Anne Adams
@notmortitia.bsky.social
Taught science mostly in FE. Trade Union rep. Managed A levels, business planning, quality assurance. Love gardening, have an allotment. Trustee of three music charities. Run a composer competition, help run a biennial music festival. Sing in three choirs.
Yay! My nephew Damien has reached the Edinburgh Castle finish line. He's run / walked the 100 miles in 43.5 hours. So impressed!
July 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Yay! My nephew Damien has reached the Edinburgh Castle finish line. He's run / walked the 100 miles in 43.5 hours. So impressed!
Nephew Damien has passed the 99 mile mark!
July 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Nephew Damien has passed the 99 mile mark!
Can't go to bed as my nephew and his pal are doing a 100 mile Rat Run, they're just 4 miles from the finish. Set off from Bamburgh 7am Sat. I can't stop checking the live tracker! Go Damien! www.justgiving.com/page/damien-...
Damien & Leroy’s fundraiser for Children with Cancer UK
Help Damien Welsh raise money to support Children with Cancer UK
www.justgiving.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Can't go to bed as my nephew and his pal are doing a 100 mile Rat Run, they're just 4 miles from the finish. Set off from Bamburgh 7am Sat. I can't stop checking the live tracker! Go Damien! www.justgiving.com/page/damien-...
Reposted by Anne Adams
Once again, the PM and the Home Secretary should be asked to say out loud and specifically that they believe this is the law - their new law - working as they intend it to. That they consider all these people terrorist sympathisers.
At least 60 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
At least 60 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain dozens of people and confiscate placards under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
At least 60 people have been arrested across the UK at events related to Palestine Action, in the third week of demonstrations since the group was banned as a terrorist organisation.
Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Once again, the PM and the Home Secretary should be asked to say out loud and specifically that they believe this is the law - their new law - working as they intend it to. That they consider all these people terrorist sympathisers.
Reposted by Anne Adams
I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.
July 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.
Congratulations to The Silver Plate, winner of the prestigious Craft Guild College Restaurant of the Year - again! sheffcol.ac.uk/index.php/ne...
News | The Silver Plate restaurant wins top award at industry ‘Oscars’ for the second year in a row ||
The Sheffield College
sheffcol.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to The Silver Plate, winner of the prestigious Craft Guild College Restaurant of the Year - again! sheffcol.ac.uk/index.php/ne...
Reposted by Anne Adams
On the 9th anniversary of the day after the Brexit vote, here’s @mjrobbins.com to cheer us all up. Not. Well worth reading in full nonetheless! open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
June 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
On the 9th anniversary of the day after the Brexit vote, here’s @mjrobbins.com to cheer us all up. Not. Well worth reading in full nonetheless! open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
A bit late to the party - #tombtuesday. Pillars forming the facade of Cairnholy 1, one or two chambered cairns near Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland. Built in the 4th millennium BC.
June 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A bit late to the party - #tombtuesday. Pillars forming the facade of Cairnholy 1, one or two chambered cairns near Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland. Built in the 4th millennium BC.
Reposted by Anne Adams
Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penalty
Why the hell won’t Starmer nationalise Thames water, because the sort of incentives being offered to private investors to prop Thames up must be staggering!
There’s a reason no other countries have a privatised industry!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why the hell won’t Starmer nationalise Thames water, because the sort of incentives being offered to private investors to prop Thames up must be staggering!
There’s a reason no other countries have a privatised industry!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penalty
The company has been fined for breaching rules over wastewater operations and dividend payments.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penalty
Why the hell won’t Starmer nationalise Thames water, because the sort of incentives being offered to private investors to prop Thames up must be staggering!
There’s a reason no other countries have a privatised industry!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why the hell won’t Starmer nationalise Thames water, because the sort of incentives being offered to private investors to prop Thames up must be staggering!
There’s a reason no other countries have a privatised industry!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Had a wonderful time at #rhschelsea last Tuesday. Loved the naturalistic planting everywhere. Lots of sweet rocket, foxgloves, angelica, cow parsley.
May 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Had a wonderful time at #rhschelsea last Tuesday. Loved the naturalistic planting everywhere. Lots of sweet rocket, foxgloves, angelica, cow parsley.
Reposted by Anne Adams
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed, writes @jayelwes.bsky.social
Goodnight, Vietnam: The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed, writes @jayelwes.bsky.social
Reposted by Anne Adams
If you're off into the hills then always carry the following:
A map.
