"Build a massive new road to ease congestion, and what happens? More people use it. The road doesn’t relieve traffic from existing routes. It creates fresh traffic composed of people who’ve decided that living in Slough and commuting to Southend now makes perfect sense, actually."
File under: things that would benefit kids more than a social media ban
Out: three and a half filing cabinets, a desk, two desk chairs, three bags of paper for secure shredding, two trolleys of recycling, lots of empty files and folders.
As part of my commitment to being a middle aged cliche, I have bought an espresso machine.
The Major Oak has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for over a thousand years.
This spring, it failed to come into leaf and experts now believe it has died.
But its story isn’t over.
Its ancient trunk & branches will continue to support life for years to come: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
We are clearing out stuff from the science staff office. Ruthlessly.
Paper-based KPI data from 2008? Gone!
Worksheets from 1995? Gone!
A decade-worth of planners? Gone!
💚 Not the end. When an old tree dies, it brings a plethora of new life.
Especially so with oaks, which support 1000s of species during their lifetime, and this continues into their death time, as a transforming ecosystem of important decomposers move in, thriving in the throes of death.
Ouch! And the whole clip is actually worse than this!
In 1063 a dragon was killed and today the sword that killed the dragon was presented to a new Bishop of Durham.
We live on a very odd little island. It's brilliant.