Nick Addington
@addingtonnick.bsky.social
Funding | civil society | environment | Glasgow | Also posting @totheobelisk.bsky.social linktr.ee/addington
Scottish middle-distance runner Josh Kerr has broken a 27-year-old world record for the men's mile in London this afternoon 👏
More images of haze-filled skies in N American cities. DYK the impact of Canadian wildfires isn't restricted to that continent? A 2025 study found the climate-change fuelled fires of 2023 led to >22,000 deaths in Europe due to >exposure to pollutant particles www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/09/12/s...
Smoke from 2023 Canadian forest fires linked to thousands of deaths: study
In North America and Europe, an estimated 354 million people were exposed to high levels of air pollution, leading to 70,000 premature deaths
canadianaffairs.news
We are seeking two new Trustees📢 If you think your skills and experience can help us, and you share our commitment to build lasting solutions to poverty and trauma in #Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Applications close on the 3rd of August⤵️ www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacanci...
Vacancies: We are seeking two new Trustees
We are now seeking two new Trustees to join our board. If you have the skills to help us, and you share our commitment to solving poverty and trauma challenges in Scotland, we would love to hear from ...
therobertsontrust.org.uk
Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...
Instead of bending over backwards to try to help private investors profit from Scotland's natural capital, what if we use the government's ability to raise capital to get on with it through publicly-owned schemes which means we all benefit? www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/459-pr...
Private finance won’t fix Scotland’s nature crisis – only public investment can
Private investors aren’t funding new woodlands – we need public investment to step in instead.
futureeconomy.scot
Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...
UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat
Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm
independent.co.uk
Celebrating the solstice sunrise - on skates. Sighthill stone circle, Glasgow.
Ailsa Craig floating like a mirage above the sea, viewed from Whitelee windfarm this evening. Always amazes me how large this volcanic plug looks from here - it's 44 miles away!
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"Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050... About nine in 10 UK homes are likely to overheat." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
theguardian.com
Sun up before 6 am, sun down after 8.30 pm. The next four months are the best of the year.
Solar Glasgow@glasgow.solar.v.cx · 4mo agoThe sun will rise in #Glasgow #Scotland tomorrow at 5:59, 146 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 20:31, 122 seconds later than the day before.
We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately. This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇
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I'm a fan of (and subscriber to) @glasgowbell.bsky.social. It's notable how much of their excellent journalism is basically a result of simply having sufficient curiosity to run a search on Companies House. If only more of our media would #FollowTheMoney!
The Glasgow Bell@glasgowbell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat about the ownership of Union Corner? There's two main landlords at the centre. One is Afton Estates Ltd, who own the unit the vape shop is located in. The other is an offshore company with a trail to Tel Aviv. They own most of Union Corner. 👇
Will humanity’s insatiable appetite for meat be met through technology or will it consume the planet? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Humanity’s favourite food’: how to end the livestock industry but keep eating meat
Bruce Friedrich argues the only way to tackle the world’s insatiable but damaging craving for meat is like-for-like replacements like cultivated and plant-based meat
theguardian.com
What a terrific book cover! #illustration
Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 6mo agoGeorge Douglas Brown (1869–1902) was born #OTD, 26 January – best known for his 1901 novel THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS: “…the TRAINSPOTTING of its day… an angry young man’s response to the misrepresentation of contemporary Scottish life” A 🎂 🧵 💙📚 1/7 list.co.uk/news/39535/g...
We are seeking community members to get involved with the leadership and decision making for our upcoming Advancing Racial Justice Fund. The closing date for applications is 9am, 12th January 2025⤵️ www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/communi...
Community Co-production for our Advancing Racial Justice Fund
The Robertson Trust is seeking community members to get involved with the leadership and decision making for the upcoming Advancing Racial Justice Fund.
therobertsontrust.org.uk
Great to hear they'll be a brand new Screen Machine on the road from summer 2026. Pleased that Wm Grant Foundation was able to make a small contribution towards the cost. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Target reached to pay for a new Screen Machine mobile cinema
The cinema will serve Highlands and Islands and Argyll and Bute after a successful fundraising campaign.
bbc.com
Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 10mo agoHome Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.
Given what we know about the emissions associated with beef production, we should be placing as much emphasis on transitioning to chicken burgers as we are to EVs!
Jack McGovan@jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 10mo ago“Governments are reluctant to push hard on dietary change, livestock emissions, or fertilizer dependence because they trigger cultural sensitivities and risk political backlash," said @jessfanzo.bsky.social.
"Despair’s cheerleaders offer the same message that institutions all around us do: that power resides in the few, at the top. Part of resistance must consist in refusing to believe them..." Another brilliantly motivating read from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
Why climate despair is a luxury
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
newstatesman.com
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford. "I heard no compassion in what you said...". "I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities". Do read. blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
I feel this is a general principle that makes real change so hard to achieve. It's not so much getting the new stuff started, it's getting the old things stopped.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last yr.1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵 www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
'It is being auctioned by Savills, which describes it as in need of modernisation..' > 'modernisation' is doing some heavy lifting there, as expected to cost up to £3m. Vital that someone with the experience & ability to raise that kind of cash is successful at auction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coalition formed to save A-listed brutalist Bernat Klein studio
The dilapidated studio of textile designer Bernat Klein in the Borders is being sold at auction.
bbc.co.uk
If you, too, reside 'beyond the Tartan Curtain' you might be spitting out your porridge when you read about the author's account of moving to his 'Highland fastness' close by the 'low-key township' of Pitlochry... www.countrylife.co.uk/travel/whate...
‘Whatever do you do up there?’ enquire certain English infidels. The answer? ‘Lady, if ya gotta ask, ya’ll never know’: David Profumo's piece of heaven in Highland Perthshire
David Profumo on the joy and wonder of the Highlands.
countrylife.co.uk