2026-04-14T09:49:27Z https://yabu.me Hilary https://yabu.me/npub1dgt4l5tm3ajtw3yjk4e0v54azx0asstac236xk0f3mlzcfl4uhrq72xjq2 https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/109/290/562/173/760/868/original/5fff4b1dc73a9dbc.jpg https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/109/290/562/173/760/868/original/5fff4b1dc73a9dbc.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdra2u9yv2q5dmtyj45m6pa6gh3g6qqlwvzhufql9msu59apl88czyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvmqcr3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd32d37dmvqrhf0yt0cqkd4pg9jme4a9mpy0ptax6s3kz9lfcz4cqxuszr0'>nevent1q…szr0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this might be better put as the unaffordability of housing has dipped, or maybe that affordability has improved 2026-03-26T18:45:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k7er8ppqjxtqkrj67qqqzdhjqwjulnhtx5f9p4vlmn8tvq6nsrgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvzrnu8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2vefpq6yxnll2lwhypmqxvy3duemjdyykfjjte6f4j0gurzlvhaqtp2vcx'>nevent1q…2vcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Erm, I don&#39;t think that&#39;s true. Median in Sweden is apparently 34400 SKR/month which is more than the UK (where I am) median of £2,586.<br/><br/>Comparisons between salaries and consultancy fees are highly misleading. For the same income, consultants need to charge a lot more to cover non-chargeable work (eg professional development, admin), down-time, and costs borne by employers (eg equipment, pension contributions, insurance).<br/><br/><a href="https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/labour-market/wages-salaries-and-labour-costs/wage-and-salary-structures-and-employment-in-the-municipalities/pong/tables-and-graphs/average-monthly-salary-by-occupation/">https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/labour-market/wages-salaries-and-labour-costs/wage-and-salary-structures-and-employment-in-the-municipalities/pong/tables-and-graphs/average-monthly-salary-by-occupation/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/uk/business/average-uk-salary-by-age/">https://www.forbes.com/advisor/uk/business/average-uk-salary-by-age/</a> 2026-03-24T12:31:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswsuqagh3wdd4nepf3lkxf8vcxpdmr3jzxcz6e8697cpth674tcaczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvt3dq6v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97y53pv9k2zmlmzysrlya6lwd0xsjwwkrr8wy6djfem4t0tz68mcpgzw6m'>nevent1q…zw6m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know what your line of work is, but 140€ an hour charge-out for an expert/specialist sounds ridiculously cheap to me. 2026-03-24T12:00:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsge6g6xfsq8yurd0wj85t8s6ldplzqjtjdvp4k99g30kzeal7w8lqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvef4h7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstl07p2jk0t8p2wyv977fghdx0wusxgakazd0z7rj3q8ccvtk9tgsv8tp9u'>nevent1q…tp9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The monks of Chartreuse actually make two different liqueurs. Green chartreuse and yellow chartreuse (the colour is from the green).<br/><br/>Liqueurs made by monks are a thing. Unlike chartreuse, benedictine is not actually made by monks. It&#39;s made in Fécamp, which until the revolution was ruled by Benedictines. Several decades later, an astute entrepreneur started making benedictine, claiming it was from the monks&#39; recipe... but well, I DON&#39;T THINK SO.<br/><br/>It&#39;s nice, though 2026-03-02T21:22:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfy3gf6t07qv38jvngz3gxdtmkpw6qlrgc6y44a0xxcc3l0e0c7eszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvwskem7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszh70xf7l4rxjllt6su8dqhdlcn2dkej34nrfkwu2myxe39jlr3tgqt97yy'>nevent1q…97yy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah, we speak different all the time depending on the circs 2026-02-25T15:49:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqzz3ty5vwrart68ag50j53ef6yzx9q8h3cjlv20ffqlqqhsl3nhqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvydra50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjxvlwf5d3r52hqmzqrxzwmshsxq3m00q08e9u4nc3k58egl8xkqf3xz6a'>nevent1q…xz6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a British person, it reads to me like an article written by a British person. Given that you didn&#39;t know we say &#34;maths&#34; suggests you&#39;re not well-placed to judge.<br/><br/>Have to admit, I&#39;m a bit disappointed that the &#34;protect themselves in case of robot uprisings&#34; data actually relates to Americans, because it reads just like the sort of daft answer we Brits love to give in response to daft questions 2026-02-25T15:44:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23m6alh08h3zg6g244hlwd79pwkqcf9hdcqp5h6azpjeucnuyqdczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvjj39ra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2m25hr5tpjllugg7hm5pmmcuaqhruxcd9zcs8wkqdc5nfqjqsvqc9vhpxk'>nevent1q…hpxk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The scary bit is &#34;exploring changes to the tax system to make payments based on households rather than individuals.&#34;<br/><br/>That may sound benign but it&#39;s actually a recipe for forcing abused women to disclose their finances to their abusers, thereby preventing any possibility of escape.<br/><br/>It is truly evil. 2026-02-24T21:57:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnc9mxccuhgafeknxhz0v4632557w9ypz5txz7g8c3ufvhzdk29qzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvuq96cu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5ww5cl5nrje95p2zcfah722c2mzf829798fn9cwtlsafm89jxcqpft60k'>nevent1q…t60k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We should stop quoting the vaccinated rate and start quoting the unvaccinated rate.<br/><br/>As in, the proportion of children unvaccinated has nearly doubled*, from 5% to 8%! Shock horror alarm.<br/><br/>*In journalistic terms it&#39;s sort of ok to describe 8 as nearly twice 5. 2026-02-20T20:25:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypd0pe5trr8z72hmw2l6dpjmp8thlsgr7hg5zw7ucwam6cxw2xrczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvsu66py In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcxacgzwj580rvdwre3pgwxdedr06wta9z43jn2rzgfesan7jceqefwhvf'>nevent1q…whvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is considered true.<br/><br/>However, there is an issue for women of childbearing age - roseola can easily be mistaken for rubella, so a lot of people who think they have had rubella actually have not. 2026-01-12T12:32:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrrclusgru4g04j4lfmtx5xwut7p59dja0r3v2zncsulm3298pxpczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvesutfj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszz3e0g85elawypr4j5ywa6gfvkny8tr7jh33y9e6snrkegrjvugcj292fr'>nevent1q…92fr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, and I missed the most important bit. <br/><br/>Back in our day there were proper jobs. They hired you, for a wage, and if you did ok they kept you on, and if you did better than ok they trained you, invested in you, enabled you to gain promotion.<br/><br/>The modern gig economy is EVIL. 2025-11-17T21:28:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgchnd5ggkd7c670eshd4yg5cd83cxr7dghghkelfrdyj7e0jkgeszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvlv640u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszv6lmd8rw2xgv807agkqprmk8ufwm0re8fzwxaf95celppunhwhsvn73mf'>nevent1q…73mf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I weep for young people today. So many odds are stacked against them 2025-11-17T20:43:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszv6lmd8rw2xgv807agkqprmk8ufwm0re8fzwxaf95celppunhwhszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvqz95rp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dz2w274de7r9s5vnnqy22lhpfweagaf3a3q4rd0mlk20gt8xpugyhpy6z'>nevent1q…py6z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think he and I are probably quite close in age.<br/><br/>Yeah, we were a damn lucky generation. Peace as the expected norm. National service, a thing of the past. The NHS and welfare state - intact and well. <br/><br/>Edit to add: free university education AND student maintenance grants (means-tested but even wealthy people got a bit). Not like the loans of today. <br/><br/>He and I were both privileged (in different ways) even in relation to the time. But we were also lucky with the time 2025-11-17T20:39:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfhe3kywpgyj2vw2ghqf5gz2dcg77plngzjwchd426vy32uqg45szyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvql0vjm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnkj2pkhtjdmslfkgfq5wmvcmq67f9w8t7942mms3ctm8fmee5fqkvmf4n'>nevent1q…mf4n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, my household recently took part in a repeat of this ONS survey. The methods are very approximate and can&#39;t reliably detect extremely high wealth. This is because each person is asked for valuations of different items within categories, rather than exact estimates. So for example, I think I ticked that my pension is worth &#34;more than 250k&#34;.<br/><br/>This means the household figure is aggregated from multiple estimated categories with no upper ceilings. 2025-09-17T06:55:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrnkj2pkhtjdmslfkgfq5wmvcmq67f9w8t7942mms3ctm8fmee5fqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvldexpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqmt300hd20k3r7hshxk9xt5s6vawul9c6d22she5eaa9nqk609gyewn2a'>nevent1q…wn2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Really quite bizarre categories. Why cut the data at 1.44m? Seems to be chosen solely in order be able to say &#34;one in seven&#34;.<br/><br/>And obviously, obscures much wider inequality. 2025-09-17T06:41:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf8whgp8k8l8x7pnldd7dhgr3artgvexu6dddj3w9zsdaff3m8ltczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvx9y4s6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyu3wzy6jhjnk9drzeldy7g2g2wcarjfxmqcd8r7atz7c5wp9xz4scwtrmh'>nevent1q…trmh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, the law exists. Statutory interest, at a punitive rate, plus debt recovery fees. The only time I ever used this was actually against a public body (I&#39;m looking at you, London Borough of Richmond).<br/><br/>But I imagine many big companies routinely pay at the last possible date to avoid penalties, plus suppliers fear they&#39;ll lose future business if they resort to the law.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gov.uk/late-commercial-payments-interest-debt-recovery">https://www.gov.uk/late-commercial-payments-interest-debt-recovery</a> 2025-07-28T07:47:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9sc2vh37hdyqp4udd0fcnzratywj6jr9fqjp9lks2nzzu88cgqsczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv9k8k9n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmvasja6z0vlcgqsfj9fyj8kul48k0g725n976864s4rpd6nvspqn8lhym'>nevent1q…lhym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s more about trying to undermine the people-smugglers.<br/><br/>Not convinced it&#39;ll work, but given that the people-smugglers exploit the desperate and vulnerable in truly evil ways, I support the objective. 2025-07-10T21:35:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7ml8egsyp0lllfgqqqqp3lvla9t2gn4t3yhvfvff5ygmj5hcsjszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvew7uls In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstt3e9lsp2nk9y6w255tw53m323h3paez3x0ce5wwg5nz9h0leqhq8qwxfa'>nevent1q…wxfa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ugh. The whole thing is vile.<br/><br/>But the main reason I boosted this is the picture. Performative cruelty, intentionally shown in order to humiliate and intimidate. Vile. <br/><br/>Most of these people are probably entirely innocent. <br/><br/>But this denial of respect and dignity would be an outrage even if they were convicted criminals. <br/><br/>Human rights are universal. 2025-03-21T20:38:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlpwxt7jy405qzq4qqdk45t5a2727sukurjfmqhajpctf44lasuczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv58njzr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlq6j23x7mxlj8ngqxr6vchr9zk36umzutgy6qtuyvd00z73rhsspccz7g'>nevent1q…cz7g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is there anywhere in the UK that I can buy this stuff? 2025-03-08T23:07:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszq2fz0wgqz7ay0jyzg2muqnwjhlnkgu725w726k0620uyg588lvczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvld42t4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqelfnjt8ef4kgr6rkfhlr6qvp6xkvycgxc3ud6d5msjy8mux6s2q5ewlf7'>nevent1q…wlf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>These are not dialects of French, but varieties of Occitan, which is a different language. Not quite sure how widely they&#39;re still spoken, but in Toulouse all the street names are bilingual. And once, when walking in the Pyrenées we met a local guy from Tarbes. He spoke French to us but used Occitan to try to persuade a cow to pose for a photo. Because obviously a Pyrenean cow can&#39;t be expected to understand French. 2025-02-09T17:47:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjm7t8l0deudvkm86685v0f5eqdjhp6q45zy2kld9dgceaetv0cczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv434l7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf420gx0av2yvjpnrhu7gjuyqt6wfmmexvvrjf656xw8e3yw6nv7qcxd6r9'>nevent1q…d6r9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep. This was the reason that throughout 20 years of lucrative self-employment I did not have insurance.<br/><br/>I did get a quote, once. Which confirmed my decision not to be insured. I understood my business and its risks. They did not. 2025-01-22T20:41:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsru26adlxs5cy3tazj033l063pa8y4cdrugdm0200yp8xldm0mmngzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv724ypm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv50srxv72s0krnknkl9dyletwftgpejnd00e9gwepmt6gs4q3dag27p30n'>nevent1q…p30n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What you are describing sounds to me like AI, which has many valid uses, but not generative AI, which largely doesn&#39;t.<br/><br/>The rest of your rant did make me wonder for a bit whether you were an AI bot yourself. 2025-01-20T20:29:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc6ckl2hejey6298sxq24e597ygy5er3l6yu676t8qkre255qudczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvzzl07w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e9l8ldwevmfnckqmkvyjc4ny9z2kpq53ru00smd5zxx35fpvaegum89mk'>nevent1q…89mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, obesity and maternal age may be factors. But please stop assuming that vaginal delivery is in some way &#34;better&#34; than CS. That&#39;s just the naturalistic fallacy.<br/><br/>It&#39;s true that a simple, uncomplicated vaginal delivery is cheaper than a CS. But once problems appear, as is common, intervening to attempt vaginal delivery can be much more costly as well as worse in health terms than going straight to CS. So even in NHS budget terms a high CS rate isn&#39;t necessarily a concern. 2025-01-16T23:04:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0e9l8ldwevmfnckqmkvyjc4ny9z2kpq53ru00smd5zxx35fpvaegzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvn8k4jx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszpsduvtvz0g9lx55p4sz05gn5h5438hm0erg3s6kwfw54r4nzf3splwyxd'>nevent1q…wyxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The reason I say &#34;with epidural&#34; is because international comparisons are meaningless once one takes into account the fact that in many countries CS usually involves the risks of general anaesthesia. 2025-01-16T21:56:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszpsduvtvz0g9lx55p4sz05gn5h5438hm0erg3s6kwfw54r4nzf3szyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvh5f3qe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfetrkys5e0yeulhex9umqtrm827yk457q0j7nzkpgyesnw6gqapqc20f03'>nevent1q…0f03</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mmmm. It may be partly due to the NHS having accepted choice as a reason for CS.<br/><br/>Maternal and neonatal mortality/morbidity is now (thankfullly) so low that the definition of a good obstetric outcome may very reasonably be whether the mother is still continent fifty years later. Which is not amenable to research because of the timescale.<br/><br/>With epidural, there is no good reason to prefer vaginal over CS delivery. And quite a lot of reason not to. 2025-01-16T21:48:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87fft64y3r995ktx2gwg9ugqwg6pcrasxmexcqtvxsk0csc7prrgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvjz5mt4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh0ygqnd0qcn5d9tw4a4vw3x5nvfgawg9gfj2mmtxyesrj4k5n6qj97flx'>nevent1q…7flx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Um yes, no. Formulation, manufacturing, pharmokinetics, trials, regulatory compliance.<br/><br/>Yeah, you could call that delivery and scaling. But I think that comes across as a bit demeaning compared to what&#39;s actually involved. 2025-01-05T22:13:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qw6hjqqsn80lwfh7pcwn6tgmdeahejnwd4t8ad4szhf479kec7czyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvrey3y3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfr8a6hxl2z87zh79jnjkzledt7pf9ke9ud8xs4jddsuuy5584zg6g43vm'>nevent1q…43vm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The public sector mostly doesn&#39;t sponsor clinical trials. <br/><br/>Just to add, a brilliant exception is the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL. They do trials that pharmcos won&#39;t, often because the drugs are already licensed, eg: Is there a better way to use this? Does it work for prevention as well as treatment? How should it be combined with other drugs?<br/><br/>Before I retired, I worked a lot with these folks. They&#39;re great.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/">https://www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/</a> 2025-01-05T22:07:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfr8a6hxl2z87zh79jnjkzledt7pf9ke9ud8xs4jddsuuy5584zgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv08sv30 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdr6l86u0suh3f74t8cktjjvh4xpyr48yw86ann8nqyhdeml23ylqky8h43'>nevent1q…8h43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nearly thirty years ago I was doing policy work around how to incentivise development of an HIV vaccine. No longer needed nor important because drugs work...<br/><br/>But while you&#39;re coming at this question from below, as a medical chemist, I&#39;m coming at it from above as a policy person.<br/><br/>I&#39;m a bit out of touch and out of date, but yeah, costs for clinical trials are much the same. But the public sector mostly doesn&#39;t sponsor trials... 2025-01-05T21:21:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6x2lxxe74t4q7samu9mqvmfweztq9v0vescg2kwz4fe09lan6jszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvmdecny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dfmjzdqxhc7vk22fxfemrrnup50d6rkn4at7geytx0gdxj4nacgjjgjjw'>nevent1q…gjjw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Public sector research doesn&#39;t go further than possibly suggesting a pre-clinical candidate drug. All the expertise in developing from there on is in the private sector. 2025-01-05T18:50:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst42aat3s2vv7qz3eus86qpdsfz40ce3vxw0r6ymtgkm4cl0huycszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv0u6x9k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstt2uk3a37jpan50sqslrnuq7sfj59jptjk4angdcpfspulv45vpqsvc43f'>nevent1q…c43f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You&#34; is the second-person plural. The singular, &#34;thou&#34;, has largely fallen into disuse.<br/><br/>Which is one of the reasons it&#39;s ridiculous to object to using &#34;they&#34; as singular. 2024-12-16T14:37:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7l5pryasl2wmd2vp9dvc7lzl9tfhna6ywry4n6qqktxu5yd3vpgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv3t5ek2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylsg8rzxxzjaa67j8p0v40u5pnh2azhtvn0ukze3t8gmztqcj7dgum8lxy'>nevent1q…8lxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I knew you probably knew that, but a lot of people don&#39;t. As in, they may have a gut feeling that it&#39;s wrong but not a way to explain why. <br/><br/>So yeah, I am happy to be nerdy about this. 2024-11-03T20:54:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0khwl8nzenfnpx3ynq0sf6umwudwupd096zrrqschuydt2etnzgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvncsyyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nqeu55lxych9wxd4pv07ppgtpnqvrjz7rxf536cqzyj638j0yhqns6fq0'>nevent1q…6fq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As you probably know, government should NOT be run like a business. That&#39;s not how it works.<br/><br/>Governments control the currency, can print money. While doing so has consequences and isn&#39;t always wise, this means that governments are nothing like businesses or households. 2024-11-03T20:42:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgx6u87hzvluyjq0gg708cyaek9rxdx0f9w76qent722g7zwggmaszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv57cs5r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrpt0mzuaza8gm2wnt06hkmlyu7s6c9fxkdtzshl3mr7n922hcyc228hd3'>nevent1q…8hd3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lot is administration, but management can achieve real health and survival benefits. Eg, it was clinicians and public health experts who worked out that concentrating stroke, cardiac, and major trauma at designated centres in London (rather than every A&amp;E) would lead to better outcomes. But it was managers who ran bidding/site selection, re-configured buildings and staff, negotiated with ambulance services to get patients to the right place, etc etc 2024-10-26T13:21:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvc77aksuevmpajpkxd22sljjlhlr3lvad5zqujsgwf07n4urm0szyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv6vpur7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j4cqezwkxhv92fcf3x0g2pqm0zam6lhmu2fnqd4jr9awz957yass5fwvs'>nevent1q…fwvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree about retail (my first job was in a newsagents) but it&#39;s not just that. Junior support roles have largely been eliminated by IT, but to the extent that unskilled bag-carrying and coffee-fetching is still required, that&#39;s often provided by exploiting a series of unpaid interns. 2024-10-11T08:26:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszm9587av0nny6e9vvzk7t2rdqx7082cpa3lvph7pn3ksp6tjmz5szyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvwvk6x9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxc39pq87ldsy30nuhv2v963r34qeqwkcvkv7hszhcdc0cp58av9qwlusq2'>nevent1q…usq2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is also needed is DECENT entry level jobs. Regular hours (full or part-time) and an expectation that one will develop skills through contact with co-workers (possibly also formal training), leading to opportunities for career progression. Not gig economy shit. 2024-10-11T06:12:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpn3x4qmsu8d77pszftf2ucyrs74vw2vmppyvyxqwndts3mul5kqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv5v30l8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90rk4yuv9qekrrq6s8esn628taun5zggxlp07m7397xzpj0cwv0qj2fz0v'>nevent1q…fz0v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yikes. Please don&#39;t EVER use Pepe the Frog memes. They&#39;ve been thoroughly hijacked by extremists. 