Jaime Norman
@jaimenorman.bsky.social
Pensions actuary & father of two.
Part Welsh/part Spanish but living in Bristol.
Riding my bike is my Happy Place
Part Welsh/part Spanish but living in Bristol.
Riding my bike is my Happy Place
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Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
A very beautiful and moving interview.
Thank you @samfragoso.bsky.social
I knew very little about Terry Gross and I can't recommend this enough.
www.searchengine.show/talk-easy-x-...
Thank you @samfragoso.bsky.social
I knew very little about Terry Gross and I can't recommend this enough.
www.searchengine.show/talk-easy-x-...
Talk Easy x Search Engine
This week, we’re sharing something we loved. An interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross about a life made out of conversation. Check out Talk Easy Check out Fresh Ai…
www.searchengine.show
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A very beautiful and moving interview.
Thank you @samfragoso.bsky.social
I knew very little about Terry Gross and I can't recommend this enough.
www.searchengine.show/talk-easy-x-...
Thank you @samfragoso.bsky.social
I knew very little about Terry Gross and I can't recommend this enough.
www.searchengine.show/talk-easy-x-...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night
August 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night
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The older one gets, the more one comes to realise that the “grown ups” you always assumed were running things and basically knew what they were doing are really just winging it, and are often either utterly clueless or lacking in any real power to do what they’re expected to do.
August 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The older one gets, the more one comes to realise that the “grown ups” you always assumed were running things and basically knew what they were doing are really just winging it, and are often either utterly clueless or lacking in any real power to do what they’re expected to do.
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As it seems to be today's discourse: took me until i was about 23, and a fair bit of coaching from female friends IRL and online, to understand that being a nerd had NOTHING to do with my lack of getting laid.
Was mostly about accepting women were people. Which is shocking. But it was early 2000s.
Was mostly about accepting women were people. Which is shocking. But it was early 2000s.
August 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As it seems to be today's discourse: took me until i was about 23, and a fair bit of coaching from female friends IRL and online, to understand that being a nerd had NOTHING to do with my lack of getting laid.
Was mostly about accepting women were people. Which is shocking. But it was early 2000s.
Was mostly about accepting women were people. Which is shocking. But it was early 2000s.
The new Jurassic Park is brilliant.
We went to see it yesterday and loved it. The best one since the original.
We went to see it yesterday and loved it. The best one since the original.
a t-rex with its mouth open and the word kepler in the corner
Alt: a t-rex roaring
media.tenor.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The new Jurassic Park is brilliant.
We went to see it yesterday and loved it. The best one since the original.
We went to see it yesterday and loved it. The best one since the original.
July 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I wouldn’t wish being a Welsh rugby fan on anybody
July 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I wouldn’t wish being a Welsh rugby fan on anybody
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The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...
The nightmare of a frictionless world
Big tech businesses like Google and Meta are trying to build a world where their AI products "assist" everyone to do everything. They are eliminating friction from life, letting us all do things by ou...
www.henryfrasertechlaw.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...
This is potentially great news from the PPF, opening the door to zero PPF levies.
Along with the S37 announcement, it's been a good day in the world of #pensions
Along with the S37 announcement, it's been a good day in the world of #pensions
We welcome the provisions in the Pension Schemes Bill which would give us greater flexibility to reduce the levy, enable PPF and FAS member data to be made available for pension dashboards, and better support members with a terminal illness. Read our full comment: ppf.co.uk/news/comment...
Our comment on the introduction of the Pension Schemes Bill
ppf.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is potentially great news from the PPF, opening the door to zero PPF levies.
Along with the S37 announcement, it's been a good day in the world of #pensions
Along with the S37 announcement, it's been a good day in the world of #pensions
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UK pensions bill coming today! Covers key areas including: small pot consolidation, income in retirement, value for money, multi employer scheme consolidation, DB surplus extraction, DB superfunds, ppf levy, and controversial ‘reserve’ power to set asset allocation targets… on.ft.com/4kv5z6L
UK to unveil pension reform aimed at boosting retirement savings
Parliamentary bill presented on Thursday set to include a ‘reserve’ power that could force schemes to invest more in Britain
on.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
UK pensions bill coming today! Covers key areas including: small pot consolidation, income in retirement, value for money, multi employer scheme consolidation, DB surplus extraction, DB superfunds, ppf levy, and controversial ‘reserve’ power to set asset allocation targets… on.ft.com/4kv5z6L
My best men (my sisters) ran a game of bingo and I 'won' my wife.
Our family owned a social club and the nightly bingo was a long standing family joke
Our family owned a social club and the nightly bingo was a long standing family joke
Okay, the nerdiest thing at your wedding. Go!
STORYTIME.
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
May 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My best men (my sisters) ran a game of bingo and I 'won' my wife.
Our family owned a social club and the nightly bingo was a long standing family joke
Our family owned a social club and the nightly bingo was a long standing family joke
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My friend, the NHS can't even test all the autistic children for autism.
April 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My friend, the NHS can't even test all the autistic children for autism.
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Why are children not playing in the street? An FT piece analysing the - very concerning - decline in outdoor play manages to look at every possible cause: screens, spaces, school timetable changes. Apart from one.
Cars.
It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.
Cars.
It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.
April 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Why are children not playing in the street? An FT piece analysing the - very concerning - decline in outdoor play manages to look at every possible cause: screens, spaces, school timetable changes. Apart from one.
Cars.
It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.
Cars.
It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.
March 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Ah yes. Monday.
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Ah yes. Monday.
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
Interesting counter view to the current gilt media coverage.
January 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Interesting counter view to the current gilt media coverage.
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Word of the day in today’s
@nytimes.com - actuarial.
I rarely get through a day without using it in a sentence but apparently they have done so just 13 times this year!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/l...
@nytimes.com - actuarial.
I rarely get through a day without using it in a sentence but apparently they have done so just 13 times this year!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/l...
Word of the Day: actuarial
This word has appeared in 13 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Word of the day in today’s
@nytimes.com - actuarial.
I rarely get through a day without using it in a sentence but apparently they have done so just 13 times this year!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/l...
@nytimes.com - actuarial.
I rarely get through a day without using it in a sentence but apparently they have done so just 13 times this year!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/l...
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Photo of the Day, if not the Year.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
December 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Photo of the Day, if not the Year.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
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In all the Poison Ivy-related ecological googling I've done over the past few years, this is the conclusion I've come to on a personal and practical level: just use stuff for as long as you possibly can before throwing it out. Getting more granular will drive you nuts
Broadly speaking the way to be ecologically responsible doesn't really matter what materials you use. It matters how often you're replacing things. It takes a lot of water to make denim jeans, but if you wear that pair 20 years it's nothing!
December 12, 2024 at 8:03 PM
In all the Poison Ivy-related ecological googling I've done over the past few years, this is the conclusion I've come to on a personal and practical level: just use stuff for as long as you possibly can before throwing it out. Getting more granular will drive you nuts