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This is so true. There is massive scope for significant cuts and the notion (in most UK universities) that teaching is necessarily underpinned by research is a fallacy that was proven over and over again by the polytechnics. Look at most city local papers and you'll see local uni-generated...

https://open.substack.com/pub/alexwasburne/p/department-of-scientific-efficiency?r=17hyx3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web I've started to see a few optimists trying to make sense of a post-Trump2 world and I thought this was interesting. I've always admired Alex Washburne's scientific rigour...

Yes only an hour ago I saw someone from another office to mine in our shared common area going full pelt on a business call in this way. I really felt like snatching their phone and throwing it from the 4th floor window. There was no reason for doing this. In addition to the reasons and...

Yes, and some of the key points are clearly picked out in that Irish story you linked. I think that summary is the nub of it and this brain battle is a tough one to win. I'd been successful losing weight 16/8 style but as my brain has learned this approach it's figured out to give me a...

Did anyone see the Hürzeler / Barber Paddleball match segment against Jamie Redknapp on Sky? His fightback win there and tonight puts the Mojometer way up there.

A great result for the 108 of us that predicted outcomes with optimism. Even better for the 52 who nailed it. What a match.

Because of the Lion Tamer legacy, most of the accountants I meet in life seem to go out of their way to drop in some seemingly exciting extra curricular activity they are involved in to the conversation. It's a profession that has carried that chip on it's shoulder for decades! Apart from the...

I'm with The Optimist on this one. Fear no one. Durchlaufen!

True story: I was once snowed in at Detroit airport waiting for a flight transfer to Colorado. Got drunk playing cards with an American couple in a bar. When all flights notified as cancelled they said 'come back and stay at ours' so we stumbled out to a distant snow covered car park and had a...

Has anyone on this thread who has been using Twitter for business purposes with a 'paid for' blue tick, recently stopped paying / paused use etc? Be interested to know any tips / approach with other SM / response from followers or otherwise etc.

....don't make it a habit.... ;)

No but it will recognise your dwelling as being inefficient to the system and switch you off / charge you more etc :)

I agree regarding the breathless rate of change. I thought this article was interesting about programming (hopefully the link won't hit a paywall) https://levelup.gitconnected.com/the-era-of-high-paying-tech-jobs-is-over-572e4e577758 I have no idea what the answer is - on the optimistic side...

Dominic Cummings is busy assembling a Start Up Party - not to lead it but certainly using the populist style / single message campaigning as he did with Vote Leave.

Is that you over there on the grassy knoll?

Loving Disclaimer (previewed by Is it PotG?) and also Bad Monkey. I subscribed and then ignored Apple tv for a long time but Presumed Innocent and these two I just mentioned have meant that I will stick with it for now.

What a nice thread with some great stories. My Dad took me to the Pilot Field for a Hastings Utd cup or important match of some sort when I was about 7. Sadly can't remember who we played. I can remember being quite scared by all the shouting (wimp)! He died not long after but somehow the...

Completely agree. You could work somewhere else too as a further alternative, but agree there isn't much enlightened hiring in this regard (B&Q excepted!) Fair enough, it's not for everyone. I didn't mention the work for self option either which quite a few folk take after leaving employment...

I just wanted to write something on this post about the universal advantages of continuing to work beyond your state retirement date, provided your health permits. Sorry if covered before - I couldn't see anything much from this perspective. Perhaps there should be a 'not retiring' thread: 1...

I think is is the nub of it. True, genuinely-intended hospitality is hard to find. Food that isn't out of a freezer (i.e. pre manufactured elsewhere and frozen) is hard to find. That's why a friendly local cafe cooking stuff to order can sometimes outdo an allegedly higher standards / rated...