j4
@jaffa.bsky.social
Mostly badger, occasionally mermaid. Terminally online.
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
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People who think Britain was better 50 years ago either have no adult memories of Britain 50 years ago or are confabulating a fantasy version of their teens and twenties. Yes, we all wish we were younger.
Absolute nonsense. Anyone who lived through the period, or who has studied the period, will know how daft, how dangerously silly, this kind of rot is. If I may, I was there. It was FAR more grey, tough, poor, bigoted, boring, terrifying, violent & frequently flat-out insane than nostalgia insists.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
People who think Britain was better 50 years ago either have no adult memories of Britain 50 years ago or are confabulating a fantasy version of their teens and twenties. Yes, we all wish we were younger.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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Our allies at the @goodlawproject.bsky.social have a way for people to tell the BBC to stop attacking trans people.
As Trans Greens we thought it'd be nice to signal boost!
action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC...
As Trans Greens we thought it'd be nice to signal boost!
action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC...
Tell the BBC to stop attacking trans people
The BBC is in shock after rightwing groups have claimed the broadcaster is against Donald Trump and “pro-trans”. But the reality is very different. A recent YouGov survey found that 70% of trans peopl...
action.goodlawproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our allies at the @goodlawproject.bsky.social have a way for people to tell the BBC to stop attacking trans people.
As Trans Greens we thought it'd be nice to signal boost!
action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC...
As Trans Greens we thought it'd be nice to signal boost!
action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC...
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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They've taken all the political pain of raising income tax, and now they're not going to do it.
Absolute shitshow.
Now what are they going to do instead?
#r4today #Budget25
Absolute shitshow.
Now what are they going to do instead?
#r4today #Budget25
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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All our buses are early again. The bus timetable will need some changes with the reduced congestion.
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
All our buses are early again. The bus timetable will need some changes with the reduced congestion.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
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Adapted cycles & e-trikes also tend to be pricy. You can add dispensations for them but this adds complexity & cost without adding value. It may also mean disabled cyclists are put off - either because dispensations are poorly communicated or because of the added beaurocracy or perceived judgement.
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Adapted cycles & e-trikes also tend to be pricy. You can add dispensations for them but this adds complexity & cost without adding value. It may also mean disabled cyclists are put off - either because dispensations are poorly communicated or because of the added beaurocracy or perceived judgement.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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Current flu wave has peaked! Fingers crossed that's mostly it and we don't get a bigger one later (though that is quite possible). Definitely not too late to benefit from a jab if you don't have one. I'd take this peak as weak evidence the vax gives some protection. bsky.app/profile/paul...
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Current flu wave has peaked! Fingers crossed that's mostly it and we don't get a bigger one later (though that is quite possible). Definitely not too late to benefit from a jab if you don't have one. I'd take this peak as weak evidence the vax gives some protection. bsky.app/profile/paul...
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This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Oh god the whole scheme should be reformed 100% it’s horrendously regressive and built around a legal fiction. But equally the scheme is the sole reason I have a cargo bike that means I don’t need a car with two kids. So my take is “we’re opening it up to everyone of all incomes… right? Right?”
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh god the whole scheme should be reformed 100% it’s horrendously regressive and built around a legal fiction. But equally the scheme is the sole reason I have a cargo bike that means I don’t need a car with two kids. So my take is “we’re opening it up to everyone of all incomes… right? Right?”
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BREAKING: "Minister says police and crime commissioners will be abolished in 2028 because the system has failed" buff.ly/sP6sNFL
Minister says police and crime commissioners will be abolished in 2028 because system has failed – UK politics live
Elected policing roles will be abolished and their powers transferred to mayors in England in move that could save £100 million
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
BREAKING: "Minister says police and crime commissioners will be abolished in 2028 because the system has failed" buff.ly/sP6sNFL
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Like most magic, the Magic Sock is just sleight-of-hand -- it allows schools to make that bit of their responsbility for kids' safety & mental health seem to disappear. "Well I never!" I say to myself, shaking my head in wonderment & disbelief, as I discover that responsibility in my own pocket
![Screenshot of bsky post from @iammrj.bsky.social [Nov 10, 2025 at 7:21pm]: "Like, you do understand that Big Bad Phone will be the same when it comes out of the Magic Sock right? and consequently putting Big Bad Phone in the Magic Sock will have done literally nothing to the purported effects of Big Bad Phone?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f5raocwf2qj5icv7syegrcav/bafkreihzvbyxeedr5vfdw5guz27sehkty7thkrcq4x22tzt6iykpwgw7im@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Like most magic, the Magic Sock is just sleight-of-hand -- it allows schools to make that bit of their responsbility for kids' safety & mental health seem to disappear. "Well I never!" I say to myself, shaking my head in wonderment & disbelief, as I discover that responsibility in my own pocket
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And to a dog, dog food is just food
And to a sock, a mansion's just a big shoe
A milk dud, sitting in the acid rain
A house cat addicted to the cocaine
No teeth, unlimited floss
These are just a few of our incredible thoughts
youtu.be/uE7e4MkZGXY?...
And to a sock, a mansion's just a big shoe
A milk dud, sitting in the acid rain
A house cat addicted to the cocaine
No teeth, unlimited floss
These are just a few of our incredible thoughts
youtu.be/uE7e4MkZGXY?...
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
And to a dog, dog food is just food
And to a sock, a mansion's just a big shoe
A milk dud, sitting in the acid rain
A house cat addicted to the cocaine
No teeth, unlimited floss
These are just a few of our incredible thoughts
youtu.be/uE7e4MkZGXY?...
And to a sock, a mansion's just a big shoe
A milk dud, sitting in the acid rain
A house cat addicted to the cocaine
No teeth, unlimited floss
These are just a few of our incredible thoughts
youtu.be/uE7e4MkZGXY?...
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Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Rachel Reeves to curb bike purchases through salary sacrifice in Budget
Introduction of new cap comes after retailers warned some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC