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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hollium.bsky.social
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
hollium.bsky.social
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
hollium.bsky.social
And any nicknames they may have, for those unfamiliar with e.g. Sasha being short for Alexander...
hollium.bsky.social
Father of the House, no?
hollium.bsky.social
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
hollium.bsky.social
Thanks to the discourse I've spent today re-revisiting
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jamellebouie.net
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
thomaszimmer.bsky.social
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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emilypawley.bsky.social
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.
hollium.bsky.social
Taylor Swift is bad and I will be vindicated in my eternal dislike of her in due course
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warrenoates1.bsky.social
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."
hollium.bsky.social
don't blame me I studied social policy (and enjoyed it!)
hollium.bsky.social
they weren't cool at uni and haven't got over it
hollium.bsky.social
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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pomological.xor.blue
kohr grapes, painted by deborah griscom passmore
kohr grapes, painted by deborah griscom passmore
hollium.bsky.social
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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hollium.bsky.social
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? 🤪🫠
hollium.bsky.social
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!
hollium.bsky.social
You can just walk here but you might also get a massive blister and have to hobble around campus the next day
hollium.bsky.social
YouGov asked me a question about BOGOF deals on sugary products, then immediately hit me with this:
hollium.bsky.social
Working from home a lot at the mo and really trying to hit my 10,000 steps. you can just walk here!
hollium.bsky.social
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!
hollium.bsky.social
That's not really a flex
hollium.bsky.social
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 Buckingham Palace