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john bone
@johnbone.bsky.social
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contentedly retired academic (economics)
diatonic accordion fumbler (https://www.youtube.com/@ekhezlaik/videos)
shelfloads of #vinyl - not a collector though, just old.
#COYI btw
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Chatsworth & its gardens in all their glory, 1703. Huge picture by Jan Siberechts of Antwerp, whose day is today.
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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niesrorg.bsky.social
⚡️OUT NOW⚡️How #MinimumWage Rises Impact #Household Income 📈🏘️

In our latest #MondayInteview, just published, @adrianpabst.bsky.social, @econarnab.bsky.social, Larissa Marioni & Tibor Szendrei talk through their new research for the Low Pay Commission 👇

niesr.ac.uk/blog/how-min...
How Minimum Wage Rises Impact Household Income - NIESR
How do minimum wage rises affect household income & consumption? We outline some of the main findings that informed the upcoming rises to the minimum wage
niesr.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
johnbone.bsky.social
“A communications professional is only as good as the communications that they are communicating.”
Thanks Chris.
screenshot of Chris Mason on BBC News, commenting on the resignation of Tim Allan.
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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fotofacade.bsky.social
This has to be one of my favourite 👻ghost doors. Leaning back as if to accommodate the mighty St. Mary's in Beverley, Yorkshire. Hidden behind the east front of the church - it is of some age with some re-used medieval bricks.
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Meanwhile the boundless determination + ingenuity of British people calmly reclaiming community streets continues unabated 🏆

You can contribute to the quick, effective treatment of flag measles by helping to buy telescopic deflag poles

Drop the Division #BrumTogether
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/deflag
February 7, 2026 at 10:33 AM
johnbone.bsky.social
Luge if true.
Team GB skeleton helmet appeal dismissed by Court of Arbitration for Sport
The British skeleton team - among Team GB's best hopes for medals at the Winter Olympics - will not be able to wear their new helmets after the Court of Arbitration for Sport said they do not comply w...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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ottomanhistory.bsky.social
🏛️ An Ottoman Sıbyan School (Primary Education) with a Birdhouse, Istanbul, 1800.
February 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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roaringmeg.bsky.social
Birmingham Cooperative Society #Birmingham
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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hellojansen.com
HA!
G11 Barbers
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social
A Glimpse Of The Sun. 7°C and a gentle Southeasterly.
Rabbits.
A Glimpse Of The Sun. 7°C and a gentle Southeasterly. Rabbits.
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
johnbone.bsky.social
“Sue [Gray] didn’t want him near anything …She could probably see that all of this would happen.”
‘Pestering for a role’: how Mandelson talked his way back into the Labour fold
Officials, MPs and other insiders recall a need for clarity and Blair-era frisson before election – even if Sue Gray was wary
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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shabana.bsky.social
Mikhail Mikhailovich Germashev (Russian | 1867 - 1930). Dawn (oil on canvas).
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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dinahrose.bsky.social
Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
magdalenoxford.bsky.social Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 3d
Magdalen launches Sir Guenter Treitel Scholarships.

Each year, three Sir Guenter Treitel Scholars will be provided with full funding (fees and maintenance) to study the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Magdalen College.

Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social
Judge distinctly unimpressed that a lawyer filed a brief citing imaginary cases. Then does it again when called to address the first brief. Inevitably: AI.
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?

