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Osbert Lancaster
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What if we created the conditions for people & the rest of nature to thrive – whatever happens? Facilitator. Improv.

📍Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thrivable Field Notes https://notes.realise.earth
Podcasters of Edinburgh https://heylo.group/podedi
Podcasters of Edinburgh! Let’s talk podcasting on Monday at One Canon, Canonmills.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No Substack, I did not enjoy this post - it was f@cking depressing. But worth reading all the same.
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
No coincidence I suspect that he spent a long time working in Southern America, where Max-Neef deveolp his framework of Fundamental Human Needs
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In my worst moments I wonder if we should just have nuclear annihilation right now and get it all over and done with.

Perhaps this cartoon needs a new caption : "Yes, the nature got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment of time the government's popularity rating stopped falling quite so fast."
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We need a version of this campaign for pavement parking. Ideas?

(Not linking to the rag)
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So useful that backpacks have these little external pockets for carrying haggis.
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Good walk this afternoon.
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So mild here in central Edinburgh this morning.
October 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Interesting juxtaposition in my timeline.
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Good morning from Edinburgh. Coffee time. Where are we?
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Do you know any libraries or groups in Edinburgh or Scotland that might like a copy of “Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and Some Neighbouring Regions” by my late parents - in Arabic translation?
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"The world's so crazy, sometimes you want to cry."
"Yes, and sometimes it's so weird you've got to laugh."

Want to play with us? Ask me!
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Are we about to lose the Portobello Elephants from the prom? Anyone know their history? Looks like 1950s design to me. @threadinburgh.scot ? #Edinburgh?
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Why is Keir Starmer not dressing like a real patriot? Shame on him!
September 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Good morning from Cambridge
August 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.
August 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Antony Gormley Appreciation Society AGM enjoys perfect weather at Portobello beach, Edinburgh.
July 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Strange growths on these acorns. Ideas?
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is the rock I was thinking of. Different shape but it looks like it had split in two at some point. Apparently smaller and other rocks around it point to this not being the same.
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sounds good, but:
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks, though the first link seems to be a google mail attachment that I can’t access?
July 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM