Zach Moss

Asking this on Bluesky out of laziness, but would any south London/south London adjacent folks who work in tech be interested in taking part in a "work in progress" night to try out new talks? (quick 🧵)

The Price of Initiative just collapsed The Price of Initiative just collapsed From libraries to large models: why the next divide is between people who try things and people who don’t. I was in New York last weekend and went to The …

This is very good. medium.com/@marthalanef...

Monthnote: January 2026・Some thoughts Not the best blogging start to the year… but not for lack of ideas! It’s been an odd start to the year, with a lot of headspace going towards

I have two blogs now... is that too much? zachmoss.co.uk/monthnote-ja...

Beautiful 👏

I'm now an allotment owner [🧑‍🌾].

And will obviously be blogging about it. Mainly to track how bad I might be at growing vegetables, because also because I'm now experimenting with AI coding... zachmoss.github.io/allotmentnot...

I do think there is an age element to this - where long trips just don't appeal in quite the same way when you're older. It's also why travel can be so great in a way - in that eveyrone can have a different experience based on what context/experience you bring to it

A real Good Samaritan One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx

Ballad of Wallis Island

End of year reflection: 2025・Some thoughts This will be the fourth year of writing an end of year reflection, I guess that makes it a ritual? Of all the writing which I try and mostly fail to

All done.

I can vouch Jack, that he does indeed do this...

Howdy - just wondering if you offer any ticket discounts to charity sector attendees?

I would like someone to make a link between the discussion about no jury trials and the state of the Court system... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social ???

There is no doubt system needs modernising... not convinced clearing backlog leads to that though. May help clear the way though?

That situation where you assume policies make sense... until you read them or have someone (try) to explain them in plain english... much the same in my experience with restaurants trying to deal with allergies... some of the responses are just silly.

Meeting prep that turned into a blog post...

SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…

A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.

Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.

More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM

Nice:

"I think we often forget that [work] is really a bunch of people peopling around and trying to make sense of this world."

mikegallagher.org/posts/the-wo...

It's cold in London so it MUST be cold up there... 🥶

This predatory behaviour is utterly shameful and props to the Sheffield Tribune for reporting it.

I hope this has a happy ending...

Latest thoughts on our FOI work...

This is very much on point about how I and I think perhaps many others quietly feel about Britain?

Excellent.

Mr Blobby patriotism Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it. I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...

"Most of us basically love our country, even if begrudgingly – not the version we’re told to, or even presented with, but the one we really see and live in every day. Silly Sausage Britain is the Britain most of us reside in, and love."

@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"

Why (and how) we decided to submit an freedom of information request to NHS Trusts・Some thoughts In May this year I went along to observe a hearing at the Court of Protection. It’s something we at Compassion in Dying do sometimes as the

At @compassionindying.bsky.social we decided to FOI NHS Trusts to see their advance decision / MCA policies.

Here's our thinking about why that might help us diagnose some problems and help the people we support when they have trouble at hospitals.

Why (and how) we decided to submit an freedom of information request to NHS Trusts・Some thoughts In May this year I went along to observe a hearing at the Court of Protection. It’s something we at Compassion in Dying do sometimes as the

At @compassionindying.bsky.social we decided to FOI NHS Trusts to see their advance decision / MCA policies.

Here's our thinking about why that might help us diagnose some problems and help the people we support when they have trouble at hospitals.

Week 37: forgiveness and new energy・Some thoughts Forgive me father, it’s been 258 days since my last weeknote. It’s bad, very bad. There’s something about the name weeknotes isn’t there, when you

Oh dear. 258 days since my last weeknote. zachmoss.co.uk/week-37-forg...

Just like old Twitter... 🥹

For those of us who have always believed in assisted dying, it's quite an extraordinary thing to see happen. The kind of daring, delicate, sensitive decision which British politics almost always ducks - suddenly grasped.

📢 New webinar!

Join us as @charlotteaugst.bsky.social chair’s a 60 minute solutions-focused webinar where we discuss what’s needed to build a successful public health campaign that helps people to make end-of-life decisions that are right for them.

www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting...

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

God this is a brutally sad story, but what writing...

"I understand things about myself and the world now that I can’t wish I didn’t know. All of the noise about what on earth I’m here for has melted away. I think I am a better person, if a sadder one."

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Such cool work going on here at the BFI and it's so fun to see it at an org which I use as a punter!

Well deserved!