The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
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The scale, the amounts, the neck. Clacton you deserve better.
Led By Donkeys@ledbydonkeys.org · 9mo agoFarage: epic grifter
My latest Science piece #astronomy Undead models and shrouded black holes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Undead models and shrouded black holes
Some physical theories take a long time to die, even when evidence piles up against them. Consider the geocentric cosmology that placed the Earth at the center of the universe, or phlogiston, once bel...
science.org
Oh dear, another blaze on Arthur's Seat earlier, and still tons of smoke now at 11pm.
Atmospheric pollution from falling SpaceX debris. Nice write up, with quote from yours truly squeezed in at end www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of lithium
A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.
bbc.co.uk
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity
I need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you! adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
This woman posts absolutely beautiful, inspiring and heartening content, I can only imagine her workshops would be exceptional.
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 7mo agoThere are now just 6 spaces left on my botanical illustration & mental health zoom workshop,10 Jan. I teach you: 🌿how to draw plants 🧠how creative activity improves mental health I trained as a molecular cell biologist & am also a professional illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
Thank you very much @mooseallain.bsky.social for the wonderful annual chance to colour. Loved the 2025 Big Foot advent.
If this doesn't gladden your heart, yours must be very unlike mine!
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 7mo agoI made these with & for my daughters when they were small. Each little gingerbread house was about 3 cm high. Afterwards we ate the whole village like 3 Godzillas🦖. Really hope your day has good things in it, especially if you struggle with this time of year x🌿
Merry Santa Lucia’s day. She symbolises light in winter, hope in the darkness.
PLACES still available for ASTRONOMY walk with Prof Andy Lawrence. Start 12.45 on Saturday (6 Dec) from the Portuguese Cannon, watch the falling of the black time ball, learn about great Victorian astronomers and more. Free for members, donation for non-members. Contact <chair@caltonhilltrust.org>.
It would be so helpful if you could RT my post above about my Etsy shop. I haven't been able to work for more than half the year due to severe depression/a breakdown. If you see this & could spare a few moments for a RT it would help me put my designs in front of a few more eyes. Thankyou so much🌿
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells. I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds 20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20 Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
ASTRONOMY on CALTON HILL: Saturday 6 December starting at the Portuguese Cannon at 12.45. Please join the Trust and Prof. Andy Lawrence as he tells the history of the Astronomical Institution, Royal Observatory, Henderson & Piazzi Smyth, time ball & time gun, Maria Short, and City Observatory. 1/
🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: 'Half-baked' Princes St plan shelved, hitman admits Hogmanay murder, uni staff to strike, Stockbridge Creative Colonies + Christmas markets open ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social
The thread about Argyle House; "preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock" threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/t...
The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture – passionately loved or loathed – and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodge…
threadinburgh.scot
The thread about Argyle House; "preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock" threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/t... Eloquently expressed, meticulously researched, and brilliantly timed article from Andy Arthur, architectural history genius. Read, support him, be smugly well informed.
The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture – passionately loved or loathed – and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodge…
threadinburgh.scot
Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere: www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht (from Feb 23)
LIMERICK It was the Medical Council’s belief, That as a form of effective relief, Paracetamol would Be next to no good From the pain of the Satsuma-in-Chief.
The Arthur's Seat fire was quite dramatic and burned throughout our long rowing practice this afternoon.
