Jack
@jfarnhillbain.bsky.social
Youth Employment Policy, Charity Trustee - likes hiking & Charlton Athletic.
Views are my own, likes and reposts are not endorsements.
Views are my own, likes and reposts are not endorsements.
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When people say 'unis should shrink' they really mean 'other people's children shouldn't go', 'people not like my friends and family shouldn't go', 'I don't care about the regional economies of England, Wales and Scotland' and 'I want to cover the tracks of my allies and their vandalism'.
July 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
When people say 'unis should shrink' they really mean 'other people's children shouldn't go', 'people not like my friends and family shouldn't go', 'I don't care about the regional economies of England, Wales and Scotland' and 'I want to cover the tracks of my allies and their vandalism'.
Five points off second, with Wrexham and Wycombe to play in the last three games - Charlton are going to sneak into 2nd, you heard it here first #cafc
March 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Five points off second, with Wrexham and Wycombe to play in the last three games - Charlton are going to sneak into 2nd, you heard it here first #cafc
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Lots of useful analysis here. Standout stat - 2 million economically inactive people want a job. They don’t need harsher benefit conditionality or lower incomes. They need better support & more accessible jobs. That’s what health & disability reforms should focus on.
Our February labour market briefing is now live. 🔴
Take a read of our full analysis of this month’s labour market statistics released by ONS. 🔍
#employment #labourmarket
Take a read of our full analysis of this month’s labour market statistics released by ONS. 🔍
#employment #labourmarket
Labour market analysis for February 2025
Our analysis of labour market data from Office for National Statistics, released on the morning of 18 February 2025.
learningandwork.org.uk
February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lots of useful analysis here. Standout stat - 2 million economically inactive people want a job. They don’t need harsher benefit conditionality or lower incomes. They need better support & more accessible jobs. That’s what health & disability reforms should focus on.
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Make Euston marginally less shit with this one weird trick (advertisers HATE him).
February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Make Euston marginally less shit with this one weird trick (advertisers HATE him).
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Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
Does any other place in the UK have a station for each point of the compass?
February 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Does any other place in the UK have a station for each point of the compass?
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Good grief!
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Mike Skinner Backstage Peter Mandelson Went Mad | Turn The Page Live | The Streets
YouTube video by stan tonkin
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January 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Good grief!
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Me with a big sign that says, “it’s very good at telling me how to do things in excel”.
The problem with ChatGPT is that you can only know whether it's answer is wrong "modestly coherent" or "extremely proficient" if you already knew what it was.
I don't think ChatGPT is useless at all but every single time I have asked it a factual question it has given me at least partially hallucinated answers
January 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Me with a big sign that says, “it’s very good at telling me how to do things in excel”.
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genuinely impressive they've found a way to make Man City even less likeable
January 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
genuinely impressive they've found a way to make Man City even less likeable
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Outrageous that Tamworth won’t get the trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (and accompanying £££) that they’ve earned here
January 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Outrageous that Tamworth won’t get the trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (and accompanying £££) that they’ve earned here
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More than 500 million passenger journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first two and a half years, making it the single busiest railway service in the UK, according to new Transport for London data released today
January 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More than 500 million passenger journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first two and a half years, making it the single busiest railway service in the UK, according to new Transport for London data released today
Imagine what they'd be like if we had a right to roam, like Scotland
Blow for landowners - or as it might read good news for everyone else as govt scraps the 2031 deadline for discovering and reporting old rights of way bit.ly/3BWt7Ad
Landowner fury at plan to scrap deadline for UK rights of way
The ‘latest attack on the countryside and farmers’ will see the government ditch the cut-off date for public access to land to be registered across Britain
bit.ly
December 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Imagine what they'd be like if we had a right to roam, like Scotland
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Blimey, this is big. Reform UK is already effectively receiving foreign donations. Via Private Eye
December 21, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Blimey, this is big. Reform UK is already effectively receiving foreign donations. Via Private Eye
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Completely fascinating Guardian long read about the deeply eccentric and hugely secretive Samuel Smith group of pubs, and how they treat staff, historic buildings and customers.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Completely fascinating Guardian long read about the deeply eccentric and hugely secretive Samuel Smith group of pubs, and how they treat staff, historic buildings and customers.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
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"The right to roam seems like a leap forward in how we think of others—not as strangers to be mistrusted, but as equals with whom natural resources, scenery, and collective fates are shared."
www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...
www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...
