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pdanderson.bsky.social
Writer, carer. Mainly the latter these days. Author of "Web 2.0 and beyond"
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Seems we are in one of Blair's historical moments when the kaleidoscope has been shaken and the pieces are in flux. Not in a good way.

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@gsoh31.bsky.social - have you seen this news about Notts TV? Nottingham Trent Uni (NTU) pulling out of local micro TV news channel in November. Another example of HEIs retrenching and there's then a knock on in local economy and civic society? www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

submitted 45 days ago • 443 comments

What *exactly* is a social care commission going to tell us that we don't know? What is the magical cross-party solve that *multiple* com'ns & reviews, incl a Royal Com'n, have failed to find? The issue is funding. Its a political choice. MAKE THE CHOICE you're elected to make & get on with it

submitted 52 days ago • 43 comments

If you want to read the government's new plan for change in full the pdf is here. As far as I can see it does not mention #socialcare once. 😞 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751af...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

"So in a few short months the mood in the social care sector has gone from cautious enthusiasm to bewilderment and, now, anger." #socialcare www.ft.com/content/f6bf...

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submitted 96 days ago • 65 comments