Pamela Duncan
@porcelinad.bsky.social
Data editor with the Guardian + data trainer + external examiner at Cardiff. "I ❤️ spreadsheets" mug-owner. Python for the big stuff. Happiest when in/on/by the sea. Reserve the right to show off my latest Amigurumi.
Now we're cooking on gas (quite literally)
October 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Now we're cooking on gas (quite literally)
🎅🏻 The “Santa Claus effect”: booming tourism in Lapland is eating into green space in Finland, with a huge number of UK and Irish Irish tourists descending in Nov/Dec
The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space
The number of visitors to the region has risen 160% in 30 years as concerns grow for its fragile ecosystem and indigenous practices
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🎅🏻 The “Santa Claus effect”: booming tourism in Lapland is eating into green space in Finland, with a huge number of UK and Irish Irish tourists descending in Nov/Dec
The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m a few days late to this (busy life, what can I say)...
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.
The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.
The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’m a few days late to this (busy life, what can I say)...
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.
The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.
The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
@johncreedon.bsky.social I am very much NOT in the Morrisey camp...but my god you made up for it with Sam Cooke, the Strokes and the Libertines...you're a good egg John. No request required but tell Tim he isn't a bad egg either.
April 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@johncreedon.bsky.social I am very much NOT in the Morrisey camp...but my god you made up for it with Sam Cooke, the Strokes and the Libertines...you're a good egg John. No request required but tell Tim he isn't a bad egg either.
There are so many things to love about the Isle of Scilly's autorresponse to our recent FOI that I'm considering moving there...
no casinos, no high rise buildings, no car parks or parking spaces from which we collect fees or charges...no parking inspectors"...
no casinos, no high rise buildings, no car parks or parking spaces from which we collect fees or charges...no parking inspectors"...
March 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There are so many things to love about the Isle of Scilly's autorresponse to our recent FOI that I'm considering moving there...
no casinos, no high rise buildings, no car parks or parking spaces from which we collect fees or charges...no parking inspectors"...
no casinos, no high rise buildings, no car parks or parking spaces from which we collect fees or charges...no parking inspectors"...
A labour of love with an insanely good Guardian and international team.
Simon Goodley, Zoe Wood, @michaelgoodier.bsky.social , @juliettegarside.bsky.social , @occrp.org, SVT & 30+ news organisations across Europe 💪
Simon Goodley, Zoe Wood, @michaelgoodier.bsky.social , @juliettegarside.bsky.social , @occrp.org, SVT & 30+ news organisations across Europe 💪
Most of us know a friend or a relative who has lost money to online scammers.
What we didn’t know until now are that British citizens are targeted more than any other group. Canadians come second. Why? Because they are relatively wealthy and speak English.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
What we didn’t know until now are that British citizens are targeted more than any other group. Canadians come second. Why? Because they are relatively wealthy and speak English.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
March 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A labour of love with an insanely good Guardian and international team.
Simon Goodley, Zoe Wood, @michaelgoodier.bsky.social , @juliettegarside.bsky.social , @occrp.org, SVT & 30+ news organisations across Europe 💪
Simon Goodley, Zoe Wood, @michaelgoodier.bsky.social , @juliettegarside.bsky.social , @occrp.org, SVT & 30+ news organisations across Europe 💪
Exclusive analysis carried out by the Guardian found 760 rooms being advertised in hotels, apartments and other holiday rentals in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank inc. East Jerusalem on AirBnB and Booking.com.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Exclusive analysis carried out by the Guardian found 760 rooms being advertised in hotels, apartments and other holiday rentals in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank inc. East Jerusalem on AirBnB and Booking.com.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"Dressed in black stockings, and wigs for the Lords, clerks carry bundles of messages tied in silk ribbons...the language in which the messages are written is…Norman French"
A bizarre (& fascinating) take on the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Béau travau fait @direthoughts.com
A bizarre (& fascinating) take on the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Béau travau fait @direthoughts.com
What is the House of Lords and what do peers do?
