Mastodawn

Mark Finch May 27, 2023

@sricketts1
For those who recall the typing pool era, one spent hours crafting clear and concise communications. For me, because I was scared stiff of going back with corrections! The WP era has fuelled the explosion of words. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Who knows what AI will bring. Our only hope is page limits. 10 for a committee report, 50 for a local plan?! And no cheating by using miniscule font sizes!

Mark Finch May 27, 2023

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🕊🇺🇦May 26, 2023

"Brexit regret has reached record levels. Only 9% of Britons now consider Brexit more of a success than a failure." ... These are devastating numbers for the Brexit camp, and they DEMAND a response from all sensible MPs.
#BrexitHasFailed #SMNow
https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-poll-suggests-just-9-of-britons-think-decision-to-leave-european-union-more-of-a-success-than-failure-12887197

Brexit: Poll suggests just 9% of Britons think decision to leave European Union more of a success than failure

Sky

Mark Finch May 26, 2023

Emeritus Prof Christopher May May 26, 2023

I think Dan Rainey is right, if we are to build more (and better) #housing, then the two bed #terracehouse is an excellent model for this expansion.

These houses remain attractive to everyone as early homes, except #builders who are obsessed with building detached houses with more bedrooms.

Of course, the small/medium sized terrace was a staple of #socialhousing & so their relative decline in house building is not surprising, but the revival of this size dwelling, would be beneficial IMO.

Mark Finch May 26, 2023

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Roseanna Cunningham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖖May 26, 2023

@ChrisMayLA6 Not just as ‘early’ homes. Boomers need somewhere to downsize into but this constant building of 4 bedroom/3 bathroom houses isn’t helping.

Mark Finch May 25, 2023

Daniel Moser May 25, 2023

Electric bicycles 🔋 🚲 in Denver 🇺🇸 are replacing an estimated 100,000 vehicle miles per week.

This is after cash incentives towards e-bike purchasing were introduced.

Tiny EVs take hold in cities worldwide and are on track to rule future urban mobility👇👇

Mark Finch May 25, 2023

Steve Chambers

May 25, 2023

What a dump.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/22/rail-passengers-in-england-could-lose-wifi-access-amid-cost-cuts

Rail passengers in England could lose wifi access amid cost cuts

DfT tells operators wifi is low priority for travellers and they need to justify business case for it

The Guardian

Mark Finch May 25, 2023

Claudia Zahn May 25, 2023

Les #artistes du #métal...
Une magnifique sculpture en métal de GEORGE Leontiev BALABANOV, à découvrir en Bulgarie. J'adore...
The #artists of #metal...
A magnificent metal sculpture by GEORGE Leontiev BALABANOV, to be discovered in Bulgaria. I adore...
By Lumière de l'Atelier
#Style #Stil #Art #Kunst #Treppe #Artist #photography #photo #architecture

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Mark Finch May 25, 2023

@RichardJMurphy
One party saying secure the highest sustained growth in the G7, the other to grow the economy - similar noises, similar pathways. Fundamentally, variations on trickle down economics. Where is the new political thinking? To enhance wellbeing and financial security - in the context of natural resource protection and climate change? Where is this debate on a political level?

Mark Finch May 25, 2023

Richard Murphy May 25, 2023

Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quickly https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/25/rachel-reeves-needs-to-develop-some-decent-ideas-very-quickly/

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

Mark Finch May 25, 2023

🧡Karen a woke Karen 🧡May 25, 2023

The myth of 'Affordable' housing and how it houses the middle class. Housing Associations are losing their original purpose of providing decent warm self contained housing for the working class.

#Housing #SocialHousing

https://housingview.co.uk/2023/05/24/the-gentrification-of-social-housing/

The gentrification of social housing

In this guest post, former Chief Executive of Midland Heart, Tom Murtha, looks at whether social housing providers have lost their core values.

Housing View