"All I can tell you is what people from Altrincham who were at the protest had to say. They are keen to stress, often unprompted, that they are not racist - they are angry and concerned.
"They cite alarming statistics about asylum seekers accused of sexual assault and rape - statistics that I could not find any evidence to support. They claim that asylum seekers in this hotel are 'robbing shops' - something that the police told me they have 'no knowledge' of.&q…
Manchester City look pretty good, certainly improved from last year. They’ve found success low & away against Sa. I wonder if that’s scouting.
Also, though, Wolves look pretty bad. Especially offensively. How much each estimation of team strength influences that of the other is too early to say.
#WOLMCI #fedifc
Hmm just had a couple of nasty power blips here in North #manchester
This is a good article on Greater Manchester's transition to publicly managed bus services from the total mess of Thatcher's privatised free market.
This is who's really paying for Greater Manchester's publicly-run bus network - Manchester Evening News
Great article from NYT about sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan from the UAE. For me it illustrates the bigger problem of the middle-east/gulfstates, the absence of any meaningful democracy, too rich oligarchs with too much power. Politically the people are living in medieval times there.
If only landlords elsewhere in #GreaterManchester were selective.
'We’re being picky - it can't be filled with vape shops and barbers' - Manchester Evening News
…
Bilateral collaboration between Mexico and the United Kingdom for the construction of technical equipment (CHARM) for the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT/GTM)
Paulina Carmona Rodriguez, Maria de la Paz Ramos-Lara
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11489
from my link log —
The Manchester Compiler Compiler and CPL: reflections of a user 50 years on.
https://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/atlas/docs/CC_Reflections-v4 final.pdf
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#RoundMidnight
- Fresh from Mu Quintet
A new release by the Leeds outfit, featuring Manchester based string quartet Vulva Voce.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gs43
We have been in Manchester at the theatre today, watching the new musical Come Fall In Love. Its not anything earth-shattering in terms of plot, staging, or songs, but it's lots of fun and brought a little bit of Bollywood colour and sound to an otherwise grey and damp afternoon.
#ComeFallInLove #musicals
Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis
Article originally published at North West Bylines, 31 July, 2025 Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by Steady State Manchester and DegrowthUK available HERE Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis The road towards a viable net-zero world is long and full of obstacles, but all economies need to reduce their carbon footprint by Mark H Burton Net zero, that is the government plan to reduce climate…
like wow! pro-mixed video/audio of the flower/corsano duo from a few weeks ago in manchester. fresh dream #jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDfCureBsmk
Replaced article(s) found for cs.RO. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/new
[1/2]:
- TinyMPC: Model-Predictive Control on Resource-Constrained Microcontrollers
Anoushka Alavilli, Khai Nguyen, Sam Schoedel, Brian Plancher, Zachary Manchester
Pavement parking.
Desperately bad in South Manchester too.
The serious problem affecting every corner of a Greater Manchester borough - [Oldham] Manchester Evening News
Manchester's improved public transport system.
Four months ago, this had never been done in Greater Manchester. Now it’s happened 10 million times - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-…
Scanning some old slides; in 1981 when the riots were on in Moss side, my dad decided it best to board up his chemist shop before hand, as did some others on the row.
#manchester
Spoiler: there is no plan, at least to get to WHO clean air standards.
A failure of leadership, a failure to take on the private car.
Andy Burnham reveals next phase of clean air plan as key deadline looms - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manche…
Listen to Original by Cooper T. Watch the Fucking video, listen to the tune, by the merch. Fucking love these #Manchester #scally #fuckers on
Human cost of Tory and Labour welfare cuts.
UK is no longer a Welfare State: it's becoming a Warfare State wiith reckless militarisation, and a war without bullets on the "surplus population".
'I've got no money. I'm constantly cold. I don't want to be here anymore' - Manchester Evening News
#Manchester's filthy air.
A long way to go.
"All in all, the measures will get Greater Manchester’s air to 40.3 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide in one cubic metre of air.
"The UK legal limit is officially 40, but results under 40.4 are rounded down, making TfGM’s plan compliant.
"But the World Health Organisation’s recommended limit is just 10."
…
TIL that after the findings of the 2017 Manchester Bombing enquiry, the UK standardised the incident triage algorithm across all first responders, including wrist-bands . ("Ten Second Triage")
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cli
Greater Manchester Police wasting their time on senseless harassment.
Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester | Manchester | The Guardian
https://12ft.io/https://www.theguardia
Learning to optimize with guarantees: a complete characterization of linearly convergent algorithms
Andrea Martin, Ian R. Manchester, Luca Furieri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00775
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony from The Hallé in Manchester
Mark Elder conducts The Hallé in the world premiere of Huw Watkins's Concerto for Orchestra, alongside Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cp78
Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis.
Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by @… and us available at link in article.
Right-wing critics largely deny the impact of fossil fuels on emissions, and therefore on the future prospects for humanity, but the net zero lobby is pursuing strategies that are inadequate a…
Replaced article(s) found for math.GR. https://arxiv.org/list/math.GR/new
[1/1]:
- Subgroups of $E$-unitary and $R_1$-injective special inverse monoids
Robert D. Gray (University of East Anglia), Mark Kambites (University of Manchester)
Greater Manchester Pension Fund has a rhetoric about net zero. It has increased its investments in coal.
GMPF goes for Coal! – FossilFreeGM.org.uk https://www.fossilfreegm.org.uk/index.php/2025/08/11/gmpf-goes-for-coal/
We saw some people zooming around on Ullswater today on things that can only be described as hover boards but on water.
They did look incredibly cool and great fun, so when we got back to our rental cottage we decided to look up how much they were. Maybe I could use one to commute up the Manchester Ship Canal to work every day!
Yeah, that's not gonna happen. These things start at just under £10k for the entry level model.
#Hoverboard
This is welcome from #Burnham.
(Warning 15 cookies)
'Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham hit out, saying the decision would help “overheat” the economy. He warned: “It’s a model for an ever-overheating UK economy rather than a more balanced, levelled-up economy, which is what we would argue for. Manchester Airport has two runways and it doesn’t operate at full capacity.”'
Evidence of Time-Dependent Diffusive Shock Acceleration in the 2022 September 5 Solar Energetic Particle Event
Xiaohang Chen, Lulu Zhao, Joe Giacalone, Nishtha Sachdeva, Igor Sokolov, Gabor Toth, Christina Cohen, David Lario, Fan Guo, Athanasios Kouloumvakos, Tamas Gombosi, Zhenguang Huang, Ward Manchester, Bart van der Holst, Weihao Liu, David McComas, Matthew Hill, George Ho
Yet another bad decision from the Planning Inspectorate.
Huge development to go ahead after £5m demand thrown out - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/huge-development…
Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis.
Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by @… and @… available at link in article.
Right-wing critics largely deny the impact of fossil fuels…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Manchester Camerata & Gšbor Takšcs‐Nagy:
🎵 Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://open.spotify.com/track/06aPNHg4nVmdDVkq80m6lk
"..motorists have reported 20 to 40 minute delays on the route since May.."
That's the point: stop private cars driving into the city. You can't just go on driving like you have before, and much much more needs doing.to give back the city to pedestrians.
Disincentivise private motoring.
'We want fewer people coming into Manchester city centre in cars' - Manchester Evening News
React to Surprises: Stable-by-Design Neural Feedback Control and the Youla-REN
Nicholas H. Barbara, Ruigang Wang, Alexandre Megretski, Ian R. Manchester
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01226
Here we go,
Developer uses "Grey Belt" argument to justify building on green space / #GreenBelt
Developer offers ‘grey belt’ argument in attempt to build 80 homes on green belt - Manchester Evening News
“JK Galbraith’s observation that “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”“
Read “The meritocracy to eugenics pipeline“ by Cory Doctorow on Medium: https://…
Greenfields
When it's gone, it's gone.
The most objected to planning proposal in Bury's history - Manchester Evening News
There's chatter today about #POX the little Englander Party of Xenophobes and Fascists high in the polls for a Scottish seat.
So how to fight them (and how not)?
https://ste…
Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis
Article originally published at North West Bylines, 31 July, 2025 Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by Steady State Manchester and DegrowthUK available HERE Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis The road towards a viable net-zero world is long and full of obstacles, but all economies need to reduce their carbon footprint by Mark H Burton Net zero, that is the government plan to reduce climate…
"According to the Committee on Climate Change, the UK’s share of global emissions is approximately 1 per cent. However, the carbon budgets they have recommended, up to 2043, are equivalent to 1.79% of what they acknowledge to be the available global budget for only a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. Britain is setting too large a carbon budget for itself, taking nearly twice its fair share"
From my latest piece.
There must be plenty of suitable brownfield sites available and suitable for this.
#BrownfieldSites #GreenSpace #GreenBelt
"Electricity firm wants to build battery energy storage pla…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Elliot Galvin:
🎵 A House, A City / From Beneath (Live From Manchester Jazz Festival)
#ElliotGalvin
Our statement on the rise of #POX (party of xenophobes and fascists), the threat they pose, reasons for their success, strategies, good and bad, for countering them.
Steady State Manchester | For local prosperity, justice & ecological safety
If we truly want net zero, then the only way forward is down
Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by us and @… available at link in article.
Right-wing critics largely deny the impact of fossil fuels on emissions, and therefore on the future prospects for humanity, but the net zero lobby is pursuing strategies that are i…
Good for you Andy Burnham.
"At the weekend the continuity rebels won the backing of Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. Burnham, who has become increasingly vocal in recent weeks in setting out an alternative, more muscular, soft left alternative to what Keir Starmer is offering, ... he urged Labour MPs to vote down the bill."
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Chamber Choir & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 The Sea Hawk (Happy Sailing)
#ErichWolfgangKorngold #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #ManchesterChamberChoir #RumonGamba #newRelease 🆕 album
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