Tonight’s Light Up Netley was a wonderful community event and it was heartening to see so many people join us on the lantern parade and lighting up the festive lights at the library and at St. Edward’s Church. Thank you to all those who came along to join in the festive spirit!

We are, roughly speaking, halfway through #Movember. Here is a little update. To donate, please go to movember.com/m/15429309?m...

We are, roughly speaking, halfway through #Movember. Here is a little update. To donate, please go to movember.com/m/15429309?m...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

'Lost' spider species rediscovered on Isle of Wight

☀️ #Movember is nearly here!😎 All in the name of men’s health, shining a little light on minds, hearts, & hairy upper lips everywhere. Let’s brighten the world, one whisker at a time! 💛 #LightBeginsWithin #Handlebars uk.movember.com/mospace/1542... please donate! #charity

Drystone Chambers congratulates Ahmed Muen who has been ranked by Chambers and Partners for Crime, London Bar. This well-deserved recognition reflects his outstanding work and we are delighted for him. Read more about Ahmed here www.drystone.com/ahmed-muen-a... #CriminalLaw #Barrister

We can now realise how prescient 2001: A Space Odyssey was, depicting an AI having hallucinations.

There really is no need to worry about the heat death of the universe. Everything is going to be 0 K.

Mazur: Furious legal executives rally as SRA makes first public statement www.lawgazette.co.uk/mazur-furiou...

Today, mostly avoiding clichés like the plague.

I have written to Local Government Minister Alison McGovern along with my Hampshire @libdems.org.uk MP colleagues @dannychambers.bsky.social and @alexkbrewer.bsky.social to express our concerns about Hampshire County Council's plan for local government reorganisation.

It really annoys me when people use the wrong word and don’t have the humidity to admit it.

🌞 “Saturday morning: the sun is up, the weekend is wide open, and possibility is already brewing stronger than the coffee. Let’s make something beautiful today.” ✨☕🌿

An article about my much missed son Ben, and looking after a child with autism, and the wonderful care we received from our brilliant #NHS. #autism #CHD www.biscoes-law.co.uk/site/blog/mi...

aww man, godspeed Capt Lovell. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Euro 2025 final: England v Spain preview

I bought a new double breasted suit this week and am delighted to see David Bowie wearing one on #LiveAid thus proving my sense of fashion and cool.

Main observation from watching #LiveAid at forty years in is how young everyone looks.

We are watching #LiveAid. 17 year old daughter is amazed; “this is an actual thing from the 1900s!”

Intense Med Sea heatwave - fears for marine life www.bbc.com/news/article... "balmy temperatures might sound attractive, but they can pose hidden threats. Harmful bacteria and algae can often spread more easily in warmer seawater, which isn't treated with cleaning chemicals like yr local pool."

"The government promised domestic abusers wouldn't be released early, but they were slipping through the net. That needs to change." @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social

Proust's writing wakes you up to how you too feel so many sensations, reflections, connections, connotations in everything around you and everything that happens, and that you think you should overlook them to avoid being overwhelmed, but he tells you not too, because that is what it is to be alive.

Reading In Search of Lost Time again, and if anything delighted by it even more. This time, I'm reading the Prendergast translation and have read and reread the first chapter of Swann's Way a number of times. There's a lovely passage in which the narrator feels so blessed to hear his mother

We’re recruiting a new Chair. Could it be you? If you are a strategic leader with a strong commitment to advancing women's legal rights, we invite you to help shape our future direction. Find out more & apply: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi... Deadline July 31st 5pm #Governance #Trustee

#GoodNews: Solar power is booming in Pakistan. Its share of electricity generation more than tripled in just three years, climbing from four percent in 2021 to 14 percent in 2024 — one of the highest percentages in Asia. e360.yale.edu/features/pak...

MISSION REPORT: Last week, we responded to 55 emergencies across our region. Our busiest days were Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, with 10 call-outs on each day. We responded to: 37 incidents by air. 🚁 18 incidents by road. 🚗 Thank you for keeping us flying and saving lives. 💚💛 📸 Jonny Fowler.

10 years of the podcast. Thank you so much for listening. It’s the best thing I’ve ever been involved with and I’m so grateful to you. Listen to the 10th anniversary ep here: 🎧: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...

Fantabulous Father’s Day card with a D&D theme created by wonderfully talented daughter!

Ooo! We're looking pretty good, even though we do say so ourselves 😍🤩

Every lawyer dreads making a career-damaging mistake. Our latest on-demand webinar shows you how to avoid common pitfalls, handle slip-ups with confidence, and protect your professional standing. Available now. zurl.co/b8QhY

Consider #LetItBloomJune now that #NoMowMay has ended for another year, even a wee strip of messy grass is really helpful for nature 🌷🦔🪲🌿🐝🦋🌱

Todd A Solomon, of @mcdermottlaw.bsky.social and GEI Advisory Board Member, references the impact of geopolitics on workforces and evolving regulation around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). He said:

The view from the 91st floor of Taipei 101.

📢 Ronald Dworkin’s Philosophy of International Law and Postcolonial Criticisms 📅 20 May | ⏰ 4-6pm 📍 In person | 🏛️ UCL Laws With Professor Seyla Benhabib (Yale University, @harvard.edu). 🔗 Find out more + book your place: tinyurl.com/2myydm4c

Next week is Knife Crime Awareness Week. This should be an opportunity to rally around a meaningful, public health approach to tackling knife crime. Generations of policy makers have failed young people on this issue. Let's start the change #changecanhappen

Delighted to have won an award for Best Weekly Presentation at my business networking group. #NotaryPublic www.linkedin.com/posts/bni-bo...

I recent read this forthcoming book by @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1... It's a really forensic and detailed critique of the often unprincipled and illiberal caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights on hate speech. Essential reading if you're writing in the area.

#Wednesday #Joke #Jokes #jokerchallenge #fun #happy #invisible #plane #tiktok

NOW HEAR THIS! Tomorrow is Straw Hat Day - time to put your felt hats away for the summer. #hats #fairwarning

A fantastic evening at the @mayflower.org.uk theatre to see the Welsh National Opera’s production of the Marriage of Figaro. So beautifully done, and also so funny. Thank you!

Review: The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – In-Common https://www.eucup.com/1019727/ By Martin Brisland.  Have you watched the Shawshank Redemption film? Then you will have heard a beautiful Mozart aria from the Marriage of Figaro. It is the scene …

It's by this point in the year I guess that Santa is really starting to feel relaxed thanks to his one night a year work schedule.

Struggling to see the difference between Reform and Conservatives in terms of their policies. Aren’t Reform just Conservatives with a different name?

If you’re planning on resetting Britain to its “glorious past”, when, exactly, do you mean?

🚨 BREAKING: TikTok has been hit with a €530 million fine after illegally sending the personal data of European users to China. Read the story: ow.ly/16Yh50VLQ9I

Today's to do list : sort out sock drawer, once and for all. #determined

Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and its sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers. Cambridge 20 May (hybrid) Oxford 27 May (in person)

Let them eat two dolls.

The Law Society has criticised plans to create ‘intermediate courts’ to address the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial, asserting that ‘only sustained investment' will ensure victims and defendants get justice that is both timely and fair’ www.thejusticegap.com/law-society-...