Alan Foster

@DrTregoning No

If I referred to Napoleon as Boney, would that be common parlance?

@JoshMacAlister Super stuff Josh

An honour and a real surprise to be included in this New Years list! These awards go to individuals, but the work has always been a team effort. We’ve got our work cut out to make sure that the most vulnerable children get a fair chance. Looking forward keeping at it in 2024!

@chamath Nuance in storytelling is the texture in a painting, the subtleties in a symphony, the layers in a novel. It's what transforms a narrative from a mere recitation to an art form.

@jonathanliew The opening paragraph is superb

@markbaynes1 @bonveloshop @hernehillforum @HerneHillSoc @bonveloshop have a good customer sales database that might know

@brixtonbuzz Very good local reporting. Thank you.

People’s Audit report uncovers £52,000 pay rise for council officer amidst a culture of secrecy in Homes for Lambeth brixtonbuzz.com/2022/09/people…

@hernehillforum A good thing. They mean that I dont need a taxi / uber since I don't own a car. Needs people to park them sensibly of course which is currently hit & miss

What are your thoughts on these? We seem to be getting lots of bikes and scooters in #HerneHill at the moment. Are they a nuisance or a good thing? Let us know in the comments...

@MrJohnNicolson What does he think of the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre?

Today is Boris Johnson’s last Prime Minister’s Questions. I’ve been successful in the Westminster lotto and so I get to ask him one. What would you like me to ask him? #PMQs

@AGoldmund Thank you, @AGoldmund. Riveting, joyful and sometimes magical. I still look at my thighs every time in the shower and wonder whether to wash them. YYN.

@Baddiel @RiversideLondon Yes agreed. We went last week. So good!

Saw the Operation Mincemeat musical at @RiversideLondon tonight and it was a joy. Go.

@rorysutherland I first saw this in South Africa and Zimbabwe 25 yrs ago and liked it then. It seems to have migrated North

The convention of flashing your hazard lights briefly to say thank you to a car behind. Is this UK only or international. Is it now universal in the UK? When did it start? Did lorry drivers start it? Interesting example of autolinguistics.

@helenhayes_ @parkrunUK If you are not back for @Dulwichparkrun next Saturday then I recommend Poloc parkrun too

Thank you to the lovely volunteers at Glasgow Victoria Park parkrun for a very warm welcome when I turned up 45 mins early this morning (parkrun in Scotland is at 9.30am)! #loveparkrun #parkruntourist #COP26 #Glasgow

@nick_grundy Thank for sharing. V good

If any of you need cheering up this Monday morning, this article about a skatepark in Detroit bears reading - but mainly, watch the video until the 2 minute mark. avclub.com/news-anchor-en…

@DrTregoning One up and four to the left of Viz's War & Piss.

Call me a shelf-publicist! Can you spot #infectious? In 6 days you too can have it on your shelf!

@WarwickSimons @Pigeonomics Same! Now have 2 x Surface Pros

@Pigeonomics I agree. I bought a high end one and the battery expanded underneath the keyboard then all the keys got stuck. Was told to replace the battery and then it might fix the issue. *might fix*… no thanks. Bought a surface pro instead.

@DrTregoning Presumably stored on the herddrive

Today's critical Friday task - #softwareforshepherds So far I have: OneDrove Fleecebook EweTube Obviously they all take up a lot of Ram Any other suggestions?

@TedDansonBDay I have been confidently told that this time next week is THE BIG ONE

Today is not Ted Danson’s birthday.

@john_actuary Would you hazard a guess as to when the 45-50yrs olds might expect a text? I had imagined first week of May. Thank for all your reporting.

475k 2nd doses is another record, and by a clear 25k today. The 7D total moves above 2m for the first time, even with two Easter weekend figures still in the figure. As a result, we've recovered recent lost ground, and are now back to 4 days ahead of my 11 week benchmark. 2/2

Sun vaccine update: 586k total doses today, over double last week's depressed Easter figure, so the 7D total moves back up again as expected, to 2.7m. A slightly higher first dose figure too of 111k than we've seen for the last few days. 1/2

@DrTregoning @SRileyIDD The Mosquito - "She - only females bite has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion ever to have lived." amazon.co.uk/dp/191123112X/…

@SRileyIDD Estimate puts malaria at 5 billion all time There is a great line in this article suggesting half of all people ever, but it seems an over estimate nature.com/news/2002/0210…

Am helping out for Science Week next week and have had some questions in advance. Am feeling OK about most of them, but... which infection has killed the most people? Bacteria - too broad? Smallpox - seems favourite? Any suggestions?

My take on falling in love in the office