Osbert Lancaster

@leanpub.bsky.social can I create and sell a printed book with Leanpub?

New @skyreader.app update! - Connect what you're reading on @semble.so from anywhere - Link collections to Semble or Margin. - Sync with NetNewsWire or Reeder - Bring your library over from Pocket, Instapaper, Omnivore, Readwise Reader or Matter skyreader-dev.leaflet.pub/3myuhifmlb222

I think the lesson from Lula is not never talk about the opposition; it's articulate a positive vision that's basically, We Can Just Do Things. That's why Mamdani-ism is so popular - voters have an intrinsic sense that their electeds have agency they're not using

On 30 November 2026 we’re changing our opening hours so that more people across the city can use our library services. Our new opening hours can be found here zurl.co/2BGxG

The achievements of the Serbian student movement will be studied for decades. This was their blueprint for revolution. The recipe for throwing a corrupt authoritarian from office. Read, learn, implement. (📸 Save and Saclony)

Scottish city BRACED for tabloid headlines to froth about EXACT TIME city is BRACED to get BATTERED by Storm Chloe.

This could be George St and Princes St

I read an article in my RSS feed in @skyreader.app, then save it to a collection in @semble.so. Return later to @semble.so to read the article more carefully, annotate and make notes. Any way I can do this on iOS in Semble? Or navigate back to @skyreader.app to annotate there?

This is excellent!

Or if you’re in the southern part of the central belt: powercuts.spenergynetworks.co.uk/map?ref=edin... Ridiculous that there are different websites for different areas, rather than just one with an easy to remember url.

Could we rebrand "stockpile a few days' worth of essential supplies if you can" as "form a mutual aid starter pack"? Would some of you be happier then? (Yes, I get that not everyone can; maybe that's why folk who can should.)

I’m thrilled that the first Element in my new series for @universitypress.cambridge.org (co-edited with Tabitha Stanmore) is PUBLISHED! And free to read for the first few weeks. It’s by top folklorist (and now @folkloresociety.bsky.social President) Jeremy Harte! www.cambridge.org/core/element... 📚🥳

As dark clouds roll in on the storm and winds tear the last leaves from the trees, it's time to put on Jethro Tull's Songs from the Wood for the first time. For some reason I always think of it as an autumn/winter album - despite the first song being all about summer.

"Ahmed elaborated with the Guardian on Friday, saying the Qu’ran verse declaring that “whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity” also entered his mind at the moment he decided to intervene on Monday." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The bases for some of these international rankings are always a tad shaky, but #Edinburgh 's clearly doing something right. Now we just need a group of politicians with the courage and foresight to build on what we already have. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

If people are worried about the cost of rooms being pushed up, worth focusing instead on the non-optional monopolist practices of Expedia and its multiple brands… pluralistic.net/2026/10/15/e...

Traffic cones? 🙄

Feels like the concept of the privatisation of Commons is a point of commonality (no pun intended) that connects so many threats to people and nature, and that working on restoring the multiple commons is a central theme for a world where people and nature can thrive.

This is one of the things I love about The Conversations

Isn't it about time you got a new job? Come and join the amazing team I'm building up in Scotland in Energy Saving Trust. This is your chance to use your service design skills against the big bad: the climate emergency. Give me a shout w/ qs! careers.energysavingtrust.org.uk/jobs/8541312...

Decisions about land can have a big impact on the communities who live on or near it. Join our free webinar to explore new community engagement requirements, what they could mean for you and how to have your say in the Scottish Government's consultation. buff.ly/BciZukd

@germnetwork.com does / will Germ support private group chats? I’m looking for a WhatsApp replacement.

At the first meeting of a new network I’m part of, organisers asked “how will we communicate Slack, WhatsApp?” I said “as a progressive group let’s not use a Meta product, let’s show that other ways are possible.“ Lots of enthusiasm. No decision yet, but worth questioning the default options!

Some good news!

The net zero transition has the potential to create up to 40,000 more energy jobs than will be lost, but leaving it to market forces will fail workers. We need a proactive green industrial strategy backed by effective labour market planning. www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

Securing a thriving long-term future for oil and gas workers is imperative, but ‘drill baby, drill’ won’t deliver it. Employment in Scotland supported by the oil and gas sector fell significantly between 2014 and 2023, despite hundreds of new licences being awarded in that time.

Between 2021 and 2025, around 2 million cyclists passed the floating bus stops on Leith Street, Edinburgh, and around 5 million bus passengers boarded or alighted here. No injuries have been recorded. Over the same period, drivers injured around 600 Edinburgh pedestrians, killing 16.

Looking forward to getting access to this and exploring! Offprint is already one of the few blog editors I’ve actually enjoyed writing in, rather than writing somewhere else and then pasting my article.

Is there a list of MSPs (Members of the SCOTTISH Parliament), sorted by constituency, who have joined the Parliamentary Call for an emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis? Combing this list to find constituency & regional MSPs doesn’t appeal! www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...

Where was the “engagement exercise” on:? - children unable to play in our streets - ever increasing volumes of traffic & sat-nav enabled rat- running - ever increasing size of cars/SUVs - dangerous bonnet heights Stop with the consultation already, & do what we know works!

It's good that SNP members voted to encourage the party and the Scottish Government to leave x.com But Meta and TikTok also have form for suppression of political speech they don't approve of. Maybe our governments need to think much bigger to protect democracy? www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you BUILT!

Delighted to read about the letter calling for government action on food resilience. Curious if there is anything similar in Scotland - specifically around response to distribution issues etc.

The Yellow Giants are looking particularly fine today, standing tall over Leith with the Lomond Hills behind them.

The cost of apprenticeships is holding back the energy transition, according to Andrew Lamond of the Energy Training Academy. From 06:43 specifically on apprenticeships, but whole interview is fascinating. midlothian.thrivablescotland.com/episode/trai...

Light in the dark if we work together locally: “What also comes through clearly from working with these places is enthusiasm, commitment, and a sense that no problem is too difficult. Improving social determinants of health is possible and, as our partners say, we will do it. It is inspiring.”

@leaflet.pub can I create single pages that people can comment on, but not subscribe too?

Here's the next iteration of my workshop aiming to bring the power of improv to social and environmental changemakers. Including what didn't work in the first version. thrivablescotland.com/a/3mxyfp7uay...

New @skyreader.app feature: you can now save and read PDFs/EPUBs! PDFs can be viewed in their original layout or with text reflow when supported (great for mobile). EPUBs display by default in paged mode and look great everywhere. Highlighting and notes work great for both.

Bobby's Bus Shelter, the most northerly in the UK doesn't have a flag, it has a dressing up box, books and lots of ephemera though. We got the bus south on this trip, the lovely driver squeezed them in among the other passengers.

Yes, 👇this! Improv is one great way to do this.