It'll probably be a while before autonomous drones and LLMs can enjoy this bottle of Crianza, this tomato sauce made with home grown veg, and this simple bowl of pasta as much as I am. Until then ...

I just published Connecting #Communities to #SocialCare Reform on Medium. jonglue.medium.com/connecting-c...

Connecting Communities to Social Care Reform

In the UK we have a new Prime Minister who said he will put “whatever political capital I have into fixing” social care. With an…

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Tell us about the £5 million bung Grifter.

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉@paddyopatrick.bsky.social · last wk.

Farage self proclaimed man of the people focuses on the number one issue worrying every household in UK It’s not Cost of Living Crisis, it’s not worrying about losing jobs, education, or healthcare It’s Millionaires leaving UK.. yup 😱 Fun Fact - Millionaire Farage used a tax haven to avoid tax🤷🏼‍♂️

Does he mean "Come on Nige, let's carry on f*cking up the country and we can split the Russian dosh." ? www.ft.com/content/9dea... I pity these snakes trying to deal with each other, all the while knowing they will be betrayed instantly the opportunity to cash in arises.

Rupert Lowe offers to find ‘common way forward’ with Reform UK

Comments by Restore Britain founder come as Nigel Farage’s party slips in polls and faces scrutiny over its finances

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Wishing a Happy #Lammas to all my Pagan friends and fellow growers. "Crom is our god, and he lives in the ground." #CromDubh #Lughnasadh

The Darley Oak, Cornwall At least 800 years old, and a much loved tree Photo: Greg Martin

I do “colour-me-in” cards for kids (of all ages) ideal for keeping little ones occupied in the hols & then they can send them to their grandparents: win:win! 10🦑per pack of three :) Find them in my Kofi shop (there are also free colour-in resources too) ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop #bsnm #summerfun

Just watched this excellent explainer on the Nazi 'economic miracle'. Interesting in many ways, but (to me) about the role of conspiracy theories in the present. Short thread 🧵1/5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlb...

How the Nazis created an economic miracle

YouTube video by Money & Macro

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Some Friday number crunching.... From the latest issue of Private Eye - in shops now. Or save money and subcribe at www.subsonline.co.uk 📪

Reform UK Councillors, know the 5 stages.

I've been watching the extensions in our road crawl slowly down the back gardens over the last 40 years, eroding the oasis of garden-to-garden green space. A fox chat on our lawn overnight, where I normally sit. Can't blame it for defending its space! 🦊

“Something fundamental has changed. Nigel Farage for the first time is looking vulnerable” Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on her latest deep dive into George Cottrell

🐷 Pigs in troughs!!

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2w ago

The new Health Secretary took more than £165,000 from donors linked with the private healthcare sector, it has emerged

Got sent to do a graveyard clearance. We were told we had 3 days because there were only 8 headstones in the area to clear, and we could do two burials a day each because the headstones were all 20th Century. However, the graveyard was 1,100 years old...

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

Kemi Badenoch repeatedly refuses to say whether she supports devolution, telling the BBC only that: "If you devolve to good people they will do good things, if you devolve to bad people they will do bad things". Is that really all she has to say about it?

Yes indeed, a new record: we've been heading there for a while and yesterday afternoon the island finally saw a full third of electricity demand being met by solar farms! ☀️ Great to see folks using our records page to follow these occurrences in real-time: www.greencollective.io/dashboard/re...

The lie in tamer@iamreddave.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ireland seems to have again broken the record for percentage solar electricity today 33.4% of demand covered by Solar farms. When domestic (50%+ of farms) and Imported solar are added we likely broke 50% solar. Data and visuals from @greencollective.io

would anyone happen to know some queers in Cork city looking for a roommate? I can afford up to about 700 a month on rent and I'm looking to move the first two weeks of august. little bit desperate so would be appreciatted if you shared withya friends :]

Now I've seen everything. Credit: Marshfamilysongs #Clacton

The headroom is small The people who could boost the economy are far away

I'm old enough to remember the Falkands war (I wasn't in it, TBC). No-one should be mentioning a football match in the same breath as a terrible, messy, bloody hell in which hundreds of young men died, often badly, alone, terrified, wondering how the f*ck they got there. I hope they can all RIP.

"The department posted applications online on Monday for $1mn-$3mn grants for European civil society and non-governmental organisations as well as educational institutions and for-profit groups seeking to “address national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges..." 🤡

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 3w ago

The US state department is offering grants of up to $3mn for Maga-aligned European groups that combat “censorship” and develop “civilisational bonds” between the US and the continent. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"Verify your age" My white beard is more than six inches long (that's 153mm to you, Sonny Jim).

Kate Bevan@katebevan.com · 3w ago

"Verify your age" I wrote my degree dissertation on a typewriter

Food insecurity is a “widespread, severe” issue for disabled people, with rising costs a “significant” challenge, according to evidence to an inquiry just as the govt released a report on disability benefit reform. #FoodPoverty #DisabilityPoverty www.disabilitynewsservice.com/food-insecur...

Food insecurity is widespread, severe and systemic for disabled people, evidence to inquiry concludes

Food insecurity* is a “widespread, severe, and systemic” issue for disabled people, with rising food costs a “significant” challenge, according to evidence submitted to an inquiry just as the gover…

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#RomanSiteSaturday! The architectural perfection of Timgad, Algeria, is consistently striking in aerial views. The Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi was founded in 100 AD. Its plan, laid out with great precision, is Roman urban planning at its best. 📷 Georg Steinmetz 🏺 #archaeology

Ha! Thank you translator friends, we made Politico re. Count Binface / Conte Faccia-da-Bidone etc

I went to Porto Montenegro to find out why so many Reform money men have businesses registered to a grubby looking office building a stone's throw from the luxury yachts on the glittering marina. Feat. me visiting my first casino. www.opendemocracy.net/inside-refor...

Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro

Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?

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The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand.

Does your town or village need allotments? Did you know Green Allotments Charity funds the purchase of Land for new allotments? For you and your community and future generations. We are a friendly and inclusive bunch, please get in touch if you would like to learn more. #🌱🇬🇧