🔗 GDS weighs in on the NHS’s decision to retreat from Open Source – Terence Eden "a meeting _without_biscuits." 💬 The UK's Civil Service 😂 Perfect - only the British. BUT - please don’t ignore this article - particularly if you are in the UK - and as I track the latest moves in New Zealand - also there. "Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And then there are those who wonder, ‘What the hell just happened?"" 💬 Carroll Bryant It’s bad enough being in the second category, but too many people are in the third. 🔗📼Which is why it is also important to watch this.

GDS weighs in on the NHS’s decision to retreat from Open Source – Terence Eden’s Blog

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You Don't Get Your Teeth Back

You Don't Get Your Teeth Back

Sartre warned us about procrastination. He was talking about the human condition - but it equally applies to how organizations move, how people eng...

🔗 Perfect or better? I guess this is the philosophy behind the rework of my 🖇️ Hub, 🖇️ Blog and 🖇️ Wiki … all three are definitely better and definitely not perfect.

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Perfect or better?

We can search for the perfect option or settle for something better than we have right now. The search for perfect never ends, and it’s a gre...

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🔗🎵 The Next Seven Crucials

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👁️ I occasionally suffer from night-time foot cramps - excruciating at the best of times. Yesterday I threw my back out. Word to the wise: avoid a middle-of-the-night foot cramp whilst nursing a bad back.

🔗 Chestnut - Futility Closet My answer is not theirs … and i guess i was wrong given the last phrase …“to the left-hand side:” That said - I rather like my solution …

Futility Closet

Chestnut - Futility Closet

Make this equation true with a single stroke of the pen to the left-hand side:

📺🔗 The Lincoln Lawyer - series 4 - check. 🚧 I will need to return to finish - but in a nutshell - well worth a watch, but make sure you go through the first three before you start - it will add to your enjoyment.

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The Lincoln Lawyer

Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

👁️ If you live in New Zealand .. try this game .. Talk to your Bolt/Uber driver and discover how many qualifications they have. Note how often they are allowed IN to New Zealand, but once in - somehow they aren’t ‘qualified enough’. Isolated story? Not really. I see a pattern.

Crucial Track 🎵 May 19, 2026

Crucial Track 🎵 May 19, 2026

&#34;Flowers in the Rain (2007 Stereo Mix)&#34; by The Move Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. The last song yo...

Getting there on this redesign …. Meanwhile - the link on this post is broken - but an archived link is in there. Why? Because I run the archive plugin by @g - but this is the first time I actually saw it work. Very nice work.

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🔗📼 Martin Gutmann: Are we celebrating the wrong leaders? Spoiler Alert. Yes - but that’s not an excuse not to watch it.

Are we celebrating the wrong leaders?

We tend to celebrate leaders for their dramatic words and actions in times of crisis — but we often overlook truly great leaders who avoid the cr...

A variation on ‘walk anywhere in a hospital with a white coat and clipboard’. "When you don’t ask for permission, people read it as a sign that something is already underway." 💬 Matthew McConaughey

"Charity Is Doomed To Fail argues that traditional charity reacts to symptoms instead of addressing causes of issues like trafficking. The author calls for a proactive, well-funded, business-driven approach as embodied by The Future Found, highlighting Dan Pallotta’s point that new thinking, capital, and strategy are needed for real change - shifting from reactive aid to tackling root problems at scale." 💬 Sadly - unknown - so far I need to go find the source, because someone talking about Dan Pallotta in the same breath as 🔗 The Future Found is definitely someone I need to talk to.

The Future Found: Investing in Tomorrow

📺🔗 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Season 1 A total surprise and some great twists. Once again - will return for the formal rating. 🚧

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Series 1

📺 I saw this promoted, checked out the trailer and realised I had watched it. That is how good this show is. I’ll come back to add the star rating … 🔗 North Shore Season 1 🚧

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Season 1

👁️ Ummmm❓

Twelve years ago - 🔗📼🎵 I was there. Love you man.

Crucial Track 🎵 May 17, 2026

Crucial Track 🎵 May 17, 2026

&#34;The City: Grass and Concrete / Taxi To Brooklyn / Speak Easy It's a Whiskey Scene&#34; by Mark-Almond Listen on Apple Music Your browser does ...

I think it might be who you hang out with

I think it might be who you hang out with

Brit here - and though Björk does not sit at the top of my favourite artists - she certainly is no where near the bottom and I do not recall that ...

I think I have only ever met one Brad in my entire life - and that was 20 years ago - worked together for a year - and never spoke again. Online though? Totally different - and this is only one slice of RSSLand.