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This is obv an analysis of the situation in the USA, but something analogous for the UK would also be interesting (and may already exist). This then could explain why the voters continue to be disappointed (angry) with Labour.
This is obv an analysis of the situation in the USA, but something analogous for the UK would also be interesting (and may already exist). This then could explain why the voters continue to be disappointed (angry) with Labour.
TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This is obv an analysis of the situation in the USA, but something analogous for the UK would also be interesting (and may already exist). This then could explain why the voters continue to be disappointed (angry) with Labour.
This is obv an analysis of the situation in the USA, but something analogous for the UK would also be interesting (and may already exist). This then could explain why the voters continue to be disappointed (angry) with Labour.
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Energy costs falling yet you’ll still be charged more. Here’s why! What does your energy bill actually pay for?
Just a snippet of my The Martin Lewis Money Show Live cut your energy bills show last night, watch the whole thing back on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
youtu.be/JwIeYbXnP0Y
Just a snippet of my The Martin Lewis Money Show Live cut your energy bills show last night, watch the whole thing back on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
youtu.be/JwIeYbXnP0Y
Energy costs falling yet YOU’LL still be charged more. Here’s why!
YouTube video by Martin Lewis
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Energy costs falling yet you’ll still be charged more. Here’s why! What does your energy bill actually pay for?
Just a snippet of my The Martin Lewis Money Show Live cut your energy bills show last night, watch the whole thing back on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
youtu.be/JwIeYbXnP0Y
Just a snippet of my The Martin Lewis Money Show Live cut your energy bills show last night, watch the whole thing back on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
youtu.be/JwIeYbXnP0Y
A good, detailed and informative article on where Scotland's men stand with respect to prostate cancer diagnosis and care. I'm surprised to learn that it's almost common in men as breast cancer is in women.
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagno...
www.holyrood.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A good, detailed and informative article on where Scotland's men stand with respect to prostate cancer diagnosis and care. I'm surprised to learn that it's almost common in men as breast cancer is in women.
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
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Gronda! Gronda! THE ADVENTURE GAME (1980) saw celebs try to escape from the planet Arg. Each episode culminated with the Vortex, a pulsating column of light which 'evaporated' the likes of Bonnie Langford and Richard Stilgoe. Don't worry, kids, they're not dead. Doogy Rev!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Gronda! Gronda! THE ADVENTURE GAME (1980) saw celebs try to escape from the planet Arg. Each episode culminated with the Vortex, a pulsating column of light which 'evaporated' the likes of Bonnie Langford and Richard Stilgoe. Don't worry, kids, they're not dead. Doogy Rev!
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I can see an insect acting suspiciously, I think it's a spy.
Cagey bee
Cagey bee
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I can see an insect acting suspiciously, I think it's a spy.
Cagey bee
Cagey bee
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
Calming
The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Calming
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In 2024, renewable energy accounted for over 90% of global power capacity expansion. That is because it makes economic sense. IRENA_DAT_RE_Capacity_Highlights_2025-1.pdf
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In 2024, renewable energy accounted for over 90% of global power capacity expansion. That is because it makes economic sense. IRENA_DAT_RE_Capacity_Highlights_2025-1.pdf
Out for a walk down in the Linn Glen in Dalry. There's a few unusual sites.
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Out for a walk down in the Linn Glen in Dalry. There's a few unusual sites.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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World's largest commercial sailing ship, the 136-metre Neoliner Origin, successfully completes first Atlantic, voyage crossing, from St Nazaire 🇫🇷 to Baltimore 🇺🇸
World's largest cargo sailboat makes first transatlantic crossing | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
World's largest commercial sailing ship, the 136-metre Neoliner Origin, successfully completes first Atlantic, voyage crossing, from St Nazaire 🇫🇷 to Baltimore 🇺🇸
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The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d;
Loud, deep, & lang the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand,
The Deil had business on his hand…
—Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”, read by Hamish MacDonald; illustrations by Gary Welsh
Happy #Halloween!
#C18
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqV...
Loud, deep, & lang the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand,
The Deil had business on his hand…
—Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”, read by Hamish MacDonald; illustrations by Gary Welsh
Happy #Halloween!
#C18
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqV...
Tam o Shanter: The Comic
YouTube video by ScotsHoose Yaldi
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d;
Loud, deep, & lang the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand,
The Deil had business on his hand…
—Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”, read by Hamish MacDonald; illustrations by Gary Welsh
Happy #Halloween!
