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🏢 Infra/network design, solution design, programming, SAAS
✅ Open standards
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How to hide from a bubble on.ft.com/447l1j7 | opinion
How to hide from a bubble
It ain’t easy
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
How to hide from a bubble on.ft.com/447l1j7 | opinion
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A huge section of a copper mine collapsed on workers in the DRC
According to various reports, between 30 and 50 people were killed, and dozens of miners are still trapped under the rubble.
According to various reports, between 30 and 50 people were killed, and dozens of miners are still trapped under the rubble.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A huge section of a copper mine collapsed on workers in the DRC
According to various reports, between 30 and 50 people were killed, and dozens of miners are still trapped under the rubble.
According to various reports, between 30 and 50 people were killed, and dozens of miners are still trapped under the rubble.
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Of course you know why a private market in health care is so bad for health.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Of course you know why a private market in health care is so bad for health.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
Ah Linux I love your configurability.
- Bluetooth speaker latency ✅ solved
- Bluetooth speaker latency ✅ solved
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ah Linux I love your configurability.
- Bluetooth speaker latency ✅ solved
- Bluetooth speaker latency ✅ solved
TIL that the term 'Twirly' refers to pensioners with free bus passes.
It originated at a time when their free bus pass was only valid after the morning rush hour. Pensioners would ask the bus driver (or probably conductor back then) "Am I too early (twirly!)?"
thecompartments.uk/2022/11/14/w...
It originated at a time when their free bus pass was only valid after the morning rush hour. Pensioners would ask the bus driver (or probably conductor back then) "Am I too early (twirly!)?"
thecompartments.uk/2022/11/14/w...
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
TIL that the term 'Twirly' refers to pensioners with free bus passes.
It originated at a time when their free bus pass was only valid after the morning rush hour. Pensioners would ask the bus driver (or probably conductor back then) "Am I too early (twirly!)?"
thecompartments.uk/2022/11/14/w...
It originated at a time when their free bus pass was only valid after the morning rush hour. Pensioners would ask the bus driver (or probably conductor back then) "Am I too early (twirly!)?"
thecompartments.uk/2022/11/14/w...
Home Sec authentic on #bbclaurak #laurak
Laura herself going with the line 'many MPs are dissatisfied' with PM but naming none of them.
Time for them to put up or shut up.
Laura herself going with the line 'many MPs are dissatisfied' with PM but naming none of them.
Time for them to put up or shut up.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Home Sec authentic on #bbclaurak #laurak
Laura herself going with the line 'many MPs are dissatisfied' with PM but naming none of them.
Time for them to put up or shut up.
Laura herself going with the line 'many MPs are dissatisfied' with PM but naming none of them.
Time for them to put up or shut up.
7 things I like
The happy gurgling noise a baby makes
Easing into a hot bath after a bike ride in the cold
The rush of solving a difficult problem
The clarinet at the end of Daydream Believer
The cheeky smile of a naughty child
Letting a chocolate button melt on my tongue
Lists of 7 or fewer items
The happy gurgling noise a baby makes
Easing into a hot bath after a bike ride in the cold
The rush of solving a difficult problem
The clarinet at the end of Daydream Believer
The cheeky smile of a naughty child
Letting a chocolate button melt on my tongue
Lists of 7 or fewer items
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
7 things I like
The happy gurgling noise a baby makes
Easing into a hot bath after a bike ride in the cold
The rush of solving a difficult problem
The clarinet at the end of Daydream Believer
The cheeky smile of a naughty child
Letting a chocolate button melt on my tongue
Lists of 7 or fewer items
The happy gurgling noise a baby makes
Easing into a hot bath after a bike ride in the cold
The rush of solving a difficult problem
The clarinet at the end of Daydream Believer
The cheeky smile of a naughty child
Letting a chocolate button melt on my tongue
Lists of 7 or fewer items
The people benefitting the most from pension salary sacrifice are those who can afford to lose the sum from their earnings.
It is eminently sensible for this benefit to be capped in my view.
It is eminently sensible for this benefit to be capped in my view.
What pension changes is Rachel Reeves considering in the budget?
What pension changes is Rachel Reeves considering in the budget?
One possible alteration was thought to be tax-free cash drawdowns, but the chancellor may have turned to salary sacrifice schemes
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The people benefitting the most from pension salary sacrifice are those who can afford to lose the sum from their earnings.
It is eminently sensible for this benefit to be capped in my view.
It is eminently sensible for this benefit to be capped in my view.
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A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
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Why are you characterising the Trump/BBC claim as a stand off #r4today ?
Trump indicated he'd sue, the BBC rejected the idea. Hardly a stand off.
Trump indicated he'd sue, the BBC rejected the idea. Hardly a stand off.
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Why are you characterising the Trump/BBC claim as a stand off #r4today ?
Trump indicated he'd sue, the BBC rejected the idea. Hardly a stand off.
