Dave Ansell
@sciansell.bsky.social
Mostly a creator of science exhibits and demos, but sometimes do science shows, teach PhD students to make things, made podcasts when it wasn't cool. Https://sciansell.co.uk
Surely you then end up with a load of companies that own all the assets with a few very well paid employees who subcontract to companies who employ lots of badly paid people, or have a dodgy ownership structure.
It probably makes more sense to tax those with high income, and possibly dividends.
It probably makes more sense to tax those with high income, and possibly dividends.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Surely you then end up with a load of companies that own all the assets with a few very well paid employees who subcontract to companies who employ lots of badly paid people, or have a dodgy ownership structure.
It probably makes more sense to tax those with high income, and possibly dividends.
It probably makes more sense to tax those with high income, and possibly dividends.
We ended up insulating it with sand, which kind of works.
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We ended up insulating it with sand, which kind of works.
There is a dominance of people who used to live in London and now live around the edge of London and commute into London, or have a fancy flat in a posh area. From a long way from London, this looks like London, but I can see how it wouldn't feel that way if you live in London.
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There is a dominance of people who used to live in London and now live around the edge of London and commute into London, or have a fancy flat in a posh area. From a long way from London, this looks like London, but I can see how it wouldn't feel that way if you live in London.
Did you ask him or vice versa?
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Did you ask him or vice versa?
The thing that gets me is how fast they recruited so many goons doing it. Were they having a normal life and suddenly thought, oh I could go and bully foreigners for a job?
October 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The thing that gets me is how fast they recruited so many goons doing it. Were they having a normal life and suddenly thought, oh I could go and bully foreigners for a job?
Plus the jobs hardest to automate are probably the ones that involve a combination of thinking and practical things. Plus relying on China to make all our stuff is looking a less good bet...
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Plus the jobs hardest to automate are probably the ones that involve a combination of thinking and practical things. Plus relying on China to make all our stuff is looking a less good bet...
I think there is an over emphasis on university courses at the cost of other forms of education, especially technical & continuing education. You are going to take in information better if it is spread over more time and less intensely, especially if it is relevant to what you are doing.
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I think there is an over emphasis on university courses at the cost of other forms of education, especially technical & continuing education. You are going to take in information better if it is spread over more time and less intensely, especially if it is relevant to what you are doing.
Be careful, any herb that actually has an effect is a drug, with an unknown dose, so you can do plenty of damage, depending on the herb.
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Be careful, any herb that actually has an effect is a drug, with an unknown dose, so you can do plenty of damage, depending on the herb.
My dad was a manual labourer, cutting lawns, and we had very little money, but we certainly weren't 'working class' in that sense, as my parents weren't working class in the 60s and 70s.
September 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My dad was a manual labourer, cutting lawns, and we had very little money, but we certainly weren't 'working class' in that sense, as my parents weren't working class in the 60s and 70s.
Yeah, it is all broken, as working class can be used to refer to a cultural group that were probably working class in the 60s or 70s, and haven't been make to think about society much since then.
It is also complicated by being 'working class' being fashionable in the 80s and 90s.
It is also complicated by being 'working class' being fashionable in the 80s and 90s.
September 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yeah, it is all broken, as working class can be used to refer to a cultural group that were probably working class in the 60s or 70s, and haven't been make to think about society much since then.
It is also complicated by being 'working class' being fashionable in the 80s and 90s.
It is also complicated by being 'working class' being fashionable in the 80s and 90s.
I assumed this was something more sinister as the photo looks exactly like every photo of a police station you see in the papers.
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I assumed this was something more sinister as the photo looks exactly like every photo of a police station you see in the papers.
Yeah the difficult bit is working out what you should be throwing away
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Yeah the difficult bit is working out what you should be throwing away
It is complicated by the way that Hamas did something awful so supporting Israel seems kind of reasonable until Israel did far worse things back. So the timing is very important on this.
August 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It is complicated by the way that Hamas did something awful so supporting Israel seems kind of reasonable until Israel did far worse things back. So the timing is very important on this.
