Tulsi Gabbard in 2019: "The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".

🌱 oh no, I really don’t want South London parakeets to decide they like the taste of winter-flowering clematis. (find something else to munch on!!!)

Wordle 1,597 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 As luck would have it.

Consider 38 Degrees’ petition to not cut cash ISA availability. The rumoured change would privilege investing in stocks, and not allow UK savers the choice over how they wish to save, if they want to take advantage of tax savings . you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... RIP Jack Dejohnette

RIP, Jack DeJohnette... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

🌱 Seasons! The last of the summer crops coming in to ripen, while winter flowering clematis starts gearing up.

We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like? In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox. 🧵

The NHS gives out the best laptop stickers! Get yours at www.blood.co.uk

There are so many *free* talks happening RIGHT NOW on #ID24. Check out the schedule - inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #Accessibility #inclusivity #WebDev #WebDesign

Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

Job klaxon!
Senior Service Designer and Senior Business Solutions Analyst 👉👉👉
NHS Blood and Transplant roles in our ambitious Donor and Session Programme (DASP). 
Senior Service Designer jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai... Senior Business Solutions Analyst jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🌱 tromboncino hanging out with a dinner plate for scale

🌱 Picking up the pace a little. Note that beans are under-represented because I blanched and froze a mini-glut last night.

🌱 Damselfly ready for its close-up

🌱 As we say in London: sure hope you like beans!

🌱 we originally used shade netting as temporary protection from London wildlife (critters). But it’s proved to be very popular with the plants during the heat.

And here they come. First up: Latah. That first homegrown tomato of the year tastes so amazing!

London is relatively northern: sunset at 10 pm.

More font humour from @ellecordova.bsky.social for these challenging times youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...

#TheHerds arriving at Seven Dials

“MSF teams are treating injured people, many of whom have gunshot wounds, who went to collect food for their starving families. The Israeli authorities must end their siege on Gaza. (&) revert back to the principled aid distribution system, coordinated by the UN.” www.msf.org/deadly-israe...

🌱 Berry status: going for it! Logan and Boysenberry ☀️

🌱 Now starting to use garlic grown from cloves of grocery store organic garlic. The bulbs definitely are not as big as the ones I’ve grown from specialist planting garlic, but it was an interesting experiment.

🌱 The tromboncini have had to wait for their new digs to be finished. Hopefully this weekend. Still to come: climbing support and critter-protection. Will companion plant with a few beans and the leggiest-imaginable tomatoes. #AmateurAgriculturalist

So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.

And in London + accordion news… London Accordion Orchestra came 5th in the highest category, with score rating of Outstanding at the Innsbruck World Music Festival.

The music world has lost a giant. I can't overstate how important Guy Klucevsek was to me on a musical and human level. I'm going to post a thread of a few favorites here, which seems like a pretty paltry gesture, but people of bluesky need to know this man's greatness.

The UK Disability Discrimination Act is the thing that made my working life possible. Till it became law, I was told at every job interview I went to that my stutter made me unemployable. Without basic protections, discrimination becomes even more normalised www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

#plumstead people, maybe intersecting with Severance fans?: the Greenwich & Bexleyheath Community Hospice charity shop on Plumstead Common Rd has (IMO) a v cool Phillips Hostess Trolley. Just saying.

I had a front row seat to watch 18F get started a dozen years ago by some of the smartest and most dedicated public servants I’ve ever met. Their work saved countless lives, and yes, hundreds of millions, probably billions, of dollars. But just as significantly: it made government more responsive.

former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

Join us! 🇺🇦✊

After consulting reddit for chestnut expertise (of which there is a considerable amount), we’re trying this. Will report back on the outcome. Happy Christmas! Happy Chanukah!

I've written to the Minister supporting Norfolk Wildlife Trust's call to reject British Sugar and the National Farming Union's application to allow the use of the banned neonicotinoid pesticide 'Cruiser SB'. This pesticide poses a severe risk to pollinators and the ecosystems they support.

Who would have thought I'd be needing a list of constitutional law scholars in my reading 😂

What are some tips to writing good alt-text?

🌱 and that’s almost a wrap 2024. There are a few mini tomato plants still looking like they might keep fruiting if it doesn’t get cold. But this should keep us in ripening tomatoes and green tomato curry to Christmas, if we’re lucky 😀 #AmateurAgriculturalist

Reminder for those who could use this!

Greetings from London 👋🏼I voted!!! Expats have a voice (no taxation without representation 😅)

It's a two-post kind of a day! Here's my summing-up of all the responses to @jenitennison.com's ask for input into a new vision for digital government www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/what-d...

Way back in March I ran a workshop for designers to discuss the potential impact of AI on our roles, and on the people who run and use the services we design. I finally, FINALLY wrote it up here: www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/talkin...

So, gang, I am in this group helping DSIT put some flesh on the bones of a future vision for digital public services, and what being the digital centre for government means. Hit me up with your reckons / pointers. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Delighted you're part of this panel Jeni and love how you're working in the open! I wrote up some thoughts here, hopefully more helpful than annoying! neilojwilliams.net/a-digital-ce...

🌱 this is about a third of our harvest so far this year. It’s definitely behind other years due to the cold UK spring, but they are each and everyone very delicious 😋

I grew up in a form of fundamentalism that taught “the sound of a woman’s voice is obscene”. The thing they want is for us to forget Afghan women, forget that they have voices and stories and thoughts and even individuality. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/...