Wonderful evening last night at the launch of my dad’s oldest friend’s pottery exhibition in London - do go if you can, the pots are exquisite and selling fast! www.contemporaryceramics.uk/exhibitions/...

Even I had a crush on Robert Redford - what a fox 💔

Celebrating the #EnglandRoses win and the respect and joy from both teams after the game. Don’t underestimate the achievement from Samoa - incredible performance and so much pride. Now go fund them and see what those girls can do 💪

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

Brilliant helpful thread unpacking a complicated topic and demonstrating - beautifully - that ‘biological sex’ is just not as conveniently simple as some would like to believe 🙌

As ever, you can rely on Marina Hyde - in this article she nails this ridiculous, vacuous spectacle - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gorgeous swim at the Lido today.. water still cold tho. 6.9 degrees - and I’m ready for it to warm up no 🥶

Vance blew up that meeting on purpose

1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better? This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵

This is brilliant - everything that is wrong with our response to the climate crisis: Illustration by Jon Davis / The Guardian

This is good. With so many banging on about her ‘legacy’ - Polly Toynbee reminds us of the mess Margaret Thatcher made of Britain: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Squint and it looks like summer - water temp 5 degrees tho 🥶 ❤️

"Remember, asking for mercy toward scared children and immigrants was enough to trigger a full-scale campaign of intimidation from the highest levels of government and media. Remember, a sitting congressman suggested deporting an American citizen for the crime of asking the president to be kind."

"Remember this moment." — @parkermolloy.com The Price of Speaking Up in Trump's America www.readtpa.com/p/the-price-...

How brave 💪 - a much needed moment of grace after the last two days

Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Bluesky has been flooded with automated reply bots - they'll offer a sort of confrontational opinion as a reply. They're pretty convincing and we all need to train ourselves to not reflexively reply to all responses until we check Dead giveaway is new acct, few followers + original posts

This is a good post with some theories as to why this is happening pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/07/a...

Enjoyed my first GovCamp experience SO much that I forgot to post during the day. Here’s my quick round up in photos and immediate reflections… 1/ #ukgc25

ooof - this is an early start for a Saturday 🥱 - but it’s worth it - my first GovCamp for literal years! The good stuff of familiar faces and the current optimism in the air for digital govt… But also terrible sadness - for those not here 😢 #BeMoreVicky #ukgc25 @ukgovcamp.bsky.social

This is awesome - we’re all wired differently and it’s always useful to gain a better understanding of what to do to be your best self. Without a post it, I lose even the most important tasks… 🤷

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Right, so I’m casually browsing for bikes for my soon-to-be 13 yr old boy… and can anyone explain the marketing decisions behind these names? Is this usual??

This feels like an eminently useful, thorough and objective summary of the research. It’s so important to understand how marginalised people are excluded- so we don’t fall into that same trap. I remember clearly - in UK - when ‘homosexuals’ were routinely assumed to be a threat to children.

my friend @vickytnz.bsky.social died recently, a huge shock. She was so smart and caring and community-centred. In honour of her, I recommend reading her excellent articles like this one: www.vickyteinaki.com/blog/approac...

I am going to propose a new hashtag in Vicky's honour. She leaves behind such a fabulous legacy of public service and personal support, wisdom and insights. #BeMoreVicky

Devastated by the sudden loss and passing of our dear friend Vicky. She was a kind, thoughtful and all round amazing person. So much integrity and sincerity Thinking of you Vicky ❤️ @vickytnz.bsky.social

Before and after: Wild ‘swimming’ in North Yorkshire… it was more like wild ‘jumping waves and resisting the undercurrent’… 😆

Awesome evening with the architects of the UCD community at the Home Office. They’d never say it themselves, but they are the real reason over 250 people make things more user-centred in a complex department - I am simply in awe 🙌 cc/ Clare, Maria, Caroline @amyeverett.bsky.social and Bernard ❤️👏👏👏

This years Christmas party - Barnsbury staple the Hemingford Road was rocking - and it was a joy to catch up with the legend that is @kateldn.bsky.social 😍🙌🤘

I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose @petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....

First swim in December - and it felt much colder than this 🥶

It is worth regularly revisiting this exchange between @aoc.bsky.social and scientists working for Exxon, who in 1982 accurately predicted global warming between 1977 and 2003, contradicting the fossil fuel company's decades-long climate denial.

New take on ‘wild’ swimming 🍁 Water 7 degrees, air temp 17

Heading home after a swell @publicdigital.bsky.social evening out - listening to Raleigh Ritchie as I make my way through London Town - and it feels apt ❤️ open.spotify.com/track/7gfGbX...

Well worth reading this fine rant from @drjohnorchard.bsky.social on how medical funding for successful and unsuccessful treatments appears to be driven by prestige rather than effectiveness

This is a fabulous and passionate thread. For those who need inspiration to challenge the current threat.

What do you call it when a woman holds the door for you? Chivalry.

So, the #Xodus is fabulous. Truly is. It is SO good to see you all arrive. Loving it ❤️ And, once you’ve acclimatised, and got them off your chest - let’s not talk about those psychopaths. They’d only bask in your attention. Let us instead, lean into the light - for hope’s the air we breathe here❤️

Amazing!! Welcome @whitneyq.bsky.social 😀👋🏻

I'm excited to share that we're looking for 2 passionate and motivated senior service designers to join the Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab (CoLab). One is a permanent role, and the other is a fixed-term 12-month role. Apply by Wed 27th Nov www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Oh this is good news that brings me a little joy. So nice to see AOC here 🤩

Taking my mind off things with last weeks Mallorcan swimming spots. All beaches and sun and loveliness. 🏊❤️☀️

What a speech tho 🤩 That gave me a little bit of hope and positivity back🥹 ❤️