Joss
@josstified.bsky.social
Former USS negotiator
Still quite interested in pensions
Knitter, potter & trainee basket weaver
Hill walker & path stomper
Dog & guineapig facilitator
Still quite interested in pensions
Knitter, potter & trainee basket weaver
Hill walker & path stomper
Dog & guineapig facilitator
Pinned
Joss
@josstified.bsky.social
· Jul 5
Keeping our options open on Conditional Indexation
Why we need to focus on contribution rates
medium.com
Reposting this, with a few changes & corrections from the Excel-ent Jackie Grant.
A blog about
#USS pensions and #conditionalIndexation why #UCU must keep an eye on the contribution rate.
#pensions #D.I.S.C.O
medium.com/@sarahcjoss/...
A blog about
#USS pensions and #conditionalIndexation why #UCU must keep an eye on the contribution rate.
#pensions #D.I.S.C.O
medium.com/@sarahcjoss/...
Finished piece.
Adult jumper. Reversible.
Technique brioche
Pattern- made up as I went along, bottom up, yoked, fitted jumper.
Yarn: multiple shades of acrylic blend cut & tied in (never again!)
#knitting #briocheKnitting #yarn #showMeYourKnits
Adult jumper. Reversible.
Technique brioche
Pattern- made up as I went along, bottom up, yoked, fitted jumper.
Yarn: multiple shades of acrylic blend cut & tied in (never again!)
#knitting #briocheKnitting #yarn #showMeYourKnits
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Finished piece.
Adult jumper. Reversible.
Technique brioche
Pattern- made up as I went along, bottom up, yoked, fitted jumper.
Yarn: multiple shades of acrylic blend cut & tied in (never again!)
#knitting #briocheKnitting #yarn #showMeYourKnits
Adult jumper. Reversible.
Technique brioche
Pattern- made up as I went along, bottom up, yoked, fitted jumper.
Yarn: multiple shades of acrylic blend cut & tied in (never again!)
#knitting #briocheKnitting #yarn #showMeYourKnits
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Companies cannot release profit to shareholders unless their workers are well paid and their CEO's pay is decided by the workers.
University & college should be free & paid for by taxation.
People should be allowed and encouraged by free education to retrain in mid career.
Tax is good.
University & college should be free & paid for by taxation.
People should be allowed and encouraged by free education to retrain in mid career.
Tax is good.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Companies cannot release profit to shareholders unless their workers are well paid and their CEO's pay is decided by the workers.
University & college should be free & paid for by taxation.
People should be allowed and encouraged by free education to retrain in mid career.
Tax is good.
University & college should be free & paid for by taxation.
People should be allowed and encouraged by free education to retrain in mid career.
Tax is good.
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Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
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Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
Dear MS Teams,
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Dear MS Teams,
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
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Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reposted by Joss
From 2014-2018 the Trust & UK landowners planted woods to mark the centenary of the First World War. Scotland's flagship site is at Dreghorn, near Edinburgh. This Remembrance Day, we thought we'd share how the wood is developing. A few years = a big difference! More Centenary Woods 👉 buff.ly/EoSA7Yi
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
From 2014-2018 the Trust & UK landowners planted woods to mark the centenary of the First World War. Scotland's flagship site is at Dreghorn, near Edinburgh. This Remembrance Day, we thought we'd share how the wood is developing. A few years = a big difference! More Centenary Woods 👉 buff.ly/EoSA7Yi
No matter how many times I repeat the mantra
"The heating is on, you are either IN or you are OUT"
Daisy still insists on going in and out all day.
Its like the hokey cokey with doors.
"The heating is on, you are either IN or you are OUT"
Daisy still insists on going in and out all day.
Its like the hokey cokey with doors.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
No matter how many times I repeat the mantra
"The heating is on, you are either IN or you are OUT"
Daisy still insists on going in and out all day.
Its like the hokey cokey with doors.
"The heating is on, you are either IN or you are OUT"
Daisy still insists on going in and out all day.
Its like the hokey cokey with doors.
Perhaps it a Halloween ghost plot and it will turn out that there is no Meadow Farm, Mulligan died in the 1850s and the Brookfield Archers have all had ergotamine poisoning
Esme. So she grew up on the farm, helped on the farm, presumably went to school in Ambridge, was probably a young farmer, shopped in the shop etc.
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Perhaps it a Halloween ghost plot and it will turn out that there is no Meadow Farm, Mulligan died in the 1850s and the Brookfield Archers have all had ergotamine poisoning
#theArchers surprise backstories:
Neil is a foundling. Everyone knew. No one mentioned it.
