Sarah Rae
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Sarah Rae
@srae.bsky.social
Economist, transport, climber.
Tbf I think many top flight athletes have historically managed to sustain eating disorders perfectly well without (these specific) drugs…
January 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I find dictating helpful for making me finish a thought rather than jumping around within a draft or a paragraph - which definitely helps clarity even with very formal writing.
January 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
My partner’s experience of train travel with me is a blithe ‘it’ll be fine’ followed by silent googling of the route guide, no wonder she prefers driving…
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Having gone to the sixth form college a surprisingly high proportion had been at private schools beforehand. Whether this was UCAS gaming or because it was actually better value was a bit unclear…
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Until last year the standard Eurosport channels were included in the standard discovery package, fingers crossed that comes back. I don’t think being included in the premium service is good for niche sports…
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It sort of puts the lie to the ‘I need a car to help my nan move and buy compost’ line because it turns out you really don’t need to do those things very often.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As an anxious child I found being in the Sizewell instant death zone quite comforting in that scenario.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is the one thing that is true about it being possible now when it wasn’t pre-Covid, because they’re no longer contractually obligated to compensate operators…
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Also it’s not just picturesque Victorian terraces, there’s so many terribly built and maintained 60s houses all over London which are now falling apart. And they’re increasingly owned by commercial landlords happy to sell up!
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This appears to already be happening in the civil service, linked to all the relocation programmes. The London weighting in pay doesn’t remotely cover the difference in housing costs any more…
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I also love “X has recalled this email”, which immediately prompts everyone who didn’t read it to go looking for the juicy bits.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This chart is so good I remember it eight years (!) later…
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Scotland has some fundamental advantages here in terms of ‘number of people’/‘quantity of rain’….
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Tbh this is I think still better than the physio I had who went into it while you were face down and naked on the table but still expected to respond.
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Is this not just tax NIMBYism? ‘I’m happy to see more development but only if meets this set of very specific criteria’
October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Bonus points if it was in Waltham Forest, but I’m not sure that hugely narrows the constituency…
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM