This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! On this day in 1839, one of the earliest photographic processes—the daguerreotype—was publicly announced to the world, changing history forever. Today we celebrate photographers around the world and their impact on us today.

Another #SciHist mystery from the Crawford Collection at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, anyone recognise this? Part of a set covering August 1873 to May 1874. Possibly thearctic @scottpolar.bsky.social ?

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found definitive proof that a dwarf galaxy merged with the young Milky Way 11.8 billion years ago. This discovery extends our understanding of our home galaxy's collision history by 1.8 billion years farther back in time! 🌌 🔭 1/4

For #WorldPhotographyDay, here is Prof. Ralph Copeland, at work in the Royal Observatory Edinburgh on the 17th April 1897, from the ROE Archives

📣 Calling all photographers 📸 Share your bumblebee photos for a chance to feature in our 2027 Bumblebee Calendar! 📅 Submit your best bumblebee photos on our website by midnight 31 August: https://ow.ly/Jp4U50ZAVOI #WorldPhotographyDay

Wildfires touching every part of the UK . The first year on record to see three separate days where temperatures reached the 37C threshold . We need a National Emergency Briefing now . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687

Take two minutes to help save Scottish seas 👇 Scotland's marine protected areas need specially tailored fishing restrictions to protect the amazing wildlife within them. Join the call for a public consultation in the first 100 days of parliament. Write to your MSPs before Aug 22! shorturl.at/Nzo5w

We've copious correspondence with Ministers/Transport Scotland about getting type approval for on-bus cameras (as do CEC Transport Conveners @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social) An uncharitable view might be that Transport Scotland's dragging its feet.

Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · last wk.

About twenty years ago London had cameras on the front of buses and fined anyone in a bus lane who shouldn't be there. Based on recent experience, if Edinburgh Council did this they'd be in profit within a month.

As we get closer to publication day for Sniff: A History of Smells, a reminder that the first book talk I'm giving is at David's in Letchworth Garden City (my local!) on the 16th of September. There will be smells and it'll be lots of fun! www.davids-bookshops.co.uk/products/eve...

Event Ticket: Will Tullett, 16th September 2026

Date: 16th September 2026, 7pm Venue: David's Bookshop. This is an in person event (not available to attend online) Event to start at 7pm, doors opening 6:30pm. Please note there are no physical ticke...

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Wherever you are on planet Earth, Sophie Adenot has a message for you: "This solar eclipse is a beautiful reminder of the clockwork of our Solar System. Enjoy it. Stay curious." Our @esa.int astronaut is watching the eclipse from the Cupola windows on the International Space Station 🫶

Fantastic thread, with sources at the end.

Natalia (娜塔莉)@wrycritic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Imagine your notebook surviving for centuries to be studied by historians. This happened to transcriptions by Nicholai Miklouho-Maclay, Russian of Ukrainian Cossack descent, of a palaeontology class delivered by Ernst Haeckel (1866) This unlikely record, captures the rise of race science in Germany🧵

Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Anyone else get this earlier? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687

It’s the glee that shames them. Whether driven by sadism, racism or both, the way so many people in the media revelled obscenely in the exposure of Jason Arday’s wrongdoing is hideous. It was utterly disproportionate & would have broken almost anyone. The guilty will, of course, learn nothing. 1/2

To mark today's #SolarEclipse, here is Thomas Henderson reporting on the annular solar eclipse as seen on Calton Hill in Edinburgh in May 1836 from the Royal Observatory archives 🌘

A cosmic masterpiece! 🎨 NASA’s Chandra, Hubble, and Webb telescopes have teamed up to create a stunning, multiwavelength image of the Tarantula Nebula. By combining X-ray, optical, and infrared data, we’re seeing this star-forming region in incredible new detail. #NASA #SpaceArt #Astronomy 1/4

Do you have opinions on the proposed Creative Content Exchange - the forthcoming pilot UK marketplace designed for buying, selling, and licensing digitized cultural, historic, and creative assets to AI tech developers? We'd love to hear your thoughts: uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Feel one with the cosmos as we explore a 15th-century astrological diagram found in an unusual manuscript. Listen to this week's episode of OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation: gty.art/4wrnm3M

Before creating her world famous children's books, did you know that Beatrix Potter researched and drew fungi? To find out more about her visits to Kew, and the work of other female figures in fungi, visit our Reading Room display from 10-4, Tuesday-Thursday, open until 26th August. #KewLA

Take part in our 5-minute survey on Environmental Monitoring Systems: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... This will help us understand how the impact of Hanwell’s recent discontinuation on the sector, current monitoring arrangements and interest in potential future solutions!

@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social will be live-streaming the event (if the technology gods permit). See www.astronomyedinburgh.org for details.

Astronomy in Edinburgh - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

Come along to a meeting at The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh. Hear interesting talks about astronomy and find out about what’s in the sky this month.

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Did you know NASA is racing the Moon’s shadow? On August 12, a WB-57 high-altitude jet will fly at 460 mph along the eclipse path. By soaring at 50,000 feet, the jet extends the duration of corona observation to nearly 3 minutes—beating the 2 minutes and 18 seconds seen from the ground! ✈️🌑 1/3

The @royalastrosoc.bsky.social has great advice for those hoping to catch the partial eclipse - including the all-important kitchen colander www.ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

How to see best solar eclipse visible from UK since 1999

The most impressive solar eclipse visible from the UK in almost 30 years can be enjoyed by people across the country on Wednesday 12 August. Around 90-96 per cent of...

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An update on who was running the tax-evading gift shops during the the Princes Street fire. Thanks to @jim.londoncentric.media and @pollysmythe.bsky.social of @londoncentric.media for persisting with investigating this shady Edinburgh saga: www.edinburghminute.com/investigatio...

Investigation: Finding the Princes Street fire shop owner

An update on who was running the tax-evading gift shops during the the Princes Street fire

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ECLIPSE TIMING: When is the upcoming solar eclipse for your location? This thread contains the timings and eclipse percentage for many major cities across Europe, North America and northern Africa:

Met office cloud cover forecast for the partial #eclipse 12th Aug 😠 Still time for the weather Gods to change their minds, but if not it'll be a case of all the Northerners heading South for a day trip to Swansea. 🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3w ago

BlueSky: I give you the very grown up and highly professional Astronomer Royal for Scotland, as quoted in the Times. 🤣 #solareclipse 🔭 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

In Korea I was hearing about Humanities funding - a consortium of 5 universities were getting more Arts & Humanities funding per year than the whole of the UK does. And there are many such consortia across Korea.

Jonathan Birch@birchlse.bsky.social · 3w ago

Whenever scandal engulfs a humanities prof, some say "why are my taxes funding this?" - but rest assured, they really aren't. The national AHRC research budget is around £80m, about £1.10 per person per year. As a taxpayer you contribute far more to the royal family than to the arts and humanities.

Set your TV reminders or watch on iPlayer: BBC 2 A House Through Time Thursday 13th August at 9.00 p.m www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Two - A House Through Time, Series 6: Edinburgh, Episode 1, The secret life of an eighteenth century house in Edinburgh

David delves into the archives to tell the personal histories of one Edinburgh house.

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