Julian Beach
@trink-uk.bsky.social
Freelance Management Consultant in Social Care, Health and Supported Housing, Scouts Leader, cyclist, runner, open water swimmer, open source technology enthusiast (#Linux, #QGIS and #HomeAssistant) and #RealBread baker. Geek in a non-geek community!
I've got you half way there, so hopefully someone will be along to help you the rest of the way soon.
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I've got you half way there, so hopefully someone will be along to help you the rest of the way soon.
I've been using Kagi for about a year now. It pains me to pay for search but then I try Google again and remember why it is good value for money. Hopefully it won't go the way of Amazon Prime where you have to pay more to avoid the ads
January 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I've been using Kagi for about a year now. It pains me to pay for search but then I try Google again and remember why it is good value for money. Hopefully it won't go the way of Amazon Prime where you have to pay more to avoid the ads
It would probably be impossible to disentangle from US digital services in the short or medium term. But these US services are a central part of the US economy too and are dependent on us (Europe + UK). A threat to move away from them would damage them and their long term prospects.
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 AM
It would probably be impossible to disentangle from US digital services in the short or medium term. But these US services are a central part of the US economy too and are dependent on us (Europe + UK). A threat to move away from them would damage them and their long term prospects.
I'll definitely get that because When The Dust Settles was really good.
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I'll definitely get that because When The Dust Settles was really good.
I agree! All the others are wrong 😁
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I agree! All the others are wrong 😁
The quiz was great, but the dynamic ads/propaganda about the US government 's investments in Puerto Rico's energy system seemed to badly misjudge the listenership!
December 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The quiz was great, but the dynamic ads/propaganda about the US government 's investments in Puerto Rico's energy system seemed to badly misjudge the listenership!
The "Holborn Problem" is one of the issues that will be a challenge for driverless cars. Driving on narrow, congested roads around London requires coordination with other drivers over passing spaces and giving way using eye contact and light flashing, difficult for a driverless vehicle.
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The "Holborn Problem" is one of the issues that will be a challenge for driverless cars. Driving on narrow, congested roads around London requires coordination with other drivers over passing spaces and giving way using eye contact and light flashing, difficult for a driverless vehicle.
One of our gutters retains water so I kept it topped up in the summer for the birds and enjoyed watching them queuing for a bath. Even the wood pigeons manage to squeeze into it, and the magpies always look particularly bedraggled afterwards
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of our gutters retains water so I kept it topped up in the summer for the birds and enjoyed watching them queuing for a bath. Even the wood pigeons manage to squeeze into it, and the magpies always look particularly bedraggled afterwards
Meanwhile, in Penzance, Cornwall, Montol was being celebrated, with the night ending with a hilarious Brussel Sprout fight.
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Meanwhile, in Penzance, Cornwall, Montol was being celebrated, with the night ending with a hilarious Brussel Sprout fight.
I replaced a R**g doorbell with a Reolink PoE one the other day for the Home Assistant integration. Tailscale means I get notifications with photos from HA with nothing leaving my internal network. Great!
December 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I replaced a R**g doorbell with a Reolink PoE one the other day for the Home Assistant integration. Tailscale means I get notifications with photos from HA with nothing leaving my internal network. Great!
Would you rather get your spouse annoyed by not telling her what you are laughing about or disgusted about what you are laughing about?
December 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Would you rather get your spouse annoyed by not telling her what you are laughing about or disgusted about what you are laughing about?
I admit to being an HS2 sceptic, but once we have committed to it we need to see it through to completion. We are going to end up with an(other) incredibly expensive monument to the country's inability to manage large infrastructure projects.
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I admit to being an HS2 sceptic, but once we have committed to it we need to see it through to completion. We are going to end up with an(other) incredibly expensive monument to the country's inability to manage large infrastructure projects.
Excellent as always. Definitely *the* public transport podcast!
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excellent as always. Definitely *the* public transport podcast!
In our house the cat doesn't bother meowing at my wife because she ignores her, whereas I always respond so she thinks I am a soft touch for a bit of Siamese yowling. You will find a sample of the yowling earlier on my timeline!
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In our house the cat doesn't bother meowing at my wife because she ignores her, whereas I always respond so she thinks I am a soft touch for a bit of Siamese yowling. You will find a sample of the yowling earlier on my timeline!
Ordered! Plus a few other things whilst I was there. Thanks!
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ordered! Plus a few other things whilst I was there. Thanks!
I love LSOAs and MSOAs and QGIS so let me know if you are still struggling to find someone. The links between these and wards are complicated, because wards often cross LSOA boundaries.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I love LSOAs and MSOAs and QGIS so let me know if you are still struggling to find someone. The links between these and wards are complicated, because wards often cross LSOA boundaries.
Definitely. It is up with Neurotribes as my favourite non-fiction reads.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Definitely. It is up with Neurotribes as my favourite non-fiction reads.
Local authorities have some responsibility for this because they often don't pay for travel time either. For home care providers who work mainly with local authority funded clients it is a big issue. Similarly, I suspect that the announced increase in the living wage won't get funded either.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Local authorities have some responsibility for this because they often don't pay for travel time either. For home care providers who work mainly with local authority funded clients it is a big issue. Similarly, I suspect that the announced increase in the living wage won't get funded either.
I agree that working conditions and pay in social care are terrible (alongside opportunities for career development), which is in part why it is so difficult to recruit. Even providers that pay well can find it hard to recruit and also rely on international recruitment.
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I agree that working conditions and pay in social care are terrible (alongside opportunities for career development), which is in part why it is so difficult to recruit. Even providers that pay well can find it hard to recruit and also rely on international recruitment.
The salary thresholds for social care visas are higher than the living wage, so I am sure that providers would prefer to recruit UK nationals if they could find them. The visa scheme was extended to cover social care workers because of worker shortages
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The salary thresholds for social care visas are higher than the living wage, so I am sure that providers would prefer to recruit UK nationals if they could find them. The visa scheme was extended to cover social care workers because of worker shortages
There are other politics podcasts?
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There are other politics podcasts?