dave cykl 🇺🇦

“Where we’re going, we don’t need, uh, carpets!”

The built lego Delorean with Lego Marty McFly and Doc Emmet Brown.

“Are you telling me that you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?”

As the “horizontal” axis of England has a sort of SW to NE direction, it would be interesting to tilt your thirds-lines accordingly and see if that would make it all that much less wrong…

Also, paging @jonnelledge.bsky.social

Oooft…

“Snowballing Outside Edinburgh University”, by Samuel Bough (1822–1878). Watercolour on paper. A mid-nineteenth-century street scene in Edinburgh. At a street corner, on either side of the road, two groups of youths are throwing snowballs at each other. Some people watch from windows; other onlookers stand by. On one side of the street two women and a child hurry past.

As a student at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Robert Louis Stevenson was arrested for taking part in a 2-day snowball riot between the university & Surgeons’ Hall… but as he was only a spectator (he claimed, successfully) he was let off with a warning
#C19
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This is good news. Environmentally friendly tourism is an important part of what national parks are about, but it needs to be in an appropriate form, and developments need to be in keeping with the natural surroundings and suitably sustainable, which this proposed development was not.

'I put my bike up for sale - it went from St Andrews to Kenya' Dr Carrie Ruxton was surprised when a Kenyan cyclist got in touch asking if the bike could help her country's paracycling team.

A rather heartwarming story about how a #tandem #bicycle offered secondhand in #Scotland ended up helping out the #paracycling team in #Kenya. 😎

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Tonight, we adorn our European institutions with the colours of Ukraine.

Two colours, carrying the spirit of courage.

Two colours, burning with resistance.

Four years into Russia’s full-scale war, these colours are shining brighter than ever

Slava Ukraini.

The Council Europa building at night illuminated in two wide horizontal bands of blue over yellow, resembling the Ukrainian flag. Traffic light trails pass in front and European Union flags fly on poles to the left.

Tonight, the Council's Europa building is lit up in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine.

The EU will continue to #StandWithUkraine and support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.

A photo of a building, the European Commission's headquarters, illuminated with the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

Tonight, the colours of Ukraine are illuminating our headquarters.

They stand as a reminder of the courage and resilience of its people, and the enduring pain of a war that continues, after four years.

Our commitment to a just and lasting peace is unwavering.

#StandWithUkraine

British electricity mix at 10am on 23rd Feb 2026

🔥Gas 9.6% Biomass 3.9%
🍃Wind 48.8% Solar 11.5% Hydro 1.3%
⚛️Nuclear 10.6%
➡️Imports 14.4% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 37GW
🌍Carbon intensity 90 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

Who Owns Scotland 2025 - Land Matters SCOTLAND’S CONCENTRATED PATTERN OF LANDOWNERSHIP CONTINUES TO GET WORSE Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, the second annual report on landownership in Scotland. The first (Who Owns Scotland 2024...

Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, an annual analysis of landownership across rural Scotland. The most significant finding is the continuing trend over past 15 years of fewer and fewer owners owning more and more of rural Scotland. andywightman.scot/2026/02/who-...

Urban Arrow as ski transport.

Ember E11 bus at Glenshee Ski Centre

Strava map of some runs at Glenshee Ski Centre.

Used an Urban Arrow to get the Ember bus today to go skiing (4.5 miles village to stop on A93). With car park at centre so busy it's not such a crazy idea as it stops beside main building. 😆 14 miles on skis today and 9 miles on bike. Weather a whiteout although snow cover best it's been for years

ScotRail to charge ticket dodgers £10 minimum fare The charge will be more than the standard fare ticket on most shorter journeys.

ScotRail to introduce a “minimum fare”, where passengers have not bought a ticket before boarding, to tackle fare dodging.

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The sort of area of innovation where UK also has skills/experience. Luckily we can still apply, but as #BrexitStillBreaksBritain unable to propose projects in UK.

“Applicants from any nationality [can] apply [if] project, concept, or idea is implemented in EU, Western Balkans, Ukraine or Moldova.”

63% of the UK population would vote to rejoin the EU. YouGov.

A recent YouGov poll found that 63% of the UK population would vote to rejoin the EU, and further polling by Savanta on behalf of ITV found that it rises to 83% with 16-25 year olds. It's time to regain our rightful place at the heart of Europe.

Gibraltar to regain freedom of movement within days, in post-Brexit legal tidy-up The EU Commission has tabled the law on Gibraltar's legal status, giving the Rock's citizens free movement.

Gibraltar to regain freedom of movement within days, in post-Brexit legal tidy-up

What about the rest of us?

@cluthaman.bsky.social

@euromovescotland.bsky.social

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British truckers fear losing their jobs as EU border controls kick in. Politico, 17 February.

British truck drivers are facing the risk of unemployment as new digital border checks for non-EU travellers, and the 90 day limit is resulting in British employers starting to favour European drivers over British ones. How is this fair?

Very good to see a UK Parliament debate on the importance of our relationship with #OurEU and the damage caused by #BrexitBreaksBritain being organised by Scottish MP Stephen Gethins, the SNP Spokesperson for International Affairs. #LeaveALightOn #RejoinEU

This year’s Festival of #Europe Scotland will take place in various cities and towns across #Scotland, during the days around #EuropeDay, from 7 – 17 May 2026.

Follow their account for information about this year’s events, details coming soon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

You’re twisting my melon, man!

Two people standing next to a painting in a gallery. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Weekend edition: 20 - 22 February 2026: GP warned over Legionella risk, New Town hotel plans, Portobello Food Market returns + Chinese New Year Market this weekend

🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: GP warned over Legionella risk, New Town hotel plans, Portobello Food Market returns + Chinese New Year Market this weekend

⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

#edinburgh

Not only failing in their duty to keep taxpayers informed (who fund their services) as Xparrot use 📉, it’s important to keep bluntly reminding #ScotRail @networkrailscot.bsky.social #CalMac @lothianbuses.bsky.social etc that their social media policies actively endorse/support far-right sleazebags 🤮

83% of 16-25 year olds would vote to rejoin the EU. Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February

A recent poll by Savanta on behalf of ITV Youth Tracker found that 83% of 16-25 year olds would vote to rejoin the EU. Young people are the future - it's time we listen to them and ensure that future generations are not held back by the disastrous decision to cut our ties with the EU.

2 million people in the UK are paid the national minimum wage.

Reform are a party of the rich, for the rich.

I think they meant that “We built the overbridges on the Borders Railway high enough to accommodate overhead line equipment in the future”… 👍🙂

…”but over-zealous budget cutbacks meant we didn’t actually build them wide enough to leave space for two railway tracks to fit under in the future.” 👎 🤦‍♂️ 😡

It’s not just that a large majority want Britain to rejoin the EU, it’s the fact that the majority steadily continues to grow…

Spoiler: Even when GeeBeebies vox-pops, the people will tell you that #Brexit certainly has not been a “sucess” [sic]…

#BrexitStillBreaksBritain

A huge pile of rock, chalk and soil that has fallen from the sized cliff side to resemble a frowning, aquiline-nosed, bearded man

A huge pile of rock, chalk and soil that has fallen from the sized cliff side to resemble a frowning, aquiline-nosed, bearded man

While sudden cliff falls at Birling Gap (near my home town of Eastbourne) are no joke, I really love how much it looks like we’ve roused a grumpy, sleepy sea-wizard.