Some Friday reading! 👇 ☕ 📖

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

There are likely many reasons why the civil service is not as efficient as it could be. Low grade Dell laptops is one of them. Hashtag false economy.

If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time? Really American FB

"As the market for insecure work grows and more people depend on it, it is critical that their voices are heard in policymaking." 🗣️ Hear from our Partnership Insight Manager Aleks Collingwood in this piece by @bigissue.com on our recent report with @demos-uk.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4pKmunL

Cash is a lifeline for millions of vulnerable people and a vital public utility - like water and electricity. We shouldn’t let our money and payments system be run for profit 💷 Tell the government to mandate cash acceptance Sign the petition to #KeepCashAlive 👇🏿 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

What if government is stuck in a local maximum? Today I'm publishing a new post exploring whether the evidence standards and control mechanisms we use in government are limiting us to a dangerously narrow field of view. If so, what could we do about that? medium.com/@jamestplunk... 1/n

Honestly, the extent to which you now need to work around the machinery of government (in stealth, against the rules, etc.) in order to save it from itself is truly extraordinary.

🚨 Last chance to register! On Thursday, our Talking about Homes webinars with @frameworks.bsky.social @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social return, as we explore how to do justice to lived experience stories. Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9217610411024/WN_Oaezi682TJyaSd7TSJ53VA

People like real things! I wrote about the important stuff that's missing from the new wave of AI tools. tumshie.ghost.io/people-like-...

New thing alert! 📣 Today's we're launching a new initiative: The Centre for the Edge 📣 @kinship.works and @jrf-uk.bsky.social How can leaders in our struggling public institutions support the emergence of alternatives? More here from @mssophiaparker.bsky.social and me: medium.com/@jamestplunk...

Have you head of GHS, Government Human Service? Probably not! It's just a thought experiment I've been entertaining in my head for a while. I'd love to know what you think... #govdesign #ServiceDesign medium.com/ghs-governme...

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social look 👀 I saw these mushrooms popping up in a sand dune in the north of the Netherlands, the island of Schiermonnikogg to be exact 🇳🇱 🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫 I never thought about the mycorrhizal network in sand dunes before… their caps were gently nodding in the wind #fungi #sanddunes

Demand a UN-mandated Multinational Armed Force for Gaza - this is how apartheid was ended in South Africa - be part of history for the better and add your name now: www.stopgenocide.com/unga/

‘Learn to care’ could replace ‘learn to code’ as the go to career advice for the next generation @jburnmurdoch.ft.com #TheWorkWeNeed

Respect to @itvx.com and the Tour de France Highlights programme documenting the #greenwashing of @totalenergie.bsky.social #bold 👊

Catch up on great speakers to date - inc @andreasthinks.me @jenitennison.com, @cthimon.bsky.social @miriamlevin.bsky.social @henrymidgley.bsky.social @kmeinnes.bsky.social @karakane-kk.bsky.social @noelito7.bsky.social @antonioweiss.bsky.social @beckymiller33.bsky.social medium.com/@transformgo...

Privatisation broke our water system. @labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it. Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: ​https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&​

Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives. In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Palestine Action ban: what will it mean in practice? Our guide covers what won't be allowed after the ban comes into force. Counter-terror powers are used in an overtly racist & Islamophobic way- the policing situation is likely to be unstable once it's in force. netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...

I’ve just signed Greenpeace’s petition calling on the Foreign Secretary David Lammy to stop selling arms to Israel. British arms are fuelling the killing - can you join me and call for a ban?

About to listen to this conversation at the #CharlstonFestival so ironically I’m making a rare post online. This is the hook for me: ‘Christine Rosen argues that true human fulfillment comes from living an unpredictable, analogue life.’ www.charleston.org.uk/event/strange-new-minds/

Israel needs help - I can’t help thinking how short and selective human memory can be when I watch this. Did no one teach them what happened in Germany to their people? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

"These are not benign actors, scrappy startup founders who move fast and break things - they share world views that are destroying our democracies as we know it." www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Im-f... In which Emer Coleman draws a dotted line between Musk, Zuckerberg and Jacob Rees-Mogg's father

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

Join our Climate and Nature Engagement Lead, Emily Tulloh along with Harold Garner | London Borough of Camden and Fiona Dyer | Climate Action Durham to explore how councils can engage residents to deliver better climate solutions. ⌛ 5:30pm Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scorecards...

Just watched @labourlewis.bsky.social's powerful speech on his Water Bill, raising the fundamental question that’s been ignored for too long: who should own our water? It’s time to bring water back into public hands. Watch the debate here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIOTHnvxEI

Have you heard of the Butterfly Revolution? Please report if you feel comfortable so more people understand what’s happening. The BBC aren’t reporting on this but Adam Curtis will be in a couple of decades. youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...

You would appreciate this video. Talks about Tech Bros and Vought working together to destroy America and rebuild as they see fit. They will ultimately battle each other for complete control but until then they are sadly doing a good job. youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...

Trump. Is. One. Petty. Motherfucker. ✨

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

Curious - how many people on here are aware of the role of 'special advisers' aka SpAds in government?

Two excellent training courses, speaking from experience I’ve done both! #thanks Involve

Social clubs were once the beating heart of our communities – and they can be again. Join the Club Together campaign 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...

👉 The biggest lie about democracy is that what we have now is the best we can do. Will you join us in Belfast on the afternoon of Friday 28th March for a generative conversation about how we can create a future democracy fit for the uncertainty that lies ahead? 👇 imaginebelfast.com/event/creati...

UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃 Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off. Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.

This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns

Chapter 7 of #Platformland my favourite yet - thanks @richardpope.org for these seeds that resonate with recent thinking/ writing I’ve been doing🙏 I’ll reference a few in a short talk I’m doing at @sdingov.bsky.social Virtual conference soon: ‘Digital by default or human by nature?’

Feeling this very much today. Via poetryisnotaluxury on Instagram.