Tootlefish

Yes. I think part of the perception gap is the work/business use case is far ahead of the consumer use case. So people see the specific dreck they encounter and assume it's all like that.

Yeah, I think it also explains why so much of the consumer product is so dreck. It's probably less malicious 'eat this shit and like it', but more phycological detachment from society. If Marie Antoinette (folklore version) did tech.

It's the natural progression of the 04:45 am ice bath, 05:15 AI summary of an AI written entrepreneur book, 05:30 am balanced liquid meal, tech bro diaries. "Surely everyone wants to live like this if they open their eyes" batshit.

"Yes, yes Donald I'll agree to 5% or whatever, but only on Wednesday."

I'll pass it on. Every day's a school day.

Is still maintaining a Hotmail address weirdo coded? Asking for a friend.

I think when they can talk in the past tense. "We have build x homes". There will be credit. People are a now to jaded to acknowledge "We plan to build x homes" even with cash allocated. Same for other sectors.

"Sir, your permit G12 clearly is for 21st century music only. That was clearly Dancing Queen we heard, which requires a G11a We going to have to impound your vehicle."

Comments to this are going to be an exhibition in the British yearning to ban things I imagine.

Love how the Tories who base their policy around tax cuts are only at 15% with the main group who pay taxes. Might be a message there somewhere.

The simultaneous protectionism and removal of support is baffling. Make up your mind lads, are you trying to stimulate domestic production or not.

I'm sure there is signal. But as a lay person the signal always seems to end up being a Rorschach test which varies depending on who interprets it.

Tired: The deserving poor and undeserving poor.

Wired: The deserving obese and the undeserving obese.

Original guess who game characters with one replaced with an image of JD Vance.

Ed Davey doesn't have their natural charisma , but he gets this is important and apes it.

Did they have a whip round?

The wot lunches and the not lunches.

His look and mannerism's make me think someone has tried to create a Martin Lewis look-a-like that doesn't infringe copyright.

So...the independent bank of England keeps interest rates artificially low purely to keep the incumbent in power (doesn't mind who as long as it's the incumbent), even when interest rates spiked in 2023/24 they were still doing this. Am I doing this right?

And who doesn't love a communal public toilet touchscreen. Zero ick.

Hopefully it will create a virtuous cycle. When China's energy costs fall fast relative to fossil fuel dependent states , their relative economic competitiveness, may flip the 'we can't afford it' lobby to about face. The higher relative cost will be blindingly obvious and economically painful.

Graph from telegraph showing private school pupil changes with a line added for the Independent school association prediction going vertically down.

Yes, my assumption is they use cash to pay staff cash in hand avoiding payroll taxes. Suppliers won't accept cash on general. No bank fees , no tax. magic.

I can't recall where but read the total cost of cash was around 2%. Seems plausible.

Cash is expensive also. It increases insurance costs due to robbery risk. You have to pay staff to count and deposit, or pay a security van to collect, staff have been known to skim the till. Some businesses use card only to avoid these costs/hassle.

Green - Oranges. Blue - Cotton? Timing looks like a dust bowl effect maybe.

There's a correlation. Rich people live in expensive houses (in general) and can also fund private sector regeneration; Coffee shops, no vacant unit high streets etc. and vice versa. Not sure it's causation but plausible.

We could use it as an opportunity to finally let Euston station reach its potential by adding passport gates.

The abhorrent tabloid treatment of gay MPs, gotchas and outings dressed up as scandal was a part of it then also. This change in what's news is positive.