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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 23m

As @ccriadoperez.bsky.social described in Invisible Women much is designed for 70 kg men.

Pockets may be an exception but I suspect they are designed by men

@sarahoconnorft.ft.com

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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 7h

Not sure it's a hipster take but I often post this Nelsonian crew list to counter the little Englander types and their narrow view of who fought the Battle of Trafalgar. @duncanweldon.bsky.social

A list of English battle ships crew coming from twenty plus countries

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 4h

Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.

Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…

thecritic.co.uk

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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Will no one think about poor Boris? Former PM smirks and sighs through Covid inquiry | John Crace

Grilled over policies regarding children and young people, Johnson remains the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time

www.theguardian.com

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Ramblers Cymru @ramblerscymru.bsky.social · 4h

Our volunteers around Wales do fantastic work to improve access to the countryside.

Here’s what the team in Aberystwyth have been up to recently.

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Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio ledled Cymru i wella mynediad i gefn gwlad.

Dyma beth mae’r tîm yn Aberystwyth wedi bod yn ei wneud yn ddiweddar.

Split image of overgrown steps leading to a blocked fence, and cleared steps leading to a new gate.

Main image of a new gate. Inset image of the stile that was their previously.

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 7h

Come and enjoy lower pay than in comparable countries while enjoying the pleasure of *checks note* thousands of pounds in costs 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 14h

that the upfront costs to come and do scientific research in the UK are too high is a well known terrible fact.

perhaps more surprising is that scientific excellence has persisted despite all these hurdles, but this limping cannot go on forever. Soon this fun immigration experiment will break.

Scientists charged too much to come to work in UK, says Royal Society

Combined upfront cost of the five-year Global Talent Visa and the Immigration Health Surcharge stands at £5,941

www.ft.com

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 5h

VAT on heritage repairs is both regrettable and an encouragement to demolish rather than repair.
New build attracts no VAT

Neither sustainable nor a contribution to a sense of place

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 5d

Inside the work of the EU's carbon pricing taskforce, which is encouraging countries to adopt carbon markets - and cope with the EU's carbon border tax.

www.ft.com/content/af03... w/ @simonmundy.ft.com

EU makes fresh push for global carbon pricing ahead of 2026 levy

Countdown to introduction of tax on imported goods from countries without an emissions scheme

www.ft.com

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 13h

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQuiet
Day 2 Shush

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 14h

Housing First – providing a home alongside support for as long as they need – has been proven to work. So why hasn’t it conquered the globe?

Housing First promised to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?

www.bigissue.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

West Side Tories: The SKETCH is excited to bring you excerpts from attention-seeking Tory MP Katie Lam's newest musical!

West Side Tories | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

One of the joys of a new parliament is learning about the interesting backgrounds of all the new MPs. For instance Katie Lam, the 34-year-old MP for the Weald of Kent, might seem like another cookie…

thecritic.co.uk

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 5d

It's easy to mock the French for seeming to want unlimited government spending. I've done it myself. But I sympathise with their anger: France is an underfunded social democracy crossed with an oligarchy. Me
@financialtimes.com on France's undertaxed billionaires - close to Macron on.ft.com/4qwaFDh

Time to guillotine France’s super-rich tax breaks

[FREE TO READ] Does the country need a wealth tax?

on.ft.com

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

An insightful article. How we are all becoming strangers to each other.

Losing those points of contact where we bump into and talk to other people:
- pubs
- local shops
- parks and squares
- local events
Not here in Wales though

finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

On digital systems or privately owned digital systems?
Is Estonia an exemplar?

finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

The post is literally from the BBC

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQuiet
Day 1 Shut up

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 2d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink
Day 7

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 3d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink
Day 6 at lunch

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink
Day 5 pinkies

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 6d

The tribune of justice: my SKETCH of another PMQs where Kemi, well, Kemi-ed.

The tribune of justice | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“Exactly as I expected!” Kemi Badenoch was triumphant! The prime minister, she was delighted to be telling the House of Commons, had walked right into her trap. Which left the question of why she was…

thecritic.co.uk

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

74 to 76: 75p an hour labouring vs 37p and hour slaving for a miserable consultancy. Paid for a hifi dragged back from the Tottenham Court Road

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

I was cleaning the grubby undercarriage of planes and later paint stripping. 10.75 hour days

finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

I did calculate that being 10mins late every working day was the equivalent of a week off 🤔

(The sort of behaviour poor managers create)

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

Worked for a firm - no gone - that deducted 15 mins pay if late by 5 mins. Then got stroppy when we refused to work until the 15 mins were up.

No names

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

🤔

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