Di(on) Alexander
Locally affordable rural housing = sustainable community development - inextricable. Extreme fuel poverty and off-gas areas - woeful. Old boy now but still agitating away at both for the Highlands & Islands, my home since 1971. Wide awake - mostly.
@ageingbetter.bsky.social
At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
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@scottishhousingnews.com
The leading news service for Scotland's social housing sector. Sign up for our free daily newsletter at https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/
@nationwidefdtn.bsky.social
We're a charitable funder with a vision for everyone in the UK to have access to a decent, affordable home. We're taking a systemic approach to make the housing system work for all, now and for generations to come. www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
@lornemacleod.bsky.social
Interested in land reform, business growth, islands, Gàidhlig language, culture & history. Views are my own.
@ingloriousbustards.bsky.social
#FlywayBirding tours and conservation in The #Straits of #Gibraltar and the East Atlantic Flyway - ingloriousbustards.com
@steverichards.bsky.social
Political writer, broadcaster, podcaster and host of Rock N Roll Politics live shows. Latest book-Turning Points in Modern Britain
@rothiemoon.bsky.social
Wildlife Guide & Birder based in the Scottish Highlands. Highland SOC Bird Recorder. Owner www.highlandnature.co.uk
@itvpeston.bsky.social
Wotcha! 👋 ITV’s flagship current affairs programme bringing you big interviews and analysis. Wednesday nights 💻 9PM LIVE online 📺 11PM on ITV. 🔗https://linktr.ee/itvpeston
@itvnews.bsky.social
Original news from across the UK and around the world. Available on ITVX 24/7. National news: ITV1 weekdays at 1:30pm, 6:30pm and 10pm. Regional news: ITV1 weekdays at 6pm. Website: https://www.itv.com/news Newsletter: https://itvnews.substack.com
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels BBC Newsnight 🎥 Ukrainecast 🎧 And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧 BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Welcome! Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two, BBC News, iPlayer with Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell & Matt Chorley - plus Katie Razzall, Nicholas Watt and Faisal Islam
@pointsandwicktrust.bsky.social
The UK’s biggest community-owned wind farm, funding charitable projects of all sizes within the crofting communities of Point and Sandwick on the Isle of Lewis.
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
A collective voice for community landowners throughout Scotland, representing and supporting land reform through community land ownership
@feorlean.bsky.social
Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
@housingevidence.bsky.social
CaCHE is a multidisciplinary partnership between academia, housing policy and practice. Working across eight institutions, our researchers produce evidence that contributes to tackling the UK’s housing problems.
@scottishlandcom.bsky.social
The Scottish Land Commission is driving a programme of urban and rural land reform to create a Scotland where land is owned and used fairly, responsibly and productively 🌲🏡🏢
@alastairmci.bsky.social
Human ecologist and Quaker, I share on social justice, environment, land reform, nonviolence and spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm. Honorary prof Glasgow Uni. Hebrides and Govan. www.AlastairMcIntosh.com
@cosla.gov.uk
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. COSLA is the voice of Local Government in Scotland. https://linktr.ee/cosla
@thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social
Thinkhouse is a free online library of research pieces, policy publications and case studies that propose ways to increase the amount and quality of the UK's housing stock and the related economic, social and community benefits of doing this. The site is c
@sfha.bsky.social
SFHA is the national membership body for, and voice of, housing associations and co-operatives in Scotland. www.sfha.co.uk
@magnusdavidson.bsky.social
@classicalalan.bsky.social
Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore. Order my book 'Walking the Antonine Wall' here: http://rb.gy/y8eyyi
@ucs.org
The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. ucs.org
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
@wodieskodie.bsky.social
Scottish island dweller with strong opinions about the future. SAAS CX, PM and Comms. Wrangler of tireetea.co.uk and isledevelop.com, @ScotNational columnist. Gàidhlig. Geek. Crofter. She/her/tired. Go shopping at scottishislandgifts.com.
@chrismaclennan.bsky.social
🎥🎙️BBC journalist // Highlands and Islands // Skye boy // got a story? [email protected]
@johnogroatjournal.co.uk
Covering news in Caithness in the Far North of the Highlands in Scotland.
@scotlandsalmon.bsky.social
The trusted voice of the farm-raised Scottish salmon sector - Scotland and the UK's number one food export.
@theorkneynews.bsky.social
An online independent media from the islands of Orkney. Not for profit company. https://theorkneynews.scot/
@johnrerskine.bsky.social
Highlander. Senior Parliamentary Advisor. Former Scottish Labour spokesperson for Energy, Connectivity & the Islands. Follow my socials: https://linktr.ee/johnerskine
@scotecodesign.bsky.social
SEDA shares knowledge, skills and experience of ecological design and promotes sustainable thinking and behaviour. https://seda.scot
@fraserofallander.org
The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
@trussellscot.bsky.social
An anti-poverty charity and community of food banks working to end hunger in Scotland and across the UK 💚
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Resolution Foundation is a think-tank working to improve the lives of people on low-to-middle incomes. Launched May 2021: The Economy 2030 Inquiry.
@povertyalliance.org
Scotland’s anti-poverty network. With justice and compassion we can build a future free from poverty.
@foescot.bsky.social
We’re a climate campaigning organisation and part of the largest grassroots environmental network in the world ✊
@fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social
Fighting #FuelPoverty for an affordable, sustainable & democratic energy system #EnergyForAll. https://energyforall.org.uk/get-involved.html
@jencross.bsky.social
Engineer by day | Nature & landscape photographer | Birds, bugs, spiders | Friend of animals that scare people | Be decent & kind | she / her | IG heyjencross 📸www.jencrossphoto.com
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Preorder my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@weissmann.substack.com
NYU Law, MSNBC legal analyst, podcast cohost "Main Justice" (previously "Prosecuting Donald Trump"); NYT bestselling author. Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com Offering legal analysis & opinion
@owldaily.bsky.social
Mission is share daily Owls post 🦉. Masterpiece Owl Photo. Website: ohmywild.com 🚫 There is No AI Image. All credit goes to Photographers.
@astronomy.blue
Official announcements and information about the Astronomy feeds. This is a semi-automated account managed by @emily.space. Website: https://astronomy.blue | GitHub: https://github.com/bluesky-astronomy
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