Last September: stood on the shore of #GreatCumbrae thinking #Arran looked stunning. This September: stood on Arran looking back - it IS stunning! #Scotland

Impassioned plea for more mixed-methods research (quant & qual) from @timharford.ft.com "The hard data is never as eloquent as a good story. Humboldt would measure the cactus but also sketch it; drag his barometer up a volcano, but spin a yarn about the epic climb." www.ft.com/content/d419...

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...

The modern kitchen. Why serving hatches are a necessity from ‘Look and Learn’ 1963

This is Britain's most popular media outlet. Not a single aspect of this headline is remotely true, and I don't know anyone in economics or industry who would recognise these statements as having any relationship with reality.

Spot on. The insanity is that we are moving to a model that will cost nearly all of us more, may not actually cover our times of greatest need, and diverts yet more of our health spend to private providers and insurers...

I'm sorry, how have I NEVER heard of this website before? This is incredible. You can view basically every train's location in the country? www.map.signalbox.io?location=@54...

From Wikimedia to the wider web: What the High Court's judgment means for the Online Safety Act 2023 www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/latest-news/... legal analysis from Sharpe Pritchard LLP (UK) #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #openweb

Quick report: 3 months of #EV ownership (inc 1100 mile trip): - Great to #drive - #Range is fine - Easy to find #EVChargers via App - Home charging v. cheap - Mway services not much cheaper than #ICE - Charger payment systems still a mess: too many #apps - Would do it again? *Definitely*

Delete your old emails to save water during drought, Environment Agency tells Britons. This is desperate. How about building new reservoirs; renewing old pipes; not contaminating rivers with sewage; building a national grid, ending privatisation.

The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️ ✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3 ✔️ Protect children ✔️ Reduce crashes ✔️ Lower noise ✔️ Boost walking & cycling

@sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote about how Kennedy is systematically undermining vaccines in a coordinated and very effective way in the US for @uk.theconversation.com full article here: theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

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So I've been mostly offline, travelling for a while in the #NorthOfEngland. A few favourite photos #PhotoHour #Geograph #Hartlepool #Warkworth #NewcastleUopnTyne #SeatonSluice

Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream. Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers. Customer bills up 47% this year. End fleecing. Nationalise water.

Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP policyexchange.org.uk/publication/... These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas A thread with some evidence

Ladybird book in the Spotlight ‘Public Services: Water Supply’ 1969 [Deep sigh] Artist: John Berry

2031 #Census @ukdataservice.bsky.social ##Population www.ons.gov.uk/news/news/hm....

Govt should withdraw its guidance which prevents civil servants from speaking at public or stakeholder events as this will reduce the quality of policymaking. I’m a co-signatory of this letter in The Times coordinated by @instituteforgovernment.org.uk a asking for this guidance to be reconsidered

What better possible alternative could there be to motorway services on a hot day? #AynhoWharf #OxfordCanal #PhotoHour

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

Well, this is very #Geographical - Memorial at the point where the #GreenwichMeridian crosses the south coast of England #Peacehaven #Longitude

Not sweltering like the rest of the country today as a sea fog rolled in, but those hills are steep! #ArishMell #Dorset #Purbeck #PhotoHour #WeatherHour

Released today: #2021 #Census-based #statistics #UK. A combination of 2021 census in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with 2022 census-based 2021 estimates for Scotland www.ons.gov.uk/releases/cen... @ukdataservice.bsky.social #Population

Much of the Government's intention for cutting PIP and UC is to motivate people to find a job But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold

Plenty studies showing that your postcode is a better predictor of your health outcomes than your genome.

#LymeRegis #Devon Much-visited and much-photographed but still lovely #PhotoHour

A joy to be listening to @geodianna.bsky.social's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social inaugural lecture "Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system" Not just a fascinating life and academic journey, but telling it like it is: #FoodPoverty is poverty poverty

Nigel Farage’s party is culling anything to do with tackling climate change, including local planning for rising sea levels, reports @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2025/06/17/r...

News about 'the next UK Census' - a blog by me on today's announcements by ONS, NRS and NISRA recommending a full #census in 2031 blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-of-20... @ukdataservice.bsky.social @celsiusnews.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social

We welcome today's recommendations that the UK gvmt commission 2031 censuses. The census remains a cornerstone of how we understand our society—and it’s great to see UKSA recognising its user's needs on this. Read more in a blog from our CEO 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...

...and National Records of #Scotland recommendation on #2031 #Census published today @ukdataservice.bsky.social #Population www.nrscotland.gov.uk/latest-news/....

...and @nisra.gov.uk recommendation on #2031 #Census in Northern Ireland published today @ukdataservice.bsky.social #Population www.nisra.gov.uk/publications...

UK Statistics Authority recommendation on #2031 #Census in England and Wales published today @ukdataservice.bsky.social #Population uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/...

Nearly 4,000 federal science grants terminated. A group of volunteers built Grant Watch to track it—now their data is showing up in court. I talked to Noam Ross about how it started and what it means. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #ScienceIsEssential #GrantWatch #NIH #NSF #ACLU #DataJournalism

this is very dangerous and will undermine childhood vaccination rates in the US as a reminder on why we vaccinate and how good they are, here is the Indie SAGE report! independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

Jen Hampton, the Head of Geospatial Analysis & Innovation at the Office for National Statistics, has been speaking about the organisation's work on Census geographies in the past, present and future, making it easier for researchers to conduct their work with the datasets.

⏰ There's just one week left to enter the 2025 UK Data Service Dissertation Award! Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter. Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub...

I'm not *quite* sure what the magic ingredient is, but #Bristol definitely has it... #PhotoHour #ColouredHouses #cityscape

Hmm. Do they actually realise the #NHSApp is run by @nhsengland.bsky.social - which they are abolishing...? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Walking lots of #canals and #rivers during a cross-country trip this week, including... #GrandUnionCanal #OxfordCanal #RiverThames

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work 🧵

Here's some A-grade EV misinformation from the @telegraphnews.bsky.social "EV fires up 77% in two years!!!" What the Telegraph fails to mention is that the number of EVs on our roads has gone up 105% in those 2 years Which means the frequency of EV fires has actually gone down! 1/4

On this day in 1936, RMS Queen Mary set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.

#Trump administration ends #Harvard's ability to enrol international students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looks great!

Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report and the Tories destroyed them www.theguardian.com/education/20...

⏰ There are only a few in person places remaining for our free UK Census User Conference on 12-13 June in Manchester. Can't make it in person? You can also book an online place. See our website for more information:

'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.' www.bmj.com/content/389/...