Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Say what you like about the opportunity-cost of social media, but at least you’re not reading that Princess Diana book right now. 020
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There are too many red flags in this piece (starting with the loathsome title) to address them one by one, so suffice it to say that the person who tells you you don’t need a union is the reason YOU DO need a union. 233
Reposted by Jenny AndrewJeff "First Place Enjoyer" Krisko @jeffkrisko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Remember: 0577
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I brought my replacement toothbrush on my work trip, so I can use the old one tonight and the new one in the morning. That is the rule. 010
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Big drive coming up, and the days are shortening at top speed, so check your car emergency readiness! 1. Sort your breakdown cover. If it’s with the AA, I suggest you switch! 2. If you only take one extra thing, make it a charged backup battery for your phone (plus any leads to go with) 230
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Jim Ratcliffe: for tax purposes, resident in Monaco; for being-a-wanker purposes, still very much present in the UK. Petition to reform HMRC rules: shut up or pay up. 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I’m pretty suspicious about anything that whiffs of ‘degree courses are failing’, because anyone who’s paying attention can see that its the fundimg model that’s failed… but interesting top 10 here: 9 vocational/professional degrees… AND earth/marine sciences! 🤷♀️ www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comRevealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’tWe looked at graduates’ satisfaction levels after leaving university – and while most were happy, up to a third wish they’d picked a different subject 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This from my local metro mayor, Steve Rotheram, and his opposite number at Cheshire & Warrington, calling for a moratorium on the #UKRI > #STFC cuts, with reference to Daresbury Laboratory especially, really helps restore my faith in politicians! www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/liverpo...liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.ukLiverpool City Region and Cheshire and Warrington leaders ask PM to pause budget cuts threatening Daresbury LaboratoryIn a joint letter, the leaders ask government to work with them to fully understand the proposals’ impact before decisions are taken that could be difficu 102
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026James Dyson… brexity grifter extraordinaire, still inventing new ways to make me despise him even more, and that’s REALLY saying something. #InternetOfShit www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comDyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouthJames Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50 120
Reposted by Jenny AndrewMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 30/08/2026Just realized I haven't sent everyone a baby goat fix yet this week. 28293981474
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Whereas every high profile woman who leaves the BBC is like “You’ll be hearing from the employment tribunal.” 020
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My heart is aching in all the right ways at the outpouring of love for Dolly Parton… Heres a tribute I didn’t expect. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to scienceThe country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“Work is good for you”? Let’s qualify that statement: GOOD WORK is good for you. There is far too much of the other kind, which actively isolates people from the opportunities for social learning and self-actualisation that good work actively supplies. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisisPaid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way 131
Reposted by Jenny AndrewFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99268166333
Reposted by Jenny AndrewInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m... 6642721343
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“…the right to rest sustains an economy, rather than depleting it.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comItaly’s mythic ‘month off’ in August was hard won. It would be good for us all | Jamie MackayThe villeggiatura, a month-long break, was popularised in the 1960s when trade unions were strong – and so was economic productivity, says writer and translator Jamie Mackay 000
Reposted by Jenny AndrewMarie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Local news is dying in no small part because online articles all look like this now. I would rather never read it than navigate this. 14611
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We’re ready for another round of “Real Scouser/Fake Scouser” where my husband and i compete to spot the fake Liverpool accents. I won on season 1, despite having only lived here for 28 years compared to my husband’s 52. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...bbc.co.ukThis City is Ours series two first look pictures releasedJames Nelson-Joyce and Hannah Onslow return in the new series, coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One this Autumn 010
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Also, who fucking signed off on that screed? If you’re going to make my phone scream at me, you need a shorter, simpler message that I can process when my head is full to bursting with “Argh! Every kind of disaster! Make the noise stoppppp!!!” 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nigel Farage thinks there’s a plot to humiliate him, and to be fair it does look that way… though if he doesn’t like it, why doesn’t he just stop? 030
Reposted by Jenny AndrewBen Proctor @benproctor.co.uk · 13/08/2026LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 - finally a useful implementation of GenAIcringebot3000.comLinkedIn CringeBot 3000Transform any topic into peak LinkedIn thought leadership guaranteed to make your followers shudder. 031
Reposted by Jenny AndrewStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Composite panel of yesterday's partial eclipse in London. 48113
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Every solar eclipse I find myself just astonished at our good luck that the sun and moon are just the right sizes and distances away from Earth. Like, seriously… is that really just a mad coincidence??? 140
Reposted by Jenny AndrewMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you enjoyed this eclipse, you should pop the date of the next one in your colander. 25981199
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Happy #eclipse day everyone! Here are some of my pics from March 2015. I would NOT recommend looking at the sun through ordinary binoculars, but they do a lovely projection onto a clipboard. 020
