#Edinburgh

[allthingseurope]

Edinburgh, Scotland (by Alex)

[edinburgh-by-the-sea]

sweet like marshmallows

[liefst]

dean village in edinburgh, scotland

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Circus Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland

cr: charmingwanders on instagram

[platosshadowpuppet]

An interesting feature of Edinburgh's medieval houses is the wyrm cellar.

It represents a rare example of human-dragon cooperation and an elegant solution to a problem experienced by both; how to cope with Scotland's grim winters.

For the dragon, the wyrm cellar is a dry, safe place to hibernate throughout the winter months. Unlike a dank cave or gravel pit, it's freshened by ventilation ducts running up through the house. Ducts that carry the dragon's hot, sulphurous breath away and out of the chimneys, warming the house on the way.

Sadly, these days many houses have replaced the traditional wyrm cellar with central heating. While expensive to run, central heating is more reliable and considerably less likely to eat the maids.

I suppose our heritage means nothing to some people.

[scotianostra]

A wee walk. 🌸🌸🌸🌸

I noticed someone commented not to walk here after unless you wanted to be mugged, this is scaremongering and not anymore true than using common sense when in any city. Muggings are very rare here, and Robbery in Edinburgh has reduced significantly over the years. The number of reported incidents has gone from 696 in 1996-1997 to 220 in 2022/2023. I have never witnessed anything in this area and have often taken a shortcut through the Meadows in an evening, it being the quickest walking route from Southside to Tollcross.

[peacefulandcozy]

ig credit: charmingwanders

[moandieu]

Chris Henry: Edinburgh, Scotland in the rain, 2024

[jedibinx]

Let's have some fucking sexy ass Käärijä shall we? Head, shoulders, tits and pötsi, bitches 💚💜🖤

Edinburgh Eurotour 2024

[allthingseurope]

Edinburgh, Scotland (by George)

[i-am-pinkie]

Oooh! 🩷💕🩷

yearly walk of pink

[jolivers-wonder]

forgive yourself for all that you did not become yet.

[kylebonallo]

Pentland Hills by Kyle Bonallo (ig: @kylebonallo)

[scotianostra]

Springtime in Edinburgh, more cherry blossom 🌸 from yesterday

[poirolivia]

I would like to visit! I’ve been to Edinburgh, but that was before I discovered GO, so didn’t visit any of the sites that I know of. Did see some of the HP stuff tho and Arthur’s Seat and other stuff. My favorite thing that I learned while I was there was the phrase ‘gardeloo,’ which isn’t used today to my knowledge but is funny to know nonetheless (look it up you guys will find it hilarious). Anyways, loved it, love the UK, desperately hope I get to go again soon.

I went to the bookstore in Edinburgh today!!! It is really cute inside and they have some great books!

[scottishcommune]

Below the cut is a template email to send to Edinburgh Pride regarding sponsorship from Aegon, who have investments linked to the genocide in Palestine. Please feel free to use this text or edit it and make it your own and send it to contact@prideedinburgh.co.uk

Dear Edinburgh Pride,

As a queer person living in Edinburgh, I was deeply saddened to learn that the march partner for Edinburgh Pride 2024 is Aegon.

In December 2023 the ‘Don’t Buy Into Occupation Coalition’ published a report that showed Aegon have US$564million invested via shares and bonds in companies operating in illegal settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Source: https://dontbuyintooccupation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_DBIO-III-Report_11-December-2023.pdf

We are watching a live-streamed genocide every day - over 36,000 people in Palestine have been murdered by Israeli forces, including at least 15,000 children. The brutality of these atrocities are unthinkable, with evidence of torture and targeting of hospitals, ambulances and refugee camps.

We all have a responsibility to do what we can to end this genocide. As queer people, we are part of a rich history of resisting oppression and dehumanisation - of both ourselves and those we stand in solidarity with. Pride started as a protest against homophobia, transphobia and police violence. It is an important moment to come together as a community to celebrate queer joy and resilience.

But how can we celebrate using profits stained with the blood of our siblings in Palestine?

Aegon has $564million invested in companies that have been listed by the UN as “raising human rights concerns” for their operations in illegal settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories, In 1948, 750,000 Palestinian people were displaced from their homes and lands and since then, Israeli settlements have been used to spread this process of colonisation.

In addition to this figure, Aegon also has major investments in Eaton Corp Plc., who supply parts for helicopters and fighter jets to the Israeli military and have recently been the target of major protests at their factory in Dorset. They also invest in Amazon, who support the Israeli military with surveillance technology used against Palestians.

Israel has long used ‘pinkwashing’ as a tactic to justify the brutal repression of Palestinians, using queer people to legitimise this horrific violence. We refuse to allow this to be done in our name.

The tide is turning on companies like Aegon that profit from investments in the companies complicit in genocide. Recently, both Hay and Edinburgh Book Festival have dropped Baillie Gifford as a sponsor after over 800 authors called on them to divest from companies involved in Israel and the fossil fuel industry.

I ask that Edinburgh Pride:

Calls on Aegon to commit to divest from companies involved in supplying technology to Israel and operating in illegal settlements.

Drop Aegon as a sponsor until they are able to show evidence of divestment.

Publicly call for a ceasefire and a free Palestine.

There is no pride in genocide.

I look forward to hearing your response.

XX

Sources:

Investments in companies operating in illegal settlements https://dontbuyintooccupation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_DBIO-III-Report_11-December-2023.pdf

Investments in Eaton https://extranet.secure.aegon.co.uk/static/sxhub/pdf/client-pen-distribution.pdf

Investments in Amazon https://www.aegon.co.uk/content/dam/auk/assets/publication/fund-factsheet/standard_bkj9zs0.pdf

Israel’s pinkwashing: https://bdsmovement.net/pinkwashing

War on Gaza statistics: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

Edinburgh book festival ends Baillie Gifford sponsorship: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm553zrr3e4o