Gill
@tisi55.bsky.social
Geek with more than a passing interest in Operational Research, SF, photography, EQ2, cartography & Norwich Printing Museum. Trying to tame and produce food from our large garden. Occasionally waves tennis bat around
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NEW | I took a look at the coverage of Boris Johnson at the Covid Inquiry:
WAVING A JOHNSON AROUND IN PUBLIC
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WAVING A JOHNSON AROUND IN PUBLIC
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December 10, 2023 at 3:49 PM
NEW | I took a look at the coverage of Boris Johnson at the Covid Inquiry:
WAVING A JOHNSON AROUND IN PUBLIC
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/waving-a-j...
WAVING A JOHNSON AROUND IN PUBLIC
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/waving-a-j...
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Cambridge photographer ends daily challenge after 13 years and 5,000 images www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023... // #photography
Cambridge photographer ends daily challenge after 13 years and 5,000 images
Martin Bond wanted to show a different side to his home city than the ‘town and gown’ divide
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Cambridge photographer ends daily challenge after 13 years and 5,000 images www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023... // #photography
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My cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian Books.
November 19, 2023 at 9:59 AM
My cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian Books.
I popped onto BlueSky for the Archers thread. First up on my timeline was this - could not resist a further dive into the threads. Forty years after I graduated in computer science and the BBC is still writing this tosh about women and STEM
I tried it. This was the exact result.
BBC: Why don't women use ChatGPT?
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
November 19, 2023 at 11:13 AM
I popped onto BlueSky for the Archers thread. First up on my timeline was this - could not resist a further dive into the threads. Forty years after I graduated in computer science and the BBC is still writing this tosh about women and STEM
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Just found Esther McVey's Wokefinder General rule book
November 14, 2023 at 8:24 AM
Just found Esther McVey's Wokefinder General rule book
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A Chair For Readers.
(My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books)
(My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books)
November 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM
A Chair For Readers.
(My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books)
(My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books)
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Chris Grey has a particularly strong and important entry in his #brexit blog where he forensically addresses the #covid19 enquiry as a stark, depressing and vivid illustration of the calamities of #brexit. Some points to summarise:
What the Covid Inquiry tells us about Brexit. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. Tho' focused on how the Govt dealt with CV-19, the Inquiry reveals what kind of Govt was dealing with Brexit. It'd be absurd to think it was any more competent at that: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/what...
What the Covid Inquiry tells us about Brexit
<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com
November 10, 2023 at 10:14 AM
A couple of hours remaining if you haven't yet had the chance to vote
If you are a National Trust member who hasn’t voted (or doesn’t fully appreciate what is at stake in the AGM) please use the two ‘Quick Vote’ facilities before close of play today - name, membership number and postcode is all you need to log in. We must prevent a private company staging a coup.
You have until midnight tonight to vote. Use the Quick Vote to get the NT’s preferred candidates AND go back and use the Quick Vote on the resolutions too. These Tufton St-backed people have a resolution to get rid of the Quick Vote system so you won’t know who to vote for next year.
November 3, 2023 at 9:15 PM
A couple of hours remaining if you haven't yet had the chance to vote
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Very true. Must be something in it ...
October 31, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Very true. Must be something in it ...
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Just stumbled across this amazing gallery on Flickr showing the process of revising the Ordnance Survey, but also a series of snapshots of Swindon in 1953/4 with relics of the War, prefabs (lots of prefabs), bins, new housing - which @municipaldreams.bsky.social will enjoy - and much else.
A Man with a Stick! (1950s Ordnance Survey Revision Point Photographs)
A fantastic set of photographic images scanned from a set of extremely rare Ordnance Survey "Revison Point" books in our collection. Mostly from 1953 and 1954, these previously unseen and un...
www.flickr.com
October 29, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Just stumbled across this amazing gallery on Flickr showing the process of revising the Ordnance Survey, but also a series of snapshots of Swindon in 1953/4 with relics of the War, prefabs (lots of prefabs), bins, new housing - which @municipaldreams.bsky.social will enjoy - and much else.
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Trials had suggested it was as productive, saved money, improved sickness rates, and helped fill vacancies they’d struggled to previously.
But Tories can’t have something with a better work life balance, they’d have people working 10 hour days, 7 days a week and no leave if they could.
