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Ludo

@Ludo@mastodon.scot

Smol ginger dog in the North East of Scotland. Broadly interested in politics, if no one is yelling. And the outdoors, animals, books, music, food and other nice things.

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RickiTarr, to random
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Alright, I'm not normally a person who talks about my dreams, but I usually have cinematic dreams and this one didn't have an ending, and I need your creativity.

I dreamed I was working at a Mental Health Institution. We were having some kind of government inspection, it seemed really off, they were paying special attention to certain patients. I inadvertently found out that they were from some shadowy organization, and they believed that certain people who had schizophrenia and delusions were actually seeing into alternate realities, and they were planning on taking them for training of some kind. It surprised me so much, that it actually woke me up, and I couldn't finish the dream. What would they use this for and why? Help me finish this in my brain!

Ludo,
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@RickiTarr sounds a little bit like that Tom Cruise film, minority report?

Ludo,
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@RickiTarr oooh! Maybe they were finding solutions in alternate realities to things that are broken in this one... like climate change/habitat loss/ out of control capitalism/that annoying thing when your sock falls down inside your boot?

Ludo,
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@RickiTarr keep us posted if any of them come up with exciting solutions in future dreams. Personally quite interested in the sock thing

AmandaMarcotte, to random
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Divorce is usually framed like a tragedy. The dirty secret: A lot of women find life on the other side is a beautiful thing.

I spoke with Lyz Lenz about her new book celebrating divorce.

Great counterpoint to all the pressure on women to get married!
https://www.salon.com/2024/02/20/a-man-will-say-hes-afeminist-but-he-doesnt-wipe-the-counters-lyz-lenz-celebrates/

Ludo,
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@AmandaMarcotte got to stick a tiny hand up and admit that my husband is downstairs doing laundry. But our marriage is childless by choice, which makes a huge difference. And I have always earned more, which previous partners would never have coped with. So I'm lucky and not all men etc, but watch in horror as my peers (I'm late 30s) have their choices, career and power slowly eroded by their relationships. I thought our generation was supposed to be different 😕

Ludo,
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@tcely actually no one pressured me at all...I think we kind of just did it for the party 😆 it was a highly unconventional wedding. But in the planning, the pressure coming from women around me was a real eye opener: you must do this, you can't have that etc. The pressure put on women from other women is insane, and gets more insane when there are children involved, that's a whole other realm of batshit. It can get really nasty.

mentallyalex, to random
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I have a question!

What is your favorite comfort meal? When you close your eyes and think of "happy gatherings" with people (or not as you prefer) what is being served?

Ludo,
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@mentallyalex shed pizza. We have a little pizza oven in the shed, which is of course a tip and full of tools and wheelbarrows and the like. I have an armchair in there, and I sit in that and drink wine and listen to music while my husband churns out THE BEST pizza. Either that or something I've cooked in the summer on an open fire for friends, probably shwarma.

Ludo,
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@mentallyalex haha both! He can churn them out for hours (it's only ever mozzarella/ tomato, with torn basil to finish, they take seconds so elaborate toppings don't really work). The pizzas go on the middle of the table and the assembled company grab slices as we go...but I'm honestly not complaining when I'm the only audience 😅

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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How do we know there is a problem in public procurement in the UK?

well, as the HoC Public Accounts comm. points out:

One third of contracts awarded (mourned £100bn worth) were not subject to competition - just one bidder;

Framework agreements while speeding up procurement also help establish an inner group of 'preferred suppliers' who know the game of public procurement.

As the #corruption revealed around Covid #PPE procurement revealed these sort of arrangements breed profiteering.

Ludo,
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@ChrisMayLA6 this is more complex than it looks, taken across the whole of the public sector, across all contracts of any value. It's often genuinely hard to get companies to bid - well meaning, carefully enacted procurement law encouraging competition can make bidding for public contracts a complex and daunting prospect, and many just don't want to bother. I've written my fair share of single quote justification reports, and not because I've been awarding jobs to my mates! 😕

Ludo,
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@ChrisMayLA6 don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no doubt that dodgy things happen, and I've seen that too. But we are having to work hard and creatively at the moment to try and encourage more local companies to develop the skills and courage to be able to bid. It's an uphill (worthwhile) struggle, giving us some insight into why some of these good contracts go to the same suspects time and again. Can be frustrating from the other end too 😉

Ludo, to Cats
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Seasonal decorating is tiring!

CloudyMrs, to climate
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Every new "unprecedented weather event" seems to be reported as if it were completely unrelated to every other "unprecedented weather event". The complete bewildered and despair of folk caught up in the most recent and immediate disaster is terrible to witness, but for goodness sake, when will media and government start joining the dots?

Ludo,
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@CloudyMrs I've been astonished at the lack of national coverage of what's happened in the NE of Scotland this weekend. I've had numerous push notifications from the guardian (supposedly the real climate emergency warriors) breathlessly reporting labour by-election results, but nothing about this devastating storm, with at least 3 people dead. If it had happened in England...

godpod, to random

In 1992, Sinead O'Connor tore a picture of Pope John Paul II in half during a performance on SNL in protest against generations of abuse toward children within the Catholic church.

Bless you, Sinead.

Welcome to Heaven.

Ludo,
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@godpod ❤️

helenczerski, to random
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It seems there’s more single-use plastic everywhere you look 😢😢😢

Ludo,
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@helenczerski it's a lot of plastic and it's not ideal, but prior to the common use of this wrap, sileage was made in big clamps and caused huge environmental problems with the run-off poisoning rivers and watercourses. There are recycling initiatives at least.

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