all mistakes are contextual, and context is something that you can change finite players play within boundaries, infinite players play *with* boundaries x.com/Malcolm_Ocean/…

This is such a powerful piece Reading the opening paragraph, whilst holding my two month old baby boy, really hit me 🥺

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of SEND system “The result is that young people, & their families, don’t get the help they need & lose vital weeks, months & years of education and development as a result...” theguardian.com/education/2024…

‘What if children are being labelled SEND because they do not fit the narrow academic curriculum of the English Baccalaureate era?’ E-ACT leader Tom Campbell says the curriculum has played a key role in the SEND crisis tes.com/magazine/analy…

A Dark-eyed Junco wearing a snowflake on his cheek ❄️

Oh yikes 😦

This today from Office for National Statistics (ONS): “In London, the average home was not affordable for any household income decile; in three other regions, the average home was only affordable to the top decile.” This in a nutshell is the UK housing crisis for younger people

one thing i think about a lot w my son is that, after 18 months, children are so insanely capable that really the only limits on your ability to include them in things is your risk tolerance and whether you have objects in the right size and height

…been thinking about the fireflies for months now. It used to be a beautiful thing 🏮

…been thinking about the fireflies for months now. It used to be a beautiful thing 🏮

I love this map of places where sycamore gap tree saplings will be planted. They include the Rob Burrow Centre for MND and a plot in memory of a 15 year old girl killed by her ex-boyfriend. They stretch from the Orkneys to Cornwall. By the National Trust.

We haven’t lost *half of our hedgerows* since the 1940s, we’ve lost pretty much all. With the odd exception, the ‘hedgerows’ that remain are machine-flailed to lifelessness, leaving them useless for wildlife. No width or depth, no cover, no spring blossom, no berries, nada.

We have installed new carpet in our woodland I believe you will find it most fetching

NEWS: Ofwat has announced water bills to rise by 36% in Eng and Wales over the next five years (22% for firms that do only water not sewerage) Yet the rise is heavily front loaded, with a 20% rise next year. This means average bill will rise from £440 to £526 this year.

Looking forward to this 🎄

The 👀 Christmas folk are ready to be tucked in 🕯️ A gentle slide into rest everyone 🎄

my favourite part of living in the UK is that we build a thing, it becomes insanely successful, then we never do that thing again

10% of international web traffic is protected by a wall of lava lamps in San Francisco which converts the changes in randomness of the bubbles into computer code.

Five holly leaves from the same tree 🌳 If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get Photo: Emmanuel Lattes

Please share: temperatures have dropped - and in addition to regular services, emergency shelters are open across London so anyone sleeping rough has a warm and safe place to stay. If you see someone sleeping rough who needs help - contact StreetLink ⬇️