Where would you like to cross the Tweed?

Forrest Rd on NCR 1 and NCR 76 between Meadows and George IV Bridge closed northbound again for emergency Scottish Water repairs. It's hoped that it will reopen later this afternoon. #EdTravCyc

Thanks for the advice. I did sign into the WiFi and spoke to the staff when WiFi printing wasn’t working and then had to use a library pc. Got there in the end.

Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach.

#dataviz

When I was training via the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science, another supervisor usefully noted that students didn't necessarily have/understand their results until quite late in the game (potentially clashing articles with thesis write-up)

Do they? I hacven't come across that figure, either as a DoS or student (both projects funded)

A hill-top observatory against a city skyline at sunset. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Tuesday 21 April 2026: Observatory on Blackford Hill 'at risk' of cuts, court workers 'sacked over walkout', Tollcross clock could return + Leith election hustings tonight

🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Tuesday’s headlines: Blackford Hill Observatory 'at risk', court workers 'sacked over walkout', Tollcross clock could return + Leith election hustings tonight

⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Thanks Jack. Yes, it’s fixed. WiFi printing is still shoogly, but at least the WiFi works. It was down for a month!

Bluebells on bank with pink and white cherry blossom behind, silhouettes of branches

Dr Neil’s Garden, Duddingston, Edinburgh

Cherry tree with white blossom by loch

Cherry tree in Dr Neil’s Garden, by Duddingston Loch

The leaves are Pachysandra

Peacock butterfly, green leaves

Peacock butterfly, @thebotanics.bsky.social

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🚨: One of the most clearest images of Jupiter ever captured!

Pink and white cherry blossom, Avenue of trees

The Meadows this morning, Edinburgh.

Hmm. I’ll come and check, but I’ve never counted them. More of a quality than quantity person. Nice photo

How’s the blossom going in the Meadows?

North Edinburgh, Leith, and the Forth from Calton Hill.

North Edinburgh, Leith, and the Forth from Calton Hill. I never get bored of this view, even when it’s list in the haar or darkness.

Pink cherry blossom trees with a view over the park to the sea

Starbank Park, Edinburgh. I predict peak blossom next weekend, plus brass band. @starbankpark.bsky.social

Trees and allotments in early morning light.

Sunrise at the allotments. St Mark’s, Edinburgh

This should worry you: Reform UK and abortion rights in Britain We think this is settled. It isn’t. There’s this assumption in British politics that abortion rights are settled. That whatever is happening in the US couldn’t really happen here. That it’s a diffe…

What a lovely summary.
For those concerned by Reform's anti-abortion stance, it really is something to worry about. Another position that Reform has been paid to take that will reduce our rights and safety abortionrights.org.uk/this-should-...

A colour photograph of a glistening cobweb across the lower left of the picture with gravestones in the background. There is the green of the grass and the browns of the stones. The colour of the picture is muted to highlight the white web.

Cobwebs

#scape
#wales
#ECK

Pink cherry blossom in Kirkyard with stone statue with naked bottom

Diving into Blossom Weekend. Edinburgh

Monument seen through white cherry blossom

Dugald Stewart monument from Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Hello there, sorry for the delayed response. I've spoken to McDonald Road Library and the wifi access is restored for adults.

Thanks. How will it know my laptop belongs to an adult?

BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir.

The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm

So we’re taking legal action.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...

checking whether her breath smells. Maybe there's an app for that.

Broughton St Mary's church, where the hustings were held. Photo taken a couple of months before the event, at dawn.

Not sure who the winners or losers were at the @spurtle.bsky.social hustings last night. But 120 people turned up (plus candidates and Spurtle volunteers). Expect a write up from our editor soon-ish.

Sunbeams over a city skyline. Text over reads: The Edinburgh Minute - Weekend edition: 17 - 19 April 2026 South Gyle data centre rejection appealed, new home for Edinburgh Art Festival, Causewayside Lads' Institute building listed, Bannerman's bar closing for two months + your weekend guide

🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Gyle data centre rejection appealed, new home for Edinburgh Art Festival, Causewayside Lads' Institute building listed + your weekend guide

⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social