Julian Schwarzenbach

Trying to stay sane and make sense of a world gone mad. #Data #assetmanagement #photography #skiing UK based

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2025-11-09 17:42:02 GMT

#SilentSunday #charnwood #leicestershire
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2025-06-16 16:56:50 GMT

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@nprofile…60lz The whole approach to social care/ care in this country is broken. That in turn is having significant negative impacts on the NHS, on keeping people out of the workplace due to caring requirements, of private residents subsidising state funded care-home residents.
I would suggest that what is needed is a root and branch reform with a system built from the ground up - tweaks at the edges and small increments in funding will not do!

2025-05-26 07:26:48 GMT

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@nprofile…60lz It's a political choice over the level of fares set. Lower fares would mean higher subsidy, and therefore a greater hit on the Treasury, perhaps. But, encouraging travel off roads and onto public transport will reduce congestion and the need for ever more roads/ bypasses/ car parks etc. so is a saving to the Treasury.
Lower fares are more equitable, so probably not what those who are wedded to their SUVs want!

2024-12-17 09:15:15 GMT

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@nprofile…60lz I used to work in the water industry and my perception is that Ofwat, whilst publicly being stated as an 'independent regulator' gets leant on by governments to focus attention on certain things and away from others.
CSOs and sewerage problems have been known about for many years, water companies have tried to get investment, but Ofwat repeatedly push back on this.
Perhaps things may be starting to change?

2024-12-10 09:40:28 GMT

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@nprofile…60lz Much of the problem with sewer overflows is that decades ago we went for the cheap option of combined sewers i.e. rain and foul water in the same pipe. When it rains, volume increases dramatically, hence the need for overflows.
To prevent this is not cheap - new sewers (very expensive and disruptive), increased storage (less expensive and disruptive, but have a finite volume before overflow), more treatment (very expensive).
No easy options!

2024-11-17 13:20:38 GMT

#SilentSunday #foremark reservoir #derbyshire
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2024-07-02 06:37:21 GMT

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 They often state you should follow the money.... Would love someone to follow Richard Tice's money to explain why an apparently experienced businessman is spending so much on a political vanity project?

2024-06-11 16:59:43 GMT

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@npub1mqx…xqll Dr.Who theme tune from the 1970's! Once went to a disco where they played it really loud and it was 'an experience'

2024-05-24 10:12:30 GMT

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@npub1mm3…ft6j Wonder if there is a new business model developing - being paid to seed AI with bad news about your competitors/ conspiracy theories etc. All in all, the AI hype may be (just) starting to crumble

2024-03-17 17:00:57 GMT

#silentsunday #Norway #Dalseter #cross_country_skiing
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2024-01-27 09:31:19 GMT

Rosie is not amused #caturday
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2023-12-22 09:06:28 GMT

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@npub15zu…s7lx The more the IDF try to destroy Hamas, the more likely they are to reinvigorate it for the next 20+ years. Young Palestinians witnessing the death and destruction will become more likely to take up arms against Israel thereby perpetuating Hamas, sadly.

2023-11-13 18:11:38 GMT

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 Would be interested to know the framing of the questions used for the survey "Do you feel better off after x-years of Biden?" or "Do you think would be better off under Biden or Trump during the financial crisis?"