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And the next time the Environment Agency object to a new development because of concerns about water security, the Planning Inspectorate will approve the inevitable appeal. Of course they will. There's a shortage of both water and #JoinedUpThinking
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Nye Bevan, founder of our NHS was born today, 127 years ago. A LOT has changed since 1948, but we're still here fighting for a fully public and properly funded NHS, and we always will be. Are you with us? RT if you are 💙
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If you find yourself doomscrolling too much on X, and you don't feel comfortable unfollowing or muting the people who put the doom out there, consider the List function. You can create lists of people whose tweets you find uplifting or interesting, and scroll through them instead
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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I just found out that Bill Watterson (the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes) gave a commencement speech in 1990 and it's incredible 1/2
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In Somerset, a giant science experiment to tackle flooding began 10 years ago. Rather than trying to resist the sea, a large tract of land was surrendered to it. Lots of people were opposed. The local MP called it “an extravagant, ridiculous scheme”🧵
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Just imagi what might have been possible if, instead of blocking @SmarterCam at every turn, @GreaterCambs officers & reps had the grace to accept its analysis of the governance problems in 2018, and used that as the basis to go back to govt and lobby for rationalisation
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