💥We're hiring!💥We're looking for a researcher with a finance background to join our coop & help us investigate the companies wrecking the earth for profit. Please share widely! Closing date 9th Jan. corporatewatch.org/were-hiring-re…

Although this piece is wonderful and hits the nail firmly on the head in its own right, it’s not by #Banksy. It’s actually by Iranian artist Bozorgmehr Hoseinpour (2020). Original post: x.com/Bozorgmehr_h/s…

Surprised at it being as many as 25 (not counting flight changes). There’s quite a bias in the list, of course.

Your regular reminder that soft measures (such as ANPR or temp' barriers) mean nothing to most unthinking of the #drivists.

You can now see Thames Water's sewer overflows in real-time. Check if sewage is being discharged to a river in your park. It's a good step, much better than yearly lists of data. It increases accountability & shows the true performance of infrastructure. thameswater.co.uk/edm-map

1. FTC has taken action against three firms for imposing noncompetes on their workers. As a result of these efforts, thousands of workers who'd been subject to noncompete restrictions can now freely switch jobs or start a competing business, without fear. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Wrote this for The i Paper. Swear to god, the patronising assumption that poor folk haven't spent their whole life learning how to live cheaply & somehow need *educating* on this will be my personal death...you can't cut back where there's nothing to cut. inews.co.uk/opinion/feedin…

Deadline next week for a fully funded PhD position available (fees covered + stipend at standard AHRC rate) co-supervised with Changing Lives women’s criminal justice services in Northumbria region! northumbria.ac.uk/research/postg… under ‘staff-led CDA’ Application is very short!

I started this project back in 2015. I'm going to post my favourite four goals captured from each year up until now. So, lets start. Here is 2015. #UrbanGoals

Oh wow, NIOSH-approved N95 masks with a transparent window to facilitate lip-reading! So, protective *and* accessible - that's pretty cool!

As you didn't Brendan Clarke-Smith, we did a little calculation using CRSP Joseph Rowntree Foundation Minimum Income calculator for you - and this is how much a single parent with two children under 5 would need to earn to achieve a basic decent standard of living (1/x)

Private renting has increased 14% since the last census. An ever expanding, ever more expensive rental sector - where houses are seen as sources of profit instead of homes - is not the answer to our housing emergency. We need more social housing Shelter bbc.com/news/business-…

📰 Today, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new draft guidance which could see 105,000 people in England benefit from hybrid closed-loop 'artificial pancreas' technology on the NHS. (1/5) #Type1Diabetes #gbdoc independent.co.uk/news/uk/englan…

Taking back control of beer. My latest for Culture Matters culturematters.org.uk/index.php/cult…

‘All of the units would be for private sale because, according to the plans, a financial viability assessment shows the scheme “is unable to support provision of any affordable housing”.’ (so, a fundraiser rather than any real desire to house more people?)

It’d be nice to watch the last 22km, but iPlayer coverage seems to disappear at that point only to reappear after the finish. Anyone know where it goes, after Day 8 Extra Daytime?