Chris F Jones

Amazing research findings!
#CofE #BibleSociety #churchgrowth

F-84 jet

What can airplane cockpits tell us about the dangers of designing for the ‘average’ person? 🧵

Congratulations Andrew! 👏

“But too often the platforms' first action on the death of a client is to shut the adviser out of the loop, just when we are often needed the most.” Some great reflections and comments from @philbillingham.bsky.social

www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-bi...

Who wants to be archbishop of Canterbury? Beset by safeguarding scandals and a fundamental split on LGBT+ rights, the Church of England is struggling to find a new leader

“It takes a certain madness to put your name forward for the top job in this busted organisation, and anyone who wants it probably shouldn’t get it.” @andrewgraystone.bsky.social on the search for a new archbishop of Canterbury.
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:

Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

Saw @aiannucci.bsky.social’s glorious Dr Strangelove tonight thanks to NT Live. Brilliant & innovative staging & a terrific cast led by Steve Coogan. After #Signalgate, Putin, Trump - rather too close to reality at times!

Likewise, tonight in Ipswich - #Excellent! Highly recommended

Outstanding work

With the US now voting with Russia, Belarus and N Korea at the UN, this is a good time to read or re-read the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Russia, UK *and US* made clear commitments to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. Six bullet points, read them. treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...

A gruesome hostage exchange Why are Hamas and Israel trading the dead for the living?

Crikey, Frances, that’s grim. open.substack.com/pub/coppolac...
But as ever, very definitely worth reading.
@francescoppola.bsky.social

YouTube video by Hannah Featherstone Footprints underground - Hannah Featherstone

If the suspense is too much, you can find the video and a short blurb about my part in it in the description here: youtu.be/ccnIUL5Z3Y4

Wow! That’s awesome - huge congratulations, Cara, and such a beautiful song from Hannah👏. The family music creativity continues!

@betatalk.bsky.social 🤣

We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border - UK has a moral duty to support both Rohingya and Bangladesh- we’ve left the responsibility for helping some of the most oppressed people to one of the poorest nations

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This is a very well reasoned and worded complaint. Predictably, the response makes no attempt to address what it says

This was great! Really fascinating explanation of how our understanding of the universe has grown over the last century. Looking forward to part 2 - thanks @jimalkhalili.bsky.social !

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy.

In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

Denmark set to work building a defensive wall on the Greenland coast

Just found you - welcome! 🙏

Billingham: Measuring value by one meeting a year is bonkers Phil Billingham, director at Perceptive Planning, says assuming that one client meeting a year delivers value for money is flawed thinking.

Great piece by
@philbillingham.bsky.social :
service to clients - it’s not just about an annual review!
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How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March

NEW

How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year

How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March

By me

Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-lo...

Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/how-...

2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)²

and

2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³

How beautiful

Full Restitution, Empty Promises The WASPI campaign and increases in women’s state pension age

“Women of a certain age”, state pensions, Suffragette costumes, and disappointment. My blog in the WASPI campaign and its supporters’ expectations of compensation, now disappointed by the government open.substack.com/pub/bleakhou...

Takes a few seconds to vote. No need to tick boxes or add emails

Great analysis of the story of the Magi, with helpful historical context

Just discovered Guy Garvey’s From The Vaults on Sky Arts - excellent! Great one for the much-missed Mike Morrison music hour… #pensiontechs

Absolutely - insightful and compassionate: great work Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social

DP24/3: Pensions: Adapting our requirements for a changing market We want your feedback on whether and what further changes might be needed to certain aspects of our pensions regulatory framework.

At last! Great to see the FCA thinking openly about allowing stochastic projections for pension clients. We’ve until 27/2 to make our views known. www.fca.org.uk/publications...

This is an extraordinary document.