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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 29/09/2026

How can I use the "From your follows" without having it inside my Feeds? I've currently unselected "people you follow on Bluesky".

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 22/09/2026

Nor this, which was on Portobello Road, Edinburgh for years.

Road sign warning of Elderly People. The official image of a hunched couple has been replaced by a couple holding hands, dancing and waving a walking stick.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 22/09/2026

Currently can set frame of cover image for when it’s displayed on the page. Additionally would love to control what part of the image is shown on the card like this:

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 17/09/2026

@skyreader.app getting error trying to save www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 13/09/2026

Still lots of blackberries in Holyrood Park

Several blackberries and a bright red rosehip

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 13/09/2026

www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

Comment by Kris de Meyer “ Your message is not what responsible risk management looks like. It’s not about positioning with much certainty “These people are wrong and I’m right. ‘ Responsible risk management is about entertaining the whole range of outcomes and then to say “What are the actions we need to take to make these really bad outcomes less likely and the better outcomes more likely’.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 03/09/2026

Seek app thinks Alpine Newt, though I’m not convinced!

Screen shot of app. Text reads: 11:27 4
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AMPHIBIAN
Alpine Newt
Mesotriton alpestris
V You observed it on Sep 3, 2026
ABOUT
The alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a species
of newt native to continental Europe and
introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand.
Adults measure 7-12 cm (2.8-4.7 in) and are usually dark grey to blue on the back and sides, with an orange belly and throat. Males are more conspicuously coloured than the drab females, especially during breeding season.
(Source: Wikipedia)
TAXONOMY
Kingdom Animalia
Animals
Phylum Chordata
Chordates
Class A'

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 26/08/2026

@skyreader.app I’m curious how sharing links to my @offprint.app works. What happens at the Offprint end if I turn this on? Eg does each link become a post or are links presented in a sidebar thing?

A screen shot of Skyreader app settings with option to link to Offprint

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 13/08/2026

Evening heron, Figgate Burn, Edinburgh

Heron standing in water, trees around it.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 12/08/2026

Source: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Do you drive a 4x4, Jeep or Range Rover in the city?
You could be entitled to FREE pen!s enlargement therapy on the NHS

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 12/08/2026

@semble.so Semble cards showing css code instead of text. See screen and card semble.so/url?id=https...

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 11/08/2026

Be good if next year’s @edfringe.bsky.social added a dash of @atproto.com to include all @bsky.app posts about each show!

Screenshot of Fringe programme listing with “more about this show” and Facebook, instagram and YouTube links.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 30/07/2026

Got it! You might want to look at the wording of the subscribe dialogue - it’s confusing to be greeted with “start writing…” after clicking “subscribe”.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 25/07/2026

They are so massive that I only really appreciated how high they are when I saw them from Longniddry Bents. Difficult to see in the photo, but they look about as high as Calton Hill. (Also, great fish and chips from Alanda’s van!)

Panoramic photo of distant Edinburgh skyline with wind turbine towers on the far right.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 11/07/2026

Walking the hound this morning we happened upon the Scottish Open Hickory Golf Championship. On Leith Links, Edinburgh.

Expanse of grass with trees, a few golfers in the distance. In the foreground, a homemade sign reading “please take care golf being played”

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 10/07/2026

Wonderful! I’m very fond of a local plasterer…

Rear of van with sign writing: Fat Boy Skim plastering services

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 07/07/2026

Thanks! Here are some examples.

Screenshot showing duplicate title of blog card

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 04/07/2026

There’s always something exciting about orchids! Common Spotted Orchid and Mountain Bumble Bee in Holyrood Rood Park, Edinburgh #wildflower #bee #natureisnurture

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 01/07/2026

@offprint.app I would prefer to see these icons at the bottom of the post, instead (or as well as) at the top. After all, I'd like people to read my article before commenting or liking it! Thanks for your patience!

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 01/07/2026

@offprint.app I'm not seeing the subscribe with email option!

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 21/03/2026

Most people believe wealth inequality is bad for Scotland and that taxes on the wealthy should be increased. Important research from @weallscotland.bsky.social presented by @lukasbunse.bsky.social at @scoteconfest.bsky.social in Edinburgh yesterday.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 19/11/2025

Podcasters of Edinburgh! Let’s talk podcasting on Monday at One Canon, Canonmills. www.heylo.com/event/-Oc9wO...

