Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Gerraint

@gerraint.bsky.social

790 followers 720 following 1.1K posts

Building affordable homes with @PlatformHg.bsky.social #Mentor Non Exec Director & Chair @chcymru.bsky.social RAF veteran. Hates cucumber. Gair-eye-nt #Cycling Mentor

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · Nov 14

…and what Escher Sketched?

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 5h

In the supermarket today I saw a man hit in the face with a bottle of Omega-3 pills

Luckily he only suffered super fish oil injuries

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 1d

A motion passed at the Green Party conference at the weekend called for the party "to seek the effective abolition of private landlordism" while backing building more council houses
#ukhousing #housebuilding #socialhousing #affordablehousing #urbanplanning www.linkedin.com/posts/gerrai...

Greens back plan to 'abolish' private landlords | Gerraint Oakley

A motion passed at the Green Party conference at the weekend called for the party "to seek the effective abolition of private landlordism" while backing building more council houses. Under the terms ...

www.linkedin.com

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 3d

I have cut down on my drinking

Now I only have one glass of wine before going to bed

Last night I went to bed 4 times

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 4d

I asked my wife for suggestions for an exercise routine. She said, “Why don’t you try lunges?”

I said: “That’s a...big step.”

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 4d

What if we treated housing like healthcare — essential, universal, and publicly led?
A bold idea from New Economics Forum that could reshape how we build and fund homes.

#UKHousing

www.linkedin.com/posts/gerrai...

A better way to tackle the housing crisis | Gerraint Oakley

Rethinking Housing as a Universal Basic Service The New Economics Foundation’s recent article, “A Better Way to Tackle the Housing Crisis,” offers a thought-provoking reframing of one of our most urg...

www.linkedin.com

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 6d

Banned from driving while running through Cardiff.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 6d

Band from driving running through Cardiff.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 6d

Gym o’clock.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 6d

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 7d

We’ve got a bird of prey that only dances to 80s music at night...

Yes,

Our kestrel manoeuvres in the dark...

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 7d

The argument that Housing Associations are simply “not buying enough” S106 units oversimplifies the immense practical, financial, design, locational, and reputational challenges that face housing associations
#ukhousing #housebuilding #socialhousing

www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/not-goo...

‘Not good enough’ - MHCLG takes aim at RPs for not buying enough section 106 units

HBF estimates 8,500 homes due in the next 12 months are at risk of not being built or standing empty because of lack of a contract with a registered provider

www.housingtoday.co.uk

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 8d

The fact that many people can't distinguish between entomology and etymology bugs me in ways I can't put into words.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 9d

I just found out I'm colorblind. The diagnosis came completely out of the purple.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 9d

Learnings from one of our most ambitious land-led schemes to date

We are taking bold steps on a new site in Tamworth, and getting more confident as we go, writes Kate Ellison, director of growth and innovation at Platform
#ukhousing #housebuilding

www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/lear...

Learnings from one of our most ambitious land-led schemes to date

We are taking bold steps on a new site in Tamworth, and getting more confident as we go, writes Kate Ellison, director of growth and innovation at Platform.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 10d

What do you call a procrastinating woodpecker?

A wouldpecker.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 11d

A Genie granted me one wish, so I said "I just want to be happy."

Now I'm living in a cottage with 6
Dwarves & working in a mine

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 11d

Copenhagen created a “green wave” for cyclists 🚲
Traffic lights are timed so that if you ride about 20 km/h you flow through the city without stopping.
A small change with a big impact.
#cycling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

www.theguardian.com

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 12d

Before, during and after basic training…

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 12d

Son: “I was awarded the ‘Leslie Nielsen badge’ at school today”

Dad: “What’s that?”

Son: “It’s a big building full of pupils and teachers, but that’s not important right now.”

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 13d

I told my friend that I’ve always fancied Beyoncé.

He said; “Whatever floats your boat”

I said “No - that’s buoyancy

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 14d

My mother always used to say
"50 is the new 30"

Lovely woman.

Banned from driving.

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 15d

Lord Nelson was about 5ft 6. His statue is 17ft 4.

That’s Horatio of about 3:1

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 16d

The man responsible for inventing the "wind chill factor" has sadly passed away

He was 98 but felt like 85

Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social · 16d

QI
“Britain’s housing market is in crisis. Stamp duty reform is not the answer
The Chancellor simply cannot afford to keep Britain’s ‘worst and most damaging’ tax”
#ukhousing
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

Access Restricted

www.telegraph.co.uk