Graeme
@woodenscot.bsky.social
I like a daily walk. It is good for the soul.
I like museums, art galleries, opera and music.
I work in IT.
I live in Edinburgh.
I like museums, art galleries, opera and music.
I work in IT.
I live in Edinburgh.
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You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
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My column in tomorrow's paper:
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My column in tomorrow's paper:
Where did Apple drop the awe and has anyone found it?
September 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Where did Apple drop the awe and has anyone found it?
After Starmer’s rivers of blood speech this morning, I cannot see myself ever voting for Labour ever again.
May 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After Starmer’s rivers of blood speech this morning, I cannot see myself ever voting for Labour ever again.
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Edinburgh College of Art are throwing me a party! Wednesday, March 19 · 5:15 - 7pm GMT, both in person at ECA and online. Do register though if you are interested as there are limited places. It will be great to see some of you there. 😊
Inaugural Lecture | Melissa Terras
Why digital innovation needs art schools
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Edinburgh College of Art are throwing me a party! Wednesday, March 19 · 5:15 - 7pm GMT, both in person at ECA and online. Do register though if you are interested as there are limited places. It will be great to see some of you there. 😊
Universities drive economic growth. This has been proved time and again. A couple of airport expansion projects that won’t start for a decade, if ever, will not. And yet we are witnessing right now sector-wide catastrophic failure of HE in the UK.
January 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Universities drive economic growth. This has been proved time and again. A couple of airport expansion projects that won’t start for a decade, if ever, will not. And yet we are witnessing right now sector-wide catastrophic failure of HE in the UK.
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I wonder if the UK economy might receive a larger, less environmentally destructive boost from a sustainable and fully functioning Higher Education sector than, I don't know, a third airport runway 🤷♂️
January 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I wonder if the UK economy might receive a larger, less environmentally destructive boost from a sustainable and fully functioning Higher Education sector than, I don't know, a third airport runway 🤷♂️
So do we now have a definition on what “once in a generation”means? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
'Once in a generation' Storm Éowyn leaves 117,000 Scottish homes without power
Wind speeds topped 100mph as buildings were damaged, trees felled, roads closed, drivers injured and schools and supermarkets closed.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So do we now have a definition on what “once in a generation”means? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
I have had a few notifications about people following me recently that seem to disappear when I look. I don’t know what it signifies.
January 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I have had a few notifications about people following me recently that seem to disappear when I look. I don’t know what it signifies.
Jenrick spending some time lying on Today. He makes me physically sick.
January 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Jenrick spending some time lying on Today. He makes me physically sick.
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Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
The BBC is making itself irrelevant. This appears on their website today. The date on the page is incorrect too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Market data
From the end of November the BBC will discontinue its market data feeds on both the website and red button (UK only) services.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The BBC is making itself irrelevant. This appears on their website today. The date on the page is incorrect too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...
deevybee.blogspot.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:49 AM
New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
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🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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Okay, seriously, we're at 9.4K.
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
November 18, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Okay, seriously, we're at 9.4K.
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
Can you help us get to 10K by lunchtime?
My boss would go ballistic if we managed it.
Please and thanks. 🇪🇺
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With below freezing temperatures forecast this week, it could be a good time to "trial" lower flow temperatures with your gas boiler to see if your house is heat pump ready. You can always turn it back it if things don't work out.
Cold days can be very useful. 👍
energy-stats.uk/what-size-he...
Cold days can be very useful. 👍
energy-stats.uk/what-size-he...
What Size Heat Pump? | Energy Stats UK
What size heat pump seems to be the number one heating question discussed on social media. So we go deep here trying to help you answer that question.
energy-stats.uk
November 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
With below freezing temperatures forecast this week, it could be a good time to "trial" lower flow temperatures with your gas boiler to see if your house is heat pump ready. You can always turn it back it if things don't work out.
Cold days can be very useful. 👍
energy-stats.uk/what-size-he...
Cold days can be very useful. 👍
energy-stats.uk/what-size-he...
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A spectacular group of 50 #Flemish drawings & watercolours from the likes of Anthony Van Dyck & Peter Paul Rubens, from about 1500 to 1700, are exhibited in #Scotland for the 1st time in the National Galleries in #Edinburgh. Definitely worth a visit. More: www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/d...
November 15, 2024 at 1:22 PM
A spectacular group of 50 #Flemish drawings & watercolours from the likes of Anthony Van Dyck & Peter Paul Rubens, from about 1500 to 1700, are exhibited in #Scotland for the 1st time in the National Galleries in #Edinburgh. Definitely worth a visit. More: www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/d...
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So, Brighton, Aston and Hull are going/gone, and the next one is Reading.
Universities have no money, chemistry departments are expensive, and increasingly there is pressure on to close them.
Vandalising the UK science base in this way will do no good in the long run.
www.change.org/p/stop-unive...
Universities have no money, chemistry departments are expensive, and increasingly there is pressure on to close them.
Vandalising the UK science base in this way will do no good in the long run.
www.change.org/p/stop-unive...
Sign the Petition
Stop University of Reading from closing the Department of Chemistry
www.change.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:09 PM
So, Brighton, Aston and Hull are going/gone, and the next one is Reading.
Universities have no money, chemistry departments are expensive, and increasingly there is pressure on to close them.
Vandalising the UK science base in this way will do no good in the long run.
www.change.org/p/stop-unive...
Universities have no money, chemistry departments are expensive, and increasingly there is pressure on to close them.
Vandalising the UK science base in this way will do no good in the long run.
www.change.org/p/stop-unive...
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A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.
November 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.
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Hi everyone 👋
Bluesky is growing so rapidly – so we want to share some key information about cancer, for anyone here who might need it.
Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer – so if this thread might be of use to anyone you know, please pass it on to them.
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Bluesky is growing so rapidly – so we want to share some key information about cancer, for anyone here who might need it.
Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer – so if this thread might be of use to anyone you know, please pass it on to them.
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November 15, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Hi everyone 👋
Bluesky is growing so rapidly – so we want to share some key information about cancer, for anyone here who might need it.
Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer – so if this thread might be of use to anyone you know, please pass it on to them.
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Bluesky is growing so rapidly – so we want to share some key information about cancer, for anyone here who might need it.
Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer – so if this thread might be of use to anyone you know, please pass it on to them.
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Lots of academics on this place--so exciting. I'd love to get to know you better. Could you reply below here with a link to *one* article or book you recently co-authored that you love, and a brief description of what it's about?
You can reskeet this for wider uptake so we get a nice list!
You can reskeet this for wider uptake so we get a nice list!
November 12, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Lots of academics on this place--so exciting. I'd love to get to know you better. Could you reply below here with a link to *one* article or book you recently co-authored that you love, and a brief description of what it's about?
You can reskeet this for wider uptake so we get a nice list!
You can reskeet this for wider uptake so we get a nice list!