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A terrible photo of the very best.

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Delighted by the English Housing Survey's colour coding

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Useful read on partial and impartial data collection and representation. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Latest wages v private rent inflation data. Private rents have been rising faster than wages for past year and a half and continue to do so. In latest month with data for both (Dec 2024), private rents went up by 9%, 3 percentage points higher than wages.

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Excellent thread from @feliciao.bsky.social on the latest rent data.

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Good to see coverage if this report. Admin & comms isnt glamorous or new - but it’s the basis of most complaints in the NHD & critical to get right. @jacoblant.bsky.social @hbuckingham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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"I didn’t know that my landlord was my friend until he told me so." www.ft.com/content/be03...

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Still time to apply for this!

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‘ “You might, in earlier times, have expected stigma, for people not to be open to this, but instead it’s been, ‘Yes in my backyard,’” Kingsolver said.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

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‘This must be a reciprocal process — what I once heard referred to as “communicating with your ears” — rather than just deploying a bigger megaphone.’

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🔔 New volunteer opportunity In This Together, a food poverty and social isolation org in Belfast, is looking for spreadsheet and data analysis support. Think you could help? Sign up to volunteer👇 www.probonoeconomics.com/volunteer-fo...

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'Our study adds to the emerging evidence of the impact of LEZ policy on respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Or, the cultural impact of Hilary Mantel (and Six)

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UK Poverty 2025 from @jrf-uk.bsky.social unpicking the link between renting and poverty.

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I don't want AI i just want to take a slightly-not-rubbish photo of Venus and the Moon www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

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www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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"Making disability benefits even harder to claim would be counter-productive, costly, and a health risk" More from @johnpring.bsky.social about the findings of our new report with @z2ktrust.bsky.social ⬇️ www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-b... Report⬇️ www.probonoeconomics.com/more-than-mo...

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"The Home Office has not had a full understanding of the scale of resources committed to tackling VAWG across government, limiting its ability to prioritise efforts... (it) has historically underspent its own budget allocated to the VAWG Strategy, by an average of 15%" www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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So does this mean we're getting the X5 back?

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Our research with @z2ktrust.bsky.social shows that the wellbeing benefits of PIP and DLA far outweigh their costs. Focusing only on cutting the benefits bill misses the economic and wellbeing value for disabled people and wider society. Read the report: www.probonoeconomics.com/more-than-mo...

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Great to see @the-independent.com talking about our analysis findings about the economic value of disability benefits and give it the focus it needs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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"When we visited, more than a month after the strike, a father continued to visit the site every day, hoping for news of his 11-year-old son, whose body had yet to be found."

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an excellent thread demonstrating the importance of a) accuracy and precision in our thinking and writing and b) cheese-related puns

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Great to see @markrusselluk.bsky.social, CEO @childrenssociety.bsky.social speaking at the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill evidence committee. He emphasised the importance of children's wellbeing measurement and our joint work as a coalition to fill in this missing piece of the bill.

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Speaks to one of my initial hesitations about the bill - very relieved to read this, particularly with the focus on chronic anorexia.

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Very grateful to have made the last day of Francis Bacon: Human Presence. A sucker punch of an exhibition.

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'Two thirds of all rent is now paid by under-45s' www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

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Loved this from @danhancox.bsky.social, on Walter Benjamin, his last days, and the 'right to be unremarkable.' www.ft.com/content/fe8d...

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'I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear.'

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As you return home, to your home, think of others (do not forget the people of the camps). —Mahmoud Darwish ▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

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the "movement assumed that, were mothers to be working outside the home, they would not need access to the social world of the playgroup in a way that their stay-at-home counterparts had. This isn’t true... even though more mothers then ever work, early motherhood is still profoundly lonely."

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'Broadly speaking, a generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than it would take with traditional software.' theconversation.com/power-hungry...

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'The fires will add a myriad of stressors to L.A.’s housing challenges, many of which were already at risk of worsening.' www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

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"These fires are a watershed moment, not just for residents of LA, but emblematic of a new era of complex, compound climate disaster. Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles have never existed in all of known history, until they now do." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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"Criminal justice statistics in the UK do not — and this is really important — necessarily track the year that a crime actually happens. It’s more accurate to say they reflect the time when the relevant part of the state comes into contact with that crime or that consequence."

A terrible photo of the very best.

