James Dove-Dixon
@jamesdd.bsky.social
Optimist, realist, idealist, believer in fairness.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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60 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Germany for her first State Visit - only 20 years after the end of World War II.
The 1965 visit became a defining moment for German-British relations. For 11 days, West Germany was swept up in ‘Queen fever’. #QueenInGermany1965
The 1965 visit became a defining moment for German-British relations. For 11 days, West Germany was swept up in ‘Queen fever’. #QueenInGermany1965
May 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
60 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Germany for her first State Visit - only 20 years after the end of World War II.
The 1965 visit became a defining moment for German-British relations. For 11 days, West Germany was swept up in ‘Queen fever’. #QueenInGermany1965
The 1965 visit became a defining moment for German-British relations. For 11 days, West Germany was swept up in ‘Queen fever’. #QueenInGermany1965
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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Last week, my son lost his first tooth. Unfortunately he also swallowed it, leaving me with one just option: to get to work forging some government documents.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Will the tooth fairy pay up if the tooth has been swallowed?
As a fan of money, my son has known of the Tooth Fairy for some time, and is now discussing her rates of business – and filling in the correct paperwork
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Last week, my son lost his first tooth. Unfortunately he also swallowed it, leaving me with one just option: to get to work forging some government documents.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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800 year old York Minster now has 184 solar panels installed, which will generate 70,000 kWh of energy, enough to deliver a third of the Minster’s electricity requirements
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
January 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
800 year old York Minster now has 184 solar panels installed, which will generate 70,000 kWh of energy, enough to deliver a third of the Minster’s electricity requirements
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
www.maxfordham.com/practice-peo...
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If Margo in the Good Life had been called Hannah, then the cast list would have read: TOM / JERRY / HANNAH /BARBARA and that would have been amazing.
When I was a kid I thought Hanna and Barbera were women. I was so disappointed when I found out
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera working on Tom and Jerry.
January 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If Margo in the Good Life had been called Hannah, then the cast list would have read: TOM / JERRY / HANNAH /BARBARA and that would have been amazing.
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On Christmas day in 1643, male physicist Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England. Though he never did marry or have children, Newton made important contributions to the field.
December 25, 2024 at 12:36 PM
On Christmas day in 1643, male physicist Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England. Though he never did marry or have children, Newton made important contributions to the field.
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Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Happy a violent dictator is gone, worried about an uncertain future, concerned in the knowledge that authoritarians often replace authoritarians and that power vacuums create serious problems, and hopeful about finally having a possibility of better, all at the same time, is a very human reaction.
December 8, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Happy a violent dictator is gone, worried about an uncertain future, concerned in the knowledge that authoritarians often replace authoritarians and that power vacuums create serious problems, and hopeful about finally having a possibility of better, all at the same time, is a very human reaction.
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Pleased to see the assisted dying bill recieve its second reading this afternoon.
Now the bill will go into committee and those who are concerned about the drafting can submit amendments. It will be interesting to see if critics will engage constructively, or if they will continue to simply oppose.
Now the bill will go into committee and those who are concerned about the drafting can submit amendments. It will be interesting to see if critics will engage constructively, or if they will continue to simply oppose.
November 29, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Pleased to see the assisted dying bill recieve its second reading this afternoon.
Now the bill will go into committee and those who are concerned about the drafting can submit amendments. It will be interesting to see if critics will engage constructively, or if they will continue to simply oppose.
Now the bill will go into committee and those who are concerned about the drafting can submit amendments. It will be interesting to see if critics will engage constructively, or if they will continue to simply oppose.
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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Time to leave the house and fly the dog like a kite.
November 23, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Time to leave the house and fly the dog like a kite.
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Not all collaborations are equally successful
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Not all collaborations are equally successful
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Well this escalated quickly…
November 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Well this escalated quickly…
Goodness, this is a hard hitting piece. Well worth a read.
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Goodness, this is a hard hitting piece. Well worth a read.
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When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
November 8, 2024 at 12:19 PM
When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
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Piece by Joshua Rozenberg on recent guidance on social media use. He picks up the point that its application to fee paid judges (and non-lawyer tribunal members) looks like quite a serious new restriction on their professional and political activity. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...
What not to say on X
Judges warned not to make active use of social media
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Piece by Joshua Rozenberg on recent guidance on social media use. He picks up the point that its application to fee paid judges (and non-lawyer tribunal members) looks like quite a serious new restriction on their professional and political activity. open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...
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A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
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A quick social experiment.
The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers.
Bluesky replies on the left.
Twitter on the right.
The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers.
Bluesky replies on the left.
Twitter on the right.
November 12, 2024 at 8:41 AM
A quick social experiment.
The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers.
Bluesky replies on the left.
Twitter on the right.
The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers.
Bluesky replies on the left.
Twitter on the right.
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Article here 🫶 www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/whe...
Where have all the criminal barristers gone? By Joanna Hardy-Susskind
Joanna Hardy-Susskind speaks to those walking away from the criminal Bar
www.counselmagazine.co.uk
November 11, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Article here 🫶 www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/whe...