Goodnight from The Comet dancehall, where those stomping on its sprung Maple floor have worked themselves into such a frenzy a summoning is inevitable. Goodnight from the Man-with-a-Hundred-Teeth, sending troubling dreams to all children on Charcoal Lane. Goodnight from Hookland.
Never has an electoral pledge sounded more like a threat. Feels like it's missing "if you miss your next payment".
I coined the term emuskulation to describe what has happened to Twitter. But I think it could just as well be used to describe what happens to someoneās mind when they become too rich and powerful.
Here's K.Badenoch, who thinks an autism diagnosis entails "economic advantages and protections". She also queries providing school transport for autistic kids & has no idea what neurodiversity/divergence are, and why they have abs nothing to do with, say, anxiety. Pls repost
Must admit, when this came out, I read the foreword, thought āperson who has never worked in a big business at a senior level has some rather silly thoughts about HR, donāt need to read this as sheās going outā, and WOW there is a lot of crackers stuff in here.
As the cricket season is really officially over now weāve had the presentation if youāll permit me to share two of my favourite personal moments in the 28 years Iāve been playing that both happened this season. First the best catch Iāve ever taken, which fortunately happened against a team who film.
This research makes Monbiot's anti carbon capture storage stance look even more indulgent. The risk of 1.5c overshoot in terms of irreversible catastrophic impacts is enormous. We need every technology we can get to prevent that if at all possible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New post just out: Why it's so hard to get a GP appointment. (It's not for the reasons you might think). And why the answer is key to fixing the NHS. (Ā£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
And why the answer is key to fixing the NHS