Elaine Hutton
@elainehutton.bsky.social
Humanist, Skeptic, living in Edinburgh
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Not ESPC but too glorious not to share
Seen in a property ad yesterday. Fashions come and go. I think this one I wouldn't mind going for good. 😁
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December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Not ESPC but too glorious not to share
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This is a good read from someone who knows what they are talking about 👇
Edinburgh’s Housing Emergency - 2 years on so what next?
Read more:
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/edinbur...
Read more:
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/edinbur...
Edinburgh’s Housing Emergency - 2 years on so what next? - The Cockburn Association
Business as usual will not cut it
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is a good read from someone who knows what they are talking about 👇
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🗣️"The Life and Times of Esta Henry: Queen of The High Street". Esta's remarkable story gets an outing again, with updates since last time! ✨
📆 Tuesday 4th Nov
🕡 doors 18:30, start 19:15
⛪ Braid Hall, Morningside Parish Church, 2 Cluny Gardens
🫰 £3 for non-members of Morningside Heritage Association
📆 Tuesday 4th Nov
🕡 doors 18:30, start 19:15
⛪ Braid Hall, Morningside Parish Church, 2 Cluny Gardens
🫰 £3 for non-members of Morningside Heritage Association
🗓️ Seeing as we're into the local history societies' talks season, I blew the dust off the Threadinburgh dot Scot events calendar to put my various offerings there.
🤦♂️Somehow I've managed a complete diary car crash of 3 talks in 10 days at the end of this month! threadinburgh.scot/events-calen...
🤦♂️Somehow I've managed a complete diary car crash of 3 talks in 10 days at the end of this month! threadinburgh.scot/events-calen...
Threadinburgh Talks Calendar
Writing about local history inevitably leads to one being invited to talk about local history and I’m fortunate (and always more than a little honour) that local interest and heritage groups …
threadinburgh.scot
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🗣️"The Life and Times of Esta Henry: Queen of The High Street". Esta's remarkable story gets an outing again, with updates since last time! ✨
📆 Tuesday 4th Nov
🕡 doors 18:30, start 19:15
⛪ Braid Hall, Morningside Parish Church, 2 Cluny Gardens
🫰 £3 for non-members of Morningside Heritage Association
📆 Tuesday 4th Nov
🕡 doors 18:30, start 19:15
⛪ Braid Hall, Morningside Parish Church, 2 Cluny Gardens
🫰 £3 for non-members of Morningside Heritage Association
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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Bless them 😢
"Our centres are full of black cats which sadly no one wants to adopt".
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2508220...
"Our centres are full of black cats which sadly no one wants to adopt".
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2508220...
Meet the long-stay cats that no one wants and desperately need a home - can you help?
A North East animal centre says it is struggling to find homes for black cats and is desperately seeking adopters.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bless them 😢
"Our centres are full of black cats which sadly no one wants to adopt".
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2508220...
"Our centres are full of black cats which sadly no one wants to adopt".
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2508220...
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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Surely Jason Orange can help him out.
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Surely Jason Orange can help him out.
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
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Just seen Farage and Truss (grifting over in the US) described as "the Slug and Lettuce".
February 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just seen Farage and Truss (grifting over in the US) described as "the Slug and Lettuce".
@chartmusictotp.bsky.social have you seen the latest news….
February 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
@chartmusictotp.bsky.social have you seen the latest news….
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Went along to Edinburgh Local Heritage Network fair at Ocean Terminal today. Met all these interesting folk. Will check for more members at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/heritagenetwork
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Went along to Edinburgh Local Heritage Network fair at Ocean Terminal today. Met all these interesting folk. Will check for more members at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/heritagenetwork
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Genuinely thought the Americans whole excuse for the gun thing was to prevent tyrannical governments? Guess they just *really* like kids to be murderer in school shootings. The more you know!
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Genuinely thought the Americans whole excuse for the gun thing was to prevent tyrannical governments? Guess they just *really* like kids to be murderer in school shootings. The more you know!
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Absolutely embarrassing from @liverpoolecho.co.uk: “I went to see Sally Morgan and watched people moved to tears”.
If you wanted to know how her show works, and why it’s awful advice to tell people to try it out, we’ve been doing the work for 15 years.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/rev...
If you wanted to know how her show works, and why it’s awful advice to tell people to try it out, we’ve been doing the work for 15 years.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/rev...
I went to see a psychic show and watched people moved to tears
Well-known Psychic Sally brought her show to New Brighton
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Absolutely embarrassing from @liverpoolecho.co.uk: “I went to see Sally Morgan and watched people moved to tears”.
If you wanted to know how her show works, and why it’s awful advice to tell people to try it out, we’ve been doing the work for 15 years.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/rev...
If you wanted to know how her show works, and why it’s awful advice to tell people to try it out, we’ve been doing the work for 15 years.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/rev...
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70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Everyone born in 1998 is now at least 25 — the bad news doesn't end there
There are hundreds of thousands of young adults in Ireland who will never hire a plumber or electrician, buy a lawnmower, build a shed
www.irishexaminer.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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I wrote about the word itself back in 2009. Your piece is excellent and very well focused on actual usage and the implications
January 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I wrote about the word itself back in 2009. Your piece is excellent and very well focused on actual usage and the implications
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I wrote a few thoughts on Twee as a discourse style and why it's a problem. And if you can spare 5 minutes to read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts medium.com/@irene_68410...
Notes on Twee
A seemingly harmless affectation that allows us to disengage with a clear conscience
medium.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I wrote a few thoughts on Twee as a discourse style and why it's a problem. And if you can spare 5 minutes to read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts medium.com/@irene_68410...
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Why, in 2025, is a national newspaper still putting this twisted maniac* on its front page?
*and his air fryer recipes
*and his air fryer recipes
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why, in 2025, is a national newspaper still putting this twisted maniac* on its front page?
*and his air fryer recipes
*and his air fryer recipes
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The thread about Esta Henry; the life and times of the Queen of the High Street
On this day (January 15th) in 1963, a small silver airliner with 45 people on board took off from Sao Paulo in Brazil en route for Rio de Janeiro. Moments later it plunged into the ground in the city's suburbs, taking…
On this day (January 15th) in 1963, a small silver airliner with 45 people on board took off from Sao Paulo in Brazil en route for Rio de Janeiro. Moments later it plunged into the ground in the city's suburbs, taking…
The thread about Esta Henry; the life and times of the Queen of the High Street
On this day (January 15th) in 1963, a small silver airliner with 45 people on board took off from Sao Paulo in Brazil en route for Rio de Janeiro. Moments later it plunged into the ground in the city's suburbs, taking with it 13 lives. The last victim to be identified was that of Esta Henry, a renowned and somewhat eccentric Edinburgh antiques dealer; her husband Paul was at her side and perished too. Thus ended the final chapter in the colourful life of the lady the papers called the Queen of the High Street.
threadinburgh.scot
January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The thread about Esta Henry; the life and times of the Queen of the High Street
On this day (January 15th) in 1963, a small silver airliner with 45 people on board took off from Sao Paulo in Brazil en route for Rio de Janeiro. Moments later it plunged into the ground in the city's suburbs, taking…
On this day (January 15th) in 1963, a small silver airliner with 45 people on board took off from Sao Paulo in Brazil en route for Rio de Janeiro. Moments later it plunged into the ground in the city's suburbs, taking…
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My Tupperware after I left tomato sauce in it for too long.
February 4, 2024 at 10:22 AM
My Tupperware after I left tomato sauce in it for too long.