2026-09-08T06:35:33Z https://yabu.me Dan Hatton https://yabu.me/npub1ffs9l5ppla472c25amgqanj0n78g68f72k4u7ccs7cclkjdtsjeqnvrmhs https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/344/205/507/091/146/original/2611252a3e54b39b.png https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/344/205/507/091/146/original/2611252a3e54b39b.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgm4lfxqgtrxmtnrfzpm9j8kacltuc3wf28559gxezl2twnr0um6szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztya7glsg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kr0kf6tds830t7r3ee3qlqdlttyxmuvapvu2ygeh0nj5amgulnsjeppsp'>nevent1q…ppsp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think ministers now have a power to do this by statutory instrument, so they can basically go ahead and do it instantly and without giving the slightest thought to the consequences. 2026-06-15T09:10:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd83uktlaam85209442xq9d9ypw3d6hakfldchqwh5wee8qxw2hwqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty5v5ca4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp27styakgsvcma95pmmltl6vwz0d2pqf324hcvcdl2hm8meuaggqr8pgwj'>nevent1q…pgwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just checking, though: when Louis Armstrong (or Johnnie Ray) says &#34;you coax the blues right out of the horn&#34;, they&#39;re not talking about either of these instruments, right? 2026-06-06T18:20:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpezvzs0zjhqhmd47rxdpwcdjtdwm7z9gqpxmzuu532aq0zsvdjszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyl2mpg0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstgrqq8x82skvn9dtxpzpkw6g6rwf2h0g5h4l9q5a0de89r9pzk5cfdr69m'>nevent1q…r69m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And would that be the final straw that leads the unions to go looking for a better party to give their political fund money to? 2026-04-10T08:30:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ru0xg7pk2leudjdf4u699wwxqygsde0wd33hxch66t79tw3x0kszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyu94kge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswfu9hzrym6uwuq9rdxr4tf7hc6xpdl0mcn937rfpv59v2apzhjcgvwphaf'>nevent1q…phaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it formally outside the peace deal? I guess there is no &#34;text of the deal&#34; to refer to, but the tweet from the Prime Minister of Pakistan announcing the deal says &#34;the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, *along with their allies*, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere *including Lebanon and elsewhere*&#34; (my italics). &lt;<a href="https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2041665043423752651&gt">https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2041665043423752651&gt</a>;. 2026-04-08T17:50:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswg2g0np5uu69ylhq5qqlmjmz6gfx5gmnnd9rdfwha5ptvm776ftczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty945flx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmlrctuzzgfxzs4vnwf9nxnvqm27rtqhkjx8vc8f48jcpc977dds3c3xsl'>nevent1q…3xsl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Brtish governments were never shy of complaining bitterly about EU regulations that they themselves had voted in favour of in the Council of Ministers, were they? 2026-04-05T14:14:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgklwu6gs94nx9pshfwm23aczc6duux49vlrg7m4wlklr24du06zczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty00z56v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2r9ftd8kqxczs75z6s8um05lag0u4lq263jenmn9y88th70rzngcy2nnz'>nevent1q…2nnz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As the old saying goes, conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: that there should be an in-group whom the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group whom the law binds but does not protect. I suggest fascism is what happens when conservatives become confident enough to proceed without bothering to pretend there&#39;s still a meaningful rule of law. 2026-04-04T11:10:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkl5p3es7zv90tme3m0pyfyzjelqrvkyzcj4maqeknuj4mnzluggzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty4nrl0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsvlhj04racllf5sgzmstu70dy2v0jjkyw6mrtqethrrlun8hfmgl3dxlp'>nevent1q…dxlp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps I&#39;m missing something, but how would they justify pulling Scott Mills&#39; eps without also pulling John Peel&#39;s, against whom the evidence of offending appears somewhat stronger? 2026-04-01T11:09:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvcs2eue4rte9aap3c3zr2usr5t5g93r0mcy4nttc6h58jnelh9czyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyrgjpcs Rather direct interpretive dance choice for &#34;got to go down&#34; there. #TOTP #1999Watch 2026-03-27T19:22:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ylltghzjhpq3u0tw9gtjm7wyfzm6uhxu50q6vtmg9l09uh3vrhgzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztynd2txl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfhfg90wsh9e7ktrqy37kpxa56xr5tten4szf275ep0updpxkg4gwlkc4r'>nevent1q…kc4r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In fact, in one of the eps I remember best, Mac removed the trigger from a gun and used it as a spanner, which I&#39;d imagine *really*, *really* offended the NRA. 2026-03-26T17:51:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspcjz28jcm22mkx5nnk234fy4ca7xlk3yfkm0gjhrqh70xntn3qkqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyu3724y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvxescqvgl38fss7sucennqgsmg340pdwtx3aw80pzxdqnxkf9h4q3rxujd'>nevent1q…xujd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My understanding, FWIW, is that there is no such law currently on the UK statute book, nor imminently about to be on the UK statute book, and Apple are simply lying when they say UK law requires it. 2026-03-25T21:04:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwyhjxnmg0rhwzrrnyzr3294qft0mqnndjqtg0jnelwx0u4yqqcqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty7eewvg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2vuvf0a2dqg7hn5j5n22ms2fxlzhdj5v2pknp2az82lgesgaruswxldpn'>nevent1q…ldpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Having worked in climate-adjacent research for a while, I&#39;m aware that there absolutely are such things as vexatious and frivolous FoI requests, and that they are a real problem, but I don&#39;t suppose those are the ones the government will attempt to limit.<br/><br/>(Also, quite a lot of FoI requests are submitted by employees inside the responder organisations, trying to get the management information they need to do their jobs properly, which indicates a whole other problem.) 2026-03-20T13:53:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzxna9ul33g8d9dcnu554pp4tngt2jw94vsjh2uxvcsxup7yl54qzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyukdakh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmpxuvvtmj9fkc34pgh395xm94z42x555af8tve2nufgkhpr9s6cvk9sxw'>nevent1q…9sxw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love the way the compilers of the list couldn&#39;t bring themselves to use the word &#34;Gimp&#34;. 2026-03-13T16:08:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8n7pqaz2y45ud0ansgse0k9neazhqg2wllz9lua629twhhnuhkkgzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty4qtscn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs23eryvqk5f7n3w728z84j8vk03854p0c6wktk27nweqaylms9p7czezd26'>nevent1q…zd26</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The article says &#34;by a narrow margin&#34;. I rather fear that, if the UK were still part of the EU, the vote would have gone the other way. 2026-03-11T17:42:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgky0mr45x5s3zhtqghq38x7vurwwuy724wy0ezrlltgfyp29j3jczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyrertw5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznzwaj70h8xfavxnuzd25ck37m8k43avfl0u23zlh88akmtzq6rq253pg7'>nevent1q…3pg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I vaguely remember that WTO rules now allow importer states to apply a &#34;carbon tariff&#34; on imported goods to equalize the total carbon tax paid between imported goods and domestically-produced goods, no? But I suspect that the UK doesn&#39;t have a clearly-identifiable enough domestic carbon tax to take advantage of that. 2026-03-02T13:26:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83sydctg7lj23ghvpauldfhqfz2weu2grklg9es3ptjh3yah7apszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyh5fgd7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdm640lacqfrj9yvlnnxysslwt6qy5p3a9h4rd0n0ejlrcq5p9pqchl6yl'>nevent1q…l6yl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The counter-argument to that is that, once the whole policy package becomes public, it&#39;s an immutable fait accompli, so if you want the discussion to make any difference, it has to happen before that. 2026-02-22T20:52:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vfk4ht7lzhh5vgv4t9wxcsjxdfqxvdnmm6ytf90kc4nvjwhlemczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty8s2985 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7d9etkcx2y4lv77fa8x3vanfaje3w0wcxcc7wnh6nlflyhu7spchvyyjg'>nevent1q…yyjg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Let&#39;s be honest, councils are in financial trouble because central government has cut their block grants to the bone, banned them from raising council tax beyond 5% pa, and loaded them up with expensive statutory duties that can&#39;t possibly be satisfied within the resulting budgetary constraints - it&#39;s nothing to do with which party happens to hold the majority locally. 2026-02-19T12:46:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6l5fykw4xyqgtevmn7344vtk3gscp4mz50jk2j2karhaz2q5hxszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty4q6pry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvv902ggnnewyq8sk9ln440xpy2uqquqkkd2nzg926wkptwq0gdcqdk7dv'>nevent1q…k7dv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m certainly not one of the &#34;thin out the numbers of universities&#34; mob - I suggested the consultancy/lobbying route as a pick-me-up, not as a put-me-down. 2026-02-15T12:00:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw5phuhctg7mfu8yeztfy8gptqunvpg3aq87hd43ss9mxnncgzwqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty497lyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf28yaawlun4raddmfezw9zfykv34acpenwj56qkyfgxxl7agc0ysehfqzs'>nevent1q…fqzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My most minority-of-one opinion: the English and Welsh universities should have seen the writing on the wall in 2011 and pivoted away from teaching and research to focus largely on consultancy and lobbying. Instead, a bunch of innumerate managers decided that they could achieve break-even or revenue surplus if they increased student numbers enough under the new fees regime, which always flew in the face of basic arithmetic. 2026-02-15T10:56:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zamrypsgujedk8rplxj23rj65jzrc62rmq43zfc5qaq3xuq3ucszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyaxgcw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j88qv9jahsmdylqggww8yx642kar088euuptma2qtc072k90drg0tj8yy'>nevent1q…j8yy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds remarkably similar to Will Hutton&#39;s prescription from 1995. 2026-02-13T11:48:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqjcs2czqznjhah0mxeyxzvfcfuf382x4dyaz3w3pwlzkrajd4rczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyxctj88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdueg7p7mnxap7mqk267tdlw5ahfavn3xc8l04zg06pzd9rf9f8xq6pfzn6'>nevent1q…fzn6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oof. OTOH, I&#39;ve currently got an old laptop that sits in my spare bedroom connecting to a cloud storage service to do an offsite data backup, and when I had a quick look at the progress monitor this morning, it was giving an estimated time remaining of 10^13 days, which is about 20 times the age of the universe. (It&#39;s now dropped to 1 hour 50 minutes, so I think the main thing we learn is not to rely on the estimated time remaining calculation.) 2026-02-12T13:09:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0m5flvgp7asrvs4qtg5q00fr4lxsucku3jr2d32dq5wcj7uyeu2szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztydf82gn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstagsnl37pf5d3puc0xzfw4jjmegxmt5numchtk6x2kvzsjafu20g8dt0nx'>nevent1q…t0nx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you claiming that your use of the word &#34;begging&#34; in your original post was consistent with the precise legal definition that applies in your home jurisdiction? Feel free to answer either on the basis of the natural and ordinary meaning of domestic legislation, or on the basis of that meaning as modulated by the Strasbourg jurisprudence. 2026-02-11T12:35:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstadpfjwej9qmx8fehw0lksj0dyvfjl3xnnhm4x9ucewne04amkugzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty03df5f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgq72x2sa347r0wxrcd69c2nayy88kc23h5lx4v0n06h84xa5tsccx00g9'>nevent1q…00g9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Assuming the current outbreak of fascism in the US won&#39;t last forever, in any case I think we need to ditch the idea that executives doing lots of in-person interccontinental travel is essential to trade and prosperity, because there&#39;s no way we can meet our climate goals without dramatically resucing the amount of aviation that goes on. 2026-02-09T13:48:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9z7dhrtggq23regel0tsrw3x5v4wazqj8u6rj25j8rznqtjyn2kczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztylnrsdy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx94aegd32k4vkc62nn3de4y50lxaegted4vcpnfq3tvppa3sf2qqfagdke'>nevent1q…gdke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, here it is:<br/><br/>&#39;Ford flipped the switch which he saw was marked &#34;Mode Execute Ready&#34; instead of the now old-fashioned &#34;Access Standby&#34; that had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-aged &#34;Off.&#34; &#39; 2026-02-06T19:50:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsru3e5h5chhlkesf7e3xztv9ylrj3c4jyc2vulk0exqw53lp7tqxqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyrd7cpc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2482x5fkdlazpqtr6ctz9q00633xhdvtrpuqd0ye250mv5qjn5c06qkzn'>nevent1q…qkzn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What was it Douglas Adams said about &#34;standby&#34;?