Robin Johnson

Social worker, urban ethnographer, author, founder of the PIELink on-line community of practice. Current preoccupation: Biosemiotics and the human Umwelt.

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@davidyelland It looks as he’s been shat on by the pigeons.
But it wasn’t the pigeons, it was his own colleagues…..

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@johnisitme @Ed_Miliband Hilarious. Just a pity that we all die but hey, the bacteria might come up with something better next.

[Jenny Mace @seamusivy]

Great debate on @skysarahjane with @vicrayner @TheKingsFund on preventative approaches, workforce development and a holistic approach to responding to people. So refreshing

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@Shrink_at_Large Because DWP staff don’t need therapy but they do need staff support?

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A lifestyle choice.

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@matthud59 It’s not just about the EU cash. The fisherman were shafted, the shellfish industries almost wiped out. And then he brought the G7 down here and seeded Covid where our levels had been low until then.

[Ending Homelessness Together @RiversideEHT]

Pleased to see that proposals which could have effectively criminalised the use of tents by people sleeping rough have been ditched.

The Government must now turn their attention towards the rising levels of rough sleeping.

https://t.co/jcyu2zj2vd

[Jenny Drife @DrifeJenny]

Wrote to @thetimes responding to Suella saying that only *some* homeless people should be allowed tents. Glad they published it.

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@AstroMikeMerri @UoN_Physics It was either going to immediately kill him (triggering cardiac arrest) or be an enormous gift to humankind. So he tried it. Ethics approval was a different world back then…..

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It occurs to that I really ought to let people here know that in September I finally published two new books on Psychologically Informed Environments. I’d write here something more on what they cover, but putting complex issues in a few pithy phrases is really not m…..

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It occurs to that I really ought to let people here know that in September I finally published two new books on Psychologically Informed Environments. I’d write here something more on what they cover, but putting complex issues in a few pithy phrases is really not m…..

[Robert Peston @Peston]

This chart - by Case and Deaton for Brookings - is just the most incredible illustration of the human cost of inequality. It shows that Americans with an undergraduate degree live as long as the Japanese and all citizens on average (with or without degrees) in other rich countries. But Americans without degrees die an appalling 8.5 years younger than their educated fellow citizens, and their life spans are way way shorter than you would expect of citizens in the world’s richest country. A significant life expectancy gap between rich and poor is sadly also characteristic of the UK, even with the UK’s famously better universal healthcare provision. A decent healthcare system cannot rectify the ravages to wellbeing caused by deprivation

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@tonyblackburn @AmandaAddo3 He hadn’t signed a contract to purchase those goods; I think they should be returned to sender.

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@bbcnickrobinson Tactical voting between them could pose a serious threat to all parties

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Looks useful.

[GFN @GrantFunders]

📢📢GFN members - an invitation to our next online event will have hit your inboxes over the last few days! The brilliant @lisa_raftery is joining us to discuss Trauma Informed Practice is and how we as grant-makers,can incorporate the principles within #grantmaking practices.

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@OMytrendz The polluter pays? Your on borrowed time guys.

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@ChurchfieldJE Falmouth drowns in student detritus every year. Why don’t we make the landlords responsible for the behaviour of their tenants? Then they can threaten to withhold deposits to cover their fines.

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@LoveIsland How on earth did this pap come to be in my news feed? I’ve never had even the slightest interest in these people.

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@AstroMikeMerri @titudinality @AllisonPearson My wife, at her university, wondered why so many Chinese students with no command of English paid to take her courses. Oh, they said, it’s so cheap - no bribes…

[David KC @DavidMuttering]

This coordinated walk has screwed up chess for me. Surely the guy in the middle should go one step at a time and the other two zip around diagonally.