Marc Roberts

Holy Account Agreement updates Batman!
How did I end up with so many Nintendo accounts?!

Technology that seems to get worse by the day.

*Brits

Since when are the English known to be the loud ones?

i took the plunge and started paying for @kagi.com. i can’t begin to describe how much easier it is to find things when i’m not dodging sponsored content and ads instead of pouring through search results, again.

I don’t know about that.

sun loving perennials (sign in a garden centre)

Stick ‘em up punk, it’s the

Seems to be. Nobody does this in England.

Bless

a cartoon of three eggs dancing with the words taters gonna tate written above them . Alt: A cartoon of three potatoes dancing with the words taters gonna tate written above them .

So, I have no idea what you’re talking about, but…

#BookSky

Ads and surveillance business models continue to poison the web. Kagi products will always remain free from ads and trackers.

Kagi to the rescue:

Aaaaah, I had been misinformed when I was living there, that’s a much better reason for it 😅

I’ve not lived in Oxford for nearly 20 years, hilarious that it’s still there! Was a protest against a rejected planning application or something like that right?

Animal Crocing

Statements are made, no need to bludgeon anyone with them 😉

A rare double-Sunday weekend. Is it like a leap year?

The screen is fine, coming from an OLED switch, I’m not at all upset.

50K users may seem small to some, but to us, each of you represents a conscious choice to reject the ad-tech and surveillance business model: kagi.com/stats?stat=m...

A better web is possible.

Kagi is where your privacy matters, your time is valued, and your search results serve you - not advertisers.

Racial justice and wealth inequality: a call for action Public event at LSE | Shabna Begum, Esiri Bukata, Kojo Koram, Mina Mahmoudzadeh, Mike Savage, Faiza Shaheen | Tues 10 June, 6.30 to 8.00pm

Are you concerned by huge & escalating racial wealth inequalities in the UK? Please come to hear the launch of our @lseinequalities.bsky.social report for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social on 10th June. Features @shabna.bsky.social @kojokoram.bsky.social Faiza Shaheen & us!

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Some benefits are means-tested on both income and wealth Capital rules are designed to ensure that claimants use their own resources before calling on the state. But the thresholds have been frozen for nearly 20 years and are beginning to create problems. There are now 1.2 million low-income families eligible for Universal Credit on the basis of income, whose entitlement would be wiped out entirely because their savings exceed £16,000.

Thresholds have been frozen for 19 years The savings thresholds when Universal Credit entitlement starts getting tapered off (£6,000) and then halted altogether (£16,000) have been set at the same level since 2006 - so more and more families are affected every year. In 2006-08, only one-in-three families in the UK (35 per cent) had savings greater than £6,000, but by 2020-22 that had risen to nearly half (45 per cent). If they had been uprated in line with prices they would be £10,000 and £27,000 this year.

These capital rules are undermining other Government schemes Flagship Government schemes like Help to Save and Lifetime ISAs incentivise low-income families to build up savings. But families on Universal Credit risk eroding or wiping out their entitlement if they do the right thing and save into them.

There are ways to make the system fairer If the Government indexes the capital thresholds to inflation it would prevent the system from penalising more families every year, at limited cost to the Exchequer. Plus, exempting money saved through Help to Save and Lifetime ISAs from the capital limits on welfare would empower more low-to-middle income families to build meaningful financial resilience and to achieve financial goals, such as buying a home.

The Government wants families to save, so why is it penalising them for their savings ?

Long-neglected capital rules in Universal Credit are beginning to create problems.

Read the latest analysis➡️ buff.ly/f8Bs1lD

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Can't recommend Kagi highly enough, excellent 👌🏼

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Hedgehog

New @resfoundation.bsky.social‬ research out today assesses how the capital rules in Universal Credit are affecting recipients, where the system is falling short, and what can be done to improve it. Some key findings… ⬇️

I have to fight a genuine urge to slap the phone out of their hands. Every time.

Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England Under the plan, those who flout the prohibition could face a maximum fine of £1,000 A party of party poopers? Or defenders of the “quiet majority”? Either way, the Liberal Democrats are redefining “political battlebus” by proposing a ban on people playing music and videos out loud on their phones on public transport. Under the plan, those who blast out songs and TV shows from their phone on public transport, or while at stations or bus stops, could face a maximum fine of £1,000. Continue reading...

Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England