A compass.
A basic first aid kit and survival bag or blanket.
A whistle.
Mountain rescue teams are all selfless volunteers. They're there for genuine emergencies, not a safety net for idiocy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A map.
A compass.
A basic first aid kit and survival bag or blanket.
A whistle.
Mountain rescue teams are all selfless volunteers. They're there for genuine emergencies, not a safety net for idiocy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you're off into the hills then always carry the following:
A map.
A compass.
A basic first aid kit and survival bag or blanket.
A whistle.
Mountain rescue teams are all selfless volunteers. They're there for genuine emergencies, not a safety net for idiocy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A map.
A compass.
A basic first aid kit and survival bag or blanket.
A whistle.
Mountain rescue teams are all selfless volunteers. They're there for genuine emergencies, not a safety net for idiocy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For #standingstonesunday - the Rudston Monolith. Over 25 feet, gritstone, tallest monolith in the UK. It's in Rudston churchyard near Bridlington Yorkshire (we're staying nearby). Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
April 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For #standingstonesunday - the Rudston Monolith. Over 25 feet, gritstone, tallest monolith in the UK. It's in Rudston churchyard near Bridlington Yorkshire (we're staying nearby). Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
Reposted by Anne Adams
This made my stomach drop. How can anyone support a system that includes this?
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.
gothamist.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This made my stomach drop. How can anyone support a system that includes this?
Reposted by Anne Adams
BBC muzzling one of its best presenters from making an excellent, wholly factual programme because heat pumps are “controversial”. An organisation badly in need of new leadership.
April 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
BBC muzzling one of its best presenters from making an excellent, wholly factual programme because heat pumps are “controversial”. An organisation badly in need of new leadership.
Well worth reading the whole document.
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Well worth reading the whole document.
Reposted by Anne Adams
Number crunching: Value of reduction in US tariffs for UK companies per year as against EU members v fall in UK exports per year due to Brexit
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Number crunching: Value of reduction in US tariffs for UK companies per year as against EU members v fall in UK exports per year due to Brexit
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Reposted by Anne Adams
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Tulips out early this year
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tulips out early this year
Reposted by Anne Adams
Have you ever fancied seeing what it’s like to sing with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus? Join us for a day’s workshop singing beautiful English anthems on 24 May at the Upper Chapel in Sheffield wegottickets.com/sheffieldphil
WeGotTickets
Buy tickets for music, comedy, theatre, film, festivals and much more - with the best service in UK ticketing
wegottickets.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Have you ever fancied seeing what it’s like to sing with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus? Join us for a day’s workshop singing beautiful English anthems on 24 May at the Upper Chapel in Sheffield wegottickets.com/sheffieldphil
Reposted by Anne Adams
"It is not just lunacy. It is wicked." Martin Wolf on how Trump's tariffs will damage the world: www.ft.com/content/d96d...
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"It is not just lunacy. It is wicked." Martin Wolf on how Trump's tariffs will damage the world: www.ft.com/content/d96d...
Reposted by Anne Adams
It's amazing how few people in the UK realise that the last time the world went in to a massive financial tailspin, albeit one not directly caused by the President of the USA, it was Gordon Brown & the late Alistair Darling who provided the sort of international leadership desperately needed now.
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It's amazing how few people in the UK realise that the last time the world went in to a massive financial tailspin, albeit one not directly caused by the President of the USA, it was Gordon Brown & the late Alistair Darling who provided the sort of international leadership desperately needed now.
Reposted by Anne Adams
Another Sheffield mural has caught the attention of @streetartcities.bsky.social. Phlegm's 'Devonshire Cat' has been shortlisted for the best new mural of March 2025.
Please vote for it on their website: streetartcities.com/awards/2025-03
@visitsheffield.bsky.social @helpsheffield.bsky.social
Please vote for it on their website: streetartcities.com/awards/2025-03
@visitsheffield.bsky.social @helpsheffield.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Another Sheffield mural has caught the attention of @streetartcities.bsky.social. Phlegm's 'Devonshire Cat' has been shortlisted for the best new mural of March 2025.
Please vote for it on their website: streetartcities.com/awards/2025-03
@visitsheffield.bsky.social @helpsheffield.bsky.social
Please vote for it on their website: streetartcities.com/awards/2025-03
@visitsheffield.bsky.social @helpsheffield.bsky.social