Wait til you hear how many people doing no exercise need surgery

Würden Macron und Meloni mal eine gemeinsame Initiative anbringen, könnten wir sie als Politduo 'Macaroni' nennen. Was für eine Perspektive für Europa!

i really have a strong dislike of people 'reacting' to emails with thumbs up.

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There's a very good rebuttal of your argument by Christina Pagel, Lewis open.substack.com/pub/christin...

All the recent 2020 discussion feels like this

hearing via extended family that automated robotaxis in LA mean that German and European society is 'left behind' and that Germany is full of people who 'dont want to work' and all those willing to work go to USA and become successful. i dont even know where to start

Apart from it was never about that. It was about stopping lines of transmission, and stopping their parents/grandparents dying. Anyone who has not seen pre vaccine covid run rampage through the population shd be careful with conclusions for next pandemic, especially those who have large audience

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 5d ago

I’m sorry the chances of school age death from Covid was vanishingly small. It’s bizarre we pretend otherwise.

Keeping schools open is a goal not a policy. A blanket "never close schools" is a bad lesson. I suggest these: 1. Do not prejudge next pandemic which will be a different virus and could have very different age profile of who it attacks 9/12

Some odd views from news agents on pandemic and how future pandemics should not include school closures etc Feels like 5 years later many have forgotten (or never realised) how bad it was and how many people have died or got seriously ill. Maybe leave the science to scientists? Quicker action..

An evening with Shakespeare, a Midsummer Nights Dream, full of laughter

my PhD work reached a new milestone - work i am most proud of ...but wow it's like a lifetime and several career turns ago

The answer is greed

Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Silicon Valley & Wall Street once again threw their weight behind a bright-eyed but untested investor who promised this time would be different." What seem to be prerequisites to work in the #FinancialSector? Ignorance, arrogance & greed www.ft.com/content/620b...

Today I got told that with AI (they meant LLM) critical views I will be left behind like those who still use a typewriter and need to go with the times.

Not sure if this is a burnham paragraph or BBC interpretation but I’m Sure the gods of computer science are turning in their graves

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I thought my life would feel sorted when I turned 40. It doesn’t – and that’s OK | Carolin Würfel

Born in the former East Germany, I was caught between two systems. But it’s a mistake to think of the ‘in-between’ as life’s waiting room, says writer Carolin Würfel

theguardian.com

No one else worried about the disappearing insects? Birdsong? The worrying floods, fires, climate disasters? The mindless use of LLMs rather than trying to think? The world is falling apart and we are using technology that eats our resource and takes the ability to think.

Sheldon Cooper Hyperventilates with Paper Bag

ALT: Sheldon Cooper Hyperventilates with Paper Bag

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Having heard the interview with a Spanish official im shocked about the short term contracts firefighters are on. The conditions they must be facing in Spain and France sound horrendous. True admiration for their work, and I hope that short term contracts will get converted to real contracts

I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.

We buy the same basics every week. Im sure I can recreate a similar plot

John Gramlich@johngramlich.bsky.social · last wk.

"Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive in U.S. cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. In the 7.5 years before that, prices rose 6.4%." (via @apnews.com) apnews.com/article/groc...

As the news from France and Spain is worse and worse, is now the correct time to speak about climate change?

Endlich mal die Groenemeyer Doku angeschaut. Empfehlenswert. Keiner schreibt Woerter die so direkt in die Seele gehen

A civilised way to spend a Saturday

Very cool undated postcard from my collection.

isnt this just what people do??

Mark Pack@markpackuk.bsky.social · 2w ago

The headline is fascinating: two people, earning different amounts, pool money and each take same amount to spend on themselves, so higher earner is subsidising lower earner. But the headline makes it sound like it's the higher earner who is getting the better deal... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

waiting in a telephone queue for 30min or trying the chatbot on off chance you can annoy it so much you'll get through to a human is not quite 'i choose AI' www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Customers prefer AI chatbots to humans’ says British Gas boss as 1,300 call centre staff axed

Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits despite falling customer numbers

theguardian.com

interesting interpretations of understanding of statistics, or intelligence etc and making fun of people however - if given the choice, and lemme tell you i am not bad at this maths and stats thing - i would take the certainly of getting 50k

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w ago

If you had a choice between instantly receiving £50,000 or a 50% chance to win £1m, which would you pick? £50,000: 73% 50/50 chance of winning £1m: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.