Trump indicated he'd sue, the BBC rejected the idea. Hardly a stand off.
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Watching Wes Streeting on Sky News successfully skewer the overnight Downing Street briefings against him, you almost have to admire the ineptitude of those around Keir Starmer in turning his own leadership problems into a major story while boosting the very politician they sought to kneecap
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Watching Wes Streeting on Sky News successfully skewer the overnight Downing Street briefings against him, you almost have to admire the ineptitude of those around Keir Starmer in turning his own leadership problems into a major story while boosting the very politician they sought to kneecap
Streeting ironically demonstrating why those disgruntled with Starmer are naming his as a possible successor.
Firm and sensible dismissal of the current uprising of the permanently dissatisfied #r4today
Firm and sensible dismissal of the current uprising of the permanently dissatisfied #r4today
So fucking boring. Half the time it feels as if the interplay between No. 10, Westminster and the rolling news media is responsible for these stories, rather than anything more concrete like policy.
Barry Gardener clip on #r4today - well who knew Corbynite BG hated Starmer? 🙄
Barry Gardener clip on #r4today - well who knew Corbynite BG hated Starmer? 🙄
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Streeting ironically demonstrating why those disgruntled with Starmer are naming his as a possible successor.
Firm and sensible dismissal of the current uprising of the permanently dissatisfied #r4today
Firm and sensible dismissal of the current uprising of the permanently dissatisfied #r4today
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Also, Robbie Gibb is hardly a leftie!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also, Robbie Gibb is hardly a leftie!!
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Peak fall foliage in Oklahoma's Ouachita mountains. Yes, this is Oklahoma! #photography
What is already one of the most beautiful parts of the state absolutely comes alive in the fall. I've been wanting this shot for years, but I either couldn't get there during peak or there were active droughts.
What is already one of the most beautiful parts of the state absolutely comes alive in the fall. I've been wanting this shot for years, but I either couldn't get there during peak or there were active droughts.
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Peak fall foliage in Oklahoma's Ouachita mountains. Yes, this is Oklahoma! #photography
What is already one of the most beautiful parts of the state absolutely comes alive in the fall. I've been wanting this shot for years, but I either couldn't get there during peak or there were active droughts.
What is already one of the most beautiful parts of the state absolutely comes alive in the fall. I've been wanting this shot for years, but I either couldn't get there during peak or there were active droughts.
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It's not feasible to take out an annual subscription for every article in every newspaper and magazine that's posted on social media.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's not feasible to take out an annual subscription for every article in every newspaper and magazine that's posted on social media.
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
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In an era of AI slop and billionaire-owned media, there's still good journalism happening. It's happening at places like Louisville Public Media and @kentuckypublicradio.org And it only exists because our members believe in it too. Thank you.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In an era of AI slop and billionaire-owned media, there's still good journalism happening. It's happening at places like Louisville Public Media and @kentuckypublicradio.org And it only exists because our members believe in it too. Thank you.
UK industrial electricity prices are high in comparison to our EU neighbours (in some cases 40%+ higher).
It's a problem.
But.
If electricity is a larger part of your expenditure than your competitors, you will spend a higher percentage of your resources in finding ways to lower your usage. 1/2
It's a problem.
But.
If electricity is a larger part of your expenditure than your competitors, you will spend a higher percentage of your resources in finding ways to lower your usage. 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
UK industrial electricity prices are high in comparison to our EU neighbours (in some cases 40%+ higher).
It's a problem.
But.
If electricity is a larger part of your expenditure than your competitors, you will spend a higher percentage of your resources in finding ways to lower your usage. 1/2
It's a problem.
But.
If electricity is a larger part of your expenditure than your competitors, you will spend a higher percentage of your resources in finding ways to lower your usage. 1/2
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The model was always broken. Hopelessly ideological and never workable.
How was the average consumer ever going to be able to vote with their feet with their water supply?
Time to renationalise water and start the lengthy task of fixing the years of neglect.
How was the average consumer ever going to be able to vote with their feet with their water supply?
Time to renationalise water and start the lengthy task of fixing the years of neglect.
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The model was always broken. Hopelessly ideological and never workable.
How was the average consumer ever going to be able to vote with their feet with their water supply?
Time to renationalise water and start the lengthy task of fixing the years of neglect.
How was the average consumer ever going to be able to vote with their feet with their water supply?
Time to renationalise water and start the lengthy task of fixing the years of neglect.
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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In the run up to 2026, as we're entering a season of stronger winds 🌬️ but also of higher electricity demand 📈, average 2025 contributions from gas and wind are level pegging
grid.iamkate.com
grid.iamkate.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In the run up to 2026, as we're entering a season of stronger winds 🌬️ but also of higher electricity demand 📈, average 2025 contributions from gas and wind are level pegging
grid.iamkate.com
grid.iamkate.com