Benedict Leigh
@benedictleigh.bsky.social
Commissioner in Gloucestershire. My own opinions, and not my employers. He/him.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018.
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018.
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago. #climatechange #globalwarming
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Today we launch our new #CareCantWait campaign, sharing stories of how good adult social care can enable us to live meaningful lives in our homes and communities, but reform and investment are urgently needed to achieve this for everyone. Find out more: www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait/
Care Can't Wait - ADASS
Realising the potential of social care so that everyone can live a good life
www.adass.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Today we launch our new #CareCantWait campaign, sharing stories of how good adult social care can enable us to live meaningful lives in our homes and communities, but reform and investment are urgently needed to achieve this for everyone. Find out more: www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait/
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Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
March 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
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“Cain realizing he uploaded the draft excel sheet (final2_final.xlsx) instead of the final one (final2_final-USE-THIS.xlsx)” 1896, by Henri Vidal, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
February 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“Cain realizing he uploaded the draft excel sheet (final2_final.xlsx) instead of the final one (final2_final-USE-THIS.xlsx)” 1896, by Henri Vidal, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
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A good government agency is nearly invisible. You have safe food, clean water, stable power etc and you never have to think about it. The best societies have boring bureaucracy notices in the paper and not much else.
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A good government agency is nearly invisible. You have safe food, clean water, stable power etc and you never have to think about it. The best societies have boring bureaucracy notices in the paper and not much else.
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
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Sensible recommendation here about improving data on #socialcare and #dementia. It's long been odd that fewer than 50,000 of the 385,000 older people in publicly-funded long-term care have dementia as their primary care reason. Surely a big underestimate. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/wha...
What needs to improve for social care to better support people with dementia?
The number of people living with dementia in the UK is rising. Even if treatments can be developed quickly, the social care system needs to change in order to better support the growing numbers of peo...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Sensible recommendation here about improving data on #socialcare and #dementia. It's long been odd that fewer than 50,000 of the 385,000 older people in publicly-funded long-term care have dementia as their primary care reason. Surely a big underestimate. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/wha...
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Vaccines work—thread:
Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Vaccines work—thread: