Really saddened to hear the news that Keith Wakefield has passed away, he was such an encouragement to me when I was a young councillor navigating process and egos, and he laid the blueprint for so much of the work that has made Leeds stand out nationally in the last decade.
Happy Meldrew Point Day, Jim Parsons! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!
Absolute scenes: the news announces the world's best pizza is in London - we simultaneously exclaim "fuck off"
Wondering whether I should tell @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social there's a tradesman in Leeds that's a David Batty lookalike? Can he afford to needlessly reboard his loft every week?
Which of England's roads carries the most buses? by me, with #OpenStreetMap and related tools cultivate-transport.uk/blog.html
All of England's buses for an hour | cultivate transport
cultivate-transport.uk
In this week's members article, I've taken a deep dive into some early-season data to see how York stack up against their League Two rivals. 🔴 York top the table for possession, with an average of 64.7%. This continues the trend from the National League in 2024/25 & 2025/26.
🧵The spelling shew (and past participle shewn) was standard across British and American English through the 18th and early 19th centuries. By the mid-19th century British English largely standardised around show and shown, phasing out shew and shewn in mainstream writing, This example
Canadian PM Mark Carney arrives at Hill Dickinson Stadium for tonight's game
The cat is out of the bag with A1, I struggle to see how two nations with different ideologies can slow the progress especially when one has pursued an open data strategy. The latter creates the environment for other nations/actors to get involved.
Hope this isn't a total "find and replace" on all official NHS documents - if I'm asked if I have "a warm hand over" in my pants next time I have thrush, I'm going to be very confused.
🧵Early subscription libraries in Yorkshire emerged in the 18th century. These libraries allowed middle-class members to pool money to buy and preserve books. The most important example is The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription
There's two infra related points why it's perceived to be isolated from the centre 1/3
The Exchange@theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · last wk.What happens to a multi-million-pound commercial district when its anchor tenant pulls out? In Leeds Dock the big gamble on Sky didn't pay off. Can its fortunes be turned around? theexchange.news/leeds-dock-future-royal-armouries/
Having read this a) I don't think the tech peeps are the best people to set a regulatory framework b) they're concerned China will overtake them ... darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
darioamodei.com
*Absolute scenes* on the way home yesterday where a couple, on a packed bus, had placed a bag on *checks notes* the seat in front of them
Has Andy Burnham made a public statement on the mackerel swap-out scandal yet?
It's 2026 and yet a the bell on a bus can still be pressed multiple times for a stop, not sure how the drivers cope tbqfhwy
Good corrective to some lazy stereotypes about Europe's labour market from @chrisgiles.ft.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
On Europe’s economy, let’s ditch the lazy stereotypes
Despite careful, consistent labour market reforms, the continent has not lived down to its image as work-shy
giftarticle.ft.com
Perhaps the intelligence on the group was they'd just end up making tits of themselves ...
Another interesting article by the @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social I did struggle with the premise of locals vs visitors. There was no evidence either way on whether the litter bugs were local or not theexchange.news/the-wharfe-w...
The Wharfe water war
How class and climate have collided on Ilkley’s riverbanks
theexchange.news
🚨 Brand new post: A Housing (and Civic) History of Huddersfield: the first post takes the story up to 1918, when Huddersfield - the second town to build council housing - was ‘as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h...
Here @stephenkb.bsky.social seeks to remind the Labour government, old & new, that the point + purpose of recognising "legitimate concerns" about immigration was to understand how to differentiate these from *illegitimate concerns* rooted in intimidation + xenophobia www.ft.com/content/2279...
Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery
A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse
ft.com
Another late equaliser - 96th minute - means Everton remain undefeated since we have had an Evertonian prime minister
I've just nominated Everton's ground staff for a Pride of Britain award
Things like this are so deeply frustrating. It messes up our communities and costs the taxpayer money to clear. For those who can get to them, our recycling centres accept textile-based waste.
