Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

🤖 Would you trust a driverless taxi to spot you while you’re cycling? Waymo plans to bring autonomous taxis to London by 2026, but are our streets ready for robot cars? 👉 cyclinguk.org/driverless-taxis

One planned data centre in Edinburgh will have emissions equivalent to the city's airport, but the council says no environmental impact assessment is needed: inews.co.uk/news/data-ce...

Come along as we get started on the campaign for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! We're holding open meetings over the coming weeks for anyone who wants to get more Greens elected at Holyrood. See our events calendar for more details & upcoming dates: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/

My grandfather (R. J. Pumphrey) and great-grandfather (W. H. Mills) were both FRSes. As they are no longer in a position to tell us what they think, I exhort @royalsociety.org to do what I like to think my illustrious ancestors would have wanted: boot Musk's sorry arse out.

New peer-reviewed paper documents massive lobbying by big oil & gas over 20 yrs to promote carbon, capture & storage, spending almost $1 Billion. CCS is a scam. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Scottish Government has finally accepted the Scottish Greens proposal to end all public funding for Israel's arms dealers. Israel is committing a genocide in Palestine. Scotland must play our part in ending this atrocity, not bankroll it by handing public cash to the arms dealers

>40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study Petition for UK academics asking govt to facilitate a biometric visa deferral and open a route of safe passage Sign & share ⏬️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I was assaulted this morning by the driver o a wee white van that had a fitness/health/training company livery. Knocked me off my bike and punched me tae the groond. Happened halfway up Carberry hill fae the Inveresk/whitecraig roundabout. These firms tend be be local so would appreciate...

EPCC held a themed baking event this week to celebrate the announcement that the University of Edinburgh will be home to the UK's next national supercomputer (see edin.ac/4ehIPVD). Can you guess which classic system is represented by the augmented doughnuts?

STV news coverage of today’s rally. #stopthecuts #ucuedinburgh #ucu #universityofedinburgh youtube.com/watch?v=08vO...

Incredible support for our staff at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on picket lines today in their fight against management's plans to slash budgets and jobs ✊

On strike with today @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social ✊/😭 bake sae in George Sq looking tasty tho! (“Cut cakes, not jobs!”)

😢 Crazy that companies/ designers/ influencers do this .. they know the results www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... 🙋 Tell politicians & organisations like #Which to act @edi.bike @transform.scot @ethical-consumer.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @transenv.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social

You used to be able to cycle straight ahead here but with the new business park at QMU comes a new access road, where cars are the priority of course. Sigh. @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social

#SpokesComp 2025 😍 We'd love some #EastLothian entries! @mrjasonrose.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social ‪@rupenash.bsky.social @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social @lee-annemenzies.bsky.social @lizallan.bsky.social @lothianloop.bsky.social @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social @sifrancis.bsky.social

EPCC's @markgbeckett.bsky.social has been interviewed by the BBC about our work with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. EPCC will run one of three full Data Access Centres that will connect astronomers with the data produced by the Observatory. Starts at 7 mins: edin.ac/3GWPDv9

Today the Royal Society will meet to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour”. Without doubt the fellow they will primarily be discussing is Elon Musk. The behaviour may range from his public dissemination of unfounded conspiracy theories to his attacks on the science 🧵 1/38

A chilly but sunny start to the week on @ducuuo.bsky.social's picket line @dundeeuni.bsky.social Staff are on strike after management incompetence led to £30million deficit & threats of compulsory redundancies. Staff are central to recovery process. They need information & respect! @ucu.org.uk

We offer three scholarship schemes to support students of our on-campus and online MSc programmes, the MSc in HPC and MSc in HPC with Data Science. The first deadline, for applicants to our on-campus programmes, is March 3rd, 2025. Details on our website: https://edin.ac/42PGjCa

Sadly it’s unusual these days to see this level of empathy and careful research in articles about active travel! Grateful to the Scotsman for this coverage - Drem➡️Gullane remains a key missing connection and I hope to see firm commitment to it in the next ELC Local Development Plan!

Vacancy at EPCC: Director of HPC Services. This role provides high level, strategic leadership & hands-on management, working with stakeholders to grow the international reputation & standing of EPCC & The University of Edinburgh. Closes: 20/03/2025, 23:59. https://buff.ly/40RYyEe

With the next product launch season fast approaching, a reminder of the first question you should *always* be asking when a figure of merit is presented without context: #HPC

#Prestonpans - #Levenhall 🚲 route plan by @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social Info+survey here --> www.eastlothian.gov.uk/prestonpans-... 🙋‍♀️ Pls respond to council AND comment on our draft thoughts @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @lothianloop.bsky.social @johnfitzg.bsky.social

It’s why I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships – for too long oil and gas companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations for government and the public . We say no more . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Starmer is scared of taking real climate and nature action. That's why he is bullying his MPs It's why he bullied me in Daily Mail today too (see below) Most of the public want action to protect climate and nature, and he wasn't elected to do this He has got this badly wrong

Thinking of studying on-campus with EPCC but haven't applied yet? Join the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Postgraduate Discovery Day: 19 February 2025. This online event offers a general introduction to on-campus study & includes an opportunity to hear from current students. buff.ly/3SCYnIU

The ExaGeo PhD programme will equip researchers with Exascale skills to provide innovative solutions to pressing global environmental issues. Apply by 17 Feb 2025. https://buff.ly/4gNwUPA @exageo-dla.bsky.social

EPCC is hiring! • Applications Developer (DL 10 Jan) • Applications Consultant (DL 13 Jan). If you have skills in our key areas & are interested in joining one of Europe’s premier data centres, we’d love to hear from you! More details & application: https://buff.ly/3P3x35m

Want to make research software more sustainable? Join the launch of a new Research Software Engineers' group to explore how to reduce the environmental footprint of research software. Online, 2-3pm, 16 Jan. https://buff.ly/3OYnrZp

Help The Bike Station move to new premises theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/12/help... The charity Bike Station is crowdfunding to help it move to new premises after what it described as a “dramatic increase” in rent at its Causewayside location Via @edinreporter.bsky.social

Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme