Geek of many colours.
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Last Notes npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen why? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen there are currently 4 Green MPs, 5 Independent Alliance and 7 independent. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen so what's really blocking me from working, and what would actually help? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen what's the issue with their stance on wealth tax? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen we haven't yet seen a flood of votes moving from Labour to Green. More of a trickle. I really hope it picks up pace soon. Some people will not survive Labour cruelty. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen how many have long-standing struggles, but are only recently seeking financial support because the employment landscape is now so hostile they can't keep themselves afloat without it? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen given how long covid often manifests, I wonder how many of us are being incorrectly categorised as people with mental health problems? And with how lacking medical support is, how many of us *additionally* have mental health problems? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I never understood how shared ownership was supposed to work. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I will always be happy to be a convenient excuse for my kids when they need an out. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen Where does the feed for the current high number of animals come from? Wide scale deforestation and land that could be arable for human consumption. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I have witnessed so many lightbulb moments unpicking that one fallacy. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen having worked at the sharp end of green lifestyle choices for four years, I'm not sure I agree. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen It's so good to see the ban on polystyrene being effective. It's been in place for over a year now and the last time I saw food served in polystyrene was... Today. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen my frustration with this and other security & privacy issues is that it's always an arms race between police and criminals, and ordinary people always lose. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen even just the time spent jumping through hoops could be better spent elsewhere. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen the Karen stereotype exists for a reason. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen exactly - all about what they can't do. We weren't allowed to paint the shutters on the building I used to work in. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen the conservation area near me is certainly a mess. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen assuming it actually did cancel the contract, rather than just claiming confidently that it did. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I like to turn big money numbers into jobs as it means more. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen a friend and her colleagues have been told that bringing in their own grant money is the only route to contract renewal. But they've been given almost no support for the process of finding, applying for, and managing grants. Individuals are at increased risk of losing their jobs and unis risk losing excellent academics - making it even harder to keep offering courses. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen what comes to mind for me is a recent thread on here somewhere about Tesla's factories having a much higher accident rate than other auto plants. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen you could do some satire around TERF talking points, eg: npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen this is an accurate assessment of my experience. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen every free tree scheme I've seen is for hundreds of trees and you need to have space. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen it is increasingly difficult to find palatable answers to the question, "what are the police for?" npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I can highlight a part that works effectively and efficiently! npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen Stoke-on-Trent could so easily be the poster child for this. But decades of "citifying" it mean we've lost so much. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I can't help but wonder if we'll see a Spartacus moment. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen arguably, the former overrides the child's consent, thus undermining the concept. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen yes, absolutely. But most things authoritarian parents say no about are not actually about consent but about control. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen Gentle parenting done well is all about consent. It highlights that the child has autonomy, and therefore a right to consent or not. There are times when need must overrule want, but acknowledging the conflict supports decision making. It also doesn't negate the parent's autonomy and right to consent! npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen this has, for decades, been an effective distraction. But I wonder if its power is starting to wain? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen yes, there should be a lot more human moderators, with much better pay and conditions. This should definitely include support to deal with the horrors they necessarily encounter. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen it's difficult to build an algorithm based on ethics. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen it doesn't help that it's all finger-in-the-air guesswork. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I think the ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence, remember that?) had something good, conceptually. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen The more I read that Mastodon is more difficult than Twitter, the more I wonder if anyone has really compared it objectively. Are they, in fact, comparing getting started with Mastodon to existing after years of settling in on Twitter? Because it took me ages and ages to get the hang of Twitter and days to settle in here. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen there was talk about clear pricing laws some years ago. Whatever happened to that? Did it just turn out to be inadequate? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen please don't misgender him. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen "we don't want to rely on big tech search, so we're going to rely on big tech genAI instead." npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen big drops in the last few years? What has happened that might have negatively impacted children's ability to concentrate? Maybe repeated covid infections leaving their unrecognised mark? Studies show that it impairs cognitive function even in people who don't think they have long covid. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen this year, I've made 30 pumpkin cupcakes, toasted a large tray of seeds, turned 2.5kg flesh into puree (4/5 now frozen), and right now I have two pies baking. I've also got a few seeds set aside to plant. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen interesting. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I think an internal NHS software division is a great idea. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen isn't it always? npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen a large part of it is (unsurprisingly) underfunding. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I do think attitude is fundamental to many things we as a country struggle with. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I had exactly this conversation with Mum a while ago. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I've just checked. It is impossible to recycle cables here without a car. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen we should totally decorate migrants. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen there is. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I have whiplash from how quickly I've gone from praying for the downfall of the Conservative government to praying for the downfall of the Labour government. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen the conclusion I'm drawing / having reinforced is that LLM is always the wrong tool for information. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I don't think Google Fight exists anymore. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I'm not sure how to read these figures. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen it seems to have given answers based on what's most talked about, rather than what's true. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen cars are not the only things that can be put under those panels. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen I did not know this! I shall have to keep an eye out for anything being rejected. npub1vk92udlqyhxn2n6f2stegzq35933frj33y7lhnqupu29l5rmltsqhdr5wt Jen yep. It's related to the dogfood principle.