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Case 1:24-cv-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 1 of 33 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FLYCATCHER CORP. LTD and FLYCATCHER TOYS, INC., Plaintiffs, -V.- AFFABLE AVENUE LLC, doing business as CJ DIST; OZMOS COMPANY LLC; EYTAN GROSSMAN, doing business as EYG DEALS; CREATIVE REWARDS INC.; JOSHUA CHAVEZ, doing business as ONESTOPFASTSHOP; TOP EXPERIENCE COMPANY LLC, doing business as WE PAY COST LLC; PRETTY PRINCESS LLC, doing business as NORVI; AYANEE LLC; FORTUNA KG LLC, doing business as FORTUNAKG; JASON MANAGEMENT LLC; JOAN ALEXANDER SORIANO, doing business as PRIMECHOICEMART; A WAHABI CORPORATION, doing business as MCPROFITS; MODA ORIGINAL LLC; VALLEY BODEGA WHOLESALE INC.; EYAD WAHBY; SAM SHAMLOO; S&N GLOBAL SUPPLY INC.; VALUE VALLEY WHOLESALE LLC; ADAM HAMIDA; and JOHN DOES 1 to 25, Defendants. 24 Civ. 9429 (KPF) OPINION AND ORDER KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge: In June 2025, Steven A. Feldman, counsel for Defendant Affable Avenue LLC ("Affable"), filed a brief in support of Affable's motion to dismiss that was peppered with false citations. Concerned about both the genesis of these misstatements and counsel's delay in correcting them, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause. Perhaps not appreciating the gravity of the situation, Mr. Feldman responded to that Order with a submission that appeared to have been created by generative artificial intelligence ("Al"), and that itself contained a false citation. The Court's response was stern and unmistakable: "Mr. Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33 Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4). Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his submissions. Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes. And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering default judgment against it.
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
johnbone.bsky.social
Nice Econ101 test question: Evaluate the implied elasticity of demand for car parking in Edinburgh.

#EconSky
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Brown Knoll, Derbyshire.

The small tower sits over the air shaft of the Cowburn Railway Tunnel.

South of these moors the Dark Peak meets the White Peak, the hills of which are layered in the background here.

#Scape #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #Hiking #Moorland #PeakDistrict
Dark moorland in the foreground. A small, square tower squats on the edge of the moor, standing out against the background. That background is composed of pale, overlapping lines of hills and woodland, shrouded in mist, that stretch out into the far distance.
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
johnbone.bsky.social
“I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.” isn’t the greatest of headlines though.
zoejardiniere.bsky.social Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 3d
Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe -
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!

Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.

🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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vincenzodm.bsky.social
#OTD in 1497, Johannes Ockeghem, one of the most important composers in 15th c. Europe died. Born in the county of Hainaut, Burgundian Netherlands, he was active in Antwerp before moving to France where he would serve various kings
February 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht, #Amsterdam bu Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde, 1671-1672 (Rijksmuseum) Or what 17th century buildings looked liked when they were brand new...
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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deelilley.bsky.social
Improvisation 3, Wassily Kandinsky 1909
Improvisation 3, Wassily Kandinsky 1909
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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#EconSky
resmedia.bsky.social Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · 4d
⚙️ ‘Engineering the Industrial Revolution’ by W. Walker Hanlon explores how the rise of engineers as a profession turned invention into a systematic process and helped sustain the technological progress behind modern economic growth.

Read: bit.ly/4rD1fWi
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Dutch cyclist Piet Van Kempen having breakfast at a six-day event in 1936

📷Derek Berwin
A man rides a bike on a velodrome track while drinking a cup of coffee or tea and reading a newspaper. He's steering with one foot and pedaling with the other.
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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angusdunican.bsky.social
Out of nowhere, I was struck by the question, ‘Lembit Öpik… what was his fucking deal again?’ And was rewarded beyond my wildest dreams.
On 24 June 2018, Öpik was elected as the chairman of the self- proclaimed and unrecognised parliament of the micronation Asgardia during the first parliamentary session in Vienna, Austria. “The birth of the new space nation Asgardia" was announced in a press conference in Paris, France, on 12 October 2016, Öpik was elected for a second term as Chair of Asgardian Parliament on 25 August Asgardia, also known as the Space Kingdom of Asgardia and Asgardia the Space Nation, is a "virtual nation" formed by a group of people who have launched a satellite into Earth orbit. 4 They refer to themselves as "Asgardians" and they have given their satellite the name "Asgardia-1". They have declared sovereignty over the space occupied by and contained within Asgardia-1. The Asgardians have adopted a constitution!51 and they intend to access outer space free of the control of existing nations and establish a permanent settlement on the Moon by 2043.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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deelilley.bsky.social
Transvaalplein, Johan van Hell n.d.
Transvaalplein, Johan van Hell n.d.
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
johnbone.bsky.social
Christopher Chope now banging on about the Millennium Dome. The filibuster specialist can’t quite shake the habit.
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM