JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
Husband to Matthew, dog dad to Buddy, fan of gardening, theatre and (until lately) politics.
Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
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@jrzc1962.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Bluesky challenge: post two photos of you with your partner in crime
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“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
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this is growth in UCAS offers over past 5 years
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
this is growth in UCAS offers over past 5 years
Are you a Creative based in Hampshire? This event may be of interest.
cultureconnects.org.uk/event/our-cr...
cultureconnects.org.uk/event/our-cr...
Our Creative Future: A shared vision for culture in Hampshire and The Solent - Culture Connects
This event is a chance for our creative community to come together and better understand the potential opportunities within a new Mayoral Combined County Authority. Building on work already undertaken...
cultureconnects.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Are you a Creative based in Hampshire? This event may be of interest.
cultureconnects.org.uk/event/our-cr...
cultureconnects.org.uk/event/our-cr...
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Everyone needs to buy loo roll.
Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊
And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻
Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊
And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻
Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Clean Sheet. Change, From the bottom up. by Clean Sheet - Indiegogo
A toilet roll where 100% of the profits fund fairer housing, climate action and workers' rights
www.indiegogo.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Everyone needs to buy loo roll.
Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊
And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻
Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Might as well buy it & put 100% of profits into causes for social good, huh? 😊😊
And bonus! One of the orgs benefiting from your dry fanny will be the brilliant @migrantvoice.bsky.social 🧻🧻
Just 6 days left to back the kickstarter!
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
So pleased for this team, and especially this young woman. Rori was one of the top point guards in the country until she tore her ACL two years ago. She's not been the same since but she sure seems to be hitting her stride again.
youtu.be/-5wvKKnZP-Y
youtu.be/-5wvKKnZP-Y
Texas Hits Game-Winner vs. South Carolina to Win Players Era Championship
YouTube video by Bleacher Report
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
So pleased for this team, and especially this young woman. Rori was one of the top point guards in the country until she tore her ACL two years ago. She's not been the same since but she sure seems to be hitting her stride again.
youtu.be/-5wvKKnZP-Y
youtu.be/-5wvKKnZP-Y
By all means, let's build MORE data centres. BIGGER ones.
Trading on CME halted after exchange hit by data centre outage on.ft.com/43VvbU9
Trading on CME halted after exchange hit by data centre outage
Chicago-based exchange handles futures tied to interest rates, Treasuries, energy and equities
on.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
By all means, let's build MORE data centres. BIGGER ones.
Both of these threads are well worth a read even if you don't work in education. Gives you an idea of the Wild Wild West that is HE at the moment, with a government seemingly determined to apply strictly capitalist principles to what should be a fundamental human right in a sector crucial to growth.
I work at CCCU so I can add a bit of detail. The huge majority of these additional students for us are not on-site, typical full-fee paying, they are 'partnership' students where the actual degree they study is franchised or validated from CCCU, but taught elsewhere.
'11 universities expanded by more than 11,000 students over the past decade, while the three institutions with the biggest growth expanded by more than 20,000 students – BPP University (28,915 more students), Canterbury Christ Church University (22,410) and UCL (21,490).' 3/3
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Both of these threads are well worth a read even if you don't work in education. Gives you an idea of the Wild Wild West that is HE at the moment, with a government seemingly determined to apply strictly capitalist principles to what should be a fundamental human right in a sector crucial to growth.
I'm not sure the maths are right in this para. Surely sharp falls in migration were EXACERBATED (not offset) by a small rise in people leaving?
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'm not sure the maths are right in this para. Surely sharp falls in migration were EXACERBATED (not offset) by a small rise in people leaving?
I love this thread. And not only because I am also called Jim and have always wanted to be a big ginger cat.
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I love this thread. And not only because I am also called Jim and have always wanted to be a big ginger cat.
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Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
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The transcript of the call between Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, released by Bloomberg.
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The transcript of the call between Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, released by Bloomberg.
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
Who knew belly rubs and a hot water bottle would make my upset stomach better? My husband, that's who.
a woman in a suit says i 'm feeling much better now on a netflix poster
Alt: Wednesday Addams says i 'm feeling much better now
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Who knew belly rubs and a hot water bottle would make my upset stomach better? My husband, that's who.
Another classic late night Bette Midler moment @bettemidler.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
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www.instagram.com/reel/DP0AK3v...
The Late Show on Instagram: "@bettemidler serenades Stephen and steals our hearts! 💞
#Colbert #BetteMidler"
Bette Midler and Stephen Colbert share a special moment as they sing a duet together on The Late Show. With wit and class, Bette showcases her impressive vocal skills and pays tribute to Stephen's ded...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Another classic late night Bette Midler moment @bettemidler.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
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Could just as easily be the Tangerine Toddler's approval rating. I hope the whole family ends up bankrupt and in jail.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Could just as easily be the Tangerine Toddler's approval rating. I hope the whole family ends up bankrupt and in jail.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.
As opposed to what... New Hampshire's Manchester?
England's Manchester launches 1 billion-pound 'good growth' fund reut.rs/4ocQFTr
England's Manchester launches 1 billion-pound 'good growth' fund
The northern English city of Manchester on Thursday launched a 1 billion-pound ($1.31 billion) fund to invest in housing and employment projects, marking a major step in Britain's process of devolving power to its regions.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As opposed to what... New Hampshire's Manchester?
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
The Weekly Howl
The British government just did something I agree with, and it feels almost gross to mention it. Also: who invented the week? And some Beeching-themed maps.
jonn.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
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Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Thanks as always to @bertsbooks.bsky.social for delivering my latest order with their usual tender loving care.
And special thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social for introducing me to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social!
And special thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social for introducing me to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social!
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thanks as always to @bertsbooks.bsky.social for delivering my latest order with their usual tender loving care.
And special thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social for introducing me to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social!
And special thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social for introducing me to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social!
I'm doing a chair dance
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm doing a chair dance