Dozens more people arrested for peaceful protest in Manchester.
The protesters in Manchester were not inciting violence and it is absurd to be treating them as terrorists.
These arrests are a violation of our rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
The protesters in Manchester were not inciting violence and it is absurd to be treating them as terrorists.
These arrests are a violation of our rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When they tell us finances are stretched and we all have to make sacrifices, this is how our government chooses to use police officers' time. Apart from being immoral, and difficult for the brave protesters being arrested, what's the cost to the taxpayer of court cases, police hours and paperwork?
Such a great campaign to get recognition for a woman who was mourned by people of her time. I pass that cairn twice a week and it's been good to see people stop and read the story. Well done Sara and Andy!
Today on FB: how Ailie got forgotten: the story of a memorial cairn. 👇
www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Such a great campaign to get recognition for a woman who was mourned by people of her time. I pass that cairn twice a week and it's been good to see people stop and read the story. Well done Sara and Andy!
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Well done Scotland.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well done Scotland.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
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Otter fishing on the water of leith earlier this month. Absolutely unfazed by onlookers on the walkway only a few feet above. @wolct.bsky.social #Edinburgh #otter #wildlife
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Otter fishing on the water of leith earlier this month. Absolutely unfazed by onlookers on the walkway only a few feet above. @wolct.bsky.social #Edinburgh #otter #wildlife
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Jamie Mann does an excellent job of exposing the transparency failings in UK and Scottish property records here.
www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
From Moscow to Paisley: How a blacklisted Russian oligarch secretly invested in Scottish car parks
A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a UK property portfolio under the veil of secretive offshore trusts, The Ferret can reveal. Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation i...
www.theferret.scot
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Jamie Mann does an excellent job of exposing the transparency failings in UK and Scottish property records here.
www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
I see the argument. Ripping down all that concrete and replacing it with expensive flats built for tourists doesn't seem a good option for the community. Refurbish it, be creative about its future uses.
In an open letter shared with The Edinburgh Minute, architect Malcolm Fraser, known for his work on the Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, DanceBase and Dovecot Studios, argues against plans to demolish Argyle House: www.edinburghminute.com/three-reason...
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I see the argument. Ripping down all that concrete and replacing it with expensive flats built for tourists doesn't seem a good option for the community. Refurbish it, be creative about its future uses.
I agree. Says only 2051 homes for social housing have been built in Edinburgh in the last five years, yet everywhere you go student flats are popping up. They make loads of money for investors and destroy local communities. While homeless people live in atrocious accommodation. Disgraceful.
This is a good read from someone who knows what they are talking about 👇
Edinburgh’s Housing Emergency - 2 years on so what next?
Read more:
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/edinbur...
Read more:
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/edinbur...
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I agree. Says only 2051 homes for social housing have been built in Edinburgh in the last five years, yet everywhere you go student flats are popping up. They make loads of money for investors and destroy local communities. While homeless people live in atrocious accommodation. Disgraceful.
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In the UK there has been a decades long campaign against the BBC by the right wing. They can’t stand the fact that the BBC is owned by the people and corrects the narrative that the right wants to impose on the public.
The BBC belongs to the British people, not a billionaire.
#DemVoice1 #DV1
The BBC belongs to the British people, not a billionaire.
#DemVoice1 #DV1
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In the UK there has been a decades long campaign against the BBC by the right wing. They can’t stand the fact that the BBC is owned by the people and corrects the narrative that the right wants to impose on the public.
The BBC belongs to the British people, not a billionaire.
#DemVoice1 #DV1
The BBC belongs to the British people, not a billionaire.
#DemVoice1 #DV1
This just sounds out of order. Once again police time wasted accosting people at random, then retreating when the accusation made is found to be an embarrassing mistake. And the students who had to deal with this...Edinburgh University should apologise and learn from this.
🔴 Students working in Edinburgh University were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to sign a letter of complaint.
theferret.scot/edinb...
theferret.scot/edinb...
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This just sounds out of order. Once again police time wasted accosting people at random, then retreating when the accusation made is found to be an embarrassing mistake. And the students who had to deal with this...Edinburgh University should apologise and learn from this.
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Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election
Zohran Mamdani motivated voters to head for the polls, using a broad coalition of supporters to overcome Andrew Cuomo’s success in siphoning Republican votes.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
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Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, died #OTD 1879; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies.
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Greatest scientist between Newton & Einstein: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, died #OTD 1879; formulated Theory of Electromagnetism, four equations which underpin modern information & communication technologies.
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Monument George Street Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Foundation Edinburgh
Love it.
Whither Halloween?
Nobody takes the time to carve lanterns out of neeps nowadays, and nobody takes the time to scrape out a sheepskin and skull for their costume. Sigh.
#OldWeirdScotland
South Uist guisers, 1932
(📷Margaret Fay Shaw)
Nobody takes the time to carve lanterns out of neeps nowadays, and nobody takes the time to scrape out a sheepskin and skull for their costume. Sigh.
#OldWeirdScotland
South Uist guisers, 1932
(📷Margaret Fay Shaw)
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Love it.
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"In Nazi Germany people kept living their everyday lives while fascism swallowed their country. Bread was bought, children played, people dated, movies played in theaters. This is how fascism thrives. It does not interrupt normal life, it depends on it."
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frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"In Nazi Germany people kept living their everyday lives while fascism swallowed their country. Bread was bought, children played, people dated, movies played in theaters. This is how fascism thrives. It does not interrupt normal life, it depends on it."
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
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The Polanski Effect bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
The Polanski Effect
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum – even encourage the more critical and …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Polanski Effect bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
This is a great piece of research. I love the first rules of the game - 'Single sole shoes, no iron. No tripping'.
I wrote an article on The Foot-Ball Club for History Scotland magazine, but it has now ceased publication. Rather than let it go to waste, it makes a long read for my website:
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
Edinburgh should be recognised as a 'home of football', thanks to its 19th century pioneers
Next time you hear someone singing Football's Coming Home , ask them where they think 'home' is. They might answer London, Sheffield or Cambridge; maybe even Glasgow. They would be wrong, as...
www.scottishsporthistory.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is a great piece of research. I love the first rules of the game - 'Single sole shoes, no iron. No tripping'.
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Call for council to preserve the Causewayside Lads Institute
The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week council planners refused permission to demolish the former Lads Institute on…
The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week council planners refused permission to demolish the former Lads Institute on…
Call for council to preserve the Causewayside Lads Institute
The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week council planners refused permission to demolish the former Lads Institute on Causewayside and replace it with a block of student flats. Hot on the heels of the refusal, the applicant - SDR Property Developments Ltd with an address on Gorgie Road - has made a separate application simply to demolish the buildings.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Call for council to preserve the Causewayside Lads Institute
The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week council planners refused permission to demolish the former Lads Institute on…
The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week council planners refused permission to demolish the former Lads Institute on…
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October 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM