Notices by iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop), page 25

@woozle Sort of! The "trail" is all over Yorkshire, it's not really walkable, certainly not in a day. But one of the stones is where I was. :)

@woozle We are indeed in Yorkshire

For an extra clue, "SA" is Simon Armitage

I'm lost! Where's the path?

Clue 2 is for radio anoraks: don't stray too far up the dial or you might find a Potteries comedian

Clue 1: I made sure to pack headgear

Where am I? 100 points to the first correct guess.

@ghost_bird No one thinks "I'm going to rob that Tesco because it'd be fun", it's usually "because I don't have any money and I'm desperate for something to eat".

Similar for mental health issues. We aren't born wanting to beat people up, but pre-existing and treatable personality disorders combined with the crazy levels of anxiety we are all subjected to nowadays drive some people to do violent things.

Help poor people, and help ill people, and stop sending them to jail to satisfy the press.

@ghost_bird In a lot of people's eyes, restorative justice means revenge.

I don't believe anyone sets out to commit a crime, and most people in jail shouldn't be there.

People often commit crime because of one of two things - mental health issues, or poverty and desperation.

Both of those have treatments and remedies that don't involve "throw the sick and poor into prison". But people want to see revenge, rather than improvements in society for everyone.

@Coinneach I am from England, not totally convinced by the case for Scottish independence, but interested in the arguments on both sides.

I can't speak for everyone, but Pro-"Yes" debate isn't going to upset me one bit, I'd be interested to read it.

@risabee I would love to live in Nunavut to be fair, at least for a year. It's a fascinating place.

@simon_brooke It looks interesting but I live in England! :)

It has also come to my attention that there was an error in my previous toot. It should have read:

"Dirty Leeds v Mighty Stoke City"

It has come to my attention that the following events are taking place on the same day:
- Leeds United v Stoke City
- Leeds Pride

That should be... interesting?

What a crap job these students have done. By all means object to the original poem, but at least do a decent job of covering it up. It looks a mess.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/19/manchester-university-students-paint-over-rudyard-kipling-mural

They used to do a similar thing on local radio back when there was more money sloshing around - the "Fugitive" or "Renegade".

The mystery person would give clues as to their location and people would go around asking "are you the Juice FM Fugitive?" or "are you the Real Radio Renegade?" I got asked a few times when it was on Juice.

The person who found the Fugitive would get a few hundred pounds as a prize, and the station name would echo around the city as people asked. Great marketing.

I don't usually link to this newspaper because it's a rag, but this is a really nice idea from Morrisons - a quiet hour on Saturday mornings for people who struggle with excessive noise and chaos to do their supermarket shop.

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/morrisons-introduce-quieter-hour-initiative-14923416

DON'T READ THE COMMENTS

This was a great and really creative radio idea - a national game of hide and seek on BBC Radio 1.

The presenters were hiding somewhere in the UK, listeners were given clues and the hidden presenters were eventually found in Liverpool.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/07/nick-grimshaw-and-greg-james-have-been-found/

I am on the lookout for a new home on the fediverse! I've had a few nice instance suggestions, but still trying to find a place that feels like home. I would like
- A small instance that feels like a community, so the local timeline's not a firehose
- No "free speech" bollocks, hate speech = ban
- Moderation that's on the case with regard to blocking shitty instances/users
- A fairly 'grown up' outlook, generally more interesting/'real' posts rather than memes and shitposts

Any ideas? 👀

@Antanicus To be fair, How To Spend It has been in the FT on weekends for as long as I can remember.