They are at it again

Okay but there’s a penguincam at the Edinburgh Zoo and they’re up being weirdos at all hours of the night ❤️ www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/animals/webc...

That's a lot of microwave ovens

Its beginning to look a lot like spring time at Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... one of yours @theonion.com ?

@secretedinburgh.bsky.social they can levitate your sofa

Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.

When investigators broke through a pavement at Edinburgh Castle in 1912, they were amazed to discover the lost tower of King David II 🏰 Built in 1367 by Robert the Bruce's son, it still bore the dramatic scars from its final days under English bombardment: www.digitscotland.com/archaeology-...

Big news: join us for an exclusive tour of our newly restored Palm Houses 🌴 This is a unique chance to experience these magnificent buildings as replanting begins and before they reopen to the public. Book here: rbge.cc/palm-house-t...

Dr Neil's Garden looking over Duddingston Loch. Great way to start the year!

Happy New Year!

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Had a flaming good Christmas day with friends

At Mather's bar

Just putting up the Christmas decorations in the staff room.

LAST CHANCE - I’ve decided to close the calendar sales in 48 hours FOR GOOD!! I realised I can’t handle the logistics with a neborn. So now is the time! Grab it NOW before it’s gone for good. The Black Friday sale is still running too so they’re 25% off too. Link below 👇

Rainbow over Buntsfield from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social

@profanity.accountant how profane have i been?

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula It is an H II-region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Isn't it fascinating to see such a bubble in space? 🤩 (1/7)

what the hell! #SCOTDEN

What a goal ! #ScoDen

It's beginning to look a lot like November

Evening rambling around Edinburgh

Help us to build the Astronomy feeds and The Astrosky Ecosystem! 🔭 ☄️ #astrophotography We'd especially like to find >1 frontend dev to help work on replacing @bot.astronomy.blue with a simpler web interface, but we have some backend & devops needs to fill too. More details in the post below ⬇️

Autumn colours at @thebotanics.bsky.social Edinburgh

Glorious day at Melrose

Woken early by Felix Astronomicus and saw the sky was clear, so got a quick shot of the Moon. CFF135 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #Touptek 585 mono. Pleased that I got most of Hadley Rille. Best 100 frames from 1000 frame video. #astrophotography

Gorgeous day at @thebotanics.bsky.social Edinburgh!

Water of Leith looking gorgeous in the sunshine!

NGC7293 (Helix Nebula) imaged in HSO earlier this month with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote Murrell 12" Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. 71 x 300s Ha, 96 x 300s Oiii, 171 x 300s Sii. Processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

We're going live with the creators of the Julia programming language for today's Open Source Friday! ✨ We'll discuss its past, present, and future. 🔮 Set your reminder! 👇 https://gh.io/julia

Beautiful music in a lovely setting for a great cause - donate and reserve tickets here: annemarieklein.com/fundraiser-f...

Cracking day for rainbow spotting in between the squally showers

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@dougjohnstone.bsky.social is interviewing me at the Portobello book festival, Sunday Oct 5th 1030. Talking about Losing The Sky #astronomy Get tickets at the website portobellobookfestival.com

Omega Centauri in all its glory! Located about 17,000 light years away and captured in this stunning view that includes about 300,000 stars, Omega Centauri is the most luminous globular cluster in our Galaxy. Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1119b/ 🔭

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Tories once again don't give a dam about climate change 🙄

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A tragic case of AI

Vote for us for @bifa-film.bsky.social's Cinema of the Year award! 💌 As a truly independent cinema, our community is at the heart of what we do. This award is voted for by you, our audience, so if you love what we do, please vote for us! 🗳️ www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...

After one month, I've been staggered how effective this scope is in a suburban location with Bortle 7/8 light pollution. Also (with some practice) how much post processing is a key element to the images you see. These are NOT how they come straight out of the camera! #astronomy #astrophotography 2/2

Wild fire on #Arthusseat

youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?... Last Week Tonight has a great segment on the dangers of AI slop. Fascinating but worrying.

I am thrilled to be performing alongside some of the amazing academics from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburghnapier.bsky.social and across Scotland this Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social! Check out the programme: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...