Howell Harris

Evidently.

Southcom strikes which illegally kill people on boats in the Carribean that three months ago elicited shocked headlines in US news media are now being reported in low priority spaces buried deep in news outlet websites.

Normalisation of what are in effect US military death squads.

In a very limited sense, not as a matter of broad political intent.

We've been hiking in the Lakes for over 25 years and today was one of our very best days. Feel very lucky.

Sitting Hare - by Charles Tunnicliffe (1901 - 1979)

If you are not already aware of Charles Tunnicliffe, do look him up. His paintings of British birds and wildlife truly are exceptional...

Possibly my all-time favourite #hare painting 🧡

I got through to my old department’s staff list last week, to find one old colleague still there (he died a couple of years ago) & my replacement too (she left at about the same time, but by plane), another guy who’s now in Texas, and a couple of people who’ve replaced them not included. Unimpressed

Isn’t he basically an asset-stripper too, buying distressed companies in declining industries & then running them into the ground (or getting public subsidies not to)?

They’re great as long as they never come anywhere near the Home Islands, or want anything from us, apart from royal visits.

It helps to be (1) rich & (2) Right. A little arrogance does not go amiss, either.

Isn’t it standard Home Office policy to screw people with exorbitant fees? What makes this news is that it’s screwing people with British citizenship rather than just foreigners?

Where is the evidence of regret?

You’re going to need an awful lot of patience.

Those last three words have no practical meaning to the Home Office.

With bats. Possibly even FOR bats.

Should get a RIBA prize.

Pretty nice design.

Fine, thanks — got to A&E at 5, home by midnight. Considering ourselves fortunate. Doc very thorough when she eventually got to see him.

What happens if we leave? Voting to leave the EU would create years of uncertainty and potential economic disruption. This would reduce investment and cost jobs. The Government judges it could result in 10 years or more of uncertainty as the UK unpicks our relationship with the EU and renegotiates new arrangements with the EU and over 50 other countries around the world. Some argue that we could strike a good deal quickly with the EU because they want to keep access to our market. But the Government's judgement is that it would be much harder than that - less than 8% of EU exports come to the UK while 44% of UK exports go to the EU. No other country has managed to secure significant access to the Single Market, without having to: • follow EU rules over which they have no real say • pay into the EU • accept EU citizens living and working in their country A more limited trade deal with the EU would give the UK less access to the Single Market than we have now - including for services, which make up almost 80% of the UK economy. For example, Canada's deal with the EU will give limited access for services, it has so far been seven years in the making and is still not in force.

And so it came to pass.

Intersectionality! You can tell she’s a lefty.

I had a colleague — Jeremy Black, @alanallport.bsky.social — who actually wrote stuff through meetings. I never did, thank ***.

Yes, just my wife checking something — she’s fine, I think, but will be knackered by the time I get her home. Even if you’re OK when you go to A&E you’ll be losing the will to live by the time you get out. They don’t seem to put in much investment or planning. UnBritish, I guess. Nice staff tho.

Another “disrupter“, God save us. Sitting 4 hrs in A&E. Send her here where she’s needed.

Oliver Kornetzke on Donald Trump

Interesting that she thinks Labour already has a great environmental (**** in rivers etc., i.e. non-Miliband) record. How ds she plan to spin & sell that line? At least she _has_ a positive strategy; just seems to think Labour has the credibility to sell this positive line. She shd meet voters, try.

Nothing beats Durham Teaching & Learning & probably Assessment Committee 25 or so yrs later, chaired by a very nice philosopher who had no sense that any afternoon meeting shd not last as long as poss, or that in an ideal world Discussion wd have the very occasional Outcome. Will to live just went.

Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.

This is really, really dark.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Sorry, I have not noticed the exceptions. Can’t be looking or listening carefully enough.

I doubt it, tho.

I was looking back recently at my 1975 diary, 1st term in an academic job. 4.5 hr dept meeting on assessment reform, & the dept was only 9 staff! A taste of things to come. And come, again & again. Should have got out rather than waiting 38 yrs for things to get better. Note to reader: they haven’t

Presumably she was already saying this when she was actually in power?