Carrie K
@carriekembtn.bsky.social
As previously, hanging on by my fingernails, not really knowing how, but seemingly reasonably effectively. Intolerant of people who don't understand the difference between climate and weather but claim otherwise. A fan of long-tail transportation devices.
You can't really argue with this as an explanation of where it's all gone wrong.
September 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
You can't really argue with this as an explanation of where it's all gone wrong.
Reading this and thinking of the reports from recipients of these books. They almost universally refer to the _arrival of the book in the post_ as being a critical part of the experience. Experiences don't have to be particularly dramatic to be valuable.
Former senior civil servant Sir Peter Wanless recalls meeting Dolly Parton in 2007, and what she taught him about the relationship between evidence and politics
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
Meeting Dolly Parton: The most memorable day of my civil service career
The machinery of government collided with something wonderfully human
www.civilserviceworld.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Reading this and thinking of the reports from recipients of these books. They almost universally refer to the _arrival of the book in the post_ as being a critical part of the experience. Experiences don't have to be particularly dramatic to be valuable.
That feeling when, after a week of the RDs trying to politely explain to a parkrunner that, no, you aren't going to remove someone's time even if they are aggrieved and think that person cut the course short. And then they paste the complaint into _the entire parkrun group chat_. Oh.😆
August 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM
That feeling when, after a week of the RDs trying to politely explain to a parkrunner that, no, you aren't going to remove someone's time even if they are aggrieved and think that person cut the course short. And then they paste the complaint into _the entire parkrun group chat_. Oh.😆
See also UK politics after Brexit. US politics is welcome to look over to this side of the Atlantic to try to learn some lessons, but I can't promise that there's much useful there to gain any insights from. (Apart from maybe that pretending the elephant isn't in the room doesn't work very well.)
I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.
August 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
See also UK politics after Brexit. US politics is welcome to look over to this side of the Atlantic to try to learn some lessons, but I can't promise that there's much useful there to gain any insights from. (Apart from maybe that pretending the elephant isn't in the room doesn't work very well.)
Reposted by Carrie K
I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.
August 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.
Sneezing postboxes identified as suffering from allergy to envelopes.
#postboxSaturday
Spotted in West London and thought it was unusual enough to post. Apparently it is a Penfold design from Victorian times.
Spotted in West London and thought it was unusual enough to post. Apparently it is a Penfold design from Victorian times.
August 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Sneezing postboxes identified as suffering from allergy to envelopes.
A driving license should expire automatically after five years. Renewal is subject to completing further tests.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
July 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A driving license should expire automatically after five years. Renewal is subject to completing further tests.
Questions to which the answer is "No." (For all kinds of reasons, but that the research being done there is not important is not one of them.)
Can commercial funding fill a hole of £42 million a year in the finances of some of the United Kingdom’s flagship science laboratories and facilities?
go.nature.com/4bcxRjL
go.nature.com/4bcxRjL
The existential choice facing UK physics facilities: commercialize or close
The national synchrotron source, a laser facility and a particle accelerator are under threat of closure unless cash is found.
go.nature.com
July 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Questions to which the answer is "No." (For all kinds of reasons, but that the research being done there is not important is not one of them.)
I get this. But this is the FDA that they are messing with. There's fucking about with a few recreactional drugs at home and there's _fucking about with the regulator that most of the world's medical regulatory agencies look up to_.
in the same way that the best way to reduce overdose and addiction wrt recreational drug use is to address the root causes and create safer avenues, not ban it,
sometimes you do just have to let people do stupid shit to their own selves
sometimes you do just have to let people do stupid shit to their own selves
July 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I get this. But this is the FDA that they are messing with. There's fucking about with a few recreactional drugs at home and there's _fucking about with the regulator that most of the world's medical regulatory agencies look up to_.
They haven't formulated the assumptions correctly. With or without the effects of gravity? Taking account (or not) of air resistance? Being allowed to first squash it into a crumby doughy ball and throw it like a shot? All important considerations.
July 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
They haven't formulated the assumptions correctly. With or without the effects of gravity? Taking account (or not) of air resistance? Being allowed to first squash it into a crumby doughy ball and throw it like a shot? All important considerations.
DINOSAURS! @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
I am so moved by the Ravens: their obvious affection for one another, how they raise a family, how they just soar & tumble having fun. I am biased but I can’t think of another species of bird so complex & interesting! Listen to their little chortles this morning How can you not love them! 😁
July 24, 2026 at 8:05 AM
DINOSAURS! @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
We have such a _german_ son. "Can you [do x] please?" "Yes, I can." _wanders off_.
July 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We have such a _german_ son. "Can you [do x] please?" "Yes, I can." _wanders off_.
Just in case there was any uncertainty about who is expected to drink the beer in this country.