#C18
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqV...
Loud, deep, & lang the thunder bellow’d:
That night, a child might understand,
The Deil had business on his hand…
—Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”, read by Hamish MacDonald; illustrations by Gary Welsh
Happy #Halloween!
#C18
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqV...
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But, but…Matt told us renewables are more expensive
“Mudgee winery has become the largest of its kind in Australia to go completely off the electricity grid. More than 400 solar panels power the cellar door, winery, machinery, processing plant and restaurant”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
“Mudgee winery has become the largest of its kind in Australia to go completely off the electricity grid. More than 400 solar panels power the cellar door, winery, machinery, processing plant and restaurant”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Winery becomes Australia's largest to go off the grid
Going off the electricity grid has been transformative for Mudgee's Lowe Wines, which had been struggling with high power bills and supply shortages for years.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
But, but…Matt told us renewables are more expensive
“Mudgee winery has become the largest of its kind in Australia to go completely off the electricity grid. More than 400 solar panels power the cellar door, winery, machinery, processing plant and restaurant”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
“Mudgee winery has become the largest of its kind in Australia to go completely off the electricity grid. More than 400 solar panels power the cellar door, winery, machinery, processing plant and restaurant”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
This is a fun piece of nostalgia - picking out the characters and games.
"RetroSpectrum - Reloaded"
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is a fun piece of nostalgia - picking out the characters and games.
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Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
October 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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“Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed”
The first recorded sighting of a monster connected to Loch Ness is given in Adomnán’s VITA COLUMBÆ, c.7th/8th century CE. St Columba sends it packing
📷: Rodney’s Stone, Moray
#BookWormSat
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columb...
The first recorded sighting of a monster connected to Loch Ness is given in Adomnán’s VITA COLUMBÆ, c.7th/8th century CE. St Columba sends it packing
📷: Rodney’s Stone, Moray
#BookWormSat
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columb...
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed”
The first recorded sighting of a monster connected to Loch Ness is given in Adomnán’s VITA COLUMBÆ, c.7th/8th century CE. St Columba sends it packing
📷: Rodney’s Stone, Moray
#BookWormSat
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columb...
The first recorded sighting of a monster connected to Loch Ness is given in Adomnán’s VITA COLUMBÆ, c.7th/8th century CE. St Columba sends it packing
📷: Rodney’s Stone, Moray
#BookWormSat
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columb...
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This is astonishing. I wonder what the trend has been in the UK?
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is astonishing. I wonder what the trend has been in the UK?
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Exciting news for Great North fans (kickstarter expected in Q1 of 2026) as well as some more previews of my art here!
The Great North Is Great
A blog about role playing games (particularly D&D and Cyberpunk), fantasy fiction, science fiction, and related themes from the author of Yoon-Suin.
monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exciting news for Great North fans (kickstarter expected in Q1 of 2026) as well as some more previews of my art here!
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Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout
Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout
When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
column "It's always DNS" is a long-standing sysadmin saw, and with good reason: a disproportionate number of outages are at their heart DNS issues. And so today, as AWS is still repairing its downed cloud as this article goes to press, it becomes clear that the culprit is once again DNS. But if you or I know this, AWS certainly does.…
dlvr.it
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout
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The point being that the rule of law is logically impossible without a basic assumpton of equality between everyone it might apply to. (This has often been an ideal towards which we've fallen short...but it remains...or remained...a principle nonetheless, without which all there is is violence.)
In some ways ,modern civilization can be said to have begun when John Locke put forward the idea that a contract between a British and Dutch person (say) has the same legal and moral standing as a promse between Englishmen. (This was about 1690)
Katie Lam made a case against, in principle, treating UK government promises *if made to foreigners* as promises to keep. Given "sacred duties" to Brits
So can grant people permanent status but renege. Can agree treaties + renege. Argues it may be naive to play by the rules of a multilateral system
So can grant people permanent status but renege. Can agree treaties + renege. Argues it may be naive to play by the rules of a multilateral system
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The point being that the rule of law is logically impossible without a basic assumpton of equality between everyone it might apply to. (This has often been an ideal towards which we've fallen short...but it remains...or remained...a principle nonetheless, without which all there is is violence.)
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you