Alastair PHILP

The TV licence fee is not doubling for over 65s – Full Fact A spokesperson for the BBC confirmed this isn’t true, contrary to claims being shared on social media.

We’ve spotted several videos being shared on social media claiming the TV licence fee is set to double for over-65s.

But this isn’t true.

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

Avenue of daffodils on Edinburgh Meadows

Bonny spring flowers at Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh

Don’t turn right at the church. The road is closed.

Croci of the day from The Meadows.
Happy spring!
#edinburgh

A fine show this year

Blowy day but nice to be out when the rain stopped

Bruntsfield Links bulbs.
Happy spring!

"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

Two tone croci
Melville Drive, Edinburgh

Cold cold cold
on The Meadows
#arthursseat #edinburgh

BBC Radio 4 - The Shipping Forecast: A Beginner's Guide Paddy O'Connell guides us through the history and meaning of 'The Ships'.

The centenary of the UK shipping forecast is being celebrated today on BBC Radio 4.

A beginners guide, including how a famous storm in 1859 motivated the start of weather forecasting: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education

My favourite example of nominative determinism is the window cleaner called Mr Bitt. Followed closely by the two authors of a paper on the urethral syndrome called J Splatt and D Weedon.

Edinburgh University from Middle Meadow Walk

Edinburgh skyline, looking south across The Meadows, 0820 today.

A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single whale, a new study found.

Read more: cnn.it/4ffCsRr

Despite its name Bryce Canyon isn't really a canyon, instead it's a series of amphitheatres carved into chromatic limestone.

#landscape #photography #brycecanyon #nps #findyourpark #landscapephotography #utah #brycecanyonnationalpark

Public health Government plans new strategy for men's health The government has announced plans for a men's health strategy that will look at how to prevent and tackle the biggest health problems affecting men of all ages, including cardiovascular disease, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental ill health. The call for evidence will be launched shortly, and the strategy will be unveiled next year. Announcing the plans, Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary, said, "We're seeing mental ill health on the rise and the shocking fact that suicide is the biggest killer among men under the age of 50."

Another snippet in the @bmj.com, this time on men's health.

I'm interested in what people think? Do we need a strategy, as proposed by @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social, or to focus on implementing what we already know?

#MedSky
#PublicHealth

‘Mummy would prefer you not to do that’: how ‘no’ became a dirty word in parenting The gentle, child-led approach to raising children has become popular with millennials – and one two-letter word has fallen sharply out of fashion. Is this progress, or a recipe for future disaster? If you’ve been to a playground recently, I’ll hazard a…

‘Mummy would prefer you not to do that’: how ‘no’ became a dirty word in parenting

Simple rules can be a powerful way to enable change in a complex system. They're a set of principles that everyone agrees to & help us move forward in a consistent/shared direction. See hsdinstitute.org/practice-hsd....
Simple rules for leaders from Goran Henriks & I: blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/20...

So happy to see THE STORY OF A HEART picked as a @theguardian.com 2024 book of the year 📚

#organdonation 🫀🫁💗

How to start a data-graphics library, illustrated.

"Once one gets locked into a serious book collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can." Details on each title here: www.chartography.net/p/how-to-sta...

A red squirrel poses for a photo

Welcome to our Crib

Volunteers wanted for research on 🚲 by members of ethnic minorities

@edi.bike @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @bikes4refugees.bsky.social @elrecuk.bsky.social @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social @trishaelliott.bsky.social @srd.bsky.social

Seven Ways to Love Better Reading some 200,000 love stories has taught me a few lessons about love and life. Here are the ones that help me most.

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/s...

A quote from Daniel Jones, editor of the long-running Modern Love column: “Value the people you're with now. Don't think, 'I'm planning for 10 years from now.' Get your 401(k) out of your mind. Contribute to it, but put it out of your mind. It's the now, it's the now. That is the work.”

It’s been 20 years since Daniel Jones launched Modern Love as a weekly column in the New York Times. Today, he shares what the job has taught him about love along the way. nyti.ms/49lR2Fv

The 8 best new architecture projects in L.A. for 2024 The Natural History Museum, NBCUniversal, ArtCenter, Caltech and an affordable housing project make our year-end list. See what other architecture projects changed the SoCal landscape.

For Los Angeles architecture, it’s been a surprisingly good year. The region’s best projects are as clear and practical as they are creative and striking.

Chart showing proportion of adults in the adult non-pensioner low-to-middle income population in different age bands for men (left panel) and women (right panel): GB/UK

20 is the new 50 for low-to-middle income Britain.

Adults in low-to-middle income families are now almost as likely to be in their 50s (20%) as their 20s, (21%).

This is a big shift from 1994-95, when low-to-middle income adults were around 60% more likely to be in their 20s.