<br/><br/>#TOTP #1999Watch 2026-02-06T19:47:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxghmghgq4fvrpjepq8634plqynxlnduprk0uazzju7r7qw2mxavqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty6mrgtl I&#39;ve been on here for a while, but in this new era of having my real name as my display name, it&#39;s finally time to write an #introduction post. I spend most of my time being a full-time #carer for an unwell member of my family. Before that, I was a lecturer in mechanical and marine #engineering at #PlymouthUniversity, and before that a postdoc researching various bits of #environmentalPhysics and #engineeringFluidMechanics at the #UniversityOfCambridge and #UniversityCollegeLondon...<br/><br/>1/3 2026-02-06T17:24:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcq4ercaj4mwqsj8d9p8k347hgz0qnpz2mg6kmv8g8wpep8v2mmqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyk9pfru Hands, Read! #TOTP #1979Watch 2026-01-30T20:26:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86n9ehft8t6f3q6qtxhjmlda55zek0t3530dvnq6xhz8wvqvf6egzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty9dq699 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24vczgnqkv3jkk06sc5vr0n73gpvlsj27kmus7x8p8ve3cp6j2xq2m8end'>nevent1q…8end</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or indeed the manufacturer-provided keyboard app. 2026-01-29T09:25:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jt2ve3n4n66d9mt8n64k32ukf7pzweqx4238sy8pn26pgzfkjuszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztydgug6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvjky04kwtwasw5gphfq29de5p3e8kkedpa0va3wd50wxwsyq0dqn3pht2'>nevent1q…pht2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know: do Ensemble now get to claim the credit when (not if) the policy actually makes life better for people? 2026-01-19T22:28:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvam26wwd988sdfe6jlw02r0tw3k0mh6sgwfzsafxu72gaw0nnaqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyqp2ypq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsplkgdyafwkch5ux6z75z7z93tfkfrhvak538duyzc7sh94k8z5vc05jnek'>nevent1q…jnek</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bloody hell. You&#39;d think if anyone would have respect for the evidentiary dangers of forging images, it&#39;d be history buffs, but apparently not. 2026-01-09T12:38:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf5kltsl6mgshavkwq3qflqkmp27j8y2zfa66cr945dfuqk0wjpuczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty7pzxdu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva22u4ta6wny8t4v86nz9re83x6rnclnvacd757vhtk3gg2s359c2jyygs'>nevent1q…yygs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The &#34;other sources&#34; possibly being the previous week&#39;s episode, as <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub178azefve2jfkrvyx5ctfwfk048kzmy24y23xnr6zuwdnmztjh7xqcf5e34" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Piers Cawley</span> (<span class="italic">npub178a…5e34</span>)</a></span> suggests. 2026-01-02T21:54:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvqvh2k3chn3krnusz4u6rda5mkc5hu6h7t88g00jynkue5mv7w3szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyhj3j3h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgr2sz0cnn7pml3wjuhxeqjlcrtdnfyg0kurmz28jkccl9hg3nvegksvxju'>nevent1q…vxju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think much of a portion of that revenue finds its way to publishers&#39; employees. 2025-12-28T16:10:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8z8wmzm33rj60edg2zf95zlerafvdgjy9w0egr52qfg6xfe75zrgzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty6s7yme In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhs0ml35xwhx9tl4nej2wa069qu46mcevvvkgac2044arv45ehcc8t9832'>nevent1q…9832</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Upper limits or lower limits? #TOTP 2025-12-19T21:04:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspj5a2y5xy3h27g0czpzz64lee8h7h0sk97ttu9uxs35s4584kl9czyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyeu70w5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fwzrztxg9fuazw84chah8yael9vk0v0y6p06llk5hpxptqtn69qq8nn84'>nevent1q…nn84</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder how many of the regulars on here would be outed as former audience members? #TOTP 2025-12-19T21:02:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0egt4pw0jjxerm57uwjaruuvvulc3rt90elu3z5yqw9d5kjpr8eczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyhggdev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqn7xwse78zzr6neej5654w0n9cscvcrrhh7n4p0e7u4d9pzexac5xe5aa'>nevent1q…e5aa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xw9y6x6a6vrvqn85ly0uth2svldnf4esmxn5des4ltp4dys622msjg75ln" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fabio Manganiello</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xw9…75ln</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>My impression is that LineageOS will run on a wider range of devices than GrapheneOS, but it may have other drawbacks (?something to do with how it provides the functionality that Android gets from Google Play Services).<br/><br/>But frankly, handsets that will run either GrapheneOS or LineageOS seem to be remarkably difficult to find available for purchase, whether new or refurb. Any leads on where it&#39;s possible to buy one in the UK, please? 2025-12-02T16:15:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyh0k5f0vxmjtuvqw0e02hk9fgtzzf3uyvgk9hz99dsqej3csqr4szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyymz9up In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsygfg3u8hskdnae5kukhglhujvp5wxsuvhgjqn5y3luk0fd2a95ns0vt7qv'>nevent1q…t7qv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d say its greatest failure is inherent in its terms of reference: that it measures the budget deficit by the rate of change of public sector net debt, not by (minus) the rate of change of public sector net worth, thus strongly disincentivizing any public-sector investment. 2025-12-02T10:04:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfuzcmpr9cudzkuskmtnhz2rgkjxw7cl6wr8svjmzrfkk2c9p25uczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztylgz5j0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27fp258nq2zeqztlc87x845y78z0crkr225scmak6lrdtcdhp9agwt0f78'>nevent1q…0f78</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... Some of those limits take the form &#34;in order to wield power, you must go through a proper formal procedure&#34;; some take the form &#34;no matter how proper your procedure, there are certain basic human rights you&#39;re not allowed to breach&#34;. I think in this case, I&#39;d argue that the Home Secretary overstepped both the limits of the first kind set out in the Terrorism Act 2000, and the limits of the second kind set out in the Human Rights Act 1998. 2025-11-30T14:06:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27fp258nq2zeqztlc87x845y78z0crkr225scmak6lrdtcdhp9agzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyvw4za6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw34qdmy3l8at72hz2q97u0mp59mvkcd5ndx78jy85jjzujefgxsq9640rt'>nevent1q…40rt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved</span> (<span class="italic">npub12pw…zvxn</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>Democracy isn&#39;t &#34;if you&#39;re sufficiently good at winning elections you can do anything you like&#34;; it always has to be underpinned by the rule of law: the principle that no matter how strong an electoral mandate you have, there are some limits on the power you can wield... 2025-11-30T14:02:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5e9u4kyjenuhglpf7la058ealkrhr0u2xllng5cemku57g9lwrczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztycg8zyf Yay Billie! Since last week&#39;s #TOTP fest, we&#39;ve had much hand-wringing over an AI fake image of you at a TV shoot with Paul McGann. And getting back to the #misogyny, as is the wont of AI image generators, it had substantially shortened the skirt of your last-seen on-screen costume. #1998Watch #DoctorWho 2025-11-28T19:37:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg69lfc505c7uejhln68e5v30hxlezcer3rsyp4zj8w9yc8v8mhxczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty8umtdc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvt8txy06uey4jg4678tdxsd8kht3sv5rasexe5zmcuzhv44gs0vgm6p5ku'>nevent1q…p5ku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17tv294uql48gtq8g8p2rtny4v7yvuf3krzcuflpja5t6hwhc5t9quuq7ve" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE</span> (<span class="italic">npub17tv…q7ve</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>The Guardian is behind a pay-one-way-or-another-wall: either you accept analytics and targeted advertising cookies, or you pay a fee to reject them. 2025-11-17T09:53:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx68scy5l880fcvcgztyphl90flaumcht46nup586t9td4vwcspkgzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyrz2x3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdtj7f9lv2szwz9mdajz0n6vn0cwn6wnpl57s20aguxxmcxytkwcfll3ur'>nevent1q…l3ur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Where the text of legislation is ambiguous, the courts will sometimes (albeit rarely) take account of the statements in Parliament of the sponsoring minister when they decide how to interpret that legislation. 2025-09-29T08:10:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08whz6xqzql5ytu9tdkvj3xfjprgvg6yt88e6zsd57htddxmlpfszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty2epegh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0z5ghkk0mz8u0fvsee7me7cy70wjknr587ezxhhn9md507k8krecavdeph'>nevent1q…deph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm... I wonder if new towns founded properly, along Ebenezer Howard&#39;s garden city principles, could actually themselves be a vehicle for reshaping the financial services sector in service of the public good: garden city LAs as universal landlords of commercial property in their areas choosing which banks get premises based on those banks&#39; service to the public. 2025-09-28T11:32:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswys7hwy4zm8n36e2fsavh5j4gtttg7yvsfm9pq3pewa5f03jckagzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty8fdzxc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv58xk9scf6p6a3mgfzedndzl3yz3ejcejeddr4px2y74zdg5jhvszwffla'>nevent1q…ffla</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That will be a decision for the court, not for the Home Office: see &lt;<a href="https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-arrests-what-happens-next-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-breadth-of-britains-counter-terrorism-laws-263080&gt">https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-arrests-what-happens-next-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-breadth-of-britains-counter-terrorism-laws-263080&gt</a>;. 2025-09-26T09:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyps7jfql5yxhhg9s0exvh27vj505rqwhscy5tzrsmmw9ead5n6fczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyzqqztq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2720cacp3vl8ccz2ar42dur4agltsel6v43qw0u59jjdrj5gpqsscle7a'>nevent1q…le7a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ideal in the workplace. 2025-09-25T10:47:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstaxhlszcy2z9ls4jzyua24q4d409r3jm770qn2ux3y52nxxurrkqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyekqa8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm2665ljrkgs3563v285a65vhazhws4kckmrkx2x6tgaf9zmmvagnnuyvl'>nevent1q…uyvl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What&#39;s unusual this time is that polling projections indicate that PR for the next general election is clearly in the self-interest of the party in government. I think that&#39;s only ever been the case once before (lead-up to 1997). Eventually, Labour are going to get into enough of a panic to do it; the question is whether they leave that moment too late to invoke section 2 of the Parliament Act and override any objections in the Lords. 2025-08-28T14:02:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3kd53npga2we8pmqwcww95gz8pr3etlc6p6mu3d6m0r0hrr4ejqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztywzcw6v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2rgrux0jwvy47m80upfg2vmuyeju8ycpyz3eqqg3wuasy3dak9gknwzsz'>nevent1q…wzsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use that weird archaic wording precisely because there is a precedent for it already on the statute book, so if I&#39;m &#34;compromising the sovereignty of Parliament&#34;, it&#39;s already compromised and has been for nearly 500 years. 2025-08-28T13:42:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcv4u4jlgdwx6jr6yq8ejlxlmcd50a4dn07mjm932x0xhqfw7j6szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztynsrxwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmhrc09y6y8qqgs7dyfhjfvn6kakm7eas3jv2hmpcfy9alsm3ldclwnnfy'>nevent1q…nnfy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2 Insert an anti-repeal clause in the Human Rights Act, modelled on the one in the Treason Act 1540: &#34;It shall be high treason for any person, by word or by deed, to procure or do any thing to the repeal of this Act&#34; (you&#39;d probably need similar clauses to prevent amending or disapplying the HRA, too).<br/><br/>I think, though, a lot of the problem is that the present PM is himself an instinctive authoritarian and doesn&#39;t actually *want* to stop the UK&#39;s lurch towards fascism. 2025-08-28T13:01:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmhrc09y6y8qqgs7dyfhjfvn6kakm7eas3jv2hmpcfy9alsm3ldczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztytwqtah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdrzf0rgzgdfava28x3vlleravjt9g3gmpp9y3wr50828h28947qc23mzs'>nevent1q…3mzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be clear, there are two things the present government *could* do to reduce the risks:<br/><br/>1 Introduce a PR system for Westminster elections. There&#39;s no way Reform are getting near an overall majority on a PR basis (and even Reform+Tory combined are looking like falling somewhat short, although a Reform+Labour coalition is a risk we can&#39;t entirely ignore, and would quite likely have a majority under PR). 2025-08-28T12:57:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszch0s44a3k8hgpd08nawtrkgaemkl0paq0gfjdzgxp00k9p88legzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty6mzdsf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wxrt2d8ya6p558ekkv0tu48z7w7gd6853v20w03z9yun5dy40pc7rla69'>nevent1q…la69</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also: is that &#34;followed all legal rules currently in force&#34;, or &#34;followed all legal rules the govt is currently legislating in the Renters&#39; Rights Bill&#34;? Because I have a feeling she may not have done the latter. 2025-08-08T09:28:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0qnjq9dzczas8ljy0afvzwcd65l728zjrafrr5mewu7gjn5jnlqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty6xhhd8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyn90zjatpqy43tj4thpal0x2mlmavzx3q6ce0zr2533dqe4pp52sz94qag'>nevent1q…4qag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The discounts weren&#39;t (at least routinely) enough to drive the sale price below the replacement build cost, though, were they? 2025-08-04T10:54:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7w3gv0x250t8yqdx57uyluwjvckxtngwvgxx73zu2mxwkjmpp0qzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty072lnh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrpxg7ny40k66rcx7jrs5wc25ezuhsd668fch02p3uw0z8pascksaxyq0n'>nevent1q…yq0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think I might argue that it wasn&#39;t RtB per se that worsened the housing crisis, but the refusal to allow the capital receipts from RtB to be used to build new council houses. 2025-08-04T08:12:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxys5yp3k7s2pmxkc8e7259r2dlln3qkseyauj3eajdk52r4fc23szyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyyvxgt5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4dethl9u0h7jnmkjqlutcf98yhnpml0ggwekrtcqg5ssda8seuc9nrle4'>nevent1q…rle4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s well over a decade since I attempted in-person record shopping in Cambridge, but a quick web search reveals a few outlets, most of which appear to be still-extant within the last year *and* to open on Sundays - The Cherry Pit on King Street, Reliable Record Cafe on Mill Road, Fopp on Sidney Street, Lost in Vinyl on Magdalene Street, Pete&#39;s Music stall on the Market (that last one probably not Sundays). 2025-08-03T11:12:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ugxpuuss6jjhrxkqemn2nlnx7kvz0uzma3jwgwlsgzjkx496saszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztycsa7p8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtlsuzmtasnaqngldyfsguj4cqkdws2xkhg4s4fnennapndvpnls0ed2kt'>nevent1q…d2kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Under-recruitment of language teachers in turn perhaps being related to the decision to scrap compulsory selection of at least one modern foreign language at GCSE now being long enough ago that pupils affected by it are old enough to be becoming teachers. 2025-07-31T12:35:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0355ndxlxp2w23htqn628kvxt28j2sapf53u0yjud5qfs0legzeqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyjmehg0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ddwkkjh57ndzs0mcv0rt9vaqu7ua3sxsgmg8zmvgycdypfemgaspelxcn'>nevent1q…lxcn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The main difficulty, at least for me, is in detecting whether or not the phone is successfully squared off in the first stage - and if you don&#39;t know whether it&#39;s squared off, you might as well tilt and roll it because it&#39;s as likely to make the squareness better as it is to make it worse. Maybe easier to square it up in software after taking the photo: GIMP has a 3D transform tool that will do it? 2025-07-31T11:48:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrcjtkm7rtuzta2eljc8ckap83e9uydk6cjg4d4gmmrskz2hw5wszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyxy7ur4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstt2v0w4vqvtf3uy9d4q2hzw624wd0gw4uyk4lzg8k77rdwvvll5ghjyjsc'>nevent1q…yjsc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think, when it comes to protection of basic human rights, it&#39;s a mistake to try and &#34;navigate the current debates&#34; - the aim has to be to place them beyond debate. I&#39;ve suggested before inserting an anti-repeal clause in the Human Rights Act, mirroring the one in the Treason Act 1540: &#34;It shall be high treason for any person, by word or by deed, to procure or do any thing to the repeal of this Act&#34;. 2025-07-09T21:11:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvtkf8ng8tv68x3he27tqdwfe6rr5c266pr8kz25kdpqufjl2t7dgzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty5ye3cm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrc7pxrvrqckrvf02aanl0t0ppzwcqke2ldcdvfhfg8c0yerfyhcwz3at5'>nevent1q…3at5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LibDems abstained: mostly by the &#34;did not vote&#34; method, six of them by the &#34;walk through both lobbies&#34; method. 2025-07-02T19:22:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdn7tjv470cz6v5cqcsys2k92gt5el7ce7s3kjw2crpn9mlghdzsqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyfrw4vv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdf5mcxp737vt5c7pd89svc0s6w2xan4w7xnfvt0r8dn9d0fyp7sg7klm6m'>nevent1q…lm6m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AIUI the proscription requires an affirmative resolution of each house of Parliament to proceed, so we&#39;ll at least be able to see which way they vote. 2025-06-29T07:58:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpshd34nludu2pgevp3s8usuljet9uvsy8rxcd0yw0f7nhqmcc8czyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wzty2rsu4v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq547urr08cc3wtj8nndu5j9u8mqry667adqznejffdsrdkckl99s9hnqld'>nevent1q…nqld</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also allow Covid to run rampant so Long Covid renders an ever-increasing portion of the population unfit for military service. 2025-06-22T16:59:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqqkpm4qqgxm5v6c9gghs344l3842vtr6wl7qjp94m97pv4rwsjczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyfx4mpd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gwz4w2gpma00d0tnnt9dgxvz7capgrfjdmezqymcjtty9h0vkrcky2l9c'>nevent1q…2l9c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, but... if I were a BoE spokesperson and I said, &#34;no no, our plan was to suppress growth only to a point just short of recession, but we were blindsided by a sudden and unexpected fiscal tightening by the Treasury&#34;, could you easily refute that argument? 2024-12-23T18:58:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9rf2sffql04xgvznt0kp7ksecqundxfrfk809qhulrjz3z379vmszyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztygd8wnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstgsrarzg6tqmazs6r75pa6043638pj2sts93hs30jj0d84w6gjssmfqp43'>nevent1q…qp43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved</span> (<span class="italic">npub12pw…zvxn</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>Slightly tangential to the main point of the thread, but a key flaw in the &#34;have a Bluesky account as well as your account in the Fediverse&#34; plan is that then you have to agree to Bluesky&#39;s terms of service, which are really quite invasive - ironically, more invasive than Twitter&#39;s. 2024-12-15T12:09:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8zz3hrgzycqwexk76ee7v7mu8d4xfmmm7zqvh9jjhk3m2tzwxkqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztya2666v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00ragf4xfn372f4av0mqy95y0sv505crc25h7uar69u56jup0arcreskd4'>nevent1q…skd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s worse than that: having this attitude means UK ministers are forced to hope for the election of governments in EU countries that will be willing to separate the four freedoms, and allow full access to sell stuff into the single market without regulatory harmonization/ECJ jurisdiction/freedom of movement - which means the far right. 2024-12-10T10:43:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6rj7me6xu0cwvc7e7a7jkweezpf4csfc4tx8qu4a5jvyfgzkulqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyzhqzvd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrf4jfhrxvjpqwryruxfn6wpmll2sxprmjtdupd2src9y2gnu0xlcdgkscd'>nevent1q…kscd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or (c) Build a different coalition of voters that makes it possible to win without the support of voters who have dipped their hands in the blood of racist causes and racist candidates. Here in the UK, the window for doing that is getting very narrow indeed, but I think it might be a bit wider in the US. 2024-12-08T17:50:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnhx6zevwupd6cvy7y9yj4tjhl4ynf5sfwy9llva6hpcs53h93eczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyfrzfmd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggeexq9magpvf0507v5mge2dcslfjvtmcy8srh32slvhqyczpwts8cghsn'>nevent1q…ghsn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, you think there&#39;ll be functioning law courts in your dotage do you? 2024-12-06T16:15:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7tr3hzk0yts05544ph2ecmzg0r8j2gky9tnmqswmwfg9s7uapgczyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztylrpsqy Just ordered a new mobile phone handset because my old one had undergone total functionality failure. For the second consecutive such occasion, I thought I might quite fancy LineageOS. And for the second consecutive such occasion, I found there was no overlap whatsover between the models on LineageOS&#39;s supported devices list and the models that are available to purchase. By way of postmortem, is that normal? #foss #openSource 2024-11-01T13:24:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdmuneqd6qgays85rxtygngnnamextk8pfwwgnc22u8lthpyaxlqzyp9xqh7sy8lkhetp2nhdqrkwf70carga8e26hnmrzrmrr76f4wztyvasq7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxm2gt3r35ng93p2f7fg9hf7vz9rqq6uprvlal4qef8ark30r8rck22nzx'>nevent1q…2nzx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course, I had to check to see if I could do that. I can&#39;t, and now I have a stitch. 2024-10-22T12:16:20Z