Esme lived next door to Archers. Appears to be ages with Brookfield kids despite 'old' dad. No one knew her.
Neil is a foundling. Everyone knew. No one mentioned it.
Esme lived next door to Archers. Appears to be ages with Brookfield kids despite 'old' dad. No one knew her.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#theArchers surprise backstories:
Neil is a foundling. Everyone knew. No one mentioned it.
Esme lived next door to Archers. Appears to be ages with Brookfield kids despite 'old' dad. No one knew her.
Neil is a foundling. Everyone knew. No one mentioned it.
Esme lived next door to Archers. Appears to be ages with Brookfield kids despite 'old' dad. No one knew her.
Esme. So she grew up on the farm, helped on the farm, presumably went to school in Ambridge, was probably a young farmer, shopped in the shop etc.
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Esme. So she grew up on the farm, helped on the farm, presumably went to school in Ambridge, was probably a young farmer, shopped in the shop etc.
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
How does nobody remember her?🤔
#theArchers
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Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
Wracked up her 7th vet visit of the last few weeks. Has had an anti-emetic. Is now sleeping off a 30 hour bout of refusing food or liquid, and vomiting.
Hopefully that is it for a few weeks.
Hopefully that is it for a few weeks.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wracked up her 7th vet visit of the last few weeks. Has had an anti-emetic. Is now sleeping off a 30 hour bout of refusing food or liquid, and vomiting.
Hopefully that is it for a few weeks.
Hopefully that is it for a few weeks.
Solidarity to my colleagues and good friends at Dundee.
It's a sair fecht but the Workers & students cannot pay for the revolving door of management ineptitude.
The toxic arrogant top down management culture in parts of HE needs rooting out and replacing with democratic accountability
It's a sair fecht but the Workers & students cannot pay for the revolving door of management ineptitude.
The toxic arrogant top down management culture in parts of HE needs rooting out and replacing with democratic accountability
News that further job cuts are coming is just another shocking revelation in a year when staff have been told one thing only to be told something different over the number of jobs to be cut and the need for compulsory redundancies.
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
University staff strikes set to continue amid job cut threats
Further strike action is expected from UCU members from November 10 next week amid a long running dispute with university bosses.
news.stv.tv
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Solidarity to my colleagues and good friends at Dundee.
It's a sair fecht but the Workers & students cannot pay for the revolving door of management ineptitude.
The toxic arrogant top down management culture in parts of HE needs rooting out and replacing with democratic accountability
It's a sair fecht but the Workers & students cannot pay for the revolving door of management ineptitude.
The toxic arrogant top down management culture in parts of HE needs rooting out and replacing with democratic accountability
#theArchers listening again to Pip being vile to Esme while Esme essentially does all the work of moving the heifer.
PIP is such a nippy sweetie.
PIP is such a nippy sweetie.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#theArchers listening again to Pip being vile to Esme while Esme essentially does all the work of moving the heifer.
PIP is such a nippy sweetie.
PIP is such a nippy sweetie.
Daisy is feeling very sorry for herself. She has had 6 vet trips. She has had a scan and I think because of sedation she feels very nauseous.
Good news the bladder stone has gone.
Send your healing vibes that she gets her appetite back soon 🐾
Good news the bladder stone has gone.
Send your healing vibes that she gets her appetite back soon 🐾
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Daisy is feeling very sorry for herself. She has had 6 vet trips. She has had a scan and I think because of sedation she feels very nauseous.
Good news the bladder stone has gone.
Send your healing vibes that she gets her appetite back soon 🐾
Good news the bladder stone has gone.
Send your healing vibes that she gets her appetite back soon 🐾
Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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youtube has changed the style of the thing you click in order to go full-screen.
why.
why do web developers hate us so.
why do they change things for the sake of changing things.
"I oversaw a change management process" is NEVER something you want to boast about on your CV.
why.
why do web developers hate us so.
why do they change things for the sake of changing things.
"I oversaw a change management process" is NEVER something you want to boast about on your CV.
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
youtube has changed the style of the thing you click in order to go full-screen.
why.
why do web developers hate us so.
why do they change things for the sake of changing things.
"I oversaw a change management process" is NEVER something you want to boast about on your CV.
why.
why do web developers hate us so.
why do they change things for the sake of changing things.
"I oversaw a change management process" is NEVER something you want to boast about on your CV.
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM