Oct break for my girls so I managed to take today off to do a few tree top zip lines. They were so brave!
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Big Tech deploys Orwellian doublespeak to mask its democratic corrosion | Peter Lewis
As AI asserts its power to shape social evolution, regulation is decried as βstate controlβ rather than the expression of our collective will
'In the past few weeks three new applications of AI have landed that could each have a profound impact on our shared reality: OpenAIβs new video platform, Sora; the scaling of a virtual companion called βFriendβ and Metaβs push to import its advertising model into chatbots.'
15.10.2025 06:23 β π 56 π 27 π¬ 4 π 2
A pretty cool kingfisher by my youngest
14.10.2025 19:38 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath
'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt
14.10.2025 05:27 β π 698 π 135 π¬ 0 π 7
Look up π³
11.10.2025 20:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tis the mushy season in #scotland
11.10.2025 20:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Photo of three birds as if flying left created with fast pieces of patterned paper
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart
11.10.2025 05:15 β π 442 π 52 π¬ 0 π 1
ΡΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½Π°
"wound"
HISTORY OF WAR: LESSON 2
War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don't.
Both carry wounds.
War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who donβt.
Both carry wounds.
-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem
10.10.2025 22:57 β π 191 π 53 π¬ 5 π 0
βThere is no other way to undertake a humanitarian response at the scale needed in #Gaza, without the United Nations, including UNRWAβ our Juliette Touma tells @cnn.com.
UNRWA has the necessary reach, network, know-how and trust of the communities to deliver aid directly to the people in need.
10.10.2025 20:01 β π 20 π 19 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by BBC
Riot Women | NEW Trailer π₯π€ - BBC
Oh yes - this looks so good youtu.be/Js9KPL49W3g?...
10.10.2025 15:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
An old favourite that never gets old - the genius of Wendell Berry
10.10.2025 14:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As Trump spouts lies about paracetamol/tylenol, autism and pregnancy, here is a gentle reminder that the leading cause of harm during pregnancy is literally⦠men. Violent men. Specifically, violent men with guns.
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"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)
#WomensArt #FridayFeeling
10.10.2025 05:49 β π 729 π 136 π¬ 0 π 16
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP)
Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks
Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
09.10.2025 08:08 β π 19 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2
βLearn lessons from USβ and stop political interference, UK told
OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable toΒ meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence
'Armβs-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly βvulnerable to political interferenceβ, a new report has warned.' 1/3
09.10.2025 06:55 β π 42 π 17 π¬ 2 π 4
In our house we have turned to scrolling pics of red pandas to cheer ourselves up! What a long week it has been and still one day to go before #rest
09.10.2025 19:27 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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08.10.2025 15:04 β π 35 π 8 π¬ 2 π 0
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
Let's make hope normal again.
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...
07.10.2025 09:10 β π 688 π 227 π¬ 22 π 40
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
06.10.2025 03:58 β π 34113 π 12904 π¬ 845 π 730
Made some conker art with my kids yesterday and then left them all for the animals to feast
06.10.2025 06:37 β π 57 π 6 π¬ 3 π 1
'our mis- / steps // widen / the path'
04.10.2025 09:33 β π 42 π 10 π¬ 3 π 0
YouTube video by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (Visualizer)
We are loving the new album in my house - a shot of much needed joy this weekend #taylorswift www.youtube.com/watch?v=svcb...
04.10.2025 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Jeffreyβs strategy for keeping me in to cuddle- take the coat hostage #Caturday
04.10.2025 20:39 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Very true - but hard too when I am doing so much laundry π©
03.10.2025 16:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Award-winning writer and journalist. Author of I Choose Elena (2019), My Body Keeps Your Secrets (2021) and The Lasting Harm (2024).
Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
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Lecturer in Criminology UoD
PhD on families experiences of Universal Credit and social harm
Interests: qualitative research, social harm, feminism, social policy, compassion and inequality
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Join us at ESA2025 π esa2025.org.au
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Researcher in urban ecology & conservation.
Follow for map mumblings, urban nature-based solutions & natural history nerdery.
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Iridescence 2026 is the UK's next Eastercon, the UK's longest running sci-fi convention. At the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 3-6 April 2026.
https://eastercon2026.org/
Hourly images - 3 minutes early - of Scotland's capital city (and beyond) in all seasons, all sorts of weather & even its foulest mood. Run by Tom Duffin, @TomDuffinPhotos.bsky.social, www.tomduffin.com, and weekly newsletter tomduffin.substack.com
We are a Maltese family of five who love to cook Homemade family cooking recipes.
The official account of The Scottish Parliament:
https://www.parliament.scot
Tired satirist and content marketer. Co-wrote New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay. Co-founded satire outlet The Belladonna. Writes The Monetization of Fear Substack. https://themonetizationoffear.substack.com
Likes baking, sunshine, growing stuff, science, books and baking stuff. And baking.
All photos posted are taken by me of things I make at home...
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic.
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2024-25 Pushcart heartbreak nominee.
You know: I have to give you up again
And I can't.
I am after the lost sign, the single
pledge you graced me with.
And hell is certain
Once a bookseller. Mostly on here to learn from those who care enough to share specialized knowledge⦠and for some of the art and all of the animals.
The official account of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), UK. Our next annual conference will be hosted at the University of Warwick, 27-29 August 2025.
The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, based at the University of Glasgow, offers world-leading support for doctoral researchers in the arts and humanities across Scotland. πβ¨
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Mum and higher education lifer in Edinburgh, UK
Ret'd entomological artist, illustrator & teacher. Active conservationist & wildlife gardener, No pesticides, no-mow, no dig.
