Simon Ferrigno

Simon Ferrigno

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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Simon Ferrigno
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Been in London with daughter last couple of days. We visited the Korea exhibition at the British Museum (of stuff the British stole). It's good, a mix of ancient and modern, but also, minor grumble, small for the cover charge (in and out in under an hour)

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Stephen Collins
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What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

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The Continent
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Five minutes on the water. Much longer in the queue. Ferry Tales is a new limited series in The Continent; starting at the Likoni Ferry in Mombasa. Story by Paul Kelemba (aka Maddo), curated by Gado, illustrated by Yemsrach Yetneberk. Issue 257 is out now. 🔗 in bio.

Simon Ferrigno
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Doomer-Boosters at work. One hell of a grift if you can get in on it at the level of massive salaries and bonuses

Kriszta Satori@fulelo.bsky.social

#BBCNews - Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukAnthropic warns of AI's 'catastrophic risks' ahead of major IPOThe company will be the first true artificial intelligence company to go public as tech firms continue to invest heavily in AI.
Simon Ferrigno
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GP practice last week. Best time to use electronic form is on the day to get an appointment on the day. Me: fill in form on day. Form reply: practice will reply within one working day. Me: FFS this is the day I have time, not tomorrow.

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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social

"The second part of my journey had begun. From now on, and in great contrast with the last months, I was to mix every day with new people, while I also had the ceaseless worry of travelling in a country short of food. I had perforce to live like the poor ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Uzbekistan

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Alan Lester
@alanlester.bsky.social

It’s no longer possible for Britain to wash its hands of its crime against humanity, to deflect to others, to trivialise & to disavow. If it wants some moral influence in the world, an apology, a TRC & meaningful negotiation of e.g. debt relief is now necessary. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.com‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the CaribbeanCampaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role in slave trade

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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social

"The entire aul is present to see us depart. The white-bearded elder sits astride a bull, which he drives by means of a ring through its nose. With a last glance I bid farewell to the incomparable beauty of the scene in front of me, bathed in ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan #TianShan

Simon Ferrigno
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Imagine if all the people who put on piddling but annoying little garden displays over the nights of October and November got together, they could have one fabulous large municipal display on, I don't know, November 5, for the whole community ....

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Best for Britain
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"Legal migrant numbers are at a historic low and small boat crossings have halved, yet that didn’t stop anger at asylum seekers spilling on to the streets. "There is no level of migration low enough to satisfy some people. There is, however, a level of migration low enough to make us all poorer."

theguardian.comImagine if, for once, Labour decided to tell the truth about immigration | Gaby HinsliffOur economy needs it. The NHS needs it. And making foreign workers’ lives more miserable – as the home secretary plans t

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Alan Lester
@alanlester.bsky.social

Just recorded a debate with Robert Tombs about he and his allies’ attempts to block the Church of England’s Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. Radio 4 Sunday (tomorrow) 7.10-8.00. Good to be given the opportunity to present some counter-propaganda.

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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social

To bring a smile to your face, here’s a c. 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 ❤️ From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology

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Stephen Collins
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Prints available in my shop of this one from last year. The perfect Christmas gift for the philosophically-inclined office wall . Limited edition, numbered and signed giclee art print - link to shop in bio. #philosophy

Simon Ferrigno
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These are excellent programmes

Kriszta Satori@fulelo.bsky.social

A wounded Ukrainian soldier, stuck for more than a year in no man's land, had been evacuated last week by an aerial drone in a world's first. On #TheGlobalJigsaw we bring you the story of the seesaw battle between Ukraine and Russia for drone supremacy www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

bbc.co.ukBBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Ukraine v Russia: The drones raceAcross the skies of Ukraine and Russia, an arms race is unfolding in real time
Simon Ferrigno
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Get these pricks out of UK government and healthcare. Also reminded of Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' call.

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“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.
Simon Ferrigno
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Visiting Sinkiang unauthorised is still not a good idea

Ella Maillart@ellamaillart.bsky.social

"Next day we start up the Ak Ogouz valley towards the lost pass leading to China. We follow a steep moraine by the side of a rugged glacier overhung by an impressive peak shiny with walls of ice. At the top of our moraine we step onto a snowy plain ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan

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Derbyshire Record Office
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In #BlackHistoryMonth we celebrate George Mighty. Mr Mighty has served the West Indian community in Derby for over 60 years as a community leader, teacher, and advocate for racial equality. Here he is in 1990 after receiving his MBE from the Queen. #PhotoFriday

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Mark Chadbourn
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Princes and Thieves, a book by investigative journalist Matthew Cole, says Dutch intelligence hacked the phone of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and watched him access a Dubai bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars that came from a bank in Azerbaijan, Vanity Fair reports.

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Alona Ferber
@aloner.bsky.social

Elections take place in Israel next week. The country is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah. And Netanyahu's main rivals don't offer much hope for change on Gaza or the West Bank. Reupping my @prospectmagazine.co.uk longread www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

prospectmagazine.co.ukInside the battle to oust Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope

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Squidge Rugby
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If anybody is in Swansea and at a loose end or eager to build on the St Helen's hype tonight, we're doing a live event at Hoogah (just a few minutes walk from St Helen's!) with quizzes, games, and a special guest right from the current Ospreys camp! 7pm tonight!

Simon Ferrigno
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With my colleagues at Cotton Diaries we put together some thoughts in slides on what relational traceability means - knowing #WhoMadeMyCotton - it is not about numbers in databases or spreadsheets, but people and their stories

Simon Ferrigno
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I can testify to the magic of those landscapes, but sadly, from vehicles, rather than horse or camel back

Ella Maillart@ellamaillart.bsky.social

"In the southeast, very close to the Chinese border, rose the rocky peaks of the Kokschal range 3; in the north, the long massif of the Terskey Alatau 4, which we had crossed a few days earlier, towered ..." #Photography #Turkestan #TianShan #Kazakhstan #Kyrgzstan #Turkmenistan #EllaMaillart

Simon Ferrigno
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We all need a bit of good cheer, and this hare has it to spare

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social

A lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! ❤️ Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology