I'm trying Bluesky again after an absence of several months.
Step one: unfollowing 3000+ accounts that don't also follow me.
Thanks to @unfollow.blue for automating the process.
I've been learning and performing improv for two years, and it's genuinely helped me manage my eco-anxiety and re-find my energy and purpose.
That's why I've created this short workshop to bring some of this playful energy to help others get the benefit.
events.humanitix.com/the-resilien...
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 !
I’d love to see @bsky.app add geographical locations to posts / accounts. Point above is very important, but I want to be able to filter my feed to find local news etc.
Believe that road building just creates more traffic and shifts bottlenecks to another junction? You might want to sign this petition.
pentlandhouse.com/cbxpetition/...
www.ember.to
Use China made e-buses. Obviously electric trains are way more environmentally friendly but with constant surplus of renewables in Scotland you could classify them as mobile storage units.
“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...
Ember is?
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.”
I launched Not-Ship: a newsletter using data to understand this age of uncertainty. Why? I love data and I think we could all use a bit more of it.
If you agree, please help me keep this thing going for as long as we can. 💙
First step: Sign up to get it in your inbox each week
www.not-ship.com
Polycrisis bingo! Climate, nature, inequality, food supply, pollinators, ocean currents, democracy…
What else should be on the card?
Last I heard, there was unfortunately no electricity at all in the Northern Isles!
Frontage of pub
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...
Great! Can you suggest a guest? Perhaps yourself? If you DM me I can send you more information about the podcast.
Love this! I’m developing a podcast, Thrivable Scotland, Thrivable Planet. Transparent collective action is a core aspect I want to cover, but hadn’t thought about it in those terms. Very helpful.
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
What if we saw our purpose as helping create the conditions for people and the rest of nature to thrive – whatever happens?
Join me as I explore the idea of working for thrivable places and a thrivable planet.
notes.realise.earth
I do like photos taken through train windows!
What IS the annoying type of fireside chat?
What has sometimes worked for me is trying variations of "I want to speak to a human".
Never been, as Leith is a long way from Portobello, and we have the excellent @portybooks.bsky.social. But I'd be equally annoyed if Waterstones came here.
I imagine a petition might get some traction and attention.
Indeed! Good overview of digital sovereignty and what to do here from @parismarx.com
techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
If I wasn’t an enthusiastic user of a Europe based, independent note taking app that only runs on Mac, I’d shift to Linux right away.
agenda.com
It seems like many people are groping, in their own various ways, toward some version of, "we need more meatspace interactions and real-world relationships." Revive unions, revive local politics, revive the social practices of gathering & talking repeatedly.
On the rare occasion I click a link you share from that site I use Reader Mode.
Map showing the closure point
Artists impression of the cycle lane
Den Haag will close this 300m stretch of road on Monday and turn it into a cycle path, despite a 1,800 signature petition and attempts from right wing politicians to scrap it. Bravo!
