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Melanie Teaches
@melanieteaches.bsky.social
160 followers 140 following 430 posts
TEFL-Q, Freelance, Online
EAP, IELTS, Cambridge exams, Duolinguo
Mediocre clarinetist, enthusiastic crocheter, easily-distracted gardener held hostage by badgers.
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edinburghtenants.bsky.social
Have you completed your Annual Tenant Survey yet? 📋

@Edinburgh_CC tenants should now have received a copy of the Annual Tenant Survey

All Council tenants should take the time to complete the survey to share your views on the services you receive

Have your voice is heard!
August 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Just when you think you know of everything that can be sold?
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29d
This is stock market manipulation. Truth Social is now selling companies faster access to Trump’s posts, which can move markets in seconds. The company launched the service earlier this month, allowing paying firms to receive his posts more quickly than ordinary users.
August 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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spokes.org.uk
'Spokes & Me'

In 2027 Spokes will be 50!

For our 2026 #SpokesComp tell us any way that Spokes being around has been good for you

Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social
Start of the competition article... Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! Spokes maps - cover picture of the West Lothian map Cycling across the Meadows was illegal until a 5-year Spokes campaign succeeded. This photo is from the opening, in Edinburgh rain in 1983. You still officially had to dismount at the end! Our first-ever cargo-bike grant, to Edinburgh University's Hearty Squirrel student food-sharing organisation
July 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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ionafyfe.bsky.social
I need to shift 50 last tickets for my Edinburgh Fringe show to almost break even.

I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in the Scots language.

I’ve got a show on Fri 21 and Sun 23. Reposts would go a long way. Thx ❤️

🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif
August 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
#UniversityChallenge with added Canada!
August 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
The pilot episode of my podcast Blooming Buzzing Confusion is here at my new Patreon - I talk about things I love and curiosity #podcast #curiosity #art #horrorfilms #lgbtq

www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po....
Blooming Buzzing Confusion pilot | Robin Ince
I talk about my favourite art exhibition of the year so far, Peter Cushing, synchronicity or coincidence, Dungeness and atoms, Caroline Aher
www.patreon.com
August 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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ianrankin1.bsky.social
Always worth casting your eyes upwards…
August 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
I got the opening Q on #UniversityChallenge several seconds before any competitors.
I'm officially allowed to get all other questions wrong.
August 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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aerialembroidery.bsky.social
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
August 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
I have had this day.
murderbotbot.bsky.social MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · Jul 29
It’s not like I didn’t already think this situation was really fucking bad, but I was beginning to think it was way fucking worse.
July 29, 2026 at 8:51 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Would someone please tell the Onion they aren't meant to publish factual articles?
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 29
Study: Average Person’s Enjoyment Of Vacation Drops 36% For Each Additional Family Member Present https://theonion.com/study-average-person-s-enjoyment-of-vacation-drops-36-1819579097/
Study: Average Person’s Enjoyment Of Vacation Drops 36% For Each Additional Family Member Present
July 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
Medusa but her hair is an anaconda
Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She wears a grey chiton and stubbornly strides to the left, dragging the heavy snake, which trails sullenly along behind Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. It is completely coiled around her, leaving only her angry yellow eyes visible, and a single hand lifted to flip off the world Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She wears a grey towel and is scrubbing the snake. A bar of soap sits in a small puddle off to the left Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She sits, drumming her fingers impatiently, while in the background the anaconda digests some large prey
July 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Have shared before, will share again.
Stellar writing.
June 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
I can see this. It's not a safe feeling.
wetcat.uk wetcat @wetcat.uk · Aug 10
Fire at Arthur's Seat
#photography #edinburgh #wildfire
May 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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edinreporter.bsky.social
Fringe by the Sea wants everyone to grow the love

Fringe by the Sea (FBTS) in North Berwick has thrown down a challenge to people coming to the festival this summer to grow a mini wildflower meadow in a pot. Each meadow will be used to create a vibrant shared wildflower meadow installation at the…
Fringe by the Sea wants everyone to grow the love
Fringe by the Sea (FBTS) in North Berwick has thrown down a challenge to people coming to the festival this summer to grow a mini wildflower meadow in a pot. Each meadow will be used to create a vibrant shared wildflower meadow installation at the festival hub in the Lodge Grounds this summer. Festival organisers say this is a powerful way of showing how small acts can grow into something bigger.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
May 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Hoping I remember this when it comes time to discuss appropriate use of AI with my pre-sess students in June.
sashagusevposts.bsky.social Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · May 23
I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.
May 24, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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sw20.info
Another successful hire of the SW20 free-to-use community ebikes.

Have a shot. You’ll get the ebike smile.

#Edinburgh #bikelife #streetsNOTroads
SW20 step through ebike balanced on its stand.
May 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Why do I have to be so busy this week? 😭
spurtle.bsky.social spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social · May 17
CABINETS AND CURIOSITIES.—Intriguing pop-up comes to Broughton Place: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/cabinet...
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #localbusiness
Shadows on shop floor spell 'Hello Edinburgh'. Display of antiques and botanical plaster artworks.
May 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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sassymetischick.bsky.social
I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!
April 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
I, for one, welcome our giant furry feline overlords.
dinahrose.bsky.social Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · Apr 11
Either this is a very small chair, or we have a problem
Fluffy grey cat sitting on a chair. He is vastly too big.
April 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
I really need an excuse to build a lesson around this Op-Ed.
dorsalstream.bsky.social RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · Apr 3
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
April 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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bigfez.bsky.social
Edinburgh! Tomorrow!
Screenshot of a flyer for a rally tomorrow. Text of flyer is: 21.03.2026 STOP THE FAR RIGHT Unity rally to oppose far-right 'unite the clans' demonstration Rally at St Giles 10am March to Holyrood 11am
March 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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vulpethere.bsky.social
I keep laughing at these and it's gonna make me start saying "Could this be a solution?" too much. That's just gonna get lodged in my lexicon.
existentialcomics.com Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Mar 14
Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?
Straight of Hormuz, with Buddha imposed, text: The realization that the lack of oil isn't causing your suffering, but the desire for oil itself, on your path to enlightenment.
March 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
That bicycle, slying picking up the rose from the sky!
blueskiesecho.bsky.social Stu @blueskiesecho.bsky.social · Mar 13
Sunset through Scott Monument Edinburgh.

#Photography #Photo #PhotoSky #Edinburgh #Scotland

📸: Me
March 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
melanieteaches.bsky.social
Arts graduates everywhere secretely agreeing with Pontefract.
neglectedbooks.com Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · Mar 7
Mr. J. Pontefract Cholmondeley of Ottawa, Canada offering an opinion entirely appropriate to someone named J. Pontefract Cholmondeley.
March 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM