Rev Peter W Nimmo
@peternimmo.bsky.social
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#LectionaryPrayers guy. Church of Scotland minister. https://peterwnimmo.co.uk https://about.me/peterwnimmo https://mastodon.scot/@Peternimmo https://buymeacoffee.com/peterwnimmo No DMs Signal: PeterNimmo.01 peterwnimmo.co.uk/contact-me/
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amandarees.bsky.social
SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social
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ianfraser.bsky.social
I guess accepting donations in crypto makes sense for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. It could help the party to hide the identities of pro-Russian benefactors.
Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’
Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve
www.ft.com
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janrosenow.bsky.social
UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme.

It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.

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peternimmo.bsky.social
It would have been better if Facebook had never been invented
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jacktindale.bsky.social
If we're at the stage where a nonagenarian working-class South Londoner is being dismissed as a woke fuddy-duddy by thirty year old programmers then I think we may be a little cooked as a society.
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jacktindale.bsky.social
I say this a lot but of all social media, it's the radicalisation of Reddit that I find most acute.

A nice article about Sir Michael Caine leading a campaign to outlaw smacking the mean comment is "the government's too busy blocking a ban on cousin marriage" and "smacking didn't do me any harm".
peternimmo.bsky.social
Happy birthday. Enjoy the break!
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euobserver.com
The Várhelyi spying allegations pose a question the European Union has never had to answer so starkly: what happens when a member state treats the institutions it helped create not as a common project, but as hostile territory to be infiltrated and undermined? asks Alberto Alemanno.
The Várhelyi affair: When an EU member state spies on Brussels
The Várhelyi spying allegations pose a question the European Union has never had to answer so starkly: what happens when a member state treats the institutions it helped create not as a common project, but as hostile territory to be infiltrated and undermined? asks Alberto Alemanno.
euobserver.com
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petraboynton.bsky.social
It's not a 'race debate', it's plain old racism.

Carer health and safety is already a major issue that's barely discussed outside the profession, compounded by demand and extractive practices of employers.

Unfortunately this workforce, like those they care for, hold zero interest for most people
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generalising.bsky.social
I got very curious about this. You can trace Shearer's unit (21 CCS) and you can see what looks like the echo of his little blaze of fame: in Sept 1916 you get visits from various grandees including ... the editor of the BMJ, who presumably came to see for himself.
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steamtraen.eu
Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.
peternimmo.bsky.social
Most advice on social media on any subject is poor quality
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resfoundation.bsky.social
The value of Fuel Duty is now at historic lows, having fallen by 23p per litre (or a third) in real terms over the past decade.

It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.

Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.
Chart showing Nominal main rate of Fuel Duty per litre under different scenarios
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jamesbluecat.bsky.social
All literary novels should have little b+w illustrations every few pages to remind you what the characters look like.
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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peterjukes.bsky.social
To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?
peternimmo.bsky.social
Hope your surgery goes well
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scotchurchestrust.bsky.social
"A 'unique' 100-year-old church has been placed for sale nearly a year after worshippers campaigned to save it."

Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and housing one of Scotland's finest pipe organs, Knightswood St Margaret's is for sale for offers over £289,000.

www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/2553861...
'Unique' 100-year-old church to be sold despite campaign to save it
A 'unique' 100-year-old church has been placed for sale nearly a year after worshippers campaigned to save it
www.clydebankpost.co.uk
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pteranodo.bsky.social
William Burkitt, #Anglican vicar, dedicates to service to Christ with all that he has. He will make God’s word in his actions for succour and relief, according to his ability.

Are some known for sarcasm and discouragement and succour while pretending to be glorifying God? How can you glorify God?
WILLIAM BURKITT
(1650-1703)
Expository Notes on New Testament
"For thou hast created, redeemed, and wilt glorify, the body as well as the soul; and therefore will I glorify thee with my body, and with my spirit, which is thine; I will also give thee all that I have, by consecrating it all to the service of Christ, and resigning up all to the will of Christ, and will entitle thee to all that 1 do, by making thy word in outward acts of succour and relief, according to our ability."
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thestudyofwar.bsky.social
WARNING: The Kremlin is Preparing to Mobilize Reservists on a Rolling Basis to Fight in Ukraine for the First Time: isw.pub/UKRWARNO101325

Note: This warning does not suggest that the Kremlin is likely to undertake a single large-scale mobilization at this time.