Delighted by the English Housing Survey's colour coding

Useful read on partial and impartial data collection and representation. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Latest wages v private rent inflation data. Private rents have been rising faster than wages for past year and a half and continue to do so. In latest month with data for both (Dec 2024), private rents went up by 9%, 3 percentage points higher than wages.

Excellent thread from @feliciao.bsky.social on the latest rent data.

Good to see coverage if this report. Admin & comms isnt glamorous or new - but it’s the basis of most complaints in the NHD & critical to get right. @jacoblant.bsky.social @hbuckingham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"I didn’t know that my landlord was my friend until he told me so." www.ft.com/content/be03...

Still time to apply for this!

📊Are you a data viz and survey design expert? Children's mental health org Mind of the Student is looking for a volunteer to develop its questionnaires and make the most of its data. Find out more about this Data First Aid volunteer opportunity 👇 www.probonoeconomics.com/volunteer-fo...

‘ “You might, in earlier times, have expected stigma, for people not to be open to this, but instead it’s been, ‘Yes in my backyard,’” Kingsolver said.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

‘This must be a reciprocal process — what I once heard referred to as “communicating with your ears” — rather than just deploying a bigger megaphone.’

🔔 New volunteer opportunity In This Together, a food poverty and social isolation org in Belfast, is looking for spreadsheet and data analysis support. Think you could help? Sign up to volunteer👇 www.probonoeconomics.com/volunteer-fo...

'Our study adds to the emerging evidence of the impact of LEZ policy on respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Or, the cultural impact of Hilary Mantel (and Six)

UK Poverty 2025 from @jrf-uk.bsky.social unpicking the link between renting and poverty.

I don't want AI i just want to take a slightly-not-rubbish photo of Venus and the Moon www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"The Home Office has not had a full understanding of the scale of resources committed to tackling VAWG across government, limiting its ability to prioritise efforts... (it) has historically underspent its own budget allocated to the VAWG Strategy, by an average of 15%" www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

So does this mean we're getting the X5 back?

Our research with @z2ktrust.bsky.social shows that the wellbeing benefits of PIP and DLA far outweigh their costs. Focusing only on cutting the benefits bill misses the economic and wellbeing value for disabled people and wider society. Read the report: www.probonoeconomics.com/more-than-mo...

Great to see @the-independent.com talking about our analysis findings about the economic value of disability benefits and give it the focus it needs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

"When we visited, more than a month after the strike, a father continued to visit the site every day, hoping for news of his 11-year-old son, whose body had yet to be found."

an excellent thread demonstrating the importance of a) accuracy and precision in our thinking and writing and b) cheese-related puns

Great to see @markrusselluk.bsky.social, CEO @childrenssociety.bsky.social speaking at the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill evidence committee. He emphasised the importance of children's wellbeing measurement and our joint work as a coalition to fill in this missing piece of the bill.

Speaks to one of my initial hesitations about the bill - very relieved to read this, particularly with the focus on chronic anorexia.

Very grateful to have made the last day of Francis Bacon: Human Presence. A sucker punch of an exhibition.

'Two thirds of all rent is now paid by under-45s' www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Loved this from @danhancox.bsky.social, on Walter Benjamin, his last days, and the 'right to be unremarkable.' www.ft.com/content/fe8d...

'I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear.'

As you return home, to your home, think of others (do not forget the people of the camps). —Mahmoud Darwish ▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

the "movement assumed that, were mothers to be working outside the home, they would not need access to the social world of the playgroup in a way that their stay-at-home counterparts had. This isn’t true... even though more mothers then ever work, early motherhood is still profoundly lonely."

'Broadly speaking, a generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than it would take with traditional software.' theconversation.com/power-hungry...

'The fires will add a myriad of stressors to L.A.’s housing challenges, many of which were already at risk of worsening.' www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

"These fires are a watershed moment, not just for residents of LA, but emblematic of a new era of complex, compound climate disaster. Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles have never existed in all of known history, until they now do." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"Criminal justice statistics in the UK do not — and this is really important — necessarily track the year that a crime actually happens. It’s more accurate to say they reflect the time when the relevant part of the state comes into contact with that crime or that consequence."

the devil works hard but the Alex bot works harder

Once more, thinking about Sophie Smith's LRB essay.

right which sociologist has done a deepdive on Traitors please

"being asked to do more, not given the money to do it.”