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Former USS negotiator Still quite interested in pensions Knitter, potter & trainee basket weaver Hill walker & path stomper Dog & guineapig facilitator

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · Jul 5

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/...

Keeping our options open on Conditional Indexation

Why we need to focus on contribution rates

medium.com

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 4h

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans
theferret.scot/idf-s...

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 7h

Still a bit disappointed they didn't use this cover

A mocked up cover for the new Ann Cleeves novel titled The Killing Stones. It features Orkney Library & Archive's balls on the cover.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 8h

Well said by someone I was never expecting to agree with.

That's his chance of presenting MoTD gone now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Trudging Spineripper @grudgingsignup.bsky.social · 8h

Well yeah, but also the shovel guys will go bankrupt immediately if the demand for shovels drops, so they're lending people money to buy shovels against a share of the gold they find

but so far there's almost no gold and they just keep making more and bigger shovels, and at some point... 😬

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 8h

If it's at all windy perhaps they will fold into aeroplane shapes and launch across the Firth...

Or just papier machier...

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 9h

Well that's torn it.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 9h

Beautiful. But not at all what those who want to divide us want to hear.

Fiction before facts.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 1d

I love to think they specifically said 'give this woman a tranfusion immediately.

This blood?

No! This calls for the SCOTTISH BLOOD

Gasps and nods of approval

Its the Irn Bru you know. Made from girders.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 2d

Engineering groups need to think about the development lifecycle in the era of vibe coding,” www.wired.com/story/vibe-c...

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

www.wired.com

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 3d

Finished piece.
Highland Cow
Pattern by Knitables.
Yarn: Go handmade couture.

#highlandcow
#coo
#knitting

Knitted stuffed Highland cow toy sitting on a checked blanket.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 4d

Work in progress
#knitting
#coo
#highlandCow

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 5d

It's nice to see a pot in use, instead of gathering dust on top of a cupboard- using this one to contain the bay leaves.

White clay pot with brick red slip sgraffito.
#pottery

A white vase with red sgraffito flowers filled with bay leaves on the branch

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 6d

And last but definitely not least...

Me (to a little boy beside me in a cafe who is wearing a yellow coat): Nice coat.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.

Art by Penny Neville Lee. Words by me.

A line drawing and block colour-little boy in a yellow coat, shoes and pointy hat surrounded by large yellow stars and a crescent moon.

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Shannon @ Yarn Baby @yarnbaby.bsky.social · 6d

The Starry Night ✨ THREE Lucinda DK weight skeins available. 🧶
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#crocheter #knitter #handdyedyarn #yarnbaby

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 7d

Oh Bartelby🥺

Oh Adam 🙄

#theArchers

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 8d

Muhammad would be 37 now.

We should remember him every time the IDF say: we would not, we did not, we were not there.

They would, they did, they still do. And their response is as dishonest now as it was then.

Let the children of Palestine live 🕊

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8d

THREAD 🧵

#OnThisDay 25 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father tried to shield him from bullets.

The moment shook the world and turned al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 9d

Skills.
I too knit in many a UCU meeting.
I have a USS shawl and a jumper.

But knitting while chairing is usually beyond me.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 9d

Saw the same in Perth
It seems they did forget - to fight fascism

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 9d

Beautiful
Superb work

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 10d

It's the left eye
I think if that were less odd it might look _slightly_ leopard like.
That's what happens when someone hands you a photo of a leopard and says make that into knitting

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Pepper @pepperknits.com · 10d

So, I have kitchener memorized because I've done it hundreds of times, but I'm wondering if anyone knows a cute rhyme or anything to go with it that can help beginners? 🧦

#KnittingHelp #SockKnitting

A purple lace sock in progress, stretched over a decorative wooden sock blocker with a heart cutout. The yarn is variegated in shades of violet, teal, and blue. The sock features an intricate lace pattern and is being worked on double-pointed needles.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 10d

🤣🐆

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 10d

Finished work
I started this overly ambitious snow leopard a long long time ago. The colour work is uneven, and the child who requested it is now at uni.
But it is now a cushion.
A funny, weird, not at all majestic snow leopard.
#knit #crochet 🧶

Knitted snow leopard in blues and whites stretched on to a cushio

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 10d

Lismore is lovely. We hired bikes. Got a puncture. Got it fixed. Super day out

Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 11d

Say your friend's 4 yr old could give a slightly dodgy rendition of Rabbie Burns with no understanding of meaning do you think that's so impressive let them eat all the food in the house in the hope they learn to mimic the dog barking?

Because AI is gorging resource to do things ppl can already do.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12d

I cannot express how wild this quote is. This is a top tech analyst at a well-regarded firm saying that there is not enough capital to actually pay for all the stuff that NVIDIA and OpenAI has promised. It is so important that everybody realizes that *there is not enough money to do this*

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12d

I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.

He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."

www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...

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