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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent, wide-ranging long thread on the state of the UK...
Thank you @tanjabueltmann.net

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 9d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

It would be amazing to see a design commission for Powell in the tradition of Scottish tin tabernacles, the Watts Chapel and secular contemplative spaces where his etched(?) copper/metal panels could weather outdoors over time while also serving as printing plates 😊 ...

dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

And while you are visiting @edinburghprints.bsky.social be sure to leave plenty of time check out Robert Powell's astonishing Hall of Hours installation with working clock and gorgeous copper ornaments.

A clock set with in a symmetrical, decorative, colourful structure along one wall of a room. The structure has copper ornamental plates and pendulum.

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

You are very welcome! 😊 I can imagine being able to drive again and regaining autonomy must be great.
Having a good Sunday, thanks: wind-blown walk and blether with a pal this morning and catching up with things this afternoon. Hope you are having a good day.

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

Such a moving, thought-provoking and vibrant exhibtion @edinburghprints.bsky.social
reflecting on and exploring Asqa Arif's lived experiences of seeking asylum, housing injustice, culture/art-washing and maintaining and negotiating cultural heritage in Glasgow. Highly recommend!

Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

✨Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani
Until 2 November
Edinburgh Printmakers
Free to Enter

Photos by Alan Dimmick

#edartfest #edinburghartfestival #edinburghexhibition #scottishartist #contemporaryscottishart

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

I hope your recovery is going smoothly if slowly. Take care!

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

Your favourite rainy window 😊

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 16d

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts.

We are stable parts of the human genome.

“Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.”
—Carol Black, A Thousand Rivers

stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...

Behold the Spectrum

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts.We are stable parts of the human genome.If you believe in a Maker, Maker built us in.Look to Maker and behold the Spectrum!If you don’t subscribe…

stimpunks.org

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 26d

We asked the EHRC whether they consulted any trans, intersex or LGBTQ+ groups before intervening in the 2024 Supreme Court case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.

Their answer? They didn’t. 1/

Text about EHRC not directly contacting Transgender, Intersex, LGBTQ+ groups before November 2024 hearing. Describes regular engagement with such groups.

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 26d

Congrats, Aaron! Look forward to reading!

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking forward to visiting Outsiders in Glasgow.

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you AJ and Hazel McBride for such a wonderful conversation and all the preparation behind it. So many fascinating memories and stories shared. Hope you are well on the mend, AJ.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 6

Shameful, the UK arresting people for wearing T-Shirts and holding signs.

Where are the people who scream for the right to Free Speech?

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · Sep 5

If you’re in Aberdeen and looking for somewhere quiet to work, the McBey Library at the art gallery is brand new, really beautiful and the staff told me it’s underused. Fast wifi and there are two cafes in the building (although you’re not allowed drinks in the library)

A library with shelves of books, a parquet floor, and orange and green chairs

my laptop at a library desk with shelves of books in the background

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Aug 22

don't forget to donate to individual fundraisers too. here is a site that tracks individual campaigns and boosts the ones with little or no donations:

lifeline4gaza.com

lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza

lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.

lifeline4gaza.com

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Kat Hall 📚 @kathall.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is an important thread & piece about the negative impact of AI on the translation sector - sobering & illuminating #xl8

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 21

Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:

AI Killed My Job: Translators

Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · Aug 21

Absolutely perfect! 👏

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Susan Lewis @susanangela.bsky.social · Aug 20

An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Women's Institute was founded on democratic ideals over 100 years ago and this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is still central to our ethos today.

www.thewi.org.uk

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 16

A devastating critique of an uncurated, uncatalogued collection @profdanhicks.bsky.social
A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary!
artreview.com/what-isnt-at...

What Isn’t at the V&A Storehouse

You can’t escape it: this is the same colonial museum we know, in a shiny new suit

artreview.com

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James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · Aug 13

More than half of Glasgow's high schools found out today that they will have ZERO library staff when the school year starts tomorrow.

Full story from @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2538717...

Sixteen Glasgow secondaries will have no library staff as new school year begins

The development comes as proposals to scrap all school librarians in Glasgow are being considered.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · Jun 27

It has been six years since the Gender Autonomy Act was passed in Iceland. In those six years, none of the usual fears that anti-trans advocates warn against have manifested - and trans people, non-binary people and intersex people have enjoyed increased rights and protections.

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · Aug 8

Excellent blog by NLS from 2020: blog.nls.uk/doors-open-d...

Doors Open Day: The Sculptors – National Library of Scotland Blog

blog.nls.uk

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · Aug 8

We're now at a point where MSPs are lodging complete and utter bollocks at Holyrood as part of the wider campaign against trans people. The report this MSP wants to welcome is complete pish, rooted in the so-called "LGB Alliance" *asking their own supporters* views. It represents nobody but them.

A motion by Conservative MSP Tess White heaping praise on a bullshit report by the misleadingly named "LGB Alliance" which claims to find, amongst other things, that LGB people don't like being included with trans people.

A summary of the reports methodolgy which shows it just asked its own members.

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Steven Robb @stevenrobb.bsky.social · Jul 30

Exactly one hundred years ago - EJ MacRae was appointed Edinburgh's City Architect - Here is a short piece on the work of MacRae and his team.

blog.historicenvironment.scot/2025/07/eben...

Ebenezer James MacRae: the man who transformed Edinburgh - Historic Environment Scotland Blog

Ebenezer MacRae’s was appointed as Edinburgh’s City Architect 100 years ago. So who was the man who transformed Edinburgh?

blog.historicenvironment.scot

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Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social · Aug 1

Scottish friends! I am at Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13th August to talk about my new book, #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love). Please do come. And please spread the word 🙏🏽

www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Mona Arshi, Rosa Beltrán & Sunny Singh: Giving Voice

From Wed 13 Aug - Join us today for a powerful conversation delving into three urgent and gripping new books: Mona Arshi's Mouth, Rosa Beltrán's Free Radicals, and Sunny Singh's Refuge: Stories of War...

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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