Right to Roam: In Scotland, Hikers Can Go Anywhere
Hiking in Scotland often means trekking—legally—across private lands. Could American hikers learn something from it?
www.backpacker.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:23 PM
"The right to roam seems like a leap forward in how we think of others—not as strangers to be mistrusted, but as equals with whom natural resources, scenery, and collective fates are shared."
www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...
www.backpacker.com/stories/issu...
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You shouldn't be able to complain about a noise that is older than you/predates your presence in area. It should be that simple, your noise complaint should automatically fail if the noise is 'the laundrette that was here when I moved in'.
"T****s P**m, who moved into a flat next to the Mosquito Bar in Clapham High Street with his partner in March 2024, requested Lambeth council review the venue’s licence in September."
Then why move next to a bar in CLAPHAM in the first place my dude? Why?
Then why move next to a bar in CLAPHAM in the first place my dude? Why?
December 17, 2024 at 3:17 PM
You shouldn't be able to complain about a noise that is older than you/predates your presence in area. It should be that simple, your noise complaint should automatically fail if the noise is 'the laundrette that was here when I moved in'.
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“the Westminster government’s drive to get people with long-term health conditions and disabilities into work feels driven by numbers over people.
It’s acknowledged that services such as transport and health need to be improved to support people into work, yet that isn’t being addressed.”
It’s acknowledged that services such as transport and health need to be improved to support people into work, yet that isn’t being addressed.”
Improving Welsh public transport could help disabled people into work
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
bylines.cymru
December 8, 2024 at 11:38 AM
“the Westminster government’s drive to get people with long-term health conditions and disabilities into work feels driven by numbers over people.
It’s acknowledged that services such as transport and health need to be improved to support people into work, yet that isn’t being addressed.”
It’s acknowledged that services such as transport and health need to be improved to support people into work, yet that isn’t being addressed.”
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The BBC appears to be taking its MasterChef PR strategy to new extremes
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 AM
The BBC appears to be taking its MasterChef PR strategy to new extremes
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“As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof”
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof | Sadiq Khan
Critics questioned my landmark policy but a new report backs it – and the big winners are children and their families, says the mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:51 PM
“As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof”
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reasonable majority on assisted dying, at top of what projected. But will only take ~28 MPs to be dissatisfied with what emerges from committee/report stage for Bill to fall at 3rd reading. Debate continues & if/whether meeting public’s high expectations on safeguarding can be met will now be key
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Reasonable majority on assisted dying, at top of what projected. But will only take ~28 MPs to be dissatisfied with what emerges from committee/report stage for Bill to fall at 3rd reading. Debate continues & if/whether meeting public’s high expectations on safeguarding can be met will now be key
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It would be intolerable if someone chose an assisted death because they were unable to choose to access palliative and end-of-life care. If we don’t improve palliative care that could be a risk — with some people feeling they don’t have a real choice in their end of life decisions
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England’s palliative care ‘postcode lottery’ casts shadow over assisted dying debate
[FREE TO READ] Critics of proposed legislation argue for better end-of-life care ahead of vote on Friday
on.ft.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM
It would be intolerable if someone chose an assisted death because they were unable to choose to access palliative and end-of-life care. If we don’t improve palliative care that could be a risk — with some people feeling they don’t have a real choice in their end of life decisions
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‘Get Britain Working’ white paper launched today.
Read ERSA’s briefing here if you're interested:
mailchi.mp/ersa/get-bri...
Read ERSA’s briefing here if you're interested:
mailchi.mp/ersa/get-bri...
'Get Britain Working' White Paper - ERSA Briefing
mailchi.mp
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
‘Get Britain Working’ white paper launched today.
Read ERSA’s briefing here if you're interested:
mailchi.mp/ersa/get-bri...
Read ERSA’s briefing here if you're interested:
mailchi.mp/ersa/get-bri...