Michael Sleigh
@msleigh.io
Head of Integrated Forecast Systems at ECMWF. Ex-physicist (previously Group Leader for Computational Physics at AWE). Interested in HPC, software, scientific computing, classical guitar, music
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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#hpc #supercomputing #AI Argonne expands nation’s AI infrastructure with powerful new supercomputers and public-private partnerships www.anl.gov/article/argo...
Argonne expands nation’s AI infrastructure with powerful new supercomputers and public-private partnerships
www.anl.gov
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
#hpc #supercomputing #AI Argonne expands nation’s AI infrastructure with powerful new supercomputers and public-private partnerships www.anl.gov/article/argo...
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It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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anyway, some actually useful tips to mitigate any loss: make sure your notifications don't show their content on the lock screen - set them so you have to unlock the phone to see them. Make sure you've got theft detection turned on, which locks the phone if it's snatched.
October 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
anyway, some actually useful tips to mitigate any loss: make sure your notifications don't show their content on the lock screen - set them so you have to unlock the phone to see them. Make sure you've got theft detection turned on, which locks the phone if it's snatched.
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BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
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What’s worrying here is that the UK government seems absolutely determined to access user private data, no matter the bad press and the consequences. And they’re now willing to do it overtly. Between this and recent moves against encryption in the EU, we’re going to a bad place.
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What’s worrying here is that the UK government seems absolutely determined to access user private data, no matter the bad press and the consequences. And they’re now willing to do it overtly. Between this and recent moves against encryption in the EU, we’re going to a bad place.
This Flight Tonight - the songs of Joni Mitchell. Loved this, highly recommended www.zervaspepperjonitribute.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This Flight Tonight - the songs of Joni Mitchell. Loved this, highly recommended www.zervaspepperjonitribute.com
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It’s too much liquid going into the baby!
September 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It’s too much liquid going into the baby!
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The Radio 4 “In our time” archive is a goldmine and the range is astounding. In the last week or so I’ve listened to the Industrial Revolution (x 2), Typology, Pope Joan and Bacteriophages
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Radio 4 “In our time” archive is a goldmine and the range is astounding. In the last week or so I’ve listened to the Industrial Revolution (x 2), Typology, Pope Joan and Bacteriophages
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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Over time the Labour Party might discover that being seen to be overly submissive towards the Trump administration might go down very badly with core voters that it needs
To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Over time the Labour Party might discover that being seen to be overly submissive towards the Trump administration might go down very badly with core voters that it needs
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Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Next week, we will mark our 50th anniversary in Bologna, Italy, with a series of events:
• 21st Workshop on HPC in meteorology
• Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025)
• 3rd ECMWF Destination Earth Annual Meeting
• European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
• 21st Workshop on HPC in meteorology
• Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025)
• 3rd ECMWF Destination Earth Annual Meeting
• European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Next week, we will mark our 50th anniversary in Bologna, Italy, with a series of events:
• 21st Workshop on HPC in meteorology
• Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025)
• 3rd ECMWF Destination Earth Annual Meeting
• European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
• 21st Workshop on HPC in meteorology
• Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025)
• 3rd ECMWF Destination Earth Annual Meeting
• European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
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👥 Join us at #EESSI CI/CD Hackathon, 2 October 2025 in Copenhagen!
Dive deep into the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for scientific software in #HPC environments.
📝 Registration is OPEN! www.eessi.io/docs/trainin...
@eessi.bsky.social
Dive deep into the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for scientific software in #HPC environments.
📝 Registration is OPEN! www.eessi.io/docs/trainin...
@eessi.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
👥 Join us at #EESSI CI/CD Hackathon, 2 October 2025 in Copenhagen!
Dive deep into the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for scientific software in #HPC environments.
📝 Registration is OPEN! www.eessi.io/docs/trainin...
@eessi.bsky.social
Dive deep into the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for scientific software in #HPC environments.
📝 Registration is OPEN! www.eessi.io/docs/trainin...
@eessi.bsky.social
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This government needs to grow a spine, a stomach, and a sense of moral purpose right now. Yes, I know that is vanishingly unlikely.
