One country invading another is never a good thing… It makes for a volatile, unstable and aggressive world, particularly when sovereign states now have nuclear capability… Yet part of me feels we, in the U.K., were invaded by a hostile force. This government has attacked every value I grew up with of decency and compassion. They have attempted consistently to pass laws to undermine and reconfigure a fair, inclusive society. They have done so whilst promoting their own values of selfishness, greed, ignorance and loathing for anyone vulnerable or disadvantaged. We may not have been invaded by a foreign power… But those at the helm of this country do not wish us well. They pass laws to allow our waters to become riddled with sewage, effectively dance on graves during a pandemic, nepotistically embezzle or lose billions of public funds, empower corrupt mp’s, increase financial disparity, destroy dreams of stable safety and security and encourage bigotry and racism with their idiotic, uncaring policies.
Invaders normally seek to divide and conquer new lands. This government is the most divisive of my lifetime… We can’t let them conquer whatever beauty we have left. Democracy can work for us. We still have the power to claw back the country they stole…
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Come to our traditional hand-drilling competition! Each competitor will have one chance to drill the deepest hole they can in 5 minutes by hand!
📍 Plen-an-Gwarry
📅 Mon 10th July, 3.00pm
💝 £5.00 per entry, £50.00 prize for winners
#lafrowdafestival2023
Russell Group, which is made up of 24 leading #universities including Oxford and Cambridge, has announced that students will be allowed to use generative AI. Here's what you need to know 🧵👇 1/ #AIEthics
This strange artifact melted out of the ice in the Lendbreen pass. We scratched our heads to try to figure out what it had been used for but we couldn't come up with a good answer. The object was exhibited at the local museum. A visiting elderly woman solved the mystery for us.
This may be the most important chart in UK tax policy. It suggests the UK's VAT registration threshold is holding back the growth of 26,000 companies.
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A polyculture of wheat grown with walnut trees produces ~ 40% higher yields.
1 hectare of wheat/walnut mix yields the same as 1.4 hectares of each crop grown separately.
This is an example of overyielding.
I’ll be giving an in person lecture next Thursday 19th January 5-7pm at SOAS to celebrate my recently launched book- Dogon Masks in Motion. Please come (and share)- https://t.co/fyTv847jAx…
BREAKING 🚨 | The first reading of the bill to restrict the right to strike is TODAY.
If passed, this will mean health, education and other key workers will be forced to work - and SACKED if they don't comply.
MPs must reject this cynical legislation.
Ever so accurate.
"Every winter, fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads for cars, making them faster & more dangerous, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life" via @fietsprofessor
I’m finding it rather amazing how quickly we have accepted that our post will rarely arrive, that we can’t see a GP, that a 12 hour wait at A&E and a 3m wait for a passport is perfectly normal, that paying more taxes for significantly shittier services is inevitable etc.
I hate to break it to you but the basic premise of a monarchy is that people are NOT equal so instead of being outraged by some random lady’s casual racism maybe you should channel your anger on the institution that produces lords and ladies in the first place.
Listen to new RDI Jenny Beavan interviewed by Mike Dempsy RDI as part of the RDInsights series. The interview can be found on the RSA website at https://t.co/dZ2Ks8o9jp
Could've never imagined 19yrs (!)ago when I first arrived in UK @RCA from Ahmedabad that this might be possible. Beyond grateful to receive the Royal Designer for Industry Award with @jonardern for our practice @Superflux ❤️ Thanks 🙏🏽 @theRDIfaculty@theRSAorg#speculativedesign
This evening we will be welcoming new designers into @theRDIfaculty, as well as hearing an address from Dame Jo da Silva @Arup.
It's time to be resilient, by design. #RSARDI@tzlloyd
⏰ Streaming @ 6PM GMT today!
⚠️➡️https://t.co/B0ywKwRuIF
Jo da Silva DBE RDI, global director of Sustainable Development at Arup will give this year’s RDI Address on building resilience in cities and communities to reduce vulnerability and improve social wellbeing. https://t.co/gIarmFXoT3