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Philip McCann receives Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement - The Productivity Institute Philip McCann has become only the sixth non-North American scholar to win the Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement.

Prof Philip McCann (TPI & @alliancembs.bsky.social) has received the Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement. The award recognises Philip's significant contributions to the field of regional science.

Find out more: www.productivity.ac.uk/news/philip-...

#productivity #regions #economics

The first thread is good. It makes sense and is accurate. 9/10 times (and maybe even 10/10) you are not targeted. You are simply an opportunistic victim who was the easiest out of a dozen to run copy/paste commands against. Do the basics of cybersecurity and save yourself a crisis. As for the second thread, you hit it perfectly for me. I am a firm believer of "the person behind the keyboard" a computer is just a tool, a means, an endpoint... what you actually have to realize is the human factor of it all.

A Counter-Threat Intelligence lead for a major firm, who runs a team penetrating hacker networks to uncover new threats and comments about their company, and this is their reply to this thread. (posted with permission)

The mythology around hackers is wildly oversold. But defense requires doing it.

2/2 thanks to @andycambridge.bsky.social for the share.
Given the 1962 report of Parliament’s own Security Commission there may be some #ISO9000 quality improvement opportunities? Cc @sandbaggerone.bsky.social @frankgardner.bsky.social @deborahaynes.bsky.social @keirgiles.bsky.social

Parliamentarians warned of new spying attempts from China-linked agents A statement sent to people working in Westminster - seen by Sky News - says two headhunters were working for Chinese security services. The warning was sent after MI5 issued an alert.

1/2 should @danjarvismp.bsky.social have to repeat this message after all we have been through ??

This is a cross-party challenge that needs broad support. Cc @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk @lordtoby.bsky.social @tomtugendhat.bsky.social @tobiasellwood.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/parlia...

@jsargentr.bsky.social @deborahaynes.bsky.social @elisabethbraw.bsky.social @larissabrown.bsky.social @hindshelen.bsky.social @guyyeomans.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social @transportgovuk.bsky.social @lordtoby.bsky.social a second rail sabotage event reported in Poland #LVP

New cyberattack on Denmark targets Great Belt Bridge website The website of Denmark’s Great Belt Bridge is inoperational on Friday after the latest of a series of cyberattacks that have targeted official websites throughout this week.

@hindshelen.bsky.social @rubonist.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social
Last week saw DDoS attacks on Danish institutions including transport infrastructure.

www.thelocal.dk/20251114/new...

They don’t just drive — they bring joy, conversation, and a helping hand to those who need it.

Without them, this scheme wouldn’t exist. We’re proud to celebrate their generosity and spirit today.

Interested in volunteering? Visit: volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk/volunteers/p...

💛 Celebrating Cumbria Kindness Day – 13 Nov 2025 💛

Kindness comes in many forms—and in #Caldbeck, it looks like four dedicated volunteers behind the Community Wheels scheme.

These incredible individuals make it possible for others to stay connected, get out & about, & enjoy the beauty of #Cumbria.

🙏🏼

Shameful from any perspective!

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An army marches on its stomach. . . . .

Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero' Samir Zitouni, 48, was left fighting for his life after trying to protect passengers during the knife attack on Saturday's 6.25pm LNER service from Doncaster to London King's Cross.

Bloody foreigners; coming over here, serving the public for 20 years and then risking death to protect their passengers

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Microsoft Azure outage: Websites come back online Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

@thenotoriousguy.bsky.social

Morning to everyone at IHTYS!
(Via JP)
#AlternativeWar
Cc @deborahaynes.bsky.social
@keirgiles.bsky.social @gordoncorera.bsky.social @frankgardner.bsky.social @techuk.bsky.social @danjarvismp.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seeing more eyewitness reports about #TrainAttack on the news provides further evidence of bystanders intervening in this incident. It seems that the actions of these “zero-responders” quite possibly saved lives last night

'Run, there's a guy stabbing everyone' - eyewitnesses describe attack Two passengers on the Doncaster-London train during Saturday's stabbing attack describe chaos as people scrambled for safety.

Eye-witness reports of extreme heroism in response to #TrainAttack in Cambridgeshire, UK last night. Man uses own head to protect woman from being stabbed. Evidence of concept of 'zero responders' & shows that people don't tend to 'panic' in emergencies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are

@chriscocking.bsky.social more humbling #ZeroResponder news

Cc @lucygobag.bsky.social @amandacomms.bsky.social. @hellturn.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social @guyyeomans.bsky.social @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social @andycambridge.bsky.social
#peoptog
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Lack of welders sees defence giant recruit from the Philippines Warship builder Babcock International has recruited 300 welders from the Philippines to fill major skills gaps at its Rosyth shipyard in Fife, a move that has reignited debate over Scotland’s in...

A case in point... www.scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/lac...

. . . and does this "Civil War narrative" form part of someone's campaign synchronisation matrix?

Agree, but his algorithm is fuelling this and it feeds off grievance and belligerent language.
Cc @dfrlab.bsky.social @disinfo.eu @cen4infores.bsky.social @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social

@thatotheridea.bsky.social @mtthwhgn.bsky.social @floracornish.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social
Memorial & Recovery
#Ukraine
#Kyiv
#AdventurousHistorian

Kyiv remembers its children, then...

@departmentforedu.bsky.social
Dormant account?
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Cc @hindshelen.bsky.social

And with skill and experience in short supply in many parts of our public sector, what do THEY think about the condition of our Navy?

#SustainableWorkforce

Epic!
Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏼

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AWS admits more services broke as it recovered from outage : 12 more hours of pain followed initial outage

More from @theregister.com via John L at EPS -Ldn

www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/a...

@malaysiaofficial1.bsky.social @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social @weforum.org

Amazon Web Services - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Amazon Web Services' on Tuesday 21 October 2025.

Thanks to Lord Toby Harris for raising sovereignty and supply chain security concerns in the @ukhouseoflords.bsky.social, sharing questions + responses. It's probably early days yet.
CC @guyyeomans.bsky.social @amandacomms.bsky.social
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
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