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Holly Jones

@hollium.bsky.social

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MPA Innovation, Public Policy & Public Value IIPP @ UCL interests: digital transformation, public sector, making things actually work 📍south LDN via south Bristol currently writing my thesis; post quality may reflect this

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 2h

It wasn't until relatively recently that it really clicked for me how much some people hate the very idea of council tax.

Great breakdown and rebuttals to some of the wackier ways people try to get out of payment

zuzak 🦭 @zuzakistan.com · 18h

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

Why you require to pay Council Tax - Glasgow City Council

Information about why you are required to pay Council Tax.

glasgow.gov.uk

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 1d

Also she and her partner have 0 intimacy, as you can see in literally any photo of them together. My money's on five years of marriage tops

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 1d

And any nicknames they may have, for those unfamiliar with e.g. Sasha being short for Alexander...

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 1d

Father of the House, no?

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 1d

Read a whole book in a day for the first time in ages. Nothing like starting light!

Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to the discourse I've spent today re-revisiting

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 14d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift is bad and I will be vindicated in my eternal dislike of her in due course

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7d

An important (global) public service announcement from Ed Miliband on the day that renewables have over taken coal as the largest source of electricity.

"Clean energy, it's happening and it's the future."

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 6d

don't blame me I studied social policy (and enjoyed it!)

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 6d

they weren't cool at uni and haven't got over it

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 7d

Nothing original to add, but studying English at A Level was one of the best things I ever did for my critical thinking capabilities and helped me better understand life in general. I still find myself coming back to texts I studied fondly

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 7d

kohr grapes, painted by deborah griscom passmore

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 8d

I've started asking people if they can't afford headphones. It sometimes gets them to at least turn it down

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David Pearce @medavep.bsky.social · 8d

I'm down with this

Prime Minister Kier Starmer in a suit and glasses is speaking at a podium against a solid red background. Three text captions appear across three panels: "Nicking a pint glass from a pub, calling a kebab shop owner 'boss man'.", "Or simply shouting 'you can't park there mate' when someone crashes their car.", and "That is real Britain." The overall style mimics a humorous internet meme about British culture.

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 12d

Someone has written a critique on systems thinking recently - as a public post and not an academic article. I'm sure I scrolled past on LinkedIn and made a mental bookmark - thought it was Geoff Mulgan but apparently not. Anyone know what I'm talking about? 🤪🫠

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 12d

ha I'm right on the edge of zone 2 so most of them are at least an hour for me. just a nice alternative to laps round the local park, especially in the evenings!

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 12d

You can just walk here but you might also get a massive blister and have to hobble around campus the next day

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 13d

YouGov asked me a question about BOGOF deals on sugary products, then immediately hit me with this:

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Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 13d

Working from home a lot at the mo and really trying to hit my 10,000 steps. you can just walk here!

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 13d

I think it's nice to have aspirations - whatever New Labour said about our values as a country stuck with me as a kid. Plus, it's not as if the right don't make liberal use of nostalgia!

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 14d

That's not really a flex

Holly Jones @hollium.bsky.social · 15d

you can also just... walk to Buckingham Palace whenever you have a day off. technically possible from anywhere in the country not separated by water

statue of Queen Victoria outside Buckingham Palace