Reposted by Jenny AndrewNina @ninaneedsspace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026To be INCREDIBLY clear. I will not be looking at the Sun through the colander. I will be using the colander as a pinhole camera having turned my back to the Sun. I love my retinas just as they are. DO NOT look at the Sun through anything that isn’t a set of safe eclipse glasses. 2113
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Could England & Wales ever run out water? TLDR: yes. Absolutely yes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCould England and Wales ever run out of water?Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be? 000
Reposted by Jenny AndrewHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Now do everywhere else www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta glasses banned from courts in England and WalesExclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave 626071
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Octopus asking customers to reduce energy use during the solar eclipse on Wednesday? I’m willing to be corrected, but this smells a bit gimmicky to me. Let’s suppose incoming solar was, on average, halved between 18:00 and 20:00, while sinking 34°-12° elevation… www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comOctopus Energy urges millions of households to use less electricity during solar eclipseFirm urges customers to avoid running washing machines and dishwashers between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday 100
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026OMG! She asked if he liked her outfit; he said “not really”; she says “white lies exist for a reason”. If you won’t bite your tongue on a completely unnecessary question, why is it anyone else’s responsibility to sidestep the honest answer? SHE made it awkward! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comBlind date: ‘I asked him to compliment my outfit and he said he didn’t really like it’Imogen, 31, a doctor, meets Andy, 36, founder of a consultancy firm 040
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It’s bring-your-colander-to-work day, for all who celebrate! 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Primary schools profiling kids’ unemployment risk… What could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comPrimary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemploymentExclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16 000
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026All these stories about AI ‘going rogue’… Imagine it’s your gas-fitter telling you it’s not *their* fault your house blew-up… the pipes “went rogue”, and react accordingly. Irresponsible people made an unsafe thing and deployed it unsafely. Hold them responsible! 041
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The moment you realise all you’ve packed are leather-soled shoes… Beautiful and terrible to behold. 010
Reposted by Jenny AndrewSteve Jary @unionsteve.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Soooo, that’s why low-level cloud computing is free. Who’d have thunk it? 011
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 02/08/2026People who take care to tell you that tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable… WRONG! They are a fruit, but why would you think that an edible fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant) is not a vegetable (edible part of a plant)? If you’re going to do a pompous “I think you’ll find..”, get it right. 291
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Good editorial from @theguardian.com Echoes points made by Brian Cox on R4’s PM y’day: we have a new gov’t… they must reevaluate this devastation of UK research infrastructure rather than simply sign off on their predecessors’ bad (and badly-reasoned) decisions. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | EditorialEditorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans 010
Reposted by Jenny AndrewTerence Eden @edent.tel · 26/07/2026Hey #UK friends. Do you get annoyed by fireworks? Do your pets find them distressing? Do you think anyone should be able to buy them? The UK Government is running a consultation and want your views. www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukFireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK 03429
Reposted by Jenny AndrewGavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 30/07/2026I have blogged! The State of the Present: Andy Burnham’s new government or - Why the abolition of DSIT is baffling and bad - Why I'm worried about what it means for civil service reform - Some opportunities for the new government around data, digital, open government medium.com/state-of-the...medium.comThe State of the Present: Andy Burnham’s new governmentIn common with lots of other policy people in recent weeks, I’ve been reading Head North, the (very readable) book by new Prime Minister… 75920
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I haven’t seen the Odyssey (3hrs is a LONG TIME to the chronically fatigued), BUT the ‘fidelity to the source’ row is quite bizarre. Mythology is a tradition of adoption, adaptation, embellishment and retelling. Enjoy the romp. Make it your own. Go write some fan fiction… Homer sure AF did. 040
Reposted by Jenny AndrewEmma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree 331273299
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 28/07/2026100% Axing Jodrell Bank may be the most visible, but is just one symptom of the catastrophically shit POLITICAL CHOICE to not maintain STFC funds to meet the costs of R&D, and to cannibalise research infrastructure - the health of the R&D ecosystem - for a superficial bump to commercial targets 030
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“This is just the tip of the iceberg of a programme of cuts that is set to devastate UK public sector science and cost many scientists their jobs. The new government, with its focus on regional growth, must reconsider before irreparable harm is done.” 030
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you’re writing about the STFC cuts in general and defunding of Jodrell Bank in particular, check your superlatives… A) ‘decimation’ is cutting 1 in 10… try ‘devastation’ instead. B) ‘iconic’ is faint praise indeed when you’re talking about a literal World Heritage Site 011
Reposted by Jenny AndrewDr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 27/07/2026WHAT DO WE WANT? Sustainable funding for robust long term observations with demonstrable outcomes! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? Each year? Please? Like, can you just pay and we'll get on with the actual work rather than pissing around writing funding applications? This stuff is quite good, really. 111
Jenny Andrew @drandrewv2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Rally at Jodrell Bank, anyone? Placards and all that??? Tell me when, and I’ll bring snacks. 230