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God keep me from ever completing anything.

H. Jon Benjamin

NEW BLOG - "Belmarsh to Broadmoor" Axel Rudabukana has been transferred under the Mental Health Act from prison to hospital. Plenty of comment already bouncing about this, but what does it all mean? mentalhealthcop.com/2026/07/24/b...

Brown Argus on Red Bartsia on the north Dorset Downs.

[email from Jen in HR] Please refrain from telling people in the office that they 'odyssey the new Christopher Nolan movie'.

If they made a Minister for Poetry it would probably be a Vogon.

In which Court Reporting is never quite as simple as Court Reporting…well done! Olympian efforts required to leap the hurdles of Central Family Court administration… Chaotic for the observer, surely a bewildering experience for families.

I didn't realize being a shark scientist was so dangerous

This gun’s for hire, even if we’re just…

A fascinating lunch with an amazingly knowledgeable and admirable person, nonagenarian oceanographer Sylvia Earle as.ft.com/r/04bfa49c-0...

Forget pervert glasses - what about smart plugs? Me on domestic abusers taking over home devices as.ft.com/r/8f4ab2f1-4... How smart tech is being weaponised in the home

A Judge who wants ‘either/or’ recommendations & suspects ‘…it reflects the dating of the earlier allegations & the continuing relationship & facilitation of contact thereafter’ in their assumption about why FFH didn’t happen. There is still so much work to do #domesticabuse @safelives.bsky.social

This is the most extraordinary judgment I’ve read all year. If there was not about to be a reshuffle - I suspect it might have been a resigning matter for the Attorney General. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-...

Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page

It is awful here today.

Enrobed!!

CC v NMCM [2026] EWFC 196 (B): Fact-finding in private law proceedings, concerning allegations against father, who was assisted by a Qualified Legal Representative. QLR discharged, after finding that he had failed to properly cross-examine the mother. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

This is appalling. Also (perhaps a stupid question), I’ve seen the Judge do the questioning in order to progress matters - of course wouldn’t have been in the absence of a QLR in this scenario - curious as to whether you might expect to see reasons given for why the Judge discounted themselves here?

what’s the Odyssey about? I’m so glad you asked

Helpful diagram from Social Work England's recent external review shows the confusing maze of social work standards and frameworks. A principal social worker even said they felt 'embarrassed' introducing it to students/NQSWs. For years the answer has always just been to add more.