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Sausage roll Ourobouros?
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sausage roll Ourobouros?
blaise pascal gettit
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
blaise pascal gettit
Def a lesson in “if it looks too easy it’s because it probably is”
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Def a lesson in “if it looks too easy it’s because it probably is”
Lizard man’s constant again :(
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Lizard man’s constant again :(
Charles putting the “expose secrets and revoke titles” CK3 strategy into play
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Charles putting the “expose secrets and revoke titles” CK3 strategy into play
Sounds suspiciously like land value tax :)
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sounds suspiciously like land value tax :)
We’re fully into “first time grand strategy player” territory now it seems. Tax on grain next :)
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We’re fully into “first time grand strategy player” territory now it seems. Tax on grain next :)
I don’t think he, or the PLP would want it, despite his popularity. GMCA mayor is the perfect fit for him, plenty of presence and power, which would evaporate if he went for leadership. As mayor he can actually DO things, which a GM MP can’t. Why would you give that up to gamble on PM?
September 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I don’t think he, or the PLP would want it, despite his popularity. GMCA mayor is the perfect fit for him, plenty of presence and power, which would evaporate if he went for leadership. As mayor he can actually DO things, which a GM MP can’t. Why would you give that up to gamble on PM?
Bridget Philipson in DfE may disagree with you, pet.
September 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Bridget Philipson in DfE may disagree with you, pet.
My understanding was that it prepares people for senior civil service roles, that are high-pressure and very specialist in their own way - requiring leadership, rapid assessment of policy and the implications and managing both up and down.
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My understanding was that it prepares people for senior civil service roles, that are high-pressure and very specialist in their own way - requiring leadership, rapid assessment of policy and the implications and managing both up and down.
And not using ggsave() it's a LOT nicer to read... :D
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And not using ggsave() it's a LOT nicer to read... :D
Oof, that one chart was a bit hard to read - focusing on Sheff makes it a bit clearer
August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Oof, that one chart was a bit hard to read - focusing on Sheff makes it a bit clearer
Big thanks to the met office for their historical weather station data, and to the wonderful people at places like Weston Park museum in Sheffield who keep on uploading it!
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Big thanks to the met office for their historical weather station data, and to the wonderful people at places like Weston Park museum in Sheffield who keep on uploading it!
You can do something similar for rainfall. Every line on the chart is the cumulative rainfall for a previous year, with the heavy blue line the to-date cumulative for 2025. It's not that any single month has been especially dry - it's just a sequence of dry months, combined with hot weather.
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You can do something similar for rainfall. Every line on the chart is the cumulative rainfall for a previous year, with the heavy blue line the to-date cumulative for 2025. It's not that any single month has been especially dry - it's just a sequence of dry months, combined with hot weather.
...so anywhere where the red line goes outside of the ribbon, you're into "unusual" territory. Unusual in quotation marks because it's getting more and more usual. Zooming in on Sheffield shows that 5 of the past 7 months are substantially warmer than average.
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
...so anywhere where the red line goes outside of the ribbon, you're into "unusual" territory. Unusual in quotation marks because it's getting more and more usual. Zooming in on Sheffield shows that 5 of the past 7 months are substantially warmer than average.
Are you waying up your options?
August 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Are you waying up your options?
As a rational individual: yes, good points, well made.
As a Sheffielder: we will NEVER BEND THE KNEE TO LEEDS
As a Sheffielder: we will NEVER BEND THE KNEE TO LEEDS
July 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As a rational individual: yes, good points, well made.
As a Sheffielder: we will NEVER BEND THE KNEE TO LEEDS
As a Sheffielder: we will NEVER BEND THE KNEE TO LEEDS