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Ex- consultant, manager, marketer, engineer. Interested in Complexity, Systems and Collective Intelligence. GSOH (Brit)
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Mastodon is now a recognized Digital Public Good. Like Bluesky, we believe in building a better social web. While our approaches differ, our shared commitment to open protocols and user empowerment demonstrates that a more equitable digital future is possible. Here's to bridges, not walls.

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The chances of summer temperatures above 40C in UK, and of longer heatwaves, are rising rapidly in our warming climate. The @metoffice.gov.uk UNSEEN technique 🧪 models many seasons in a modern and pre-industrial climate to compare frequency of extreme events www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) haes gid throu an PASSED. Scots is noo an official leid ae Scotland, alangside an equal tae Gaelic an English. A muckle thanks tae ilka activist, supporter an spikker fa hiv focht sae hard. 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

All of them 'Bluesky is dying' columns just sound like 'how dare you walk away when I'm talking to you boy'

Not at all obvious why this would recover in less than 3 years...

This is online, free and starts at 10 today, with further sessions tomorrow. www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...

Help us create a new educational resource! We're seeking content for our Complex Systems Toolkit: a free to access resource to help educators integrate complex systems concepts into any engineering module or course. Read more & register your interest: epc.ac.uk/toolkit/cont...

This is the last thing the BBC needs

I read this (on the topic of LLMs making stuff up and then apologising when caught out) and it brings Boris Johnson to mind. Just me? (Although he wouldn't offer a clear apology, would he.)

Coming soon from the Alien franchise...

The Times pushes for nationalisation (as well as privatisation) in the NHS... (£) www.thetimes.com/article/7a18...

Draft communique from the G7 summit in Canada. Brilliant set of commitments. (Only kidding - this is from the ASEAN-GCC-China summit at the end of May. The blanked out section is the Belt & Road Initiative.) As discussed in this post by @nixonsimon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...

New painting. 25% of proceeds to @newcastlefoodbank.org www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint

Draft communique from the G7 summit in Canada. Brilliant set of commitments. (Only kidding - this is from the ASEAN-GCC-China summit at the end of May. The blanked out section is the Belt & Road Initiative.) As discussed in this post by @nixonsimon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...

The Times pushes for nationalisation (as well as privatisation) in the NHS... (£) www.thetimes.com/article/7a18...