In case people are confused by Matt Goodwin's suggestion that all academics get masses of funding from dodgy organisations, let's be clear: the best most of us can do is a few small grants that cover expenses for the occasional train journey to London.
Reform’s deputy leader is under pressure over the same kind of allegations he once used to bash Angela Rayner
✏️ Jonn Elledge
Every reference to 'welfare' ever should have 'including pensions' or 'excluding pensions' in parentheses next to the word.
All interviewers/articles should clarify at first use whether the word includes or excludes. Interviews should be stopped if unclear.
Because frankly it's getting tedious.
Native bluebell
Native bluebells
Beech coming into leaf
Elsewhere in Moss Valley, bluebells, and beech leaves at their tender great-in-a-salad stage.
Lesser Celandine?
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Celandine, on the edge of Moss Valley, just S of Hazelbarrow Farm and the Sheffield ring road.
Milkmaid's Purse
Milkmaid's Purse on the upper level of the the capped landfill site in Sheffield's Gleadless Valley.
The late Tony Benn set out five questions about power. In his final speech to the House of Commons he said that on meeting any powerful person, one should always ask: What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?
"How can we get rid of you?"
The immense significance of the defeat of Orbán's illiberal political machine and methodology
By me at the Empty City substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-can-we...
There’s a lot of confusion right now among journalists and MP about secondary legislation and what a possible EU deal would mean.
A quick thread to clear a few things up on votes, Henry VIII powers & parliamentary scrutiny. 🧵
1/ First: what is a “normal parliamentary vote”?
Milkmaid's Purse
Milkmaid's Purse on the upper level of the the capped landfill site in Sheffield's Gleadless Valley.
Share the joy! A wonderful, hopeful read.
Pope brings the heat.
‘The absolute friend is the truth’: inside Byron Nicolaides’ reckoning over City & Guilds feweek.co.uk/the-absolute-friend-is-t...
The bluebells are coming through (and there's masses of lush wild garlic) at the top end of Rollestone Wood in Sheffield's Gleadless Valley.
The bluebells are coming through (and there's masses of lush wild garlic) at the top end of Rollestone Wood in Sheffield's Gleadless Valley.
New homelessness village opens in South Lanarkshire featuring 15 Nest Houses made by Matt Stevenson’s Ecosystems Technologies.
Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn said: “If you create an environment where people grow in confidence, build relationships it’s the first step in tackling homelessness.”
Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post
(4) If organizations are failing to add alt text, especially if they are a public service or working with disabled people, DM or preferably email them to ask that they make their posts accessible.
Useful resource to send: www.accessible-social.com
Cheers Sarah!
Sheep and Collie.
Overconfident sheep between Moorhall and Unthank, 4km SW of Dronfield. There are lapwings are overhead.
Enjoyed this 40-minute film from forty years ago, about the work of ”dirty British coaster” the Carrick, especially the phlegmatic attitude of skipper and owner Rick Waters, who says: “I resent people calling my ship a rust-bucket. She's an old lady who needs the occasional helping hand.”
The nonjudgmental descriptive detail and the openness of crew-members is terrific.
wereallgeeks.wordpress.com/2023/05/02/o... (but it was never "released")
“Seeing footage of what happens when swifts return to a blocked nest is deeply upsetting. They repeatedly try to access their entry point, sometimes with fatal consequences.”
Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Sheep and Collie.
Overconfident sheep between Moorhall and Unthank, 4km SW of Dronfield. There are lapwings are overhead.
One thing you can say about this administration is that they are most definitely connoiseurs of the totalitarian aesthetic www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Hi Joseph, I wanted to let you know that I have regained access to Microsoft Partner Center portal following the intervention of Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman who connected me with relevant Microsoft people. Media coverage like yours was very helpful to get my case heard. I really appreciate that. Regards, Mounir IDRASSI
The VeraCrypt dev got back in www.404media.co/microsoft-ab...
Hawthorn flower buds.
Only a few days to go before the Hawthorn flowers on the capped municipal landfill sites in Sheffield's Gleadless Valley, close to Cat Lane Woods:
