Great to see the Festival covered by @heraldscotland.bsky.social! We kick off next week with a packed, nationwide programme of events aimed to improve gender balance in computing and tech: ada.scot/events

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.

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Drugs room progress, uni course axed, dormant speed cameras, inside a £1.5m mews house, free coffee in Porty + Doors Open weekend ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

🔴 NEW: Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report. Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...

Coming up next week @adascot.bsky.social

All this & a great internet address too! Nice piece in @heraldscotland.bsky.social via @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social on ada(dot)scot www.heraldscotland.com/news/2548659...

Got questions about self-driving cars? 🤖 🚘 Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Shimon Whiteson (@shimon8282.bsky.social) from @ox.ac.uk and @waymo.bsky.social about machine learning for autonomous vehicles. Send me your questions for Shimon in the comments below! #Robots #Robotics #AI

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.

#birdbot

Amazing opportunity for a specialist librarian at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. The Crawford Collection really is outstanding #histSTM 📜🔭 fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Was open at 8:30am. Can't see any info online

New map of 'easy cycle rides from Portobello' installed outside the PATH container on Porty Prom - The Meadows, Leith, Fort Kinaird and QMU. Courtesy of @portyenergy.bsky.social

By the way, Queens Drive was closed to vehicles this morning. anyone know why or if it's continuing? Weekend closures don't normally extend into the night or early morning. I nearly cycled into a barrier looking for any info signs. #EdTravCyc

🔴 NEW: Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big unexpected tax bills. Find out more: theferret.scot/scots...

Happy Equinox

Great to see so many of our @enuscebe.bsky.social academics in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% Cited Scientists in the World for a Single Year and Career: elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btc...

Awful news. Had so many amazing Optimo nights in Glasgow (and Edinburgh) mixmag.net/read/optimo-...

He’s some guy! I hope he’s safe

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Frightening in so many ways, though the interchangeable use of fear of aging and fear of anti-aging is amusing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

HAPPENING TOMORROW: Scotland’s biggest ever climate lobby! Hundreds of people will meet MSPs to call for practical action that supports people and nature to thrive, with warm homes, clean air, secure jobs and a safe future. www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-bi... #ActNowChangeForever

The Ada Scotland Festival, which aims to shift the gender balance of Scotland’s computing sector, is set to return with more than 20 events aimed at young women and non-binary people across the country from September 29. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Is this the new Xmas single from the Pet Shop Boys?! 😂 -Andrew.

Has Xmas come early for this West end crane?

Read down to some useful-looking links for bereavement admin www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Edinburgh Castle catching this morning's sun. Hoping the High Road opens soon. Historic Environment Scotland have certainly been enthusiastic in building barriers to prevent access. Not sure about facilitating access though.

Rain over Fife from Calton Hill

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.

📚 New on the blog Patton delves into Deleuze's 'A Thousand Plateaus' and explores how concepts like rhizomes challenge traditional philosophical hierarchies. Read the blog: 

My colleague at @swanseauni.bsky.social has PhD funding available. List of topics below. This is a great opportunity for somebody wanting a supportive path into a research career www.linkedin.com/posts/edwin-...

Haven't got a clue what's happening in the outside world.

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.

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Council pledges cash to Tour de France, 9,000 mile rowers return home, school trespasser warning, new running studio in Leith + Phil Collins George Street mystery ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-... #edinburgh

ROSE STREET:—Twisting through a dusty land. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

EAST CLAREMONT STREET:—Damn, no brushes. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

🪩 In this week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute newsletter: Jupiter Artland to open all year, record numbers at festivals, Creative Edinburgh Awards open, big job at Leith Theatre, La Clique keeps the festival going in the Spiegeltent + Psych Fest weekender: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

Paper and poster submission deadline on Monday 15th September. Conference in Edinburgh in March

Solidarity with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social colleagues who are taking week long industrial action to safeguard student learning conditions and ensure staff job security: bsky.app/profile/ucus...

Train lines between Edinburgh and Newcastle will close on 13-14 and 20-21 September for weekend engineering works. via @edinburghminute.bsky.social www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/reminde...

My PhD colleagues Georgia Boyd and Gabriel Omachi are organising a multidisciplinary colloquium on researching sensitive topics. Call for papers deadline: 15 August. #CFP

[email protected] Game Jam for Female and non-binary students currently studying at Edinburgh-based universities and colleges, 2-3 October, Codebase, Edinburgh. ada.scot/ada-scotland...

"Hundreds of local people came out to defend our town and held the centre for two hours, from 9am to 11am. There was no meaningful police intervention.. the only person maintaining crowd control was our (libdem) councillor, Hannah Perkin" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UPDATE.—Locals view community future for Regent Rd green space: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/update-...

Striking today to stop jobs cuts at the University of Edinburgh. It is a manufactured crisis. There is no deficit. #stopmassredundancies

Pink cloud and aeroplane from the end of the Harbour Wall, Edinburgh

The dodgy gift shop on Princes St story is such a great piece of investigative journalism. I’m so glad that my subscription to @edinburghminute.bsky.social (and other subscribing to hyperlocal media in other cities) makes this sort of work possible

Apart from, IMHO, vastly overestimating parents' familiarity with degree aprenticeships, this article aligns broadly with my research experience. wonkhe.com/blogs/refocu...

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. The Minute is back! Today’s headlines: 'Serious questions' after Princes Street shops exposé, uni strike, Gorgie Farm update, bike lanes saved, new pool opens today + Tron Kirk restoration plan ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

3️⃣School 3 in my series of "Lost Board Schools of Edinburgh" looks at Castlehill. A building familiar to many but with a particularly interesting history (if you are interested in that sort of thing) 🧵▶️