Nicholas Ripley

Definitely, thank you!

Skye #photography

In the BBC, this would be reported as ‘does the current heatwave suggest climate change is real, or are these variations just random. We ask Dr Maga Talksbollocks from the Trump Institute for her view.’

Stewart : About as relevant as a wet fart

Google search for “all you can eat buffet near me” Al Overview To find an all-you-can-eat buffet near you, you can use online search engines like Google or Yelp, specifying "all you can eat buffet near me". These searches will typically provide a list of nearby restaurants offering buffet-style dining, including their addresses, contact information, and customer reviews. You can also refine your

The singularity is awesome

Skye #photography #blackandwhitephotography

By Glen Coe #photography

Early morning #Skye #photography

UK graduates facing worst job market since 2018 amid rise of AI, says Indeed Job search site says number of roles advertised for recent graduates is at lowest level in seven years

▫️ #AcademicSky ▫️ #EduSky ▫️ #AcademicChatter ▫️
UK graduates facing worst job market since 2018 amid rise of AI, says Indeed

#blackandwhitephotography #Skye #photography

Is surveillance culture fuelling child cyberstalking? Children as young as 10 are being drawn into a world of cyberstalking, a BBC investigation finds.

You can’t spend 20 years encouraging surveillance culture and suggesting those of us who oppose it are tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists and then be shocked with the results… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Skye looking towards Harris at sunset

Looking towards Harris #photography

(cough) backhanders

I note that my recently acquired Isle of Rassey is absent.

X has seen a shift to the right in its audience, without losing overall reach, according to our #DNR25. Here are 3 things to know:

1️⃣Usage of X for news is stable or increasing in many markets. The biggest uplift is in the US (+8) & Australia (+6).
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How England’s outdated water tracking system leaves regulators in the dark Experts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossible

Demand for water is rising fast but England’s system for tracking water use is outdated, patchy and opaque, leaving regulators in the dark, and can even reward businesses for using more".

With modern drone and satellite sensing there’s no excuse for this at all.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With no authority. A true dictator

Another from Skye #photography #Scotland

Skye #photography #blackandwhitephotography

Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds Study from Nasa and Australian universities shows cloud coverage at the poles has shrunk over past 24 years, but mystery of 2023 global temperature spike remains

Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Artist's beware : you may now be proscribed a terrorist organisation if you use red paint in the UK

Water fall by Glen Coe

A series of monochrome and colour (to follow) images from Skye and this, on the journey to. #photography #blackandwhitephotography

Time to play some Dead Prez

Bridestone in fog #blackandwhitephotography #Yorkshire

The questions the BBC must answer on impartiality The institution I have loved all my life has let me down – here’s why

“I have been a BBC junkie since I was ten. Now it feels like a bad marriage I must leave.”
Yasmin’s column inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

Again Met officers to face gross misconduct.

How do we halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty? - British Politics and Policy at LSE New evidence around the mechanisms of poverty transmission between generations shows that family stress caused by poverty can impede children's development and educational attainment, as well as lead ...

How do we halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty?
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

It's good to be back writing seriously again. Fiction rather than strategy, poetry rather than copy, design rather than crafting templates. Feeling the fun of tools, such as Affinity Publisher, where nuance is possible.