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Industrial strategy can accelerate growth and create good jobs, says TUC

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago

Just a little bit, as a treat.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

This and the stuff around the 'single status' for workers is genuinely quite difficult. For instance, the Writers' Guild has concerns about how royalties would work under such a status. That's exactly why the government's doing the right thing in having an extensive consultation period.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Terrified this will now actually catch on.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

My advice is to try it out at an indoor gym first! And also never to free solo anything! Ever!

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Brollywood?

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, free soloing is the one. I climb all the time, totally happy doing anything at any height with a rope but without one? Nah.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think this is true at all. She has a lot of media appearances coming up, as does Tim Walz.

But as other people have said, if you're worried about, you can do something about it!

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here are the Encyclopedia Britannica pages for Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney, which have the same dates of birth for both individuals as cited above.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Yes.

Dick Cheney is 83 (born 1941).

Liz Cheney is 58 (born 1966).

83-58=25

So Dick Cheney was 25 when his daughter was born. This seems pretty normal and certainly not impossible.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I climb to keep fit and because it's really fun. It's a moderately dangerous activity, but no one ever says I should consider the pressures on the NHS before I go and maybe fall off a boulder problem and break my ankle or whatever. I think this is just standard fatphobic finger-wagging, to be honest.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 week ago

There used to be a very similar shop near me that was actually just a front for selling cannabis.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

Do you mean where people use it as an adjective? E.g., 'This house is very aesthetic' where they mean 'beautiful'?

 

Obviously there is some distressing material in there, so please be aware of that before you read on.

 

This is the full statement Starmer made in the House today, for those interested. I have no idea why they always format political speeches like this, now, but I thought the content was very good.

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