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  1. I recently cancelled my Discovery+ subscription after they increased their monthly subscription fee from £6.99 to £30.99 (yes, you read that right).

    They have sent me an email me asking me to fill in a survey to let them know why I cancelled.

    But the link to the survey didn't work.

    Oh no! How are they ever going to figure out why people are cancelling their subscriptions now! I guess it will forever have to remain a mystery to them.

  2. I recently cancelled my Discovery+ subscription after they increased their monthly subscription fee from £6.99 to £30.99 (yes, you read that right).

    They have sent me an email me asking me to fill in a survey to let them know why I cancelled.

    But the link to the survey didn't work.

    Oh no! How are they ever going to figure out why people are cancelling their subscriptions now! I guess it will forever have to remain a mystery to them.

    #DiscoveryPlus #PriceGouging

  3. There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

    I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

    He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

    #Polari #WoodenFlooring

  4. There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

    I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

    He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

    #Polari #WoodenFlooring

  5. There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

    I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

    He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

    #Polari #WoodenFlooring

  6. There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

    I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

    He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

  7. There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".

    I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.

    He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.

    #Polari #WoodenFlooring

  8. And just to remind you what Starmer promised when he was standing for Labour leader, he promised to "support the abolition of tuition fees".

    Putting them up is not the same thing as abolition.

    #TuitionFees #Starmer #BrokenPromises

    clpd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads

  9. CW: UK Politics

    I see the Labour Party conference has voted to reverse the cuts in winter fuel payments.

    But it's important to remember that Labour Party democracy works on the principle of one man, one vote.

    And that man is Starmer.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd4ej

    #WFA #WinterFuelAllowance #Lab24 #Starmer #UKPolitics

  10. After listening to the farmers' arguments about inheritance tax, I have changed my mind.

    When I first heard about the inheritance tax changes, I thought they were fair.

    Now I am convinced they haven't changed enough. Make the wealthy landowners pay 40% IHT like the rest of us and scrap the £1 million exemption.

    As far as I've heard they have no good arguments that don't come from a massive sense of entitlement.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vky9

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #InheritanceTax #IHT

  11. This is very well argued by @RichardJMurphy: farmers are right to protest about the economics of farming, but to protest about the IHT changes spectacularly misses the point.

    The economic problems with farming lie elsewhere, and that's where farmers should focus their protests.

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #IHT #InheritanceTax

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/1

  12. Dear media, can you please stop referring to the people protesting today as "farmers"?

    Most farmers won't be affected by the IHT changes.

    The word you're looking for is "wealthy landowners".

    Yet another example of the subtle way in which the media work to protect the interests of the wealthy and privileged.

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #IHT #InheritanceTax

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj71z

  13. "Part of the problem is that rural Britain has never escaped the cultural trappings of feudalism."

    Good stuff from Will Hutton on inheritance tax and farmers, explaining that while some farmers will lose out, other farmers will be winners, with likely benefits to the farming sector overall.

    #InheritanceTax #IHT #Farmers #Farming

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  14. CW: UK Politics

    Unless, of course, there is more to it than we're being told. Can't rule that out.

    Especially as she was one of the few non-evil people in the cabinet. Maybe Starmer wanted to get rid of her for that reason?

    #Haigh #LouiseHaigh

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y31z

  15. CW: UK Politics

    Louise Haigh has quit as Transport Secretary after it was revealed that she'd been convicted for a fraud offence.

    Wait, didn't she know about that before it was revealed?

    Seems to me that politicians have no problem with breaking the law, it's just getting caught that's the problem.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxy1k

    #Haigh #LouiseHaigh

  16. CW: Techie question

    OK, I am aware that creating hashes with MD5 is not considered secure in the presence of Bad Guys, but if you're using it in a safe environment just to see if files have changed since you last looked, is it perfectly good enough? Or should I still be using SHA2?

    #HashAlgorithms #Techie #Cryptography #MD5 #SHA2 #SHA256

  17. CW: UK Politics

    Will the new definition of extremism include the clause "If you do an extremist thing, but then make a half-arsed apology and give the Tories a £10 million bribe, then you shall not be considered an extremist"?

    #Extremism #Hester #Corruption

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politic

  18. And just to remind you what Starmer promised when he was standing for Labour leader, he promised to "support the abolition of tuition fees".

    Putting them up is not the same thing as abolition.

    #TuitionFees #Starmer #BrokenPromises

    clpd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads

  19. Ah, more "tough decisions" I see, which again are not remotely tough for the rich and powerful.

    Just like all the other "tough decisions".

    #TuitionFees

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0qdgndz5w

  20. After listening to the farmers' arguments about inheritance tax, I have changed my mind.

    When I first heard about the inheritance tax changes, I thought they were fair.

    Now I am convinced they haven't changed enough. Make the wealthy landowners pay 40% IHT like the rest of us and scrap the £1 million exemption.

    As far as I've heard they have no good arguments that don't come from a massive sense of entitlement.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vky9

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #InheritanceTax #IHT

  21. After listening to the farmers' arguments about inheritance tax, I have changed my mind.

    When I first heard about the inheritance tax changes, I thought they were fair.

    Now I am convinced they haven't changed enough. Make the wealthy landowners pay 40% IHT like the rest of us and scrap the £1 million exemption.

    As far as I've heard they have no good arguments that don't come from a massive sense of entitlement.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vky9

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #InheritanceTax #IHT

  22. After listening to the farmers' arguments about inheritance tax, I have changed my mind.

    When I first heard about the inheritance tax changes, I thought they were fair.

    Now I am convinced they haven't changed enough. Make the wealthy landowners pay 40% IHT like the rest of us and scrap the £1 million exemption.

    As far as I've heard they have no good arguments that don't come from a massive sense of entitlement.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vky9

  23. After listening to the farmers' arguments about inheritance tax, I have changed my mind.

    When I first heard about the inheritance tax changes, I thought they were fair.

    Now I am convinced they haven't changed enough. Make the wealthy landowners pay 40% IHT like the rest of us and scrap the £1 million exemption.

    As far as I've heard they have no good arguments that don't come from a massive sense of entitlement.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vky9

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #InheritanceTax #IHT

  24. This is very well argued by @RichardJMurphy: farmers are right to protest about the economics of farming, but to protest about the IHT changes spectacularly misses the point.

    The economic problems with farming lie elsewhere, and that's where farmers should focus their protests.

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #IHT #InheritanceTax

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/1

  25. This is very well argued by @RichardJMurphy: farmers are right to protest about the economics of farming, but to protest about the IHT changes spectacularly misses the point.

    The economic problems with farming lie elsewhere, and that's where farmers should focus their protests.

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #IHT #InheritanceTax

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/1

  26. This is very well argued by @RichardJMurphy: farmers are right to protest about the economics of farming, but to protest about the IHT changes spectacularly misses the point.

    The economic problems with farming lie elsewhere, and that's where farmers should focus their protests.

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/1

  27. This is very well argued by @RichardJMurphy: farmers are right to protest about the economics of farming, but to protest about the IHT changes spectacularly misses the point.

    The economic problems with farming lie elsewhere, and that's where farmers should focus their protests.

    #Farmers #WealthyLandOwners #IHT #InheritanceTax

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/1