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She had a certain way … of raising her hands to either side of her head when expressing herself - which is simply unforgettable.

Belt and Road Initiative significantly crowded out Japanese infrastructure projects & reduced frequency of foreign leaders’ visits to Japan, particularly those from countries in East Asia including Pacific & South Asian regions where Sino-Japanese competition is most intense
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Great updating the Metro Mayor @metromayorsteve.bsky.social about our work @livunichil.bsky.social and forward plans for innovation in adult social care working with the National Care Forum at the Labour Party Conference. @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

@liverpooluni.bsky.social

Are you developing CareTech solutions? Could you give time back to care providers and support organisations to strengthen their capacity and help improve the quality of care they offer?

Apply for a small grant and technical support from the University of Liverpool: www.chi-zone.co.uk/asct-grant

We’re looking for visionaries to accelerate the development of bold, disruptive solutions to the most pressing challenges in health and care across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and beyond — the 2025 focus is Mental Health Futures. Apply today👇

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Delighted to discuss our ambitions for the Adult Social Care Testbed we’ve established with the National Care Forum and care and support organisations across the #LCR with the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP at #LabourPartyConference

It’s magnificent at dawn and dusk - right beside our offices at the Liverpool Science Park (apt). Hope to see you whilst you’re in town 👍

Discovering Our Digital Potential: new report makes recommendations for future-proofing Adult Social Care in the LCR — CHI-Zone Today, we are publishing a new report setting out how data, technology and digital skills could empower adult social care providers and support organisations in the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

Looking forward to talking about our work with NCF to empower adult social care providers to innovate at the #LabourPartyConference

Check out ‘Discovering Our Digital Potential’ produced with care and support organisations based in the Liverpool City Region: www.chi-zone.co.uk/our-collabor...

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Excited for this afternoon’s Rugby World Cup final - time it was for the #RedRoses 🌹 to lift the trophy 🏆 at Twickenham 🏉

NB: 65% of ASC by local govt relates to people aged 16-65 - not home or residential care for the elderly, where there may be some overlap with NHS ‘left shift’ from hospital to community.

The absence of productivity boosting plans (and Transformation Funding) associated with Adult Social Care: notable. If total spend (public+private) on ASC is £50bn and it takes the same 5% target 🎯 as the NHS, it should receive £0.75bn Transformation Funding and return £3bn - on a rough calculation.

“Independent specialists are more sceptical, saying it’s really about underlying weaknesses in the global pharmaceutical sector.” For ‘global’, read: China is lowering the costs associated with high-quality drug discovery and development.

Revealed: Number of full-time unpaid carers soars by 70 per cent | IPPR The number of unpaid carers doing 35+ hours a week has skyrocketed to 1.9 million peopleDemand outpaces supply as requests for care have risen by 15 per ce

Revealed: Number of full-time unpaid carers soars by 70 per cent according to a new paper for the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
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#socialcare #carers #unpaidcarers

Catching up with #LNOP - still dreaming of a VR app with which to have a proper go at conducting proceedings … 🥳

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Federal greener homes program offers no-cost retrofits | The Narwhal The Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program will cover the costs of heat pumps and other efficiency upgrades, beginning in Manitoba

A new federal program will fund energy efficiency upgrades for modest-income households, officials announced today in Winnipeg. It’ll roll out in Manitoba first, before expanding across Canada. Via @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/greener-home...

A new paper from OpenAI argues that LLMs hallucinate because acknowledging ignorance is penalised in training.

Surely if it was that simple they´d have fixed it by now.

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Spot on. A mentor of mine once described the development of community-led solutions as akin to establishing ‘tents to withstand the gale’ (of change in the surrounding context).

Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University. U.S.

BREAKING: A federal judge reverses the Trump administration's cut of billions of dollars to Harvard University.

France’s 30-year yield hit 4.5%, its highest since 2009, as the government faces a confidence vote over deficit cuts.

German 30-year yields reached 3.4%, the highest since 2011, while Dutch yields rose to 3.57%.

Today, the yield on a 30Y Bond in the UK rose to 5.64%, its highest level since 1998.

The 30Y Treasury Yield in the US is now near 5.00%.

Japan 30-Year Yield jumps to 3.25%, its highest level in history.

The same thing everywhere, all at once - not the result of the Chancellor or HMT (today).

Many Happy Returns, Salif Keita - 76 today! 🥳 And, still making the most amazing music .. 🎵

Taiwan has since joined the postal ‘strike’. Not an issue I had on my Bank Holiday bingo card … with no hint of irony, the Royal Mail ‘hopes the disruption will be minimal and only last a few days’. Polite.

Evidence points towards structural weaknesses in the U.K. economy since the GFC of 2008 (eg reduced investment, slow adoption of new tech) as key drivers of productivity challenges - but there could, theoretically, be some relationship with the tax threshold freeze for higher earners.

Politics and story-telling A short essay on an English bank holiday

Politics and story-telling – a short essay on an English bank holiday

By me

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Exactly.

China Refiners Grab Russian Oil as Trump Menaces Flows to India Oil refiners in China have stepped up purchases of Russia’s flagship crude, seizing an opportunity to take discounted cargoes relinquished by India as Washington ramps up trade tariffs against New Delhi.

Oil refiners in China have stepped up purchases of Russia’s flagship crude, seizing an opportunity to take discounted cargoes relinquished by India as Washington ramps up trade tariffs against New Delhi