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 17/11/2025

No Substack, I did not enjoy this post - it was f@cking depressing. But worth reading all the same.

Screenshot from Substack with the text: Did you enjoy this post?
Share it with your network to spread the word
Share now

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 16/11/2025

No coincidence I suspect that he spent a long time working in Southern America, where Max-Neef deveolp his framework of Fundamental Human Needs

Table showing fundamental human needs - link to web page in next post

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 14/11/2025

In my worst moments I wonder if we should just have nuclear annihilation right now and get it all over and done with. Perhaps this cartoon needs a new caption : "Yes, the nature got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment of time the government's popularity rating stopped falling quite so fast."

Cartoon of a man in a ragged suit and three childen in ragged clothes sitting around a campfire witih a obsured background of devastated city scape. Man is saying: "Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment of time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 09/11/2025

We need a version of this campaign for pavement parking. Ideas? (Not linking to the rag)

Man sitting in a car holding a fake flyer offering free pee nus enlargements on the NHS to men driving large SUVs in the city.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 08/11/2025

So useful that backpacks have these little external pockets for carrying haggis.

Blue rucksack with a black mesh pocket, in which, a vacuum packed haggis.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 15/10/2025

Good walk this afternoon.

Silhouette of Edinburgh Castle in the distance, rocky hill in front, grassy bank in foreground. Rosehips on bush at front left.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 06/10/2025

So mild here in central Edinburgh this morning.

Sun in a mainly clear blue sky over a hill with rocks long grass and a path and gorse bushes and a dog.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 05/10/2025

Interesting juxtaposition in my timeline.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 05/10/2025

Good morning from Edinburgh. Coffee time. Where are we?

Dog in an orange fleece lying at the front of the scene in long grass. In the foreground a thermos and a hand holding a cup of coffee. The main scene is a big grassy field with a view into the hills in the distance with trees all around.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 04/10/2025

Do you know any libraries or groups in Edinburgh or Scotland that might like a copy of “Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and Some Neighbouring Regions” by my late parents - in Arabic translation?

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 03/10/2025

"The world's so crazy, sometimes you want to cry." "Yes, and sometimes it's so weird you've got to laugh." Want to play with us? Ask me!

Graphic with a photo of the poster and the words: Love long form improv? Work for people & planet? Live in Edinburgh? Ask me about joining our team!

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 10/09/2025

Are we about to lose the Portobello Elephants from the prom? Anyone know their history? Looks like 1950s design to me. @threadinburgh.scot ? #Edinburgh?

A mordernist? metal and panelled building being demolished.

Through the window a tiled design of an elephant.

Through the window a second tiled design of an elephant.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 06/09/2025

Why is Keir Starmer not dressing like a real patriot? Shame on him!

A middle aged man, Tim Brooke Taylor, dressed in a dark suit with a Union Jack waistcoat.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 25/08/2025

Good morning from Cambridge

A natural pool of Stillwater with some leaves on the surface reflects lush trees and vegetation below a blue sky

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 23/08/2025

No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.

Black and tan brindle lurcher climbs gingerly down a large barnacle covered rock on a beach at low tide

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 27/07/2025

Antony Gormley Appreciation Society AGM enjoys perfect weather at Portobello beach, Edinburgh.

A group of unclothed men stand waist and chest deep in the grey sea in the drizzle. Beach in the foreground.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 26/07/2025

Strange growths on these acorns. Ideas?

Oak leaves and acorns, the acorns have strange growths looking a bit like green walnuts.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 26/07/2025

This is the rock I was thinking of. Different shape but it looks like it had split in two at some point. Apparently smaller and other rocks around it point to this not being the same.

Hey, large rock on a beach at low water, covered with barnacles and short green seaweed. A black lurcher is climbing down the rock.

A large rock apparently broken into lying on a beach at low tide, industrial buildings in the background, dark coloured lurcher in the foreground.

A large rock covered with barnacles on a muddy beach at low water. A seawall with trees above in the distance below a grey sky.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 25/07/2025

Thanks, though the first link seems to be a google mail attachment that I can’t access?

Screenshot of a Google mail error message

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