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simonparker.bsky.social
Public servant in search of a better future. Communities and service users first. Rebel just for kicks.
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I too agree that the capital of the UK must be the whitest place in the country. Step forward Belfast, we have a winner. Now when are we moving parliament?

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Excited to discover that the UK remains one of the most centralised countries in the known universe. Thanks @oecdgovernance.bsky.social for the ever useful Government at a Glance.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Not normally a fan of Campbell's... but the idea of a network of mentors and supporters for state school pupils to rival the old school tie network is brilliant. If anyone cares to ask me, I'm in. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

This is a really useful piece. Structure matters enormously. However: no structure can function without a) strategy and b) the right people. On the latter there are two paradoxes…

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

No Daily Mail, this is not what's going to happen. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I quite like this idea. www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I'm left handed so handwriting is an absolute chore. My brain doesn't work in straight lines. Computers and coursework saved my academic career. I don't see how to avoid going back to in-person exams for the time being, but there are real downsides for some people.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I keep reading that AI is about to change everything. We need public assemblies, ministers and more! The day-to-day reality of actually using AI tools... well it would be nice if Co-Pilot could turn an excel table into a sankey diagram slide.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Let's assume Reform has a point on the costs of immigration and net zero. What, realistically, could they expect to achieve fiscally?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

As the very loosest sort of Christian, it seems to me that you start with the Beatitudes. They're very clear about how we're supposed to behave. Take it from there.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Is Cummings ok? www.spectator.co.uk/article/west...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

There is a view that consciousness simply emerges from complexity. If that's the case then LLMs might be the way we open up AGI. But I'll bet you it isn't the case...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Adam Curtis remains brilliant but also irritatingly portentous. This piece is worth it for the James Buchanan quotes alone. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

It's excellent. Starmer comes across as a deeply decent and principled man - someone driven by his own wounds to pursue human dignity for others. The question we're left with is whether that's enough?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The original Spaceballs was a terrible, terrible movie. I cannot wait for the sequel.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments