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Claire

@crabbitcopy

Exploring, books, film, tech, cycling, music, data, cities, modernism, coding, walking, outdoors, Scotland, sustainable transport. Software engineer.

 Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2008
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Glasgow's concrete buildings reflect a time when people dared to dream scotsman.com/news/opinion/co… (Kudos to @modernistmag for making all this happen)
Glasgow's concrete buildings reflect a time when people dared to dream

Glasgow's concrete buildings reflect a time when people dared to dream

Go back 50 years, and there was nothing more unfashionable than Victorian art and architecture. The ornate ironwork, the floral frilliness, the gothic motifs. It was all hopelessly dowdy. A few...

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British Cycling would also like to welcome their other partners: Cyberdyne Systems, MomCorp, StrexCorp Synernists, Los Pollos Hermanos, Weyland-Yutani, ShinRa Electric Power Company, Lexcorp, and the Umbrella Corporation.
British Cycling (@BritishCycling) profile pictureBritish Cycling@BritishCycling10 Oct 2022
We can today announce @Shell_UKLtd as a new Official Partner for the next eight years, in a commitment to sharing world-class innovation, accelerating our path to net zero, and helping more and wider groups of people to ride.    Read more: bit.ly/3fV7pRY
Shell UK make long-term commitment to cycling as new official partner

Shell UK make long-term commitment to cycling as new official partner

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I loved being tour guide for #5GoMadOnEurostar - I showed them bits of #Camden and pretended to know all about them 🤓 @CamdenCouncil has done some impressive things though... 1/
Me & 4 other women outside Kings Cross station with our bikes

ALT Me & 4 other women outside Kings Cross station with our bikes

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Stand by, London, Brussels and Paris, we're on our way on Friday #5GoMadOnEurostar cityexile.wordpress.com/2022…

Another Mad Adventure

In our search for hashtag notoriety, the five* who go mad are off again on Friday to sample the delights of Brussels and revisit Paris. Our goal as ever is to see for ourselves what other places ar…

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John Carpenter's masterpiece, The Thing was released on this day 40 years ago.
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Image from cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic)
Image from cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic)
Image from cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic)
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🌧️👃 Notice the smell when it rains? There's a name for that...
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Basically every math textbook
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West Town Edinburgh consultation launched, running until 3rd June: west-town-edinburgh.com/cons… Detailed application for Phase 1 - comprising town centre, ~2,500 homes & primary school - targeted for submission in the autumn.
Image from SSC Edinburgh - moved to Bluesky (@EdinburghSSC)
Image from SSC Edinburgh - moved to Bluesky (@EdinburghSSC)
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Here's a bumper photo album from today's brilliant @POPScotland #PoP2022 with the excellent Corstorphine Feeder Ride. Big shout to the organisers and all the supporters for making it happen - we WILL make Scotland a cycle-friendly country 😁💪🚲 andycatlin.myportfolio.com/p…
A large group of cyclists riding on a city centre street in the sunshine.

ALT A large group of cyclists riding on a city centre street in the sunshine.

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Great to see @crabbitcopy & @backonmybike at #PoP2022 - speaking up for #cycling. #TimeToDeliver #CyclingRevolutions
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Get ready for #pedalonparliament this Saturday - feeder rides will leave from Gyle Park at 11.30, stopping off at St Margaret’s Park. Register your interest or just turn up on Saturday! facebook.com/TrafficLow/post…

Low Traffic Corstorphine

Are you coming to Pedal on Parliament this year? Head along from Gyle Park and St Margaret's Park this Saturday from 11.30! Ten years after the first Pedal on Parliament – or PoP – this year the...

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Pedal On Parliament (@POPScotland) profile picturePedal On Parliament@POPScotland17 Apr 2022
With a week to go until this year's #PedalOnParliament🚲🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ we need everyone to put the message out through their social networks, the more channels📢 the better, please spread the word 😃
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A much recommended read 😀
Brutalism (@Brutalism101) profile pictureBrutalism@Brutalism10118 Apr 2022
If Cumbernauld's fate is sealed, it's a good time to take another look at it #brutalism #brutalist #brutalistarchitecture brutalism101.wordpress.com/2…
A Last Look at Cumbernauld

A Last Look at Cumbernauld

Britain’s ugliest building finally faces the wrecking ball. What better time to revisit this threatened Brutalist gem.

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For a few days in mid-April the sun rises in line with the Royal Mike in Edinburgh. I managed to catch these photos of it yesterday. #Edinburgh #Scotland – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Image from John Pow (@Johnpow1)
Image from John Pow (@Johnpow1)
Image from John Pow (@Johnpow1)
Image from John Pow (@Johnpow1)
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A thread from Peebles for #MementoMoriMonday. Because if you want memento mori, get ye to Peebles... There is also a little heraldic offering further down the 🧵
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➡️ #FactCheck: is Channel 4 funded by taxpayers? The news that Channel 4 is set to be privatised has prompted controversy and varying reactions from politicians and the public. VERDICT: False ❌ theferret.scot/claim-channel…

Claim Channel 4 is funded by taxpayers is False

The news that Channel 4 is set to be privatised has prompted controversy and varying reactions from politicians and the public. The UK Government is moving forward with plans to take the channel out...

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Eryn@ErynHMHC28 Mar 2022
Please support the fundraiser @Doug_Paulley very kindly set up with my input in memory of @CrippledCyclist Richard always cared more about making a postitive change then getting the credit for it himself and he'd want that to continue now more than ever. gf.me/u/258p5k
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Article about Peanmeanach Bothy which was removed from the MBA and is now padlocked and pay-to-book. “The only other buildings in the UK left open in the same way are churches.” on.ft.com/37YL5Tn
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#OnThisDay in 1964 Six-Ten went to visit a wig factory in Edinburgh, where they explored the wonderful world of ladies wig making.

1964: Six-Ten: Wig Making

Six-Ten visits a wig factory in Scotland and finds out how wigs are made.

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Online CAN event next Mon 21st, 7.30pm about getting to grips with the local authority planning system: Planning in five minutes (or maybe a bit more) - things I have learned. With #cycling campaigner @crabbitcopy & others. cyclinguk.org/event/online-p…
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