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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently blocking the mouth of the docks, including a Northlink Ferry, which is maybe stuck till the end of the week. Via @edinburghminute.bsky.social

Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting boat at the mouth of Leith Docks this morning. Think the tubes are part of wind turbines

Brightly lit ship with giant tubes. Small lighthouse for scale

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Cllr Claire Miller 💚 @cllrcmiller.bsky.social · 2h

What’s Claire up to in (and around) council this week?

Mostly around and not in, because it’s recess this week!

🌻 Green Party conference plus other local Green meetings
👩‍💻 Attending New Town & Broughton Community Council
🏛️ Prep for P&S committee next week
📧 And catching up after my week off

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Edinburgh Napier SCEBE @enuscebe.bsky.social · 2h

Recently, we have been running our annual Christmas Computer Science Lecture for Schools virtually, but this year we are back with an event in Edinburgh on 17 December. Teachers register here:

Edinburgh: luma.com/vkyxn0df
Online: luma.com/xj84pm86
@stacshq.bsky.social

Scottish Computer Science Christmas Lecture (Edinburgh)
Wednesday 17 December
09:30 - 11:30
Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus
Edinburgh, Scotland

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Edinburgh Napier SCEBE @enuscebe.bsky.social · 2h

We are running a Scottish Cipher Cracking Competition for pupils, which will coincide with our annual Computer Science Christmas Lecture for Schools. Each Comp Sci teacher can hold a cipher challenge within classroom time. Teachers register here:
luma.com/6mw4bd2d
@stacshq.bsky.social

Scottish Cipher Cracking Competition
Tuesday 2 December
09:00 - 17:00

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Edinburgh Libraries @edinburghlibraries.bsky.social · 23h

Calling Edinburgh writers!
Enter our local history writing competition, the William Anderson Memorial Prize 2025, for the chance to win £200.
#Edinburgh900
zurl.co/6g0zT

Poster for the William Anderson Memorial local history writing competition has a colourful border of painted Edinburgh buildings.

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 20h

a chewy choice

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Edinburgh Napier University @edinburghnapier.bsky.social · 1d

🧙‍♀️ | Join us for a special showing of The Witches, a powerful and imaginative film written and directed by Elizabeth Sankey.

Register for your free tickets here ➡️ orlo.uk/THu2D

#MustBeNapier

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting post-doc at Edingburgh College of Art, FT, 42 month contract: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ947/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) at The University of Edinburgh

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View detai...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 1d

Heriot-Watt students' tram-train proposal for Edinburgh’s South Suburban Railway (South Sub) wins Royal Patron Award www.midlothianview.com/news/edinbur... via @edinburghminute.bsky.social

Edinburgh students tram-train proposal wins Royal Patron Award - Midlothian View

A study demonstrating the feasibility of using tram-trains to reopen Edinburgh’s South Suburban Railway has won "The Princess Royal Award for Emerging Engineers."

www.midlothianview.com

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goodmovesjobs.bsky.social @goodmovesjobs.bsky.social · 1d

@childreninscotland.bsky.social seek an experienced and caring adviser to join their Enquire service, responding to helpline enquiries for additional support for learning
💼Advice and Information Officer
📍Edinburgh/hybrid
💷£31,293 pro-rata
📅28hpw
tinyurl.com/36tmnbnb
#CharityJobs

Advice and Information Officer with Children in Scotland – Goodmoves

About the roleEnquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. The service is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by Children in Scotland.Our goal is to hel...

tinyurl.com

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bird/h @birdperhour.net · 1d

#birdbot

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 2d

Worth popping into Jock Tamson's Gairden if you're near Duddingston (it's next to Dr Neil's). Lots of interesting, community stuff going on. Link via @edinburghminute.bsky.social
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...

New community garden plot opens in Edinburgh

Volunteers and community members gathered last week to celebrate the official opening of their plot at Jock Tamson’s Gairden with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

www.edinburgh.gov.uk

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 2d

I hope that I could/will be this brave when necessary

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

Stay Weird Portland! 🔥 Today Portland had an emergency naked bike ride to the ICE facility. IN THE RAIN.

It was around 50°. Thousands were fully nude, half nude, or wearing costumes.

Portland is VERY dedicated to exposing the absurdities of injustice.

Here are some photos & videos. 🧵👇🏼

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 2d

"an occupation’s general prestige and perceived potency (but not its moral standing) declines when it becomes increasingly stereotyped as female" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 - Wenhao Jiang, 2025

Previous research on occupational devaluation typically evaluates the potential wage declines associated with a significant inflow of women into an occupation; ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Cornucopist @cornucopist.bsky.social · 2d

Morning! Monday morning rush hour

Three ladybirds - two orange and one red - crawling along the edge of a black bin

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Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 2d

Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.

Please repost with your own caption.

Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 2d

St Margaret’s Loch, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I assumed it was to do with the new hub

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting boat at the mouth of Leith Docks this morning. Think the tubes are part of wind turbines

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 3d

Inverleith Park, Edinburgh

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Edinburgh Napier SCEBE @enuscebe.bsky.social · 4d

We had a great time at our @adascot.bsky.social Robotics and Beyond event yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came along and who made it such fun, as well as sharing their research and career insights.

A humanoid, old man,robot head and (human) women listening to someone out of frame

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Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social · 4d

A sunny morning down on the Rocheid path for staff from the local office of Blackrock

On the menu today was helping to keep the paths leaf free and cutting back non native laurel from the banks.

A great way to finish off the week.

#CSR

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 5d

Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems)

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art.

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 5d

Here are three wonderfully preserved Roman shoes that were discovered at Bar Hill Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland in the early 1900s. Shoes made for men, women and children have been found there, reminding us that frontier zones were not an exclusively military environment. #FindsFriday

Three ancient roman shoes with pierced decoration displayed on dummy feet.

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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting posts at Glasgow Uni: Lecturers in Information Studies (Digital Humanities) (R&T), School of Humanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ516/l...

Lecturers in Information Studies (Digital Humanities) (R&T) at University of Glasgow

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturers in Information Studies (Digital Humanities) (R&T) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk