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"The framework is called Local Culture Scotland and supports cultural activity created by, for and within communities. Local Culture Scotland is both a funding scheme and a strategic approach to delivery."

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Interesting new report: "The report presents a framework to position culture as a core piece of infrastructure to enable and support cross-sectoral place-based working in Scotland." creative-edinburgh.com/local-cultur...

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@discoursegraphs.bsky.social looks like a really interesting concept. Can you point me to an absolute beginner’s guide? I’ve checked out the site and it seems to assume a level of existing knowledge that I don’t have!

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"Millionaires and billionaires aren't paying their fair share. I'm one of them and I'm calling it out. A nurse doesn't get to decide if she pays her taxes, why do millionaires and billionaires get to decide what tax rate they're gonna pay?" PMUK's Kristina has a message for the PM #TaxTheSuperRich

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Indeed, though I was actually thinking about re-commoning alongside restoring grassland in rural nature reserves etc.

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And if one's thinking about the role of the Enclosures, worth thinking about the role of people and of the Commons in the Nature Recovery Strategy? That wetland and moorland was most likely communally managed and used in some way.

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This is an interesting point that has come up in our Local Nature Recovery Strategy: If you start post Enclosure (circa 1600-1650 in Tees Valley) then your story now is loss of hedgerows. Start before & the loss is of wetlands and massive amounts of grassland/grazing moor; hedges are irrelevant.

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Sounds like a great event! Pity we have a clash! Another time perhaps.

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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 · 27/09/2026

Tried this, nice idea but it introduces too much random stu into my @skyreader.app Feed. I’d like it as a separate channel though.

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(Of course I could write “part 2 of X” etc, but it would be nice if that could be automated, in some so readers could navigate easily through the series, and the numbering updated automatically)

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 27/09/2026

@offprint.app I’m planning a series of articles that will has a logical sequence, although can also be read standalone. Not sure what it would look like, but do you have any plans to support “chapters“?

Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 24/09/2026

“There is no private-sector villain in his narrative to stand beside the Machiavellian Whitehall mandarin.” Argues there is a path from here to a coherent, compelling story that could offer an alternative, rooted in reality, to right wing populists‘ dishonest yet powerful rhetoric.

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Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Taj Ali: Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | All of these movements understand that racism will not be defeated from above. It will only be defeated by us – ordinary citizens who refuse to look away. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | Taj Ali

Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re Here...

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Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A morning for Johnny listening to the river roar at Bells meadow whilst using the strimmer to cut the grassy section in the meadow. We'll be sowing yellow rattle in the coming weeks to help reduce the grass to encourage more wildflowers

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優noD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot · 23/09/2026

Your Monthly Dose of Good News | September www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_To... China stops Gobi Desert expansion; mangroves are making a comeback; bottom trawling ban revitalizes marine ecosystems; smoking hits another all-time low; HPV vaccine proven to be effective against cervical cancer; and more.

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Your Monthly Dose of Good News | September

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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.

It was also the traditional gathering place of expatriate French peasants who lived in the area.

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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:

That's a shame! For some reason I thought you are in Edinburgh! Many thanks for sharing.

Just tried this for the first time. Nice, though I had expected that I could separetely choose which area of the image would be presented when only part of the image is shown. Feature request!

Uncomfortable with English and British labels (everything I didn’t like was getting worse), but felt arrogant to say I was Scottish. But in the campaign I felt welcomed - and now proud to be a New Scot.

🙄 This is exactly the sort of thing… It’s not worth responding! Until the referendum campaign I was really unclear about my “nationality“. Born and schooled in England, lived in Scotland since 17 y/o, but speaking RP.

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Osbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 21/09/2026

Good to see the pavement mentioned! None of the signs for Holyrood Parks’ regular weekend road closures say what the roads are closed to! I’d love to see new signs here that make it clear when roads are safe for walkers and cyclists (and dogs) because closed to motor vehicles.

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Stockans Oatcake baked in Craigmillar still. Strange modern flavours sometimes judging by the smell on some days.

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Didn’t notice that, but I did notice that most men were wearing tartan trews. Now I think about it, I was there to pick up a second hand kilt jacket I’d bought!

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Very weird place. For some reason I had to go there to meet someone. I had to borrow a tie from the concierge to be allowed in. The 1950s were alive and kicking inside.

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Agreed! Driven in part probably by perceived demand for big macho cars fuelled by movies etc. And partly due to safety standards requiring bigger crush areas. Just look at how flimsy old cars are! Point is, it’s not war. It’s messy and complex. I’m not sure calling it war helps solve it.

1969: Disaster at Longhope

They don’t always come back. Many of the same surnames have been on the crew list down the generations. rnli.org/magazine/mag...

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A close-knit Orkney island remembers the courage and sacrifice of its lifeboat crew who lost their lives 50 years ago.

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I used to live at the other end of these isles in a small community with a famous lifeboat station. The lifeboatmen and women were seemingly ordinary farmers, fishermen, plumbers etc. No hero image. When the beeper goes, they drive to the station and launched the boat.

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It’s more that a whole series of choices at planning level, without enough thought to long term consequences to how they would change the whole system. And then in a society where blaming individuals and government has become the default, it’s now ”war”. Alternatives? I’m not sure! Ideas?

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At one level I love this. But is it accepting opponents‘ framing? Which we’re told is a mistake. Is there really a “war” on either cars or walking? I don’t think so.

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This. To think otherwise is to condone wage theft & exploitation. No, the money doesn't need to come out of your also-tiny paycheque. The billionaire class spent decades robbing people, the planet, and infrastructure, buying politicians to order to re-write laws to normalize abuses like this.

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What if Edinburgh was designed for wildlife as well as people?

Multispecies justice starts from the premise that animals, plants and ecosystems are not simply amenities that provide benefits to people. They are co-inhabitants of places we share. Let’s talk about what this approach could mean for Edinburgh! events.humanitix.com/what-if-edin...

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A networking discussion for changemakers working for environmental and social change: exploring how we can respond in the climate, nature and human crisis.

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Not sure that non-Orcadian strip the willow counts?

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I didn’t know this till five minutes ago but German lifeboats under Hitler’s rule also rescued foreigners, including allied sailors and airmen, during World War Two.

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I believe it’s scientifically proven that the easiest place to get lost leading a group is leaving the car park.

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12 ideas to improve the Edinburgh festivals for everyone | Offprint

Went for a walk with some good people and we came up with some great ideas to tackle the fact that it feels like the festival happens to Edinburgh, rather than the festival growing from the city. thrivablescotland.com/a/3mvsaculoh...

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“It feels like the festival happens to Edinburgh, rather than the festival growing from the city.”