Osbert Lancaster
Exploring what works in the polycrisis
https://thrivablescotland.com
- That was weird. The bread pudding we just had for dessert with cream cheese, turned out to be savoury with herbs, not sweet! The excitement of a surprise bag from our local artisanal bakery on @toogoodtogo.bsky.social !
- Believe that road building just creates more traffic and shifts bottlenecks to another junction? You might want to sign this petition. pentlandhouse.com/cbxpetition/...
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- “I don’t think I want a map of everything I’ve ever read. I want a mind free to read what it needs. I want memory that forgets gracefully. I want ideas that resurface not because I indexed them, but because they mattered.” bulletjournal.com/blogs/bullet...
- Fascinating story, and in the light of political chaos and machinations these days, great to see two public bodies standing firm on transparency in face of bullying. (Scottish Environment Protection Agency + Scottish Information Commissioner) www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
- Seeking out positive news stories is often promoted as an antidote to doom scrolling. I’ve tried it, and I continue to do it, but I often find that instead of being inspired, uplifted and given hope, I feel unsettled and disempowered. notes.realise.earth/archive/why-...
- This would improve the quality of most meetings immeasurably cw AI notes: 👉an alternative is to “agree on shared actions or headline summaries to be shared with others or as an input into project-management processes.”
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- Polycrisis bingo! Climate, nature, inequality, food supply, pollinators, ocean currents, democracy… What else should be on the card?
- Podcasters of Edinburgh! Let’s talk podcasting on Monday at One Canon, Canonmills. www.heylo.com/event/-Oc9wO...
- I’ve just called on the UK to cancel its £1 billion of funding for a climate and human rights disaster in Mozambique. Add your voice: act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4383?ut...
- Transparent collective action, including *equitable* rationing, pricing and subsidies: - A 50-liter daily limit per person was imposed - Tariffs rose steeply, with high-use households paying up to ten times more - Low-income households received additional subsidies to ensure fairness
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- No Substack, I did not enjoy this post - it was f@cking depressing. But worth reading all the same.
- Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (“SLAPPs”) are abusive lawsuits which suppress public participation; used by powerful actors to suppress freedom of expression in the public interest. Scottish Govt has committed to adopting anti-SLAPP legislation www.abdn.ac.uk/law/news-eve...
- Tax justice is human rights justice. Professor Angela O’Hagan, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission, sets out why fair and progressive taxation is essential to realising rights like housing, health, and education in Scotland. #TaxJusticeScotland taxjustice.scot/blog/tax-jus...
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- What's the difference between an "executive" summary and a summary? Surely we've got beyond the 1970s idea of flattering people by refering to them as "executives"? (cf Likely Lads for those of us old enough to remember)
- “Being difficult needs us to be compassionate and collaborative. To build systems, processes, and indeed societies that meet everyone’s needs, rather than the needs of a dominant few. It’s much more difficult than being competitive. It’s hard work, requiring patience, empathy, and understanding.”
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- “Other PR execs want to “cash a big cheque from some company that tests on animals,” he says. “We walk down the street and somebody goes ‘my granny loved her care home, thank you for keeping it open’. That’s worth its weight in gold.”“ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562480...
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- Can you suggest a guest - working in Scotland - for our new podcast? Thrivable Scotland, Thrivable Planet is a podcast for people building a better world, people hungry for genuine hope and meaningful action amid the climate, nature and political crises.
- This is an excellent, nuanced discussion of an important and emotive subject. (And incidentally about how research outputs can take on an unexpected live of their own.) All dog and climate lovers should read!
