Benjamin P Taylor
@antlerboy.com
systems | cybernetics | complexity
public | service | transformation
business evolutionary | avid learner
#wordrotator #poastrationalist
https://chosen-path.org
connect at antlerboy.com
redquadrant.com
publicservicetransformation.org
skeeting personally
public | service | transformation
business evolutionary | avid learner
#wordrotator #poastrationalist
https://chosen-path.org
connect at antlerboy.com
redquadrant.com
publicservicetransformation.org
skeeting personally
Is it just me (and OpenAI losing ALL my projects, old chats, prompts and ChatGPTs I made), or has ChatGPT got a *lot* stupider, more recalcitrant and obtuse with 5.1?!
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Is it just me (and OpenAI losing ALL my projects, old chats, prompts and ChatGPTs I made), or has ChatGPT got a *lot* stupider, more recalcitrant and obtuse with 5.1?!
Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill
Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill
Ailing pensioners, people with mental health struggles, grieving families and children have all been caught up in the Single Justice Procedure scandal
www.standard.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill
Given that underfloor heating is such an incredibly effective Faraday Cage, what do other people who have it do to cope for wifi and mobile signal? Both are poor hear anyway and I'm struggling! I have Deco mesh with powerline but it doesn't go fast!
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Given that underfloor heating is such an incredibly effective Faraday Cage, what do other people who have it do to cope for wifi and mobile signal? Both are poor hear anyway and I'm struggling! I have Deco mesh with powerline but it doesn't go fast!
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If a group of former JAGs is coming to this unanimously, even if they’re self-selected to be the types who would come to this conclusion, it beggars belief that they’re not facing any pushback within the active duty right now. Would certainly be nice to see some resignations to back it up though.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If a group of former JAGs is coming to this unanimously, even if they’re self-selected to be the types who would come to this conclusion, it beggars belief that they’re not facing any pushback within the active duty right now. Would certainly be nice to see some resignations to back it up though.
Doctor's Guide: 5 Research-Backed Ways to Get Sick Less brandonluumd.substack.com/p/im-a-docto...
Doctor's Guide: 5 Research-Backed Ways to Get Sick Less
The science-based protocols I actually use to stay healthy
brandonluumd.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Doctor's Guide: 5 Research-Backed Ways to Get Sick Less brandonluumd.substack.com/p/im-a-docto...
‘My mother had dementia but beautiful things unfolded’: Cheryle St Onge’s best photograph www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘My mother had dementia but beautiful things unfolded’: Cheryle St Onge’s best photograph
‘She wasn’t very fond of Skipper, our jack russell, who loved the hose. But they were dancing together – two beings in the afternoon sunlight, having their own conversation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘My mother had dementia but beautiful things unfolded’: Cheryle St Onge’s best photograph www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Job alert – Systems research scientist, DEFRA UK, deadline 12 December 2025 – salary £43-50k (top end only in London), based Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York, flex/part time etc possible stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/28/j...
Job alert – Systems research scientist, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, deadline 12 December 2025 – UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, salary £43-50k (top end only in London), based Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York, flex/part time etc possible
Details Reference number 437950 Salary £42,665 – £50,495 National: £42,665-£46,765London:£46,060-£50,495For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salar…
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November 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Job alert – Systems research scientist, DEFRA UK, deadline 12 December 2025 – salary £43-50k (top end only in London), based Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York, flex/part time etc possible stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/28/j...
Resilience Web www.resilienceweb.org.uk
Resilience Web
A web of connections, showing local groups working to co-create a more socially and environmentally just city.
www.resilienceweb.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Resilience Web www.resilienceweb.org.uk
Local Government Reorganisation - Exeter City Council exeter.gov.uk/lgr/
exeter.gov.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Local Government Reorganisation - Exeter City Council exeter.gov.uk/lgr/
Developing the practice of living together more productively chrismowles.substack.com/p/developing...
Developing the practice of living together more productively
Complexity and 'convivencia'.
chrismowles.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Developing the practice of living together more productively chrismowles.substack.com/p/developing...
Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care - SCIE www.scie.org.uk/co-productio...
Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care - SCIE
Co-producing innovation in social care: insights, challenges and recommendations for meaningful, people-led change and improvement.
www.scie.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care - SCIE www.scie.org.uk/co-productio...
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You absolutely need to change this headline. It's unacceptable and disrespectful to the people harmed by the pollution.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
You absolutely need to change this headline. It's unacceptable and disrespectful to the people harmed by the pollution.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
Beyond Cake-And-Eat-It: The Limits of Trendy ‘System-Change’ Frameworks — The Democracy Collaborative www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
Beyond Cake-And-Eat-It: The Limits of Trendy ‘System-Change’ Frameworks — The Democracy Collaborative
Governments, think tanks, and philanthropic foundations parade bold system-change agendas, yet the substance rarely matches the slogans when it comes to concrete material outcomes.
www.democracycollaborative.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Beyond Cake-And-Eat-It: The Limits of Trendy ‘System-Change’ Frameworks — The Democracy Collaborative www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
How the national economy impacts local services richardselwyn.org/2025/11/24/h...
How the national economy impacts local services
As we approach the Autumn Budget, the Westminster Circus can feel remote from local public sector delivery. But as we’ll see, macro decisions and mistakes in central government are having a profoun…
richardselwyn.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
How the national economy impacts local services richardselwyn.org/2025/11/24/h...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Union Jill: the story behind a symbol of protest and alternative Britain www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsw...
Union Jill: the story behind a symbol of protest and alternative Britain
‘We wanted something that reflected the alternative culture of Britain,’ says Heather, one of the activists behind the Union Jill.
This video tells the story of the creation of the flag, first…
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Union Jill: the story behind a symbol of protest and alternative Britain www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsw...
Polycrisis: Root Causes and Governance Solutions – Hamalainen (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/22/p...
Polycrisis: Root Causes and Governance Solutions – Hamalainen (2025)
[This is the preprint version as it’s accessible] 18 Nov 2025 Timo Hamalainen SITRA – Finnish Innovation Fund Date Written: August 28, 2025 Abstract The current polycrisis creates funda…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Polycrisis: Root Causes and Governance Solutions – Hamalainen (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/22/p...
Iconoplastic - a made up word for an important idea howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/iconoplast...
Iconoplastic - a made up word for an important idea
Making change survivable for the people who lead it
howtorunacountry.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Iconoplastic - a made up word for an important idea howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/iconoplast...
Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6...
Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
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Car-dependent suburbia is subsidized by productive urban places. That's why…
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November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6...
Local government’s role in place-based work. New Local. www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/loc...
Local government’s role in place-based work - New Local
In a guest post for New Local, co-founder of Stories of Change, John Hitchin, shares his thoughts on the future of place-based work. Local government is all about work in […]
www.newlocal.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Local government’s role in place-based work. New Local. www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/loc...
On the series of nag screens you have to get through in UK banking to make a payment (fraud risk security theatre), there are options for 'pay a bill' and 'make a purchase' but no option for 'pay salary' or 'pay tax'.
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On the series of nag screens you have to get through in UK banking to make a payment (fraud risk security theatre), there are options for 'pay a bill' and 'make a purchase' but no option for 'pay salary' or 'pay tax'.
Commissioning in the NHS - first as tragedy, then as farce?
www.linkedin.com/posts/antler...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antler...
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Commissioning in the NHS - first as tragedy, then as farce?
www.linkedin.com/posts/antler...
www.linkedin.com/posts/antler...
From ‘care’ to capabilities
From ‘care’ to capabilities
Amartya Sen’s (unfortunately named) ‘capabilities approach’ is a framework for evaluating well-being, development, and social justice based on what people are genuinely able to be…
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
From ‘care’ to capabilities
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Why we need to quit ‘fixing’ the world: A cybernetic approach to planetary challenges – podcast/video with Nora Bateson and Hans Busstra stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/17/w...
Why we need to quit ‘fixing’ the world: A cybernetic approach to planetary challenges – podcast/video with Nora Bateson and Hans Busstra
Seeing | Systems Theory | 2025-11-14 Nora Bateson, BA Hans Busstra, MA
stream.syscoi.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Why we need to quit ‘fixing’ the world: A cybernetic approach to planetary challenges – podcast/video with Nora Bateson and Hans Busstra stream.syscoi.com/2025/11/17/w...