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Elaine
@elainefarrow.bsky.social
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Data scientist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She/her
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I agree completely! The Brother laser printer I bought for £154 in 2014 is still going strong. It can print double-sided but not colour. I think we might have replaced the drum? I regularly use the document feeder for the scanner.
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Screenshot of an email asking me to review the Brother DCP-7065DN printer I bought from Viking on 08/02/2014, with a photo of the printer. It is black, roughly cube-shaped, and has a document feeder at the top.
October 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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If you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation
A photo of food items in a chilled cabinet at a supermarket. On the top shelf are some cakes decorated with green icing to look like frogs, but they have collapsed as though the frogs are melting.
October 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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I like this scrambled former bike lane even better 😄
Concrete pavement slabs, some with parts of a painted bicycle. They have been replaced in the wrong order.
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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It was great to be at Pride in Glasgow today! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Elaine is smiling, standing in a park in Glasgow before the Pride march. She is wearing rainbow-striped trousers and a yellow t-shirt. She has red hair. There are two pin badges on her t-shirt: one is the trans ally badge (black and white stripes in the background with an upward chevron in pale blue, pale pink, and white stripes); the other is pale blue with the text "Jesus loves trans kids". Her watch strap is rainbow striped. On the other wrist is a homemade bead bracelet with the letters WWJD repeated all the way round – the acronym stands for "what would Jesus do?" A photo of the Pride march passing Glasgow Queen Street station. Colourful flags are waving above the crowd. One flag is blue, purple, and pink. Another is red, orange, yellow, white, pink, and purple. In the crowd, people are wearing flags as capes. A photo of the Pride march in the Trongate. There are rainbow coloured umbrellas as well as flags. The historic clock tower is in the background.
July 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Here it is with alt-text added 😊
Welcome to this Sacred Space! We offer a warm welcome to one and all young and old, rich and poor, black or white, straight or queer. You are welcome here whether you're more Christian than the Pope, or haven't darkened the doors of a church since they sprinkled water on your head as a baby. Or even if you're more at home in a Mosque, a pub or a football stadium. We offer a special welcome to the over sixties who've not grown up yet, to the teenagers who are growing up way too fast, and to everyone in between - even squalling babies and toddlers who can't sit still for five minutes! We welcome vegans and junk food addicts, fashion icons and secondhand roses, high school dropouts and research scientists, punks, goths and nerds! We welcome you if you are in recovery or still addicted, 'between jobs' or a high-flying banker, fit as a fiddle or a couch potato, full of the joys of spring or down in the dumps, the life of the party or the ultimate social wallflower. You're welcome here whether you're a local or a tourist, just passing through or just being nosey, window-shopping or searching for a spiritual home - even if you just wandered in out of the rain because everywhere else was shut! We offer a special welcome if you could use a prayer right now, can't abide organised religion or got drummed out of the Boys Brigade for being a rebel! We're a bit of a rag-tag bunch of misfits ourselves. But we know that God loves each one of us for who we are, and that He's working to polish the rough diamonds til they shine. Meanwhile, we're pleased to welcome YOU, whoever you are, and share what we have from the Lord with you.
July 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Much like the encouragement to action that I get daily from the BBC news website! ✊
Screenshot of the BBC news website front page, showing a settings button labelled "Change my nation", above the text "You are now seeing top stories for Scotland". (The section of the page below that says "The video playlist")
July 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I'm sorry too.
Cover placed back in the wrong orientation so the decorative paving doesn't line up.
July 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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If you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh
A notice on a wall, made from four separate sheets of paper stuck together in a square. All the words are bold, underlined, and all caps. Read left to right in the normal way, it says, "attention students you are allowed not to take our to help trollies you move". Read top to bottom in two columns, it says, "attention you are not our trollies students allowed to take to help you move".
June 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Seems appropriate ✝️
"salvation".
April 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A few of my favourite signs from today's protest.
A protest sign saying "I ❤️ my trans kid", with "and you too ❤️" in smaller text. A protest sign in the colours of the trans flag with the text: "private string Gender NOT public const bool Gender". The person carrying the sign explained that it means that gender is not limited to two options, visible to everyone, and unchanging; but instead is private to the individual, is not limited to only two possibilities, and can change over time. A protest sign with a picture of a toy shark (Blåhaj) on a background in the colours of the trans flag. The text says "Blåhaj says, Trans women are real women! Trans men are real men! Non-binary people are real! Intersex people exist! You are valid and are loved by so many ❤️".
April 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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This afternoon I went to the Edinburgh demonstration in support of transgender rights at the foot of the Mound and then to the Easter Play in Princes Street Gardens. I think my badge was appropriate for both events 😄
A large crowd of people of all ages at the trans rights demonstration in Edinburgh. Many are waving pride flags. The National Gallery building is in the background. An actor portraying Jesus carries a wooden beam through Princes Street Gardens. He has a crown of thorns on his head and marks on his back from being whipped. Actors dressed as Roman soldiers, dressed in red, walk in front and behind him. There are crowds of bystanders lining the path. A pin badge with the words "Jesus loves trans kids".
April 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I'm looking forward to tonight's concert!
A freestanding poster advertising the Strathclyde University Symphony Orchestra in the lobby of the Sherbrooke Mosspark church building in Dumbreck.
April 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Post a warning
A yellow warning sign next to a road, saying "PEDESTRIANS WATCH YOUR STEP".
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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If you see this, and you're in the mood for this kind of thing, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
A sandy beach on the shore of Loch Morlich, Scotland. People in the distance are digging in the sand and some are on the water in boats. The photo was taken on a sunny day in 2024.
February 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Here are some more details. Meadowbank Church is correctly labelled in Google Maps, but it doesn't show up as an option in the journey planner search results. The building *is* listed under the old name of "Holyrood Abbey", with the right address. So the journey planner is not using Google Maps.
Screenshot from Google Maps correctly showing Meadowbank Church at 83 London Road. Screenshot from the journey planner in the new Lothian bus and tram app. "Meadowbank Church" is entered in the search box but doesn't appear in the search results. Another screenshot from the journey planner screen, this time searching for "Holyrood abbey". The results include Holyrood Abbey at 83 London Road. The building has not had that name since February 2017.
January 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🌟 Merry Christmas to all my friends and family! May you have hope, peace, joy, and love xx 🌟
An outdoor Christmas tree with lights. Text has been added to the picture, saying "Merry Christmas 2024!".
December 25, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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One year on from my graduation 🎓
A woman with curly red hair smiling in a graduation hall. She is wearing a black academic gown with red front panels, and an academic hood edged in red (no hat)
November 23, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
A model of a sailing ship. The hull is not solid but looks like a fishing net with crossing strands.
November 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh
A church building with a cross on the roof, viewed from one corner such that the round windows look like eyes and the building resembles a startled chicken
September 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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If you see this, post a photo you took of a sunset
Groups of people are standing and sitting on the grass of Calton Hill in Edinburgh, watching the sun set over the city. Photo taken 30/03/2024
August 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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Proud mum time!
University of Stirling graduation programme
June 27, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Easter Sunday dawn service on Calton Hill. It's the one day of the year I get up early, and this year it was magnificent!
Sunrise, with the silhouette of a tree on the horizon
March 31, 2024 at 2:16 PM