Every time my kids lose a tooth I have to re-explain to my overly sentimental husband that we cannot keep the teeth, lest we change from 'sentimental parents' to 'collectors of human teeth' 😳

The real winners here are my children, who got €5 each to spend on ice creams and the arcade to let us watch football

When my children were little and wore those all in one rain suits, as I put them on them I would say 'if it isn't my old friend Mr McGreg with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg.' I was terribly disappointed that neither recognised it when we watched the episode.

Bethany Black@bethanyblack.bsky.social · 4w ago

What’s an obscure Simpsons quotes that’s ended up in your day to day arsenal? Whenever anything’s slightly inconvenient I find myself saying “Bob Dole don’t need that”

Switching on my work computer after a week's leave, am met with the message 'This group of resources is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation' same girl, same.

A delight to write this longread on the Irish Presidency for my good quiz pal Andrew's indispensable Previews. It started as a brisk #aras25 report but as I wrote it felt important to comprehensively contextualise the role to properly cover the race, so now it's longer than my dissertation. Enjoy!

Andrew Teale@andrewteale.me.uk · 10mo ago

Andrew's Previews is delighted to bring you a special guest post by @paddyduffy.bsky.social on tomorrow's Irish presidential election. Allow Paddy to take you on a historical tour of Áras an Uachtaráin and its residents, in the established Previews style... open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

There's a particularly grim irony in the political party which took a wrecking ball to the Probation Service now arguing that all defendants should have a pre-sentence report. If only

Pre-sentence reports are not an indication of the sentence to be passed on an offender, the chair of the Sentencing Council has said. Sir William Davis explained that reports from probation officers simply provided the court with information about the defendant rozenberg.substack.com/p/sense-in-s...

Sense in sentencing

What the justice secretary should do — and what she shouldn’t

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Very much enjoyed the new radio 4 series by @joannahs.bsky.social made me nostalgic for practice and will be recommending to students thinking of a career in criminal law

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This is such a distressing read. Yet another IPP prisoner losing their life in prison. It’s an important finding that the delays to his parole hearing contributed to his mental distress. Parole delays have had a devastating impact on many people. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Delays and neglect led to death of prisoner serving IPP sentence, jury finds

Inquest concludes that Haydar Jefferies took his own life after Surrey prison’s ‘serious failure’ to put him in place of safety

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UK writers of any kind: see below

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 2y ago

UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important. www.gov.uk/government/c...

After the scandals of Post Office and the Single Justice Procedure, the government is targeting reform of private prosecutions Fantastic news www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/post...

Private prosecutions face reform after Post Office scandal

The government is drawing up plans for private prosecution reform after the Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

standard.co.uk

This is not surprising, those of us who have participated in end of life care of a loved one (and often heard from the dying person how out of control they feel) know all too well the reality of terminal illness.

Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is very interesting in Sunday Times. Those who have lost a parent in their life are more likely to support assisted dying than those who haven’t. It’s intensely personal isn’t it - personal experience can shape views both ways. www.thetimes.com/article/97d2...