June 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Just in case there was any uncertainty about who is expected to drink the beer in this country.
@greenleejw.bsky.social get yourself a german agent...
May 16, 2026 at 6:10 AM
@greenleejw.bsky.social get yourself a german agent...
Reposted by Carrie K
Wenn Wale oder Eisbären leiden, bricht es vielen Menschen das Herz. Vergessen werden dagegen die glitschigen und krabbeligen Helden der Ökosysteme. Zeit für eine Würdigung.
Mehr zu dem Thema lest ihr heute auf taz.de
Mehr zu dem Thema lest ihr heute auf taz.de
May 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Wenn Wale oder Eisbären leiden, bricht es vielen Menschen das Herz. Vergessen werden dagegen die glitschigen und krabbeligen Helden der Ökosysteme. Zeit für eine Würdigung.
Mehr zu dem Thema lest ihr heute auf taz.de
Mehr zu dem Thema lest ihr heute auf taz.de
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO _THIS_ MATTER.
May 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO _THIS_ MATTER.
A consultancy on helping small businesses understand how not-actually-very-hard (provided you're not up to anything actually bad) global data privacy laws are and that compliance does actually make people's lives better. So it is worth at least _trying_.
Take a break from the discourse and quote this with a business you would want to start if you could afford to lose money on it
April 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A consultancy on helping small businesses understand how not-actually-very-hard (provided you're not up to anything actually bad) global data privacy laws are and that compliance does actually make people's lives better. So it is worth at least _trying_.
Schools here (Germany) have v. short days. On Fridays No.1 child gets herself to the local library where there's a brilliant working area. She finishes all homework while I finish at work-work before the weekend starts, leaving the whole weekend for doing more fun stuff. #librariesChangeLives
I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.
Tonight's positivity, let's all give a bit of love to libraries #Libraries
Stu is spot on here, they save lives, I was saved by my local library and Librarians, how about you?
Stu is spot on here, they save lives, I was saved by my local library and Librarians, how about you?
April 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Schools here (Germany) have v. short days. On Fridays No.1 child gets herself to the local library where there's a brilliant working area. She finishes all homework while I finish at work-work before the weekend starts, leaving the whole weekend for doing more fun stuff. #librariesChangeLives
Unser Aldi hat eine Katze bekommen. Oder vielleicht hat eine Katze unserer Aldi besiedelt.
March 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Unser Aldi hat eine Katze bekommen. Oder vielleicht hat eine Katze unserer Aldi besiedelt.
Ruth. Then my family moved house a week after my due date (a week before I mad an appearance) and the girl who lived in the house opposite and who was 3 days older than my older sister and who was _immediately_ best buddy was called... Ruth.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you: Angharad. Which is a lovely Welsh name but I am quite sure that it would have been a massive millstone growing up in the US and Canada in the 70s where none of the kids in the playground would know how to pronounce it.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Ruth. Then my family moved house a week after my due date (a week before I mad an appearance) and the girl who lived in the house opposite and who was 3 days older than my older sister and who was _immediately_ best buddy was called... Ruth.
I think people are seeing too much nuance in all this. Whether individually these men (mostly, but not all were men) wanted to have sex with minors is besides the point. They wanted their Wants to be fulfilled and didn't believe that any moral or legal rules applied to them. 1/
I'll add one thing: The Epstein files show he was a fully accepted, integrated part of the billionaire class culture.
That's important NOT bc pedophilia binds that class together but bc THEY THEMSELVES understand his crimes to be of a piece with the abuse, domination, and impunity they practice.
That's important NOT bc pedophilia binds that class together but bc THEY THEMSELVES understand his crimes to be of a piece with the abuse, domination, and impunity they practice.
This class of men, including Epstein, were naturally drawn to far right populism as a way to fight growing calls for accountability.
They supported and inflated the far right wherever they could, and Epstein was part of it.
They supported and inflated the far right wherever they could, and Epstein was part of it.
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I think people are seeing too much nuance in all this. Whether individually these men (mostly, but not all were men) wanted to have sex with minors is besides the point. They wanted their Wants to be fulfilled and didn't believe that any moral or legal rules applied to them. 1/
It's Friday; before 17:00 I have NO MEANING.
January 30, 2026 at 10:27 AM
It's Friday; before 17:00 I have NO MEANING.
Kids: "We're going to the park to go play on the _frozen lake_. Bye." OK. I guess. (I mean there's a whole bunch of 70+ yrlds repeatedly chucking heavy things around on it, so all my childhood training re icy ponds is pretty much useless in judging this situation.)
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Kids: "We're going to the park to go play on the _frozen lake_. Bye." OK. I guess. (I mean there's a whole bunch of 70+ yrlds repeatedly chucking heavy things around on it, so all my childhood training re icy ponds is pretty much useless in judging this situation.)
