Ric Lander (he/him)

❗Bad news: Aberdeen City Council sided with the fossil fuel lobby. But Torry is fighting back. (1/4)

@foescot.bsky.social @ercscot.bsky.social @povertyalliance.org @scotclimatecamp.bsky.social @xrscotland.bsky.social

banner reads 'system change not climate change'

banner reads 'scotland demands better'

people watch a stage in the sun

Environmentalists, trade unionists, community groups coming together to demand radical action against poverty today: jobs, insulation, rent controls, better buses, tax the rich } a simple and urgent manifesto
#edinburgh #scotland #news #climate #poverty

Graphic with text: ‘Scotland’s Climate March: a better world is possible. Saturday 15th November. Assemble at Glasgow Green, 11am. Global solidarity: for a world where everyone is safe, has enough, and is respected. A fair transition: for a fairer Scotland with jobs, transport and homes that support the move beyond fossil fuels. Caring for our planet: restoring nature to reclaim a future where all can thrive.’ Colourful illustrated icons are at the top and bottom of the image, depicting things like people, transport, energy and workers.

📢 Join Scotland’s Climate March on Sat 15th Nov to demand a better world as part of a Global Day of Action!

Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.

Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot

#ScotlandsClimateMarch

How wonderful that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world

Life is better IRL

Respect existence or expect resistance

Rewild the British isles

Gorgeous and extremely on point banners spotted at Glastonbury Festival back in 2017, plus howling cameo from @adamramsay.bsky.social
#glastonbury #climate #antifa #mural #art

John Swinney pauses new funding for arms firms supplying Israel - BBC News The first minister said the government could not ignore evidence that Israel was committing genocide.

Scottish Government flies the Palestine flag above its offices as it defunds companies arming Israel.

"In the face of genocide, there can be no business as usual." - Swinney

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸👏🏻

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#gaza #palestine #israel #uk #news

...I am very proud of that and I will always defend it."

Oh except he wasn't talking about our right to speak for Palestine. He was talking about Graham Linehan's right to threaten to attack trans people. 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

#uk #labour #gaza #palestine #news

Keir Starmer in Parliament today:

"I have been clear throughout, we must ensure the police focus on the most serious issues, and the issues that matter most to our constituencies and all communities... And we have a long history of free speech in this country...

Butterfly season klaxxon! 🎉

🉑 1 Comma, Purbeck, Dorset
🦚 2 Peacock, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire

Mobile phone cameras are <<amazing>> for photographing insects so get out there and get snapping, what are you waiting for?

#butterfly #insects #nature #aberfoyle #purbeck #uk

The fossil fuel industry, with the backing of oil billionaires and the Scottish government, is set to destroy St Fitticks Park to build a so-called 'Energy Transition Zone'.

We will stand in solidarity with the people of Torry and we will take down the ETZ, whatever it takes.

@scotclimatecamp.bsky.social

Banner reads "Hands Off - Friends of St Fittick's Park"

Climate Camp Scotland, Dunbartonshire 🫱🏼‍🫲🏻 St. Fittick's Park, Torry, Aberdeen
27/07/25
We must come together to defend our land in common 💪🏻
#climate #environment #landrights #scotland #uk

Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz So what's the plan here? We just sit and watch Israel starve Gaza to death with the support of our own governments? And then what? We just go along with our lives, knowing that that happened? That this is what we are as a society? That our civilization is comfortable allowing something like that to happen? And that our rulers could do the same thing to another inconvenient population at any time? We're just meant to be cool with that? And go on living like it's normal? I'm genuinely curious. How exactly is everyone planning to go about living their lives after that point? How does that work, exactly?

Jobs If you're talented, professional, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.

🗣️ We’re looking for a 1 year maternity cover for our Communications & Engagement Officer.

🤝 You‘ll be working closely with our Resource Justice & Divest campaigns to build a movement of people pushing for transformative action.

🙋 Do you have the skills & experience we need?

foe.scot/jobs

Could you be our new Communications & Engagement Officer?

We need someone who can help us win campaigns and motivate people to get involved in our movement.

Check out the job pack & see if you are the right person for the role!
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#jobs

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians - BBC News It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.

"British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians" -Inquiry
👀👀👀
This deserves to be talked about in the UK, especially at a time where our government is fuelling yet another genocide
#news #australia #uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sign reads "children may run out"

Margaret Atwood was right!

It's poppy season at the Leith Community Croft! BEHOLD the beauty of our patch, Plot H, a.k.a. Haver Craws 🐦‍⬛🌼

Black and white pen drawing of three birds

Jewellery design by my Great Grandfather, C. H. Lander (1910s)

Owl chick sits on a branch

Long-Eared Owl chick, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, from 2016. I think it spotted me! 🪶💚🤎

St Anthony's Chapel, Edinburgh with city in background

Holyrood Park is always a good idea 💚 #Edinburgh #Scotland #UK

TAP ON TAP AFF: we've waited SO LONG for this joyful beep
#trams #leith #edinburgh #scotland #uk #news

Labour postpones women's conference after Supreme Court ruling The decision has been condemned by trans rights advocates and by gender critical activists.

Cancelling the Labour women's conference is not good for women's rights. Transphobia is sending us back in time. Grim.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #labour #news

Europe's first museum of contemporary Palestinian art opens in Edinburgh 🇵🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Palestine Museum in Scotland promises to "challenge perceptions, foster empathy, and celebrate the richness of Palestinian culture" 👇

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515805...

@gabymckay.bsky.social

𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵

News headline - Israel’s Yuval Raphael ‘shaken and upset’ after protesters target Eurovision final performance

To boycott, divest and sanction we must shame, embarrass and disrupt
🙏🏻✊🏼
for Palestine
#CeaseFireNow #Palestine #BDS

"Conservatives have created this hostile environment.. we should welcome people wherever they come from.. the UK is better because of immigration.. Lab has been a bit scared of making the positive case for immigration.. we need to turn that round"

The most duplicitous politician in my lifetime

Shell weighs BP takeover bid If Shell took over rival BP, it would mark one of the biggest deals in the history of the oil and gas industry.

When the pond dries up, the tadpoles start eating each other
www.cityam.com/shell-weighs... #bp #oil #fossilfuels #climate

Placards demanding rail fares are frozen at a demonstration

Campaign win: Scottish Government scraps peak rail fares!
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☀️💙
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #news #railways #scotland #uk

Four people sit on a hill watching the sunset

Carlton Hill just now
XOXOX
#edinburgh #scotland #uk #sunset

A badger

A badger with its nose in the air

A badger

A badger

May Day at the Seafield badger set 🖤🤍

(Message me if you're interested to go see them, happy to share info if you promise to be safe.)
#badgers #seafield #leith #edinburgh #uk #wildlife