The Boss speaking truth - it would be great to see more artists using their profile thia way open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

We must keep shouting about this - 20,000 children stollen by Russia www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

My sister sent me this 😢

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” ~Ida B. Wells. Image: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center.

Current mood

Most memorable rendition of Burns' A Man's a Man For A' That. Sheena Wellington at the opening of the Holyrood Parliament in 1999. #RobertBurns youtu.be/hudNoXsUj0o?...

Very now

Did my first printmaking workshop @edinburghprints.bsky.social this summer - desperate to get back and make new work

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‘As I walk through these troubled times my spirit gets so downhearted . . . ‘ Speaking for us all just now - but we keep hope alive #MusicHelps

📣Job opportunity📣 In partnership with The Ripple Project, we're looking for a p/t Research Assistant to work with us. ➡️This role is open to University of Edinburgh staff/students and requires an EASE login to view the listing. If that’s you then we’d love you to take a look! More: edin.ac/4pVkUiO

Over 1/3 of children in care who have brothers & sisters, are separated from them. We are delighted that on Monday the Lords voted to strengthen the law around contact between brothers & sisters in & out of care. Watch Baroness Tyler speak about sibling relationships in the House of Lords.📽️

"when people show up and resist, they win." democracyforward.org/news/press-r...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was born #OTD 1940 and died suddenly a year ago, one of the best known Native American artists from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation. You can currently see her work @fruitmarket.bsky.social in Edinbugh www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/jaune-...

This exhibition at @fruitmarket.bsky.social will be brilliant. I last saw David Sherry at ArtNight Dundee when he was doing strange things with margarine. Exhibition: David Sherry - Fruitmarket share.google/UtcIxvWft345...

Winter blooms are a lovely thing

The film we must all see youtu.be/hrssPpqv6vc?...

‘We are the faith that we take by the hand’ - brilliant episode on the importance of metaphor www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sun setting in Edinburgh- hope it was a good day

Our first reading group of 2026 is this Thursday morning - join us! 📚 @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social

Invigorating Sunday #cycle Along the Innocent Railway to visit my friend in Musselburgh- so great to stay off the road and out of traffic

Love this series and this is a particularly excellent episode www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hope you are celebrating the light wherever you are - ❤️ from Edinburgh

Lots of interesting books in the charity shop today

Five female poets to stir the senses of those with a curiosity and passion for words, chosen by anthologist Fiona Waters.

Our friends at Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (@ytartsscot.bsky.social) are seeking new Board Members! Help shape the future of youth theatre with vision, care and ambition. No previous experience needed, all backgrounds welcome. Apply by 26 Jan - find out more here: edin.ac/3NwVhaq

If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to use force to gain Greenland, it could set in motion a disastrous chain of events, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

Good morning Edinburgh ❤️

More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal. Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.

A rainbow 🌈 of cats 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 My youngest continues her cat army explorations

Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...

"Murmuration over Lanhydrock Park", 2020 by Annie Ovenden, English painter #WomensArt

One of the great joys we had last year was "My Scotland". Stories and connections you have with Scotland which were wee jewels in amongst all the bad news we get every day. Have a read and if you fancy sending us your connection, here's the address: [email protected]

🚨Fully funded PhD with me at UCL CORU on our new SPROCKET project to improve services for children with complex needs. The PhD will be building System Dynamics models to improve services - and hopefully pushing the methodology further too! Deadline: Jan 31st www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Applications for our Research Training Programme 2026 are now open. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic graduates are invited to apply for a 12-week training programme based in our Westminster office and paid at the London Living Wage. Details here 👉 buff.ly/Guyvcgk

I know I regularly go on about this author and this series but I cannot stop - she is a genius @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Just booked to take my girls to see these legends on their farewell tour !!! open.spotify.com/track/1FahR2...

The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

So wonderful to read this Blog about the research done by one of my wonderful students

Bob and Roberta Smith There Is Still Art There Is Still Hope 2017

Really keen to see this youtu.be/Rzp8uw-t-eA?...

I will admit the Amazon habit is hard to break but this is so horrific 😡 ‘Amazon provides ICE with the digital backbone for its data and surveillance operations through Amazon Web Services. Amazon’s Whole Foods stores are a rich potential target for nonviolent disruption on big days of action.’

New in the Journal of the British Academy: a Thematic Collection exploring the experiences and insights of Ukrainian Researchers at Risk in the UK. This collection offers vital perspectives on resilience and innovation in Ukraine and beyond. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pFe7u9

The Children Are Now is finishing soon @talbotricegallery.bsky.social - wonderful and very child friendly, my youngest really enjoyed it - check it out

Friday night tunes - I do love New Order so much open.spotify.com/track/2bXR3w...