Ric Lander (he/him)
@ricjl.bsky.social
Edinburgh, history, climate crisis, activism, photos. You can also find me at:
www.ricjl.com
https://mastodon.scot/@ricjl
https://www.instagram.com/ric_james_lander/
www.ricjl.com
https://mastodon.scot/@ricjl
https://www.instagram.com/ric_james_lander/
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❗Bad news: Aberdeen City Council sided with the fossil fuel lobby. But Torry is fighting back. (1/4)
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
❗Bad news: Aberdeen City Council sided with the fossil fuel lobby. But Torry is fighting back. (1/4)
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
#edinburgh #scotland #news #climate #poverty
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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
#edinburgh #scotland #news #climate #poverty
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📢 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
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢 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
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
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
#glastonbury #climate #antifa #mural #art
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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
#glastonbury #climate #antifa #mural #art
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
"In the face of genocide, there can be no business as usual." - Swinney
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸👏🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#gaza #palestine #israel #uk #news
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.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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
"In the face of genocide, there can be no business as usual." - Swinney
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸👏🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#gaza #palestine #israel #uk #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...
"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...
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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...
"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 <> for photographing insects so get out there and get snapping, what are you waiting for?
#butterfly #insects #nature #aberfoyle #purbeck #uk
🉑 1 Comma, Purbeck, Dorset
🦚 2 Peacock, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Mobile phone cameras are <
#butterfly #insects #nature #aberfoyle #purbeck #uk
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Butterfly season klaxxon! 🎉
🉑 1 Comma, Purbeck, Dorset
🦚 2 Peacock, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Mobile phone cameras are <> for photographing insects so get out there and get snapping, what are you waiting for?
#butterfly #insects #nature #aberfoyle #purbeck #uk
🉑 1 Comma, Purbeck, Dorset
🦚 2 Peacock, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Mobile phone cameras are <
#butterfly #insects #nature #aberfoyle #purbeck #uk
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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.
We will stand in solidarity with the people of Torry and we will take down the ETZ, whatever it takes.
July 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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.
We will stand in solidarity with the people of Torry and we will take down the ETZ, whatever it takes.
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
27/07/25
We must come together to defend our land in common 💪🏻
#climate #environment #landrights #scotland #uk
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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
27/07/25
We must come together to defend our land in common 💪🏻
#climate #environment #landrights #scotland #uk
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🗣️ 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
🤝 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
Jobs
If you're talented, professional, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
foe.scot
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🗣️ 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
🤝 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
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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!
foe.scot/jobs
#jobs
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!
foe.scot/jobs
#jobs
June 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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!
foe.scot/jobs
#jobs
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!
foe.scot/jobs
#jobs
"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...
👀👀👀
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...
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.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"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...
👀👀👀
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...
Margaret Atwood was right!
July 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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 🐦⬛🌼
June 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's poppy season at the Leith Community Croft! BEHOLD the beauty of our patch, Plot H, a.k.a. Haver Craws 🐦⬛🌼
Jewellery design by my Great Grandfather, C. H. Lander (1910s)
June 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Jewellery design by my Great Grandfather, C. H. Lander (1910s)
Long-Eared Owl chick, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, from 2016. I think it spotted me! 🪶💚🤎
June 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Long-Eared Owl chick, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, from 2016. I think it spotted me! 🪶💚🤎
May 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #labour #news
Labour postpones women's conference after Supreme Court ruling
The decision has been condemned by trans rights advocates and by gender critical activists.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #labour #news
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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
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
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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
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
To boycott, divest and sanction we must shame, embarrass and disrupt
🙏🏻✊🏼
for Palestine
#CeaseFireNow #Palestine #BDS
🙏🏻✊🏼
for Palestine
#CeaseFireNow #Palestine #BDS
May 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
To boycott, divest and sanction we must shame, embarrass and disrupt
🙏🏻✊🏼
for Palestine
#CeaseFireNow #Palestine #BDS
🙏🏻✊🏼
for Palestine
#CeaseFireNow #Palestine #BDS
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"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
The most duplicitous politician in my lifetime
May 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"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
The most duplicitous politician in my lifetime
When the pond dries up, the tadpoles start eating each other
www.cityam.com/shell-weighs... #bp #oil #fossilfuels #climate
www.cityam.com/shell-weighs... #bp #oil #fossilfuels #climate
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.
www.cityam.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When the pond dries up, the tadpoles start eating each other
www.cityam.com/shell-weighs... #bp #oil #fossilfuels #climate
www.cityam.com/shell-weighs... #bp #oil #fossilfuels #climate
Campaign win: Scottish Government scraps peak rail fares!
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☀️💙
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #news #railways #scotland #uk
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☀️💙
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #news #railways #scotland #uk
May 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Campaign win: Scottish Government scraps peak rail fares!
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☀️💙
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #news #railways #scotland #uk
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☀️💙
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #news #railways #scotland #uk