Here's a nice example from 56 North, Edinburgh #Scots

Why must we have US English all over Scotland (this is St Enoch's Shopping Centre, Glasgow) and wouldn't it be braw if we used #Scots instead, i.e., 'The Cludgies' 😄 - use it or lose it Scots Language Centre

'Service work sucks', says this video, which discusses the dehumanising effects on workers and their (increasingly badly-behaved) customers; the #fairwork agenda finds it hard to even get near this, let alone address it Patricia Findlay Fair Work Convention

Poor quality build is happening everywhere, yet #London of all places should have leverage; reminded of Peter Hall's 2013 work, discussing how the UK could rediscover the 'lost art' of #urbanism - seems we haven't yet @rtpi Royal Institute of British Architects Architects Climate Action Network
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Ahh, this stuff is difficult, for everything is interconnected, addressing one problem creates new ones; outcomes are unintended or perverse; impossible dilemmas proliferate; still government tries, we can rely on that Laurie Macfarlane Richard Marsh Susan Murray

Actually I tend to agree; though I'm a proponent of #heatpumps , (and my own one is def not noisy) the disinformation might not be best addressed by 'mythlists'; often the right answer is 'it depends'; the issues need to be teased out & discussed without heat (forgive the pun😉)

This news can hardly come as a surprise; perhaps a timely reminder that it's not targets, or even policies, that really matter, it's practices #NetZero #Scotland 2050 Climate Group bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…

Unfortunately The City of Edinburgh Council are guilty of repeating at least one of these #heatpump myths incl. the howler that they don't really work below 7oC!! 😬 With the deluge of misinformation, all comms need super-careful checking Chas Booth 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Nigel Bagshaw

Another facet of #AirBnB 's trading practices; landlords, tenants and guests are all adversely affected; the need for regulation and scrutiny continues; meanwhile, the company are laughing all the way to the bank 🤑Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) theguardian.com/money/2024/apr…