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I think it's crazy that the average work week in the UK has gone from 35 hours being full-time, when I was growing up, to 37.5 hours when I joined the workforce, to 40 hours today being considered full-time.
That is some bullshit, right there.
A five hour increase over 30+ years.
But hey, everyone's more stressed putting strain on families and the systems around them, obesity is higher, productivity nationally is down, so those extra five hours must be worth it, right? Right?
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I'm heading to BSides Exter in July!
Really looking forward to it 😊
Info and tickets https://bsidesexeter.co.uk/ 🎟️
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Good read...
"Blame the CEO for Tech Layoffs at Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Amazon"
https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-blame-ceo-tech-employee-layoffs-google-facebook-salesforce-amazon-2023-2?r=US&IR=T -
C'mon!!!
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More evidence that the #academies system here in #England is creating little fiefdoms for power hungry asshole adults. Oh, so there'd been some vandalism and kids had been using their phones. There are more progressive ways to prevent negative behaviour and you could just ask kids to hand over their phones before going to the loo during lessons if it's such an issue. FFS.
Parents express anger after Stoke school installs locked barriers outside toilets
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-02-11/students-at-school-walk-out-after-locked-barriers-installed-outside-toilets #Education -
And that's another 818 words written!
This short story is quickly taking shape.
I won't get the chance to work on it tomorrow, but hopefully, I might on Saturday evening.
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Just spent an hour and a half playing some Left 4 Dead 2 with my youngest brother.
We've been slowly making our way through it since I got my Steam Deck two Christmases ago.
He'll sit at his desktop PC and I'll sit beside him using my Steam Deck.
And we'll swear, a lot, even though we're only playing on easy. Curse the AI players plenty.
Finally started on the original game's campaigns. Got through No Mercy and Crash Course.
No Mercy took two attempts on final level.
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Could it be perhaps that growing inequality caused by ongoing austerity, Brexit and the pandemic could in fact be some of the leading root causes for ongoing attendance issues in English schools?
"In one case, a mentor found a girl was not attending school because she had to share her only pair of shoes with her mother – meaning she could not go to school if her mother needed to wear shoes that day."
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Totally fecking normal island...
Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/revealed-uk-government-keeping-files-on-education-critics-social-media-activity
#UKPolitics #UKEducation #NormalIsland -
I do genuinely worry about what things will be like when my little one starts school. The systems of oppression that have sprung up with the rise of academies are not, in the long run, going to lead to heathy, well-rounded people.
"What’s behind the rise in school absence rates?"
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/10/why-do-some-children-refuse-to-go-to-school
#UKpolitics #UKschools #UKeducation -
More news and entertainment news websites should set up RSS feeds. And then clearly label them on their site.
There's been a drop in using them for written content since Google Reader was culled, but they're a great way to distribute content without relying on the whims of social media platforms.
Just now, I went to see if FANGORIA has an RSS and it does not from what I can see.
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More news and entertainment news websites should set up RSS feeds. And then clearly label them on their site.
There's been a drop in using them for written content since Google Reader was culled, but they're a great way to distribute content without relying on the whims of social media platforms.
Just now, I went to see if FANGORIA has an RSS and it does not from what I can see.
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More news and entertainment news websites should set up RSS feeds. And then clearly label them on their site.
There's been a drop in using them for written content since Google Reader was culled, but they're a great way to distribute content without relying on the whims of social media platforms.
Just now, I went to see if FANGORIA has an RSS and it does not from what I can see.
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More news and entertainment news websites should set up RSS feeds. And then clearly label them on their site.
There's been a drop in using them for written content since Google Reader was culled, but they're a great way to distribute content without relying on the whims of social media platforms.
Just now, I went to see if FANGORIA has an RSS and it does not from what I can see.
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More news and entertainment news websites should set up RSS feeds. And then clearly label them on their site.
There's been a drop in using them for written content since Google Reader was culled, but they're a great way to distribute content without relying on the whims of social media platforms.
Just now, I went to see if FANGORIA has an RSS and it does not from what I can see.
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Had some pretty great rounds of #Fluxx this evening with a few people.
I won the last round through, what my husband likes to describe, as 10-20 minute turn. It was a case of me lining up cards to play and using opportunities for randomness to shift things in my favour.
Got an Action card that let me look through the discard pile for another action card or rule. I found one for stealing Keepers & I looked at the available keepers on the table and saw I was one theft away from the goal 😏 Yoink.
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Just had a flashback to walking through a crafting tent at either West of England Steam Engine Rally or the Royal Cornwall Show, years ago.
There was a lady of many advanced years, sat at a table with the items needed to do lace work and she was making lace at her stand. It was incredibly fine work and looked like it took a lot of concentration. She had a dark velvety cushion in her lap, with some kinds of pins and then threads on these little weighted handles to work with.
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Saw a trailer for #Expendables4 (#Expend4bles) at the cinema this evening, before the new Mission Impossible.
I noticed that the female actresses they've got along for the ride this time are significantly younger than the action film male stars that litter the franchise.
Would be a lot more comparable with the likes of Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh or Pam Grier alongside the male cast instead of Megan Fox. Closer in age and action/martial arts film legacy.
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Ah, I see #Tumblr (#Automattic) has decided to introduce a feature that no one wants/reduce the viability of a feature that's been baked in for over a decade.
Actual Tumblr users are less than pleased.
I feel like each owner of Tumblr fails to understand what its user base wants. I certainly can't see how the latest move will help them gain paying subscribers or more advertisers.
Certainly the change destroys social proof on the platform.
https://www.tumblr.com/dakt37/811259322114916352/tumblr-help-center
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Ah, I see #Tumblr (#Automattic) has decided to introduce a feature that no one wants/reduce the viability of a feature that's been baked in for over a decade.
Actual Tumblr users are less than pleased.
I feel like each owner of Tumblr fails to understand what its user base wants. I certainly can't see how the latest move will help them gain paying subscribers or more advertisers.
Certainly the change destroys social proof on the platform.
https://www.tumblr.com/dakt37/811259322114916352/tumblr-help-center
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Ah, I see #Tumblr (#Automattic) has decided to introduce a feature that no one wants/reduce the viability of a feature that's been baked in for over a decade.
Actual Tumblr users are less than pleased.
I feel like each owner of Tumblr fails to understand what its user base wants. I certainly can't see how the latest move will help them gain paying subscribers or more advertisers.
Certainly the change destroys social proof on the platform.
https://www.tumblr.com/dakt37/811259322114916352/tumblr-help-center
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Ah, I see #Tumblr (#Automattic) has decided to introduce a feature that no one wants/reduce the viability of a feature that's been baked in for over a decade.
Actual Tumblr users are less than pleased.
I feel like each owner of Tumblr fails to understand what its user base wants. I certainly can't see how the latest move will help them gain paying subscribers or more advertisers.
Certainly the change destroys social proof on the platform.
https://www.tumblr.com/dakt37/811259322114916352/tumblr-help-center
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Ah, I see #Tumblr (#Automattic) has decided to introduce a feature that no one wants/reduce the viability of a feature that's been baked in for over a decade.
Actual Tumblr users are less than pleased.
I feel like each owner of Tumblr fails to understand what its user base wants. I certainly can't see how the latest move will help them gain paying subscribers or more advertisers.
Certainly the change destroys social proof on the platform.
https://www.tumblr.com/dakt37/811259322114916352/tumblr-help-center
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Me: I'll sort out an ingredients order for soap making so I can start sorting out people's Xmas presents...
The web site: No matter which browser you use on mobile, please allow me to keep randomly removing items from your basket, even though they're not out of stock.
Me: *Screams in frustration*
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But the council is not directly asking second home owners who have gutted communities to help with this nor banning Airbnb. Hm 🤔
"Cornwall Council asks residents to house homeless" - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65065701
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Tidal is like: Let's go from a play of the greatest hits of The White Stripes album to a mix of The White Stripes and music from Quentin Tarantino movies, some Johnny Cash and other tidbits.
Me: WTF :cinnamontoastwtf: