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holledge.bsky.social

Private a/c. Member of Edinburgh citizens/residents organisations & stakeholder groups. Pro reformed, empowered local democracy. Upland conservation. European. Tōfu & opera lover. Born at 310 ppm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇯🇵🇨🇳🇭🇰 #SaveEdinbugh

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 3 days ago • 2198 comments

💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Some good news for the Hill @caltonhill.bsky.social @ntbcc.bsky.social Restoration of the Nelson Monument is entering its final phase - satisfying to also read that visitor numbers have been exceptional since reopening. Glad to have pushed for this work and to see it become reality 👍

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

PRINCES STREET is a MAJOR issue for Edinburgh: FYI @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghlive.co.uk @scotsman.com

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

RELIGIOUS ALLOTMENTS in Edinburgh. Silent prayer is OK in Scotland (pace JD Vance) but what about making your very own spiritual allotment in common use public space? Namaste etc. @ntbcc.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The benefits of our Special Relationship with the USA can now be found in the same bin as the benefits of Brexit and the competence of the last Tory government.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

QUAD bikes in PARKS: "A number of 'masked individuals' were spotted on quad bikes and motorbikes at The Meadows . . . around 7.30am on Thursday morning, several riders wreaked havoc at the popular beauty spot and 'ripped up the grass'." www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"START with this PRINCIPLE: don’t face your fears alone. ... set up support networks, help those who are struggling. Since the dawn of humankind, those with robust social networks have been more resilient than those without." G Monbiot 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Found in tree stumps in Edinburgh. Is this a GLYPHOSATE pellet? @WildJustice_org @davegoulson.bsky.social @wildjustice.bsky.social @rewildscotland.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

submitted 12 days ago • 537 comments

ART of the AUTO EMAIL reply/EDINBURGH STYLE: received today: "Laptop currently redundant, booked for repair. Currently working from colleagues laptop when available or phone. Delayed email responses likely.” @NTBCC @theSpurtle @thecockburn @PLACEEdinburgh #automaticemailreply

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Look how beautiful my 126 year old horns were back in 2023 while being stripped back for repainting 😢

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Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥 - The most audacious territorial acquisition plan you've never heard of... - Imagine buying a WHOLE state like it's a garage sale item. This is NOT a fake news." denmarkification.com?utm=.share.b...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

IMAGE of the DAY?

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“What’s that? You want a window seat? You’ll take what you’re given. Just count yourself fortunate we’re not sending you Ryanair. Then you really might have a hostile environment to complain about.” John Crace www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

JOIN CANADA

submitted 15 days ago • 421 comments

EDINBURGH: snowdrops appearing in Regent Gardens, Calton Hill on 7 February 2025

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X/twitter algorithms are "likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system. The magistrates and specialised assistants from the cybercrime unit are analysing it and carrying out initial technical checks". Eric Bothorel www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Cool. £1.25M for three years for the looks down leaseholders of checks again an old observatory. For a looks at notes gallery. For three years. Imagine being a working class writer, musician or artist who has no access to arts funding or premium spaces like that. Just give up, eh.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Petition: Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/01/ramp...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 21 days ago • 437 comments

POCKET GARDENS / 6 Feb. Motion 8.10 by McNeese-Mechan refers: “You’re a happier person when you live in a green surrounding, so every slab you flip is 900 square centimetres of potential happiness.” @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Scotland has vast renewable energy resources, and the talent and innovation to harness them. I saw this in action at the world-leading H100 project in Methil, Fife - where hundreds of homes are switching from gas to green hydrogen for zero-carbon heating. Here’s how 👇

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

Do not, under any circumstances, give this man your credit card info.

submitted 100 days ago • 11 comments

Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

submitted 24 days ago • 639 comments

“Adding preliminary talks on UK/EU single market deal to UK/EU reset negotiations on food standards, youth mobility etc, would match what pollsters tell us most Brits want to hear and hearten 🇬🇧 biz community. It could also give political reboot to reset negotiations.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

Lord Kinnock is absolutely right 👏 to push govt to show greater willingness to work with the EU. “The govt talks about resetting relations with Europe and that is encouraging,” “But we await the action that would give meaning to the words. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...