Marjan van de Weg
@marjaninedi.bsky.social
Dutchie in Edinburgh. Likes plants, cycling, and works with data. "Geriatric mother", does not believe in the cat-dog person dichotomy and Oxford comma enthusiast.
Only just saw this. I was in the Cycling UK list in 2023 (nominated for being on the Bikes for Refugees Scotland board) and earlier this month requested to remove my online mention + cancel my membership, like others have done. Hope to be able to make it tomorrow!
Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides!
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Only just saw this. I was in the Cycling UK list in 2023 (nominated for being on the Bikes for Refugees Scotland board) and earlier this month requested to remove my online mention + cancel my membership, like others have done. Hope to be able to make it tomorrow!
Oasis can moan all they want about Edinburgh Council stereotyping their fans, but I've never sent as much broken glass on the Roseburn -Haymarket cycle path as since their concerts 😐🚲👎
August 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Oasis can moan all they want about Edinburgh Council stereotyping their fans, but I've never sent as much broken glass on the Roseburn -Haymarket cycle path as since their concerts 😐🚲👎
Brian Cox not disappointing at the EIF :)
August 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Brian Cox not disappointing at the EIF :)
Reposted by Marjan van de Weg
Garbage in, garbage out. Nothing has changed since I wrote in my book about the dangers of acting like algorithms trained on biased datasets by biased owners are objective authorities.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Garbage in, garbage out. Nothing has changed since I wrote in my book about the dangers of acting like algorithms trained on biased datasets by biased owners are objective authorities.
Going to the shops, I first thought I saw a wood pigeon with a limp wing ....😆#urbanwildlife
July 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Going to the shops, I first thought I saw a wood pigeon with a limp wing ....😆#urbanwildlife
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight! goodlawproject.org/s/20d2ac
It’s time for app stores to ban fake age ratings
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight!
goodlawproject.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight! goodlawproject.org/s/20d2ac
Took Eva to a Critical Mass ride for the first time. I think she enjoyed it! @edcriticalmass.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Took Eva to a Critical Mass ride for the first time. I think she enjoyed it! @edcriticalmass.bsky.social
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MSPs to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/172408/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/172408/...
My ride. Our right
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MSPs to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campai...
action.cyclinguk.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MSPs to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/172408/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/172408/...
This is the funniest news story of the year, it reads like a comedy plot. news.stv.tv/east-central...
Conman duped top hotels and growers out of £550,000 by selling fake Scottish tea
Thomas Robinson bought tea from around the world and sold it on as Scottish.
news.stv.tv
June 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is the funniest news story of the year, it reads like a comedy plot. news.stv.tv/east-central...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... . Yay, bikes for refugees getting some BBC exposure :)
Donated bikes help refugees feel better connected
Since 2016, charity Bikes for Refugees has handed out more than 3,000 bikes from its hubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... . Yay, bikes for refugees getting some BBC exposure :)
Otter spotted at Saughton Park
October 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Otter spotted at Saughton Park
I once shared an elevator ride with a Hare Krishna follower and Jehovah's witness, and they started talking to each other about the magazine/books they were each trying to sell (not so much about me, but I felt I had entered a joke)
May 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
I once shared an elevator ride with a Hare Krishna follower and Jehovah's witness, and they started talking to each other about the magazine/books they were each trying to sell (not so much about me, but I felt I had entered a joke)
I had completely forgotten what it looked like 😆
The St James Centre, Edinburgh. (1992) Pic: Andyt95v.
May 15, 2024 at 1:24 PM
I had completely forgotten what it looked like 😆
Ach, Frans de Waal overleden 😢
March 16, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Ach, Frans de Waal overleden 😢
Nothing says 27th of December like the first Easter egg sightings...
December 27, 2023 at 7:26 PM
Nothing says 27th of December like the first Easter egg sightings...
I had semi-intentionally (distracted by baby) not followed much of the Dutch election need but this is a sad day 😢 www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders set for victory - exit poll
Veteran Geert Wilders' party is set to secure most seats and says "we will govern".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2023 at 9:58 PM
I had semi-intentionally (distracted by baby) not followed much of the Dutch election need but this is a sad day 😢 www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
Getting ready to vote in the Dutch elections from abroad (SGP is not Scottish Green Party, hehe)
October 31, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Getting ready to vote in the Dutch elections from abroad (SGP is not Scottish Green Party, hehe)
Of course women hunted. I always thought that evolutionary it would be a pretty crap strategy for our species to only have half of the population suitable for one activity.
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence
www.scientificamerican.com
October 29, 2023 at 10:11 AM
Of course women hunted. I always thought that evolutionary it would be a pretty crap strategy for our species to only have half of the population suitable for one activity.
Love seeing the meat pie roll discussed in this fabulous Substack 😍🏴
today's sandwich is the glasgow oyster aka the wigan kebab aka peh n'piece and it is a meat pie on some bread. @davidswanson.bsky.social wrote about it! theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/notable-sa...
Notable Sandwiches #74: The Glasgow Oyster
Also known as a pie barm, peh 'n piece, Ballingry Big Mac, or Wigan Kebab
theswordandthesandwich.substack.com
October 27, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Love seeing the meat pie roll discussed in this fabulous Substack 😍🏴
Probably not the first to notice, but the whole "for sale: baby shoes, never worn" story reminds me now mostly of a Vinted add of a gift that was not used.
October 20, 2023 at 8:51 PM
Probably not the first to notice, but the whole "for sale: baby shoes, never worn" story reminds me now mostly of a Vinted add of a gift that was not used.
When you got an avocado toy for the pram, but you feel you keep staring at Shrek's testicles....
October 16, 2023 at 10:08 AM
When you got an avocado toy for the pram, but you feel you keep staring at Shrek's testicles....
A shame we can't post videos, as we saw an otter (after not seeing one for a while) at Saughton park yesterday 🦦🥰
September 25, 2023 at 5:57 PM
A shame we can't post videos, as we saw an otter (after not seeing one for a while) at Saughton park yesterday 🦦🥰
Spotted at Palmerston Place in Edinburgh today 😀
September 12, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Spotted at Palmerston Place in Edinburgh today 😀