It’s like Pimlico Plumbers having a spanner strategy

I struggle with the concept of organisations having a “data strategy” much as I’d struggle if someone announced a word strategy

We have a bot for everyone. Almost literally

Edited to add, RSS is, of course, available for the more moderne amongst us: written-questions.herokuapp.com/written-answ...

May be of interest to @visitmy.website@dsit-answers.bsky.socialukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m...

Following some confusion on my part between department IDs and answering body IDs, @mhclg-answers.bsky.social is now up and running. It will - should? - post whenever the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government answer a written parliamentary question or correct an earlier answer

I expect you’ll be wanting to follow @dsit-answers.bsky.social then :)

Reminder that any sufficiently optimized system is increasingly fragile, as safety margins appear like waste to optimization efforts. The Taiwanese earthquake already demonstrated this. ObSF: Pham Nuwen and the Qeng Ho understand this! Highly optimized societies are prone to catastrophic collapse.Reminder that any sufficiently optimized system is increasingly fragile, as safety margins appear like waste to optimization efforts. The Taiwanese earthquake already demonstrated this. ObSF: Pham Nuwen and the Qeng Ho understand this! Highly optimized societies are prone to catastrophic collapse.

MSshiplives.bsky.socialOct 1, 2024 9:05am

This is fascinating. www.wunc.org/2024-09-30/a...

A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

A lot of material to put in Young Robert’s mouth for weeknotes

All new to me. Fantastic material