I wrote about this the other day, but I do think it's underappreciated how the lack of interest in government for arguing for a world we might want to live has allowed some of the worst of us to creep in.
sat on a train near some drunk white bloke who, one assumes, was out on the march today and he spent ages physically threatening a black guy but also, for some reason, telling him he was going to rape him? but anyway everything feels great in Britain right now
September 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This government needs to grow a spine, a stomach, and a sense of moral purpose right now. Yes, I know that is vanishingly unlikely.
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British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
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Good science explains unexpected observations, but great science predicts things only later confirmed from observations. Brilliant article from Nadir Jeevanjee on the fundamental correctness of climate models and the incredible work of Syukuro Manabe. theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
From rising global temperatures to the fast-warming Arctic, early climate models predicted the changes half a century ago.
theconversation.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Good science explains unexpected observations, but great science predicts things only later confirmed from observations. Brilliant article from Nadir Jeevanjee on the fundamental correctness of climate models and the incredible work of Syukuro Manabe. theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
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'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
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Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK
Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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The fact that Reform were trying to run a person who had been dead for six months as their Croydon Mayoral candidate is proof if it were needed that they are not a serious party.
It demonstrates abject incompetence and no vetting as well as utter contempt for the electorate.
It demonstrates abject incompetence and no vetting as well as utter contempt for the electorate.
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The fact that Reform were trying to run a person who had been dead for six months as their Croydon Mayoral candidate is proof if it were needed that they are not a serious party.
It demonstrates abject incompetence and no vetting as well as utter contempt for the electorate.
It demonstrates abject incompetence and no vetting as well as utter contempt for the electorate.
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It is clearly the case that asylum protests were smaller this weekend than the small over-hyped protests on August 8th, and smaller than in the second half of July.
No broadcast outlet has accurately conveyed that + asked why: they have explicitly stated and inferred growing protests
No broadcast outlet has accurately conveyed that + asked why: they have explicitly stated and inferred growing protests
August 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It is clearly the case that asylum protests were smaller this weekend than the small over-hyped protests on August 8th, and smaller than in the second half of July.
No broadcast outlet has accurately conveyed that + asked why: they have explicitly stated and inferred growing protests
No broadcast outlet has accurately conveyed that + asked why: they have explicitly stated and inferred growing protests
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The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety
The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety
US policymakers should take heed, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation
opinion Implementation of the U.K.'s Online Safety Act is giving internet users around the globe – including those in U.S. states moving to enact their own age verification laws – real-time proof that such laws impinge on everyone's rights to speak, read, and view freely. …
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August 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety
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‘The belief that full-time education is the gold standard destination for all young people needs revising. Decent work with training is more beneficial for some.’ @gavin-kelly.bsky.social challenges some orthodoxies
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Let’s not forget the young people without GCSEs
We should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds
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August 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
‘The belief that full-time education is the gold standard destination for all young people needs revising. Decent work with training is more beneficial for some.’ @gavin-kelly.bsky.social challenges some orthodoxies
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UK regulation of the internet continues to be mind-numbing stupid.
Ministers have spent years passing laws giving the power to fine tech companies billions if they don’t moderate legal content that could harm certain audiences. Now they’re threatening fines of billions if they moderate it ‘wrong’.
Ministers have spent years passing laws giving the power to fine tech companies billions if they don’t moderate legal content that could harm certain audiences. Now they’re threatening fines of billions if they moderate it ‘wrong’.
August 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
UK regulation of the internet continues to be mind-numbing stupid.
Ministers have spent years passing laws giving the power to fine tech companies billions if they don’t moderate legal content that could harm certain audiences. Now they’re threatening fines of billions if they moderate it ‘wrong’.
Ministers have spent years passing laws giving the power to fine tech companies billions if they don’t moderate legal content that could harm certain audiences. Now they’re threatening fines of billions if they moderate it ‘wrong’.
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Just one chart from the @metoffice.gov.uk State of the UK climate report published today. We get used to focusing on the record highs and how 35C has gone from being rare to routine. But just look at all those summers which never got to 30C even in my lifetime. It’s a different UK now.
July 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just one chart from the @metoffice.gov.uk State of the UK climate report published today. We get used to focusing on the record highs and how 35C has gone from being rare to routine. But just look at all those summers which never got to 30C even in my lifetime. It’s a different UK now.