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Mick Patrick
@mickpatrick.bsky.social
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Community: resilience, retrofit, energy, active travel and more. Supporting Transformative / Deep Adaptation as a Great Simplification looms. Striving to be Pro-social member of Community of Life. Family, (6) Music, (black) dog, outdoors.
#Edinburgh
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thepotatogroup.bsky.social
Published today: Our research report, Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order: Lessons from lives Impacted by Trauma.

Based on the experiences of 438 adoptive families, it reveals long-term impact of early trauma and urgent need for better support.

Read here:
www.thepotatogroup.o...
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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spokes.org.uk
🙋‍♀️ Edin Parks rules consultn

🙋‍♀️ ENDS Fri 11 Apr
Pls respond HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/manageme...

🤔 Rule 4.19 big problem for people using 🚲

@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @steveamburgess.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
Council consultation page on park management rules Management Rules for Parks, Beaches, and Greenspace Closes 11 Apr 2025 Opened 25 Feb 2025 Contact Parks, Openspace Development and Visitor Services parks@edinburgh.gov.uk Overview Every ten years, the City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) looks at its management rules. The rules apply to land provided, owned, leased, occupied, or managed by the Council. The Council plans to bring in a revised set of Management Rules for Public Parks, Beaches, and Green space. These rules are made under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. The Culture and Communities Committee met on 22 April 2022. The Committee support discussing changes with the public. They also seek additional suggestions for new rules. Since then, further work has been carried out. A revised draft set of management rules have been developed. There are laws to support your enjoyment of the outdoors. These are the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC). Management Rules are important guidelines. They set out how people should behave in parks and other public spaces. Having rules means that the Council does not need to ask the Scottish Ministers for permission to make sure everyone uses our spaces properly and safely. The management rules shall apply to the city's public parks, beaches, and green spaces. This will include the Pentland Hills Regional Park. This is in line with the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. The draft management rules are being consulted on. A final version will be submitted to Culture and Communities Committee for consideration. The Committee will be asked to agree to adopt the new management rules for the next 10 years. Spokes response re bike parking... 6th April 2025 Spokes welcome this opportunity to respond to the Consultation on Management Rules for Parks, Beaches and Greenspace which are due to be considered by the Culture and Communities Committee on the 15th of May 2025. We refer to proposed rule 4.19, which would prohibit padlocking or securing cycles or attach other items to any railings, gates, poles, or other infrastructure not dedicated or provided for this purpose in or around any Park, Beach, or Green space. Spokes strongly oppose this proposed rule, which does not reflect how people use parks in Edinburgh today. Attaching a cycle to railings or other infrastructure is often required in parks across the city due to a lack of cycle parking. Prohibiting this act would potentially discourage people from using their cycle to travel to Edinburgh’s parks, beaches and greenspace. 1 11,400,000 Shopping, personal business and social trips cycled in 2023, Railings are relied on at many locations, such as Portobello Promenade Amusements where the nearest cycle parking is more than 200m away and the Meadows Compass which lacks cycle parking entirely. Additionally, railings and posts provide an opportunity to secure cycles not suited to typical cycle parking stands, such as those used for carrying young children. This can disproportionally affect cycles modified for disabled groups, such as Tandem cycles used by the Edinburgh blind and partially sighted group VIE Velo.
April 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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heatherjc.bsky.social
Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)

Wednesday 5 March @ 18h

More info and let them know you're coming here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...

#edinburgh
EMERGENCY DEMO: STOP PUTIN - STOP TRUMP! STAND BY UKRAINE! EUROPE WAKE UP!
It's time to come together and show our support for Ukraine, Stop Putin and Trump, and for Europe to wake up to prevent another Munich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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tomxr.bsky.social
Make My Money Matter is closing due to lack of funds. Here’s their last push for the easiest way to make a difference if activism isn’t your thing.
'Beep' Starring Ambika Mod
Our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire. UK high-street banks Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Santander have funded fossil fuels with $556…
vimeo.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me.
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How to Survive the Broligarchy
Three months ago, I warned we were entering the age of technoauthoritarianism. It's now here. We can and must fight back.
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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actioneer.bsky.social
We excrete a credit card's worth of toxic micro-plastics each week. They are able to traverse the placental barrier too.

So "Our babies are born pre polluted" - Linda Birnbaum
tgspodcast.bsky.social The Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · Feb 10
Today, Nate is joined by environmental health experts @leotrasande.bsky.social, Linda Birnbaum, and Christina Dixon, to discuss the harmful effects of plastic on human health and the ongoing global policy efforts to regulate the plastic and petrochemical industries.
February 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The Art of The Deal

Trump, The Great Negotiator, sells out Ukraine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n...
The Art of The Deal
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social looking forward to seeing how you vote in the second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill #CANBill. Vote for a future ...
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
If true, what Labour front bench is doing is unforgivable. The #CANBill is essential & has backing of huge number of experts, scientists, unions & enjoys cross-party support. If backbench Labour MPs ever consider rebelling against leadership on anything, let it be this - a liveable future for all 👇
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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ledbydonkeys.org
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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yellowdotstudios.bsky.social
And away we go. Follow @weareyellowdot.bsky.social for all the breaking climate news over the next four or fewer years.
January 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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susiedentwords.bsky.social
There is some gorgeous apricity about this morning: (17th century: warming sun on a winter’s day).
January 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
mickpatrick.bsky.social
Repost with a cool song that's under two minutes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qP...
December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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geoffnorcott.bsky.social
Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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rahmstorf.bsky.social
My interview in the Guardian on the danger of a detrimental ocean circulation change in the Atlantic.
amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation | Oceans | The Guardian
Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf explains why Amoc breakdown could be catastrophic for both humans and marine life
amp.theguardian.com
October 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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#TreeOfTheDay
Mighty Ash, perfect day, Swaledale
October 23, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
this is a bloody great name for a climate report

www.unep.org/resources/em...
Broken Record Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again) UN environment programme 。
November 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM
mickpatrick.bsky.social
Recommendations please of a short #tutorial for someone transitioning from Twitter and wanting to make the most of #bsky. Eg, list Vs feed, how best to find your people etc. Tnx
November 18, 2023 at 7:40 PM