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"Restaurant operating with non-functioning sink. Oven apparently being used as storage space and employees make whirring and sizzling sounds to make food." buff.ly/QahTR38

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Health Inspector’s Notes from the Fisher-Price Kitchen in Miss Carol’s Preschool Classroom

“Witnessed chefs frequently dropping food on floor, retrieving items with bare hands, and immediately serving food to customers.” reposted 7/13/23

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 1h

This is a major blow to the open web! For as long as I can remember, Reddit has embraced RSS feeds and public API access to users, apps, and developers, allowing the site to thrive. To start choking access after decades of open doors is really sad and feels like the start of Reddit's demise.

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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 12h

More evidence of UK economy’s strong first half to the year, despite the very real impact of the Iran war: - ONS have revised up growth (and gdp/capita growth) in Q2 to 0.5% - confirms the UK as the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2026 (given growth of 0.6% in Q1)

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 29/09/2026

Surprisingly touched to be attended to today by a Sheffield College second-year T level health studies student, who's being patiently shown the ropes of bedmaking by the brilliant nurse on duty in my cardiac care bay.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Smotrich's plan is to push the entire West Bank population to the yellow areas, and annex the remaining 82%.

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I mean @robertshrimsley.bsky.social is obviously correct here. I'd add that the emergence of bloc politics, a split right, a clear anti-Farage majority and the (ridiculous) ability to win a majority on just over 30% of the vote actually make genuine truth telling less risky than in the past.

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You want honesty, Andy? Britain is out of easy options

The prime minister must tell voters that Labour’s manifesto has been superseded by world events, both economic and military

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 24/09/2026

Next week's preoccupation.

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026

Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 24/09/2026

Fly agaric. Also, for the pot, boletus and charcoal burners. By Eyam Moor above Gindelford in Derbyshire.

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026

1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 22/09/2026

Interesting piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social on the political influence in the US of crypto and its users/proponents. The parallels with the UK are obvious. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-crypt...

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Will Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?

AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 22/09/2026

A Q answered, by @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social: "Even the favoured explanation of many people who write to me, that it is all down to the [...] influence of smartphones, which is entirely unproven, could not be expected to result in quite the productivity catastrophe that the old figures suggested."

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Will Andy Burnham sing a ditty at Labour conference to signal that he won’t be calling an early election? www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6up...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes, this is a huge El Niño. No, @theguardian.com we do not have a reliable thousand year-long record of El Niño (e.g. a continuous reconstruction of the Niño3 or Niño3.4 SST index) so this statement is not warranted. What's the attribution for that claim? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Restoring the natural hydrology of our landscapes, particularly our wetlands and peatlands, helps them hold on to water for longer, recover more quickly from drought, and reduce the risk of fire taking hold in dried-out ground," he said. "It also has real benefits for the water that ends up in our taps and rivers, and for the wildlife that depends on these habitats to survive."

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Few features of modern work are as widely criticised as meetings. Using data from over 9,000 workers in Norway, this column examines how meetings are organised and their effects on firm outcomes. The average worker in our survey spends 4.7 hours per week in meetings, with managers and professionals spending substantially more time in them than other workers. Meetings are substantially more common at firms with higher wage premia and higher revenue, while workers who spend more time in meetings experience faster wage growth, suggesting that meetings provide opportunities to exchange information and knowledge that may benefit not only the firm, but also the workers who participate in them.

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026

A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...

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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor

Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 22/09/2026

Interesting piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social on the political influence in the US of crypto and its users/proponents. The parallels with the UK are obvious. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-crypt...

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Will Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?

AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 22/09/2026

Looking Southwest and West across to Meersbrook Park and Totley Moor from some scaffolding in Heeley, Sheffield. [Picture by JD.]

Looking West and South West across to Meersbrook Park and Totley Moor from some scaffolding in Heeley, Sheffield. [Picture by JD.]

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Amazing scenes in Surbiton 105 years ago - well done Madge!

GIRL CHASES MOTOR-CAR.
Cycling, She Overtakes Driver Who Went On After Accident.
A girl cyclist's chase of a motorist after an accident was described at the Kingston Police Court yesterday, when Francis James Dillon, of Dalston, was summoned for driving to the danger of the public. He was fined £3.
A motor-cyclist said that Dillon in his car passed so close to him that he swerved and col-lided with another motor-cyclist.
Miss Madge Owen, of Fulham, who was cycling at the time, said that when defendant did not stop she chased him and overtook him in Brighton-road, Surbiton.

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New ad from the Norwegian Consumer Council @forbrukerradet.bsky.social about the declining lifespan, repairability and enshittification of products: Planned obsolescence v 2.0 Read their report forbrukerradet.no/shortlife

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And reappointed O'Grady in 2023!

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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 16/09/2026

Today's Janan Ganesh is 💯 as.ft.com/r/fcc14c9d-b...

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Andy Haldane asserts that the "markets now suspect that this is a traditional tax and spend socialist government". Yes, gilt yields have risen loads - but there isn't a clear signal in the market that fiscal worries are behind it.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The "culture" of accident reporting came about through regulation, in the face of massive opposition from airlines. The companies are forced to share their data and have their failures investigated independently.

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If the govt doesn't call this (& higher gilt yields) the Trump tax, then it is simply failing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK inflation pushed up by petrol and diesel price rises

Summer holidays and disruption to global oil supplies by the Middle East conflict stoked price growth.

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Particularly enjoyed the reference to “an across the piece productivity improvement across the public sector” as one option for the government. Let’s just do that!

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Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Really helpful piece by @sirjjkc.bsky.social for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the tricky question of how and when retrospective legislation is appropriate and what it it might mean for the legislation currently in Lords on political donations. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/retr...

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Legislating for the past: What is retrospective legislation and when is it ok? | Institute for Government

What is meant by “retrospective” legislation, and can it ever be acceptable?

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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 15/09/2026

Puffballs today from North Derbyshire near Unthank.

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is ludicrous. The basic shape of the UK’s fiscal problem has been visible from space for years. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As I've mentioned ad nauseum, I've spent my summer writing up the foresight review on safe adoption of AI in engineering that I've been working on for the past year (will be published in December). At the heart of it are some observations about AI safety culture (which is the hottest of hot messes)

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Paul Evans @pauliewaulie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I just want to register on here that some Ukraine work I'm peripherally involved in (driving convoys of used farm vehicles stuffed with medical & other provisions to Kherson) has had US conservative volunteers touring churches for donations and the results have been *eye-wateringly* generous.

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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The British public has no idea how much coursework there should be in GCSEs. It's like asking them whether they prefer daddy or chips. There is too much polling.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 14/09/2026

In both China and the west, the gig economy has become a sort of safety net/labour market shock absorber. But automation is coming for a lot of this work. Which means the biggest impact of AI/robots might unfold in the dark, in the part of the economy hardest to track. www.ft.com/content/a2c3...

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This [inspired/prompted/triggered*] me into writing something I've been meaning to get off my chest for a few years. It's a summary of a few things I learned from being involved in the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccines locally. * delete as appropriate. steven-senior.medium.com/what-i-learn...

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What I learned from the COVID-19 vaccine programme

This blog is a response to books like The Long Shot by Kate Bingham, which tells her experience of leading the COVID-19 task force, and Sam…

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This was new to me. Another piece of evidence that the sands are shifting. Yes, brave and also articulate.

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