What I can find is that this is around surveillance, to find hostages. If anything getting the hostages out sooner would have been better for the Gazans as it would have been harder for the Israeli government to justify continued attacks. It certainly isn't open and shut.
August 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What I can find is that this is around surveillance, to find hostages. If anything getting the hostages out sooner would have been better for the Gazans as it would have been harder for the Israeli government to justify continued attacks. It certainly isn't open and shut.
I am not against your aims in this, just your espoused methods, which I think are counterproductive because they are very easy to paint as being anti UK rather than anti a particular policy.
August 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am not against your aims in this, just your espoused methods, which I think are counterproductive because they are very easy to paint as being anti UK rather than anti a particular policy.
Yes, but then do something against the government, throw paint at Whitehall, tie yourself to big Ben, etc. the problem with attacking a military which has nothing to do with the Gaza horrificness is that you are attacking a national asset whose job is to protect the nation.
August 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yes, but then do something against the government, throw paint at Whitehall, tie yourself to big Ben, etc. the problem with attacking a military which has nothing to do with the Gaza horrificness is that you are attacking a national asset whose job is to protect the nation.
Yes, but throwing paint at aircraft is unlikely to make a difference to this.
Though my guess is that they are too scared of Trump, which is not surprising since Brexit, and our screwed economy.
Though my guess is that they are too scared of Trump, which is not surprising since Brexit, and our screwed economy.
August 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yes, but throwing paint at aircraft is unlikely to make a difference to this.
Though my guess is that they are too scared of Trump, which is not surprising since Brexit, and our screwed economy.
Though my guess is that they are too scared of Trump, which is not surprising since Brexit, and our screwed economy.
The first of these is not really in the power of the British government. At the moment the cynical answer is probably to hand a few million to Trump in a brown paper bag, with the offer of more to come.
The fascism thing is deeper and probably needs, centre governments to transfer some wealth.
The fascism thing is deeper and probably needs, centre governments to transfer some wealth.
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The first of these is not really in the power of the British government. At the moment the cynical answer is probably to hand a few million to Trump in a brown paper bag, with the offer of more to come.
The fascism thing is deeper and probably needs, centre governments to transfer some wealth.
The fascism thing is deeper and probably needs, centre governments to transfer some wealth.
He is definitely encouraging extremists of all colours in an attempt to destabilise the west. I am certainly not saying he was planning the attack, but but it wouldn't surprise me if there was a significant amount of Russian propaganda in their feeds.
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
He is definitely encouraging extremists of all colours in an attempt to destabilise the west. I am certainly not saying he was planning the attack, but but it wouldn't surprise me if there was a significant amount of Russian propaganda in their feeds.
But there would be no cost to the people doing it, which madness it easier.
It is entirely possible that this stunt was in some way encouraged by Putin as it is in his interests currently.
It is entirely possible that this stunt was in some way encouraged by Putin as it is in his interests currently.
August 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
But there would be no cost to the people doing it, which madness it easier.
It is entirely possible that this stunt was in some way encouraged by Putin as it is in his interests currently.
It is entirely possible that this stunt was in some way encouraged by Putin as it is in his interests currently.
Yes, and they did many horrible things, war crimes, and many enabled dictators to take power. Occasionally they were useful for society. There are tonnes when it is necessary, but the UK is approximately a democracy and this kind of direct action is pretty much counter productive at the moment.
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Yes, and they did many horrible things, war crimes, and many enabled dictators to take power. Occasionally they were useful for society. There are tonnes when it is necessary, but the UK is approximately a democracy and this kind of direct action is pretty much counter productive at the moment.
But how can you have a military in that case? Putin can just pay someone to destroy all our aircraft, tanks and warships as a political statement and we will be helpless.
Militaries can be used for bad things, but not having one is bad too.
Militaries can be used for bad things, but not having one is bad too.
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
But how can you have a military in that case? Putin can just pay someone to destroy all our aircraft, tanks and warships as a political statement and we will be helpless.
Militaries can be used for bad things, but not having one is bad too.
Militaries can be used for bad things, but not having one is bad too.