Paul Sandles
@paulsandles.bsky.social
UK legal librarian, village cricketer, classical music, history, archives, Tunbridge Wells resident, public sector
Any US tourists might well find that the 'tourist price' has just gone up a bit more for them specifically.
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Any US tourists might well find that the 'tourist price' has just gone up a bit more for them specifically.
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The End of the Economic World as We Knew It - Trump just blew up what was left of the world trading system. Other countries may, and indeed should, try to preserve what they can as a global public good, but the scale of the dispruption is so great that the more likely outcome is global chaos
The End of the Economic World as We Knew It
Focusing on Trump's tariffs risks missing the bigger picture. The consequences of upending the global economic order on this scale will not be limited to trade
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April 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The End of the Economic World as We Knew It - Trump just blew up what was left of the world trading system. Other countries may, and indeed should, try to preserve what they can as a global public good, but the scale of the dispruption is so great that the more likely outcome is global chaos
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet NHS assessors think it’s fine to leave her alone for hours at a time, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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January 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Serious question/request. Can we stop obsessing about Elon Musk on a platform made so we wouldn’t have to stay on his platform? We left. Can we just happily ignore him now? He loves the attention y’all are giving him. #ignoremusk
December 7, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Serious question/request. Can we stop obsessing about Elon Musk on a platform made so we wouldn’t have to stay on his platform? We left. Can we just happily ignore him now? He loves the attention y’all are giving him. #ignoremusk
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My God this salary. I love the British Library, I really do. I worked in the Dept. of Medieval Manuscripts as a curatorial fellow & then as a research associate; I have spent hundreds of hours there as a researcher. And I get it, this is the going rate for such positions in the UK. But Jesus Christ.
January 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My God this salary. I love the British Library, I really do. I worked in the Dept. of Medieval Manuscripts as a curatorial fellow & then as a research associate; I have spent hundreds of hours there as a researcher. And I get it, this is the going rate for such positions in the UK. But Jesus Christ.
Fussy organising of some old moribund tech and some light dusting
December 30, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Fussy organising of some old moribund tech and some light dusting
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
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Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
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I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer.
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December 17, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer.
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Absolutely Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫
📽: JAXA/NHK
📽: JAXA/NHK
December 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Absolutely Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫
📽: JAXA/NHK
📽: JAXA/NHK
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In other words, a supermajority of two thirds do not say Covid-19 response was overblown.
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
December 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
In other words, a supermajority of two thirds do not say Covid-19 response was overblown.
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
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Just catching up with Laura Kuenssberg interview with Yvette Cooper…’when can our viewers..?’… ‘what our viewers want to know …’ etc. Do all her viewers have the same views? How does she know? This patronising populist arrogance has echoes with GB News.
December 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Just catching up with Laura Kuenssberg interview with Yvette Cooper…’when can our viewers..?’… ‘what our viewers want to know …’ etc. Do all her viewers have the same views? How does she know? This patronising populist arrogance has echoes with GB News.
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🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
December 13, 2024 at 1:29 PM
🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
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Big step. Now time for government departments to follow suit.
The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Big step. Now time for government departments to follow suit.
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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
Well Sergei. It's been a blast spending so much time with you this year.
December 7, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Well Sergei. It's been a blast spending so much time with you this year.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
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This is fascinating - make sure to read the whole thread!
Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This is fascinating - make sure to read the whole thread!
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I used to come to the Brandenburg Gate in the early 1980s, when the wall ran in front of it and we had to climb the watchtowers to peer into the East. It always sends a shiver down my spine to be able just to walk through it. It's important not to forget there was a time when we couldn't.
December 6, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I used to come to the Brandenburg Gate in the early 1980s, when the wall ran in front of it and we had to climb the watchtowers to peer into the East. It always sends a shiver down my spine to be able just to walk through it. It's important not to forget there was a time when we couldn't.
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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New from me on Keir Starmer’s pick for cabinet secretary - Chris Wormald’s appointment is both conventional and surprising
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Keir Starmer picks Chris Wormald to get his missions off the ground | Institute for Government
What does Chris Wormald need to do to "rewire the British state"?
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December 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
New from me on Keir Starmer’s pick for cabinet secretary - Chris Wormald’s appointment is both conventional and surprising
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir...
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Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
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"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
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Head of MI6 says 'I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state' as he warns Russia would not stop if it wins in Ukraine
Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6, said that if Russia wins in Ukraine, China would "weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened, and Iran would become still more dangerous".
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December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
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