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Betty Offerman

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Edinburgh resident & community councillor • Interested in bikes & books

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In Scotland cooked porridge used to put in a drawer to set and then people would cut off slices to eat later on, either cold or fried. Start a soup drawer??

15.02.2026 20:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Leith Walk cycle lane blocked by two separate articulated lorries with all four wheels on the pavement.

Leith Walk cycle lane blocked by two separate articulated lorries with all four wheels on the pavement.

Yay! Cycle lanes.

06.02.2026 11:01 👍 22 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2

But look at the very very selfish locked bike partially blocking the teeny tiny zebra crossing. Shocker

06.02.2026 11:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Set of traffic lights destroyed by a motor vehicle alongside a floating bus stop

Set of traffic lights destroyed by a motor vehicle alongside a floating bus stop

The only danger to pedestrians at floating bus stops are motor vehicles

30.01.2026 11:04 👍 71 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
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Independent sector is now delivering 9-10% of all #NHS elective care. Higher still for admitted elective activity, with almost 1 in 5 admitted elective care

Yet consistently takes the simple more straightforward cases, making profit & building more capacity eg. Spire 30% of work

14.01.2026 12:28 👍 27 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 1
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🚨 Shocking Stats on Speeding Near Edinburgh Schools! 🚨

I’ve been exploring this fascinating tool: speeding.hasp.ac.uk

It uses GPS data to show how often goods vehicles are speeding in Edinburgh (and beyond). The results? Honestly worrying.

More>>

13.01.2026 11:53 👍 26 🔁 18 💬 8 📌 7
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Starmer says resident doctors would be irresponsible to strike in face of flu crisis PM urges medics to ‘do the responsible thing, accept the offer that’s on the table, and we can all move forward’

Or possibly the government are irresponsible not to employ enough doctors in the face of a flu crisis???
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

11.12.2025 18:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Carmageddon on Elm Row - echelon parking in the parallel parking encroaching on cycleway; parking in crossing area; parking on footway outside shops. This is supposed to be a place for people not a car park! Why no wardens? How about some signs to guide drivers?? @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

27.10.2025 13:47 👍 25 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 1
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Hundreds of homes to be built on five-a-side football pitches in Edinburgh The Edinburgh site, which is a World of Football venue, will be turned into affordable, student and build-to-rent homes.

Stop building more student flats in Edinburgh!

If there is a housing emergency, student flats wont fix it!

BBC News - Hundreds of homes to be built on five-a-side football pitches
www.bbc.com/news/article...

24.10.2025 08:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Graffiti on pedestrian push button to cross the road with WAIT lit up. Graffiti says ‘for what?’

Graffiti on pedestrian push button to cross the road with WAIT lit up. Graffiti says ‘for what?’

Suggestions on a postcard please

05.10.2025 08:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jonathan Coe, David Sedaris, Tim Moore, Louis de Bernieres, Tom Wolfe, Charles Carillo (My Ride With Gus), Tibor Fischer

01.09.2025 18:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is wrong with our society??? The police think an 11 YEAR OLD BOY failed to make proper observations to ensure he wasn’t going to be killed riding his bike to school 🤬

22.08.2025 10:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This August drivers hit three cyclists in one week on Edinburgh streets 

This is unacceptable 

Protest ride 

Friday August 22nd 7pm 

Middle Meadow Walk 

Join us to make cycling safer

This August drivers hit three cyclists in one week on Edinburgh streets This is unacceptable Protest ride Friday August 22nd 7pm Middle Meadow Walk Join us to make cycling safer

There’s been three crashes involving a driver hitting a cycling this August. They happened in the same week. This is unacceptable. We’re riding in protest of Edinburgh’s indifference toward cyclists this Friday 22nd August at 7pm. Meet at Middle Meadow Walk. Tell and bring everyone you know

20.08.2025 17:49 👍 45 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 4

Agree but the govt also needs to commit to doctors’ employment. 52% of foundation year 2 docs unable to find employment in the NHS this August according to recent BMA survey. I’m sure lots of them would happily commit if they could!

15.08.2025 07:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Don’t put your car where your eyes have not been first” Tricky, but manageable

15.08.2025 06:57 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

15.08.2025 06:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
People crowded at a bus stop - blocking movement along the pavement and access to a restaurant.
People forced to walk in the road whilst buses and cars drive by, all due to incompetent and cowardly Councillors unwilling to take responsibility.

People crowded at a bus stop - blocking movement along the pavement and access to a restaurant. People forced to walk in the road whilst buses and cars drive by, all due to incompetent and cowardly Councillors unwilling to take responsibility.

Compare and contrast.
Bus stops on South Bridge yesterday.
A dangerous chaotic mess
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Councillors have chosen to make people walk in the carriageway whilst refusing to restrict vehicle traffic.
Massive liability issue for the Council & major problem for local businesses

10.08.2025 10:53 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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People first means surviving of the weakest. Helsinki shows how real road safety works

See my crying quietly.

Is it really that hard to love people more than cars?

Why is Germany known for being a great place to speed on our highways - but not for protecting the vulnerable?

Helsinki, minä rakastan sinua!

medium.com/@backoffice_...

02.08.2025 07:16 👍 38 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act | John Crace The PM and his wife looked like they wanted to be anywhere else but Trump could – and almost did – go on all day

So brilliant!
Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act | John Crace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

29.07.2025 05:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hands down favourite 😂

24.07.2025 18:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hate the ‘greed’ rhetoric. I’ve never met a doctor who went into it for the money. They’re hard working, committed, clever people who are asking for (not demanding) pay commensurate with the job that they carry out day after day, often at great personal cost.

18.07.2025 12:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thread.
Drivers whine about how driving is ever more expensive, when it is getting cheaper.
We need to increase fuel duty, tax and even EV charging costs by inflation as we do public transport fares. OR even more to discourage driving

04.07.2025 07:51 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
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Peak rail fares to be scrapped by Scottish government More expensive fares for those travelling on trains during busy times will be removed from September.

For those south of the border and unaware, this is an entirely realistic policy proposal. Scotland trialled it and ridership increased by nearly 10%. They're making it permanent later this year:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.06.2025 20:17 👍 110 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
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Edinburgh's LEZ one year on: More walking and cycling, less pollution and fewer fines More people are walking, cycling and using public transport since the introduction of Edinburgh’s Low Emission Zone, new research claims.

And the sky didn’t fall in …

#Edinburgh

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

31.05.2025 06:54 👍 70 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 3

You can bring the rails back to the Roseburn Path and provide safe cycling in and out of the city centre. The two things are by no means mutually exclusive.

28.05.2025 17:18 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
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Finally unwrapped, nice to see you again @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social 💖 Can't wait for you to open again!

28.05.2025 15:53 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Reminder to all Holyrood Park users!

Tomorrow there will be a 2nd public meeting on the park. Details & registration via the link below.

Lorna Slater MSP has called the meeting to set up a "Friends of Holyrood Park" organisation, giving the community & stakeholders a say in the future of the park.

18.05.2025 16:22 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0