In a prior role, I inherited a Capita payroll contract. Many colleagues were on just above minimum wage, in low income households, with no savings cushion. Capita's error rate was intolerably high, their responsiveness poor, and - the worst of it - they just didn't care. I cancelled the contract.

This half-time nonsense has made me crave a pie and a smelly toilet with wee all over the floor as you hear someone shout ‘these are shite these’ Make half-time great again

I don't think this is what half time is supposed to be for

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Maths.

Rolling moorlands, woodlands and wide-open starry skies. The 3,800 hectare Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is a place of rare beauty, steeped in human history. The Wildlife Trusts still need to raise £12 million to save it for the nation. Please donate today! www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

The opposition, the govt & the media were debating a parallel universe where pupil numbers rise. April 2026 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

Extreme wildfire warning issued for Epping Forest The London Fire Brigade has warned parts of the Epping Forest such as Hollow Ponds, Leyton Flats, and Wanstead Flats are at extreme risk of wildfires https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2026/07/15/extreme-wildfire-warning-issued-for-epping-forest/

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing half the population that the "manly" way to get around is on a giant rolling couch controlled by gently depressing your toe.

This isn't spreading a pernicious lie, it's inexact use of language and exaggeration and I can't help but sympathise with his sentiment.

Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize after wake up call: newspapers mistakenly published his obituary when his brother died & what he read as his legacy horrified him speaking ill (factually) of the dead is literally the most effective way to curb living racist & Nazi public figures/politicians

Jeezus… they haven’t got the wit to realise that they’re the clowns. Why TF should we take them seriously? They lie. They cheat. They dodge the rules. They preen and they lecture us. But everything they do stinks of privilege, hypocrisy and personal inadequacy. I’ll keep laughing at them thanks.

This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Please sign the petition to demand the Government scrap these plans. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/coasguar...

Great news, everyone! We’re building eleventy new data centres, let the good times roll! What? Oh no, very few jobs. Almost none, once they’re built. And no, they don’t make us a profit. They don’t even make a profit for *their owners*. But we got them anyway, and all it cost us was the family cow.

It's really not satisfactory science to draw two lines on a graph for a few cherry-picked contexts and say "look! Proof! Ban!" And the hypothesis that by restricting some of the few freedoms kids now have may, naively, do further harm is worthy of proper engagement.

The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.

Japanese scientists have confirmed a monumental discovery: asteroid Ryugu contains all 5 nucleobases essential for DNA and RNA. By analyzing 5.4 grams of material returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, researchers identified adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil in similar proportions.

Star Trek Forever "There's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!"

Yes 100 times this!

This gives a good insight into the very detrimental effect that racist protestors have on local communities. I'm also proud to say I know (even if it's only slightly) some of the people mentioned in it who are working against them, towards tolerance. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is the moment for a unity anti-Farage candidate to come forward. And everyone else to step aside.

I feel a lesson plan or two coming on...

This sounds awful & I definitely think Lime should be much more accountable… but… when are we going to get a ‘something must be done’ piece about the 42 pedestrians killed & 100+ seriously injured every year on the pavement by cars? #Motonormativity www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is the guy who organised the London Lockdown ride, have to say I'm very impressed. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/my-stre...

They need more trains

Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert! As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean. ' The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:

Temperatures are back on the rise again through this week though it won't be as humid this time! We'll see temperatures climbing into the mid 30's for some by mid-week with heatwave criteria likely met 🌡️

Note that the BBC a) leads with Farage's denial, and b) leaves the ally's criminal conviction out of the headline

Our #LibrariesForAll campaign has support from across the political spectrum. Can we now reach 20,000 signatures? ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li... ⬅️ Please join our demo before the next Full Meeting of Essex CC. Tues 14 July 11am, at the atrium entrance of County Hall in Chelmsford.

Beavers are infrastructure.

Microsoft said this laptop is obsolete. They said I had to buy a new one for $500, and then pay $100 a year to use Windows 11 and be used by its CoPilot. Instead I had my drive wiped, and Linux Mint installed. All for $80. It boots up in 20 seconds, and there's no "please wait" while it loads junk.

How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers?

I'm watching Project Hail Mary. It's definitely got Flight of the Navigator vibes, I think.

The sums involved in the MPs expenses scandal were chicken feed compared to the Farage £5m. HIs reaction - mind your own business - suggests he may not be cut out for this democracy thing app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73952/...

Pass this on. You never know who might need it and it could make a huge difference if someone is struggling for whatever reason

It is legal My research for LaneSaber has revealed that as long as it’s highly visible, there isn’t an issue. The free design and the Etsy page linked to my top pinned post help you build a bicycle safety flag that will increase your safety Now built with LEDs it’s just as effective at night

Today has been another record breaking day, with a new provisional June temperature record of 37.3°C recorded at Santon Downham this afternoon

Firstly, what a complete arse and secondary, one of my uncles who was in the military ended up with brain damage after getting heat stroke on maneuvers. His brain cooked and other men with him died. So stuff your blitz spirit where the sun doesn't shine. spectator.com/article/why-...

Yep, it's hot.

Why AI tokens will send your enterprise cloud bill sky-high again www.zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social Moving to #AI token pricing will raise AI costs enormously. However, measuring the value derived from AI remains an unsolved problem.

"In sorry the parked cars mean there isn't any room". Was thinking about this today - the streets round here feel narrow - "oh, there's only room for one car to pass" - but they were built before cars were other than an oddity and are in fact quite wide.

Two-player #BBCMicro Elite will be a deep-space dogfight game The rest of Elite wouldn’t be that exciting with two players, so I’m sticking to the core combat experience When you fire it up, you can choose what kind of contest you want Here's the all-new config screen 🚀 Game on! #retrocomputing

Reading John's article I'm reminded that The Anus Five, this sack of unflushable turds, will potentially be annually "gracing" the steps of the cenotaph for the next thirty years despite barely achieving anything positive for the country and only one of them completing a whole term in office.

Cable Street is in the East End. It is the men and women of the East End that drove out Oswald Moseley and his fascists when they wanted to march through and attack the Jewish people living there.

SOLE at Essex Pride 2026. Our libraries are for all! Don't forget you can sign our petition here ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li... ⬅️ And if you've already signed, please give this post a share! #LibrariesForAll #Pride #Essex

Electric technology now ready for widespread take-up and offers efficiencies three to five times greater than their fossil fuel counterparts. Global switch to electrification would halve energy demand. www.theguardian.com/environment/...