Ailbhe
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#VisibleHealth
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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We'd like the unions to recognise that covid is not an historic event. Their members continue to be harmed and disabled by infection and they continue not to be protected.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We'd like the unions to recognise that covid is not an historic event. Their members continue to be harmed and disabled by infection and they continue not to be protected.
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
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And it is cruel.
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
And it is cruel.
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In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago
news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com/story/reform...
Reform council repaints road markings for school which closed in 2016
Kent County Council sold the disused school site to a government agency in March, but has repainted yellow zigzags and "School Keep Clear" warnings.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago
news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com/story/reform...
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UK: "Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union"
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union
Understaffing is driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
UK: "Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union"
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Think back about 27 years, when everyone’s business plan was basically “internet.” Now it’s “AI.” Just magic words that the typical C suite hears and says to their underlings “where are we in transforming our business using AI?”
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Think back about 27 years, when everyone’s business plan was basically “internet.” Now it’s “AI.” Just magic words that the typical C suite hears and says to their underlings “where are we in transforming our business using AI?”
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The Government is rolling out at-home cervical smear tests to improve uptake in checks for cervical cancer.
jrnl.ie/6877415
jrnl.ie/6877415
CervicalCheck to roll out at-home smear tests from next year
Self-screening is thought to increase uptake in cervical smear tests.
jrnl.ie
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Government is rolling out at-home cervical smear tests to improve uptake in checks for cervical cancer.
jrnl.ie/6877415
jrnl.ie/6877415
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The agency workers in Birmingham covering the regular striking bin workers, have themselves voted to go on strike
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birmingham bin agency workers vote to join strike
Unite claims a growing number of agency staff are refusing to cross the picket lines.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The agency workers in Birmingham covering the regular striking bin workers, have themselves voted to go on strike
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Me: I need the screwdriver to put these on the wall
Me: where is the screwdriver argh oh no
Me: okay this isn't funny
Me: it's in my office in plain sight, cool, oh hey this is a sign that I need to take my Vyvanse
Me: I'm taking my Vyvanse
Me: wait what did I do with the screwdriver?
Me: where is the screwdriver argh oh no
Me: okay this isn't funny
Me: it's in my office in plain sight, cool, oh hey this is a sign that I need to take my Vyvanse
Me: I'm taking my Vyvanse
Me: wait what did I do with the screwdriver?
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me: I need the screwdriver to put these on the wall
Me: where is the screwdriver argh oh no
Me: okay this isn't funny
Me: it's in my office in plain sight, cool, oh hey this is a sign that I need to take my Vyvanse
Me: I'm taking my Vyvanse
Me: wait what did I do with the screwdriver?
Me: where is the screwdriver argh oh no
Me: okay this isn't funny
Me: it's in my office in plain sight, cool, oh hey this is a sign that I need to take my Vyvanse
Me: I'm taking my Vyvanse
Me: wait what did I do with the screwdriver?
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“I am not a leopard. I have no sympathy with leopards. But those faces need to be eaten, and isn’t it better that I’m going to do it?”
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“I am not a leopard. I have no sympathy with leopards. But those faces need to be eaten, and isn’t it better that I’m going to do it?”
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In common with every camera-wielding lifeform in Glasgow, I have seen the Rebel Bear's latest piece.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In common with every camera-wielding lifeform in Glasgow, I have seen the Rebel Bear's latest piece.
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This church has done a lot of damage but they are gradually, bit by bit, doing good.
People have lots of different reasons for hanging on to their particular belief system, but I have more respect for those who can do that and still do good things.
youtu.be/uDydDRrSybY?...
People have lots of different reasons for hanging on to their particular belief system, but I have more respect for those who can do that and still do good things.
youtu.be/uDydDRrSybY?...
Historic land return: Catholic sisters transfer Marywood property to Lac du Flambeau Tribe
YouTube video by WXOW News 19
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This church has done a lot of damage but they are gradually, bit by bit, doing good.
People have lots of different reasons for hanging on to their particular belief system, but I have more respect for those who can do that and still do good things.
youtu.be/uDydDRrSybY?...
People have lots of different reasons for hanging on to their particular belief system, but I have more respect for those who can do that and still do good things.
youtu.be/uDydDRrSybY?...
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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Maybe there really is someone out there who wants to text like a cross between Chaucer, a deeply drunken Dutch person & Kryten trying to call Rimmer a Smeghead in Red Dwarf & so is absolutely overjoyed with how autocorrect “works” now
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Maybe there really is someone out there who wants to text like a cross between Chaucer, a deeply drunken Dutch person & Kryten trying to call Rimmer a Smeghead in Red Dwarf & so is absolutely overjoyed with how autocorrect “works” now
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‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan · No Illusions: Syntax of Slavery
Slavery was accepted across most of the early modern world. No one wanted to be a slave, except when the alternative was...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"There's... er..." My new assistant bookseller faltered.
Over by the window, an open book hovered. As I looked, a page turned.
I picked up my hag stone and peered through it.
"Just a ghost. That's a relief."
"What else..."
"Imps, devils, people with invisibility spells. The last are worst."
Over by the window, an open book hovered. As I looked, a page turned.
I picked up my hag stone and peered through it.
"Just a ghost. That's a relief."
"What else..."
"Imps, devils, people with invisibility spells. The last are worst."
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"There's... er..." My new assistant bookseller faltered.
Over by the window, an open book hovered. As I looked, a page turned.
I picked up my hag stone and peered through it.
"Just a ghost. That's a relief."
"What else..."
"Imps, devils, people with invisibility spells. The last are worst."
Over by the window, an open book hovered. As I looked, a page turned.
I picked up my hag stone and peered through it.
"Just a ghost. That's a relief."
"What else..."
"Imps, devils, people with invisibility spells. The last are worst."
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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'anhe(haw)donia' should be added to the official DSM glossary, I think.
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
'anhe(haw)donia' should be added to the official DSM glossary, I think.
"I take a PILL-tiddley pom It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom, It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom Not fiddling."
“Somewhere at the top of the Hundred Acre Wood a little boy and his bear play. On the surface it is an innocent world, but on closer examination by our group of experts we find a forest where neurodevelopmental and psychosocial problems go unrecognized and untreated.”
This is fantastic. I agree
This is fantastic. I agree
Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne
Somewhere at the top of the Hundred Acre Wood a little boy and his bear play. On the surface it is an innocent world, but on closer examination by our group of experts we find a forest where neurodevelopmental and psychosocial problems go ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I take a PILL-tiddley pom It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom, It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom Not fiddling."
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People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it.
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
Don’t blame women for men’s loneliness. Blame capitalism
There’s a lot of money to be made off angry, isolated men
www.salon.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it.
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
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"When the teams come out of the tunnel, they are accompanied by children. The Basque players are anyway... [carrying] with it a power that hits hard. Palestine’s players instead carry white roses, symbols of the children they have lost."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe
More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"When the teams come out of the tunnel, they are accompanied by children. The Basque players are anyway... [carrying] with it a power that hits hard. Palestine’s players instead carry white roses, symbols of the children they have lost."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...