Open Data Camp (@odcamp.uk) is coming to #Birmingham on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026 💚💚💚
www.odcamp.uk/open-data-ca...
Tickets will be free (as always) and available soon.
#excited 🙂
#CivicTech
#OpenData
#unconference
Anything but them people
How many still have any tread on the soles?
Always thought wondered would be a better version
British data for British people
If libraries must put printed notices up don't make the big heading 'Notice' or even 'Polite Notice'.
The heading should be what the notice is about, not metadata about the paper.
and yes, great night, loved the visuals too
Ah, I was there too
Why?
Headline should be "of course basic public services should be universal". Weirdos.
This looks great, would love for the study to publish open data and create a replicable standard for the quantitative data e.g. membership, usage, across small areas
Data nerd - Thin end of the wedge
It's quite awkward having your order forgotten in a coffee shop. The longer you leave it the worse it gets as well. Don't want them to realise you've been waiting about half an hour.
In the end do you finish up waiting and give a cheery "thank you!" as you leave?
A shocking new investigation by Index reveals that Emily (not her real name), a school librarian in Greater Manchester, faced disciplinary action after stocking the book Men Who Hate Women.
Nearly 200 books were targeted. 1/4
By @katiedd.bsky.social
During their investigations, the school referred to their statutory obligations under the government's Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance documents and said that materials in the school should align to them. There is in fact no statutory guidance for school libraries because there is no obligation in law to have either a school library or a school librarian. Following Index's investigation into school library censorship in 2024, many librarians and supporting bodies have spoken to Index about the confusion this causes, with support for librarians and their books left to the whim of their schools’ senior teams. "We need the Department for Education to think about how to make the most of school librarians," Coiffait-Gunn said. "Why is it that prisoners and general citizens are entitled to prison and public libraries, but our children are not entitled to school libraries?"
School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho... by @katiedd.bsky.social via @indexoncensorship.org
#schoollibraries #censorship #childrights
A concerning case of school library censorship in Greater Manchester:
Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
SLG supported the librarian with expert guidance, and CILIP continues to speak out against censorship.
School libraries must remain safe, inclusive spaces @cilip.bsky.social
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Sure, that just doesn't necessarily mean that an investigation into the artist's identity can be defined as being in the public interest.
What makes it a public interest story?
If there is an overall message is that individual homes need to be understood that also seems reasonable. Have been in places where insulation has certainly had a negative affect, but of course due to particular circumstances.
If it was just saying overheating is caused by insulation, fair enough, but it doesn't seem to be saying that anywhere.
Can't see this article causing anything other than engaging more with the overall topic.
Ultimately it still just seems to be saying pair insulation with heat management other than just opening windows. Seems a stretch to be scaremongering.
It is, but it creates a link regardless. Either way, just thought the article seemed reasonable and not claiming anything absolutely wrong. The issues raised exist.
Appreciate the engagement.
Yes, and that seemed to be the point being made. Not fundamentally wrong.
It may well be overstated, or not significant enough, it just seems to be saying that question of ventilation always needs to be addressed as well.
No-one believes that, but thanks for confirming the original question 🙂
And the article seems to be saying both need to be designed together.
Not sure the article itself implies simplicity, seems the opposite.
Anyway, all good stuff.
Basically, is it possible that in certain circumstances (e.g. greenhouse style houses with lack of ventilation) insulation can increase overheating?
It's relying heavily on the 'can'.
But in the original message "improved insulation and draft proofing will not cause homes to overheat *as long as you can open a window*." you seem to validate that very 'can' but add extra info that the article itself also does.
Not sure it claims that anywhere. It just seems to suggest it can be a problem if ventilation and heat removal aren't also clearly built in. And that there are complexities to just opening a window.