Credit unions help people access fair, ethical finance. But an outdated law is holding them back.
I’ve signed this petition to update the rules so credit unions can grow and serve more communities.
Sign here 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...
Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history.
Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
Who watched Night Manager season 2? Does anyone else feel like its quite a timely dramatisation of our current story? 🤔🙈
Some Friday reading! 👇 ☕ 📖
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Agree 100% but still not as poor as Microsoft UX though.
There are likely many reasons why the civil service is not as efficient as it could be. Low grade Dell laptops is one of them. Hashtag false economy.
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
"As the market for insecure work grows and more people depend on it, it is critical that their voices are heard in policymaking."
🗣️ Hear from our Partnership Insight Manager Aleks Collingwood in this piece by @bigissue.com on our recent report with @demos-uk.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/4pKmunL
Cash is a lifeline for millions of vulnerable people and a vital public utility - like water and electricity. We shouldn’t let our money and payments system be run for profit 💷
Tell the government to mandate cash acceptance
Sign the petition to #KeepCashAlive 👇🏿 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
What if government is stuck in a local maximum?
Today I'm publishing a new post exploring whether the evidence standards and control mechanisms we use in government are limiting us to a dangerously narrow field of view. If so, what could we do about that?
medium.com/@jamestplunk... 1/n
Honestly, the extent to which you now need to work around the machinery of government (in stealth, against the rules, etc.) in order to save it from itself is truly extraordinary.
Promotional graphic for a webinar titled "Talking about Homes - Doing justice to stories" scheduled for Thursday 27th November, from 1-2 pm. Two individuals are seated on a bench, one holding a tablet. Logos for Nationwide Foundation, Frameworks UK and JRF are displayed at the bottom.
🚨 Last chance to register!
On Thursday, our Talking about Homes webinars with @frameworks.bsky.social @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social return, as we explore how to do justice to lived experience stories.
Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9217610411024/WN_Oaezi682TJyaSd7TSJ53VA
People like real things!
I wrote about the important stuff that's missing from the new wave of AI tools.
tumshie.ghost.io/people-like-...
Is it fair or useful to say that all ‘innovation’ is always digital or tech shaped though? Had an interesting discussion at the @clearleft.com Service Design Breakfast on this yesterday… 🤔
New thing alert! 📣 Today's we're launching a new initiative: The Centre for the Edge 📣
@kinship.works and @jrf-uk.bsky.social
How can leaders in our struggling public institutions support the emergence of alternatives?
More here from @mssophiaparker.bsky.social and me:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Have you head of GHS, Government Human Service?
Probably not! It's just a thought experiment I've been entertaining in my head for a while.
I'd love to know what you think...
#govdesign #ServiceDesign
medium.com/ghs-governme...
@lukelukeluke.bsky.social look 👀 I saw these mushrooms popping up in a sand dune in the north of the Netherlands, the island of Schiermonnikogg to be exact 🇳🇱 🍄🟫 🍄🟫 I never thought about the mycorrhizal network in sand dunes before… their caps were gently nodding in the wind #fungi #sanddunes
Demand a UN-mandated Multinational Armed Force for Gaza - this is how apartheid was ended in South Africa - be part of history for the better and add your name now: www.stopgenocide.com/unga/
‘Learn to care’ could replace ‘learn to code’ as the go to career advice for the next generation @jburnmurdoch.ft.com #TheWorkWeNeed
Respect to @itvx.com and the Tour de France Highlights programme documenting the #greenwashing of @totalenergie.bsky.social #bold 👊
Catch up on great speakers to date - inc @andreasthinks.me @jenitennison.com, @cthimon.bsky.social @miriamlevin.bsky.social @henrymidgley.bsky.social @kmeinnes.bsky.social @karakane-kk.bsky.social @noelito7.bsky.social @antonioweiss.bsky.social @beckymiller33.bsky.social
medium.com/@transformgo...
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.
In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.
Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Palestine Action ban: what will it mean in practice?
Our guide covers what won't be allowed after the ban comes into force. Counter-terror powers are used in an overtly racist & Islamophobic way- the policing situation is likely to be unstable once it's in force.
netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...
I’ve just signed Greenpeace’s petition calling on the Foreign Secretary David Lammy to stop selling arms to Israel. British arms are fuelling the killing - can you join me and call for a ban?
About to listen to this conversation at the #CharlstonFestival so ironically I’m making a rare post online. This is the hook for me: ‘Christine Rosen argues that true human fulfillment comes from living an unpredictable, analogue life.’
www.charleston.org.uk/event/strange-new-minds/
Not exactly what I was thinking but never mind
Israel needs help - I can’t help thinking how short and selective human memory can be when I watch this. Did no one teach them what happened in Germany to their people?
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
"These are not benign actors, scrappy startup founders who move fast and break things - they share world views that are destroying our democracies as we know it."
www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Im-f...
In which Emer Coleman draws a dotted line between Musk, Zuckerberg and Jacob Rees-Mogg's father