2024-10-06T06:17:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgxjv03g0jucj2sevdz7q3chk4lfxqsgphzra7d20y8leey2xgyszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvysu9a2 I have two degrees in chemistry (the first was prize-winning).<br/><br/>When Theranos started, I thought, what am I missing here? Why are investors pouring money in, it can&#39;t possibly work. I wasn&#39;t wrong.<br/><br/>When covid happened, I thought, why are they saying this isn&#39;t airborne, have these people never done housework (dusting)? Of course it&#39;s airborne. I wasn&#39;t wrong.<br/><br/>Then, I didn&#39;t trust myself.<br/><br/>Now I do. Hydrogen as a fuel is bullshit. It&#39;s going nowhere. Forget about it.<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@regordane/113136585133409795">https://mastodon.me.uk/@regordane/113136585133409795</a> 2024-09-14T20:58:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgz3l2ye0zl5pf0xmrx5nlvtsgdqa7jl68mdakehcs6c5tqetqv0gzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvl6sytn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxnnyuec6kkjxqd3j3yrrs4skwdcqflgnv6nrnhxk2ljswq6q2x5q9kw95j'>nevent1q…w95j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s just American for fizzy water 2024-08-27T15:38:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgatp73zn84enjgg0q5v22uzn0yn0mvtuqlsdk6a692wgmjfa7m8szyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvhwfl0e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0ktjtzgdwqsm074aq7dpqrwcf233pge7ruczmtnz4dg5tv9tdwsf8s4mt'>nevent1q…s4mt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to mention that it&#39;s really quite expensive 2024-08-26T19:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0ktjtzgdwqsm074aq7dpqrwcf233pge7ruczmtnz4dg5tv9tdwszyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvuxhc6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst54wf3772m6x2wtl6p238yyknpu8mcw68se5m4nney6k7fpu4glc47vzrl'>nevent1q…vzrl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, that too 2024-08-26T19:33:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsta8d3v7a48qxteq2459mg69n3p6wg7ug7k24twkcay83vrtcydzgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv8agxen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhq6cm2dmzftkq5akxv3dfugjp4u770nlwyt60w38j08eleuzl8qw96qk4'>nevent1q…6qk4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I use moisturiser, which I don&#39;t always, it&#39;s before bed. So that the nasty greasy feeling happens when I&#39;m asleep anyway. In the morning, I wash it off. <br/><br/>When it&#39;s unavoidable (summer hiking holiday in the mountains) I then wear sun-block for the day and wash it off by evening. But most of the year round I avoid that with hats and/or staying in the shade in the middle of the day. Because sun-block feels so nasty. 2024-08-26T19:24:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnu3scknxeq3ks0auqrwm0n6j39rtm8sajnyfk7ucwq72vwl9v7qzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvnafv6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9wplwjw8azqn5c22m57rcrvk65ac4kv9mktv82fug2autc4r6mcyls6m7'>nevent1q…s6m7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like I care, or even know what that means. So much pseudo-science in cosmetics, can&#39;t be bothered with it. <br/><br/>A hat is good against the sun, and keeping in the shade between 11 and 3. 2024-08-26T18:49:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmu3v48qjvrfhc8t7fe0r5ghwtqhmzxntyav240dfmrdsl8s5qwqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvtht0uu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ktp2s3eqck9s67zul7vra46rtwcrhrqnu985yql0x5dclsrw8mgrkpz4k'>nevent1q…pz4k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My recommendation is, don&#39;t. Or not unless you like it. (Unlike sun-block) moisturiser has no long term benefits. In the short term, it may make your skin feel smoother and softer, so if you think that&#39;s worth it, use it.<br/><br/>I am in my sixties. I didn&#39;t use moisturiser at all until about my forties. Now, I do most nights but certainly not always. I look much younger than I am. 2024-08-26T18:45:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd72spd49da4va5u3vl3rm83747vqhfkum5c885e784xt2tq7sxpczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvvjdlww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9pmq6kjsy0le6e95u5gft9jpyr994trs3qwnm03h5wc8lsnetcms9y5sgu'>nevent1q…5sgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is normal. Preparing the veg takes some time. Recipes routinely get this wrong - often because they&#39;re written by chefs based on an assumption that ingredients are already prepared, but even when not, by professional cooks who can do it much quicker than you or I.<br/><br/>This is why preparing the veg takes longer than the recipe says. I&#39;ve yet to find an explanation for how quickly they claim to be able to fry onions. That&#39;s just fiction. 2024-08-17T20:39:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2uvd7slad5tty84x7k6px6faq2jn88ycv5qtgmdpu5jfnyzdvhhgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvc407j2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0q3xhq5l37x3cqfclcyjz247fscmzsqzsv824sv287pcwy947aaqq87uym'>nevent1q…7uym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Regardless of how it&#39;s organised (and I agree rolling is better), two years is a staggeringly short time to acquire expertise in what ought to be a complex and demanding role.<br/><br/>Currently MPs and peers mostly learn from longer-serving colleagues and party whips. Plus many have experience from local government. <br/><br/>Sortition would obviously undermine the power of parties. That would be a good thing in many respects, but I don&#39;t believe it outweighs the disadvantages. 2024-08-07T06:09:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfj3mrlwf4lqdp7zfen5savazhs79yjann06zs9hawp4fljmzgaqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvh4n67m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2gxs3dskryucfh9krvt7npgjv70qh4x7azksnc69v755r8frmr6clwnuyd'>nevent1q…nuyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Parliamentary staff are excellent (according to everything I&#39;ve heard or encountered). There aren&#39;t anywhere near enough of them to train an entire house every two years. And their expertise is in areas such as procedure, research and protocol. Not actual politics, which they observe but aren&#39;t allowed to do. 2024-08-06T21:14:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdsp5x3hcheq9mmhyfz69rjya992xnjlw4sax4aau0cxavr5kjkgczyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv8lkz6h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfyc68a8c8ee2s72g9ztysg7n5k50y0j7wld3ehpq8lj0ql95qyfq33gdkp'>nevent1q…gdkp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Creep is good for anything with (even remotely) sexual connotations.<br/><br/>The thing to remember about weird is that it means unusual out of the ordinary, strange or not mainstream. 2024-08-06T20:21:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsfrannspfdduh3hyzzqsnr7flcxusgx9ng4c97pt9e3j4y82ntqzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv8v546a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0g8ex9y4cuapv4gsf4yl74dq5r5tkkfxe82k5e9ljp9uhm0nr94sjv6p0l'>nevent1q…6p0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I rather doubt that being an effective parliamentarian is that close to civil service training.<br/><br/>Frankly I think it&#39;s just plain daft to imagine that people who likely have no political experience and didn&#39;t even want the job (because sortition) would do it well with a two year term.<br/><br/>If we think the upper house has a serious constitutional purpose, its members should be professional, capable and committed, not conscripted. If not, abolish rather than reform. 2024-08-06T16:43:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx798ctxye2k8958mnydgm2qxnra2hhamy58kzrz3asygfr3675xgzyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuvf3w9ek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxla0upt9fz59ga8mk6s206q4r9luqtfzrdaa3xfdr6ng3lkfst7ceqsftj'>nevent1q…sftj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Citizens&#39; juries work well, I agree. They are also rarely used, for carefully selected issues, precisely because of the amount of time and cost involved in expert witness presentations and exploratory discussion.<br/><br/>To have any hope of scrutinising the executive, parliament needs to be a heck of a lot more nimble.<br/><br/>Oh, yeah, and &#34;training&#34;... who is going to set the curriculum and how? 2024-08-06T06:38:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypz9fsrk0d85t84nxra3gh9lc23ctvlaevtnp3pc8p5duu4x3s7czyp4pwh730w8kfd6yj26h9ajjh5gelkzp0hp28g6eax80utp87hjuv4awx83 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24xkv548qqg4swrg4spu7hs3nvs5stczn6upznaqn675edj07qhqwu5pc2'>nevent1q…5pc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it would be great purely for entertainment value. We&#39;d find out who is rich, unemployable or mad enough to take two years out from their existing careers.<br/><br/>Also, while sortition is great for some purposes, it ignores a key issue, which is that REAL power lies with those who set the agenda. Inevitably in parliament that is largely (not entirely) the government. An untrained house, with sortition-induced churn every two years, would hand them a power grab. 2024-08-06T06:08:56Z