Details of what goes on in the UK parliament’s upper chamber, where messages are written in Norman French and peers can claim £361 a day
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Dressed in black stockings, and wigs for the Lords, clerks carry bundles of messages tied in silk ribbons...the language in which the messages are written is…Norman French"
A bizarre (& fascinating) take on the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Béau travau fait @direthoughts.com
A bizarre (& fascinating) take on the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Béau travau fait @direthoughts.com
Reposted by Pamela Duncan
Can the EU stop Musk?
‘Only one institution on the planet is large enough and powerful enough to write and enforce laws that could make the tech companies change their policies. (…) But for how much longer will the EU have this authority?’
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
‘Only one institution on the planet is large enough and powerful enough to write and enforce laws that could make the tech companies change their policies. (…) But for how much longer will the EU have this authority?’
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Can the EU stop Musk?
‘Only one institution on the planet is large enough and powerful enough to write and enforce laws that could make the tech companies change their policies. (…) But for how much longer will the EU have this authority?’
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
‘Only one institution on the planet is large enough and powerful enough to write and enforce laws that could make the tech companies change their policies. (…) But for how much longer will the EU have this authority?’
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
@johncreedon.bsky.social I must say I very much enjoyed the Boom Town Rats on Jools the other night... any chance of a the Great Song of Indifference by himself? And a very happy 2025 to you JC
January 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@johncreedon.bsky.social I must say I very much enjoyed the Boom Town Rats on Jools the other night... any chance of a the Great Song of Indifference by himself? And a very happy 2025 to you JC
@johncreedon.bsky.social
John, you are an actual legend (Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"...WHAT a shout!!!)
Xmas eve eve is myself and Tim's Xmas (before the family madness)...so can you please wish him a very happy Christmas from me.
Thank you for another year of savage tunes
John, you are an actual legend (Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"...WHAT a shout!!!)
Xmas eve eve is myself and Tim's Xmas (before the family madness)...so can you please wish him a very happy Christmas from me.
Thank you for another year of savage tunes
December 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM
@johncreedon.bsky.social
John, you are an actual legend (Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"...WHAT a shout!!!)
Xmas eve eve is myself and Tim's Xmas (before the family madness)...so can you please wish him a very happy Christmas from me.
Thank you for another year of savage tunes
John, you are an actual legend (Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"...WHAT a shout!!!)
Xmas eve eve is myself and Tim's Xmas (before the family madness)...so can you please wish him a very happy Christmas from me.
Thank you for another year of savage tunes
Christmas begins...
December 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Christmas begins...
🎼On the 12 days of Christmas,
My young cousin and me,
Will get into a very cold sea...
We are doing it for two brilliant local charities: Cancer Care West and Liquid Therapy.
We'd really appreciate your donations, big or small:
gofund.me/d4036430
My young cousin and me,
Will get into a very cold sea...
We are doing it for two brilliant local charities: Cancer Care West and Liquid Therapy.
We'd really appreciate your donations, big or small:
gofund.me/d4036430
Donate to 12 Dips of Christmas, organized by Pamela Duncan
On the 12 days of Christmas,
My young cousin and me,
Will get into a very cold sea ;
We are d… Pamela Duncan needs your support for 12 Dips of Christmas
gofund.me
December 22, 2024 at 9:15 PM
🎼On the 12 days of Christmas,
My young cousin and me,
Will get into a very cold sea...
We are doing it for two brilliant local charities: Cancer Care West and Liquid Therapy.
We'd really appreciate your donations, big or small:
gofund.me/d4036430
My young cousin and me,
Will get into a very cold sea...
We are doing it for two brilliant local charities: Cancer Care West and Liquid Therapy.
We'd really appreciate your donations, big or small:
gofund.me/d4036430
Is it just me or does Elon Musk increasingly seem like a man intent on taking down society for the lulz
December 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Is it just me or does Elon Musk increasingly seem like a man intent on taking down society for the lulz
What I know about football (soccer to our American friends) you could write on the back of a tiny stamp...
...but if it's your thing HERE is a list of every male player ever to have received a Guardian top 100 ranking...happy Xmas football fans ⚽️🎁!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
...but if it's your thing HERE is a list of every male player ever to have received a Guardian top 100 ranking...happy Xmas football fans ⚽️🎁!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
See how every judge voted for the 100 best male footballers in 2024
This year 197 judges took part and here we give you the chance to see how every single point was awarded
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
What I know about football (soccer to our American friends) you could write on the back of a tiny stamp...
...but if it's your thing HERE is a list of every male player ever to have received a Guardian top 100 ranking...happy Xmas football fans ⚽️🎁!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
...but if it's your thing HERE is a list of every male player ever to have received a Guardian top 100 ranking...happy Xmas football fans ⚽️🎁!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tech millionaires and billionaires poured almost $400m into either side of the US election campaign...more than half that total was from Musk to Trump.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Tech poured $394.1m into US election as Musk and crypto giving boomed
FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Tech millionaires and billionaires poured almost $400m into either side of the US election campaign...more than half that total was from Musk to Trump.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Anyone have a good US data journos starterpack please and thank you @sandhyak.bsky.social @renlarson.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Anyone have a good US data journos starterpack please and thank you @sandhyak.bsky.social @renlarson.bsky.social
Sure, completed crocheted amigurumi are cute...
...but I have to live with the grisly headless versions
...but I have to live with the grisly headless versions
November 29, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Sure, completed crocheted amigurumi are cute...
...but I have to live with the grisly headless versions
...but I have to live with the grisly headless versions
Anyone know how to mute new follower notifications (and just them)? Happy complaint but they are a bit annoying.
November 23, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Anyone know how to mute new follower notifications (and just them)? Happy complaint but they are a bit annoying.
Bluesky data exercise: counting how many dog pics I need to like before I see more dogs than cats in my feed.
November 22, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Bluesky data exercise: counting how many dog pics I need to like before I see more dogs than cats in my feed.
It felt like it took as much time to get a pic of all of these facing forward as it did to crochet the thing (although the sheep was having none of it...)
November 22, 2024 at 1:10 PM
It felt like it took as much time to get a pic of all of these facing forward as it did to crochet the thing (although the sheep was having none of it...)
“Some of them look at you and hold their nose and walk backwards, and stay in eye contact with you, as if to say ‘you are smelly’.”
I love Ireland, but this kind of ugly anti-immigrant sentiment is growing and needs to be called out. Necessary reading by @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
I love Ireland, but this kind of ugly anti-immigrant sentiment is growing and needs to be called out. Necessary reading by @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 8:01 PM
“Some of them look at you and hold their nose and walk backwards, and stay in eye contact with you, as if to say ‘you are smelly’.”
I love Ireland, but this kind of ugly anti-immigrant sentiment is growing and needs to be called out. Necessary reading by @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
I love Ireland, but this kind of ugly anti-immigrant sentiment is growing and needs to be called out. Necessary reading by @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
Me of 4 minutes ago: "my logic is flawed...I'm going to have redo EVERYTHING 😤"
Me of 2 minutes ago having made a tiny tweak: "I am a genius! 🤗"
Me of 2 minutes ago having made a tiny tweak: "I am a genius! 🤗"
November 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Me of 4 minutes ago: "my logic is flawed...I'm going to have redo EVERYTHING 😤"
Me of 2 minutes ago having made a tiny tweak: "I am a genius! 🤗"
Me of 2 minutes ago having made a tiny tweak: "I am a genius! 🤗"
Anyone else get all their 2FA codes wiped after the last Google authenticator auto-update? Or am I just special?
November 21, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Anyone else get all their 2FA codes wiped after the last Google authenticator auto-update? Or am I just special?
In the never ending battle of me versus the number of tabs open on my laptop, the tabs are most definitely winning
November 7, 2024 at 7:49 PM
In the never ending battle of me versus the number of tabs open on my laptop, the tabs are most definitely winning