But Tories can’t have something with a better work life balance, they’d have people working 10 hour days, 7 days a week and no leave if they could.
October 28, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Trials had suggested it was as productive, saved money, improved sickness rates, and helped fill vacancies they’d struggled to previously.
But Tories can’t have something with a better work life balance, they’d have people working 10 hour days, 7 days a week and no leave if they could.
But Tories can’t have something with a better work life balance, they’d have people working 10 hour days, 7 days a week and no leave if they could.
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Very quietly, the government is pursuing massive changes to immigration, prisons and drug law - and MPs won't even know it's happening
iandunt.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
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Revealed: The new batch of laws undermining parliament
Away from prying eyes, the government is very quietly making massive changes to immigration, prisons and drug law.
iandunt.substack.com
October 27, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Very quietly, the government is pursuing massive changes to immigration, prisons and drug law - and MPs won't even know it's happening
iandunt.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
iandunt.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
It turns out that I am not the 35 year old in my head but a little old lady. Today I went to see my new GP and as I went to get off the exam couch he held out his hand. I thought he was holding it out to shake it (because reasons) but I have just realised it was to make sure I didn't fall off... 😂
October 20, 2023 at 1:22 PM
It turns out that I am not the 35 year old in my head but a little old lady. Today I went to see my new GP and as I went to get off the exam couch he held out his hand. I thought he was holding it out to shake it (because reasons) but I have just realised it was to make sure I didn't fall off... 😂
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Went to the Norwich Printing Museum (currently in temporary premises at Blickling Hall) and took these photos of a model print works for @typejunky.bsky.social
October 15, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Went to the Norwich Printing Museum (currently in temporary premises at Blickling Hall) and took these photos of a model print works for @typejunky.bsky.social
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Wonderful to visit the Plantin Moretus museum yesterday. A pretty magical place if you’re into books.
October 14, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Wonderful to visit the Plantin Moretus museum yesterday. A pretty magical place if you’re into books.
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BlueSky, the independent women's football team I support/volunteer for needs your help.
After a MASSIVE comeback win against a higher level team they're through in the cup.
But that means a long coach journey, and there's no prize money to pay for travel. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cup-travel...
After a MASSIVE comeback win against a higher level team they're through in the cup.
But that means a long coach journey, and there's no prize money to pay for travel. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cup-travel...
Cup Travel Expenses for Distant Away Game - Supporters
We aim to show independent teams can win in women's football. We've reached the last 16 in the cup and are raising travel costs for the tie.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
October 13, 2023 at 9:27 AM
BlueSky, the independent women's football team I support/volunteer for needs your help.
After a MASSIVE comeback win against a higher level team they're through in the cup.
But that means a long coach journey, and there's no prize money to pay for travel. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cup-travel...
After a MASSIVE comeback win against a higher level team they're through in the cup.
But that means a long coach journey, and there's no prize money to pay for travel. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cup-travel...
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A lovely piece from Mark Steel.
He's a treasure and I hope he makes a full recovery.
He's a treasure and I hope he makes a full recovery.
Mark Steel: ‘I have cancer and it feels like there’s a leopard in my house’
The comedian was booked in for a biopsy after noticing a neck abnormality. Standups are used to leaving audiences jolly but he could not share his diagnosis without causing worry
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2023 at 3:58 PM
A lovely piece from Mark Steel.
He's a treasure and I hope he makes a full recovery.
He's a treasure and I hope he makes a full recovery.
A thread worth reading
On 8th Oct 1952 the worst civilian rail disaster in UK history happened in London. 112 deaths. 340 wounded.
That accident, and the actions of one woman from Florida have saved THOUSANDS of lives since.
That disaster helped lead to the creation of paramedics. /1 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU60...
That accident, and the actions of one woman from Florida have saved THOUSANDS of lives since.
That disaster helped lead to the creation of paramedics. /1 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU60...
Harrow and Wealdstone Train Crash Newsreel
Newsreel footage of the aftermath of the 1952 Train Crash at Harrow & Wealdstone Station, which claimed the lives of 112 people and injured hundreds more.
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2023 at 3:51 PM
A thread worth reading
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NASA just released this image of The Harvest Moon on Sept. 29, taken from Space.
October 2, 2023 at 9:00 PM
NASA just released this image of The Harvest Moon on Sept. 29, taken from Space.