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jonpsp

@jonpsp@mstdn.social

"what is it you want in return, Carnifex?"
"It must be some kind of weird reality bleed-through effect"
used to be https://twitter.com/jonpsp

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jonpsp, to uk
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As much as I like the idea of self-driving vehicles, I'm still not convinced they are compatible with vulnerable road users.

'UK’s autonomous vehicle legislation becomes law, paving the way for first driverless cars by 2026'

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/uks-autonomous-vehicle-legislation-becomes-law-paving-the-way-for-first-driverless-cars-by-2026/

Liability: 'new legislation will make corporations responsible for any mishaps, “meaning a human driver would not be liable for incidents related to driving while the vehicle is in control of driving.”'

jonpsp, to climate
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'UK government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/government-adviser-on-disruptive-protest-accused-of-conflict-of-interest

'Woodcock’s entries in the Lords’ register of interests show he is paid to act as the chair of the Purpose Business Coalition, an organisation run by the PR and lobbying firm Crowne Associates, which counts the oil company and the arms company among its clients.'

also and

jonpsp, to Russia
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'JCB built and supplied equipment to Russia months after saying exports had stopped'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/jcb-built-supplied-equipment-to-russia-months-after-saying-exports-stopped

'JCB’s chair, Anthony Bamford, 78, is one of the UK Conservative party’s biggest donors'

jonpsp, to uk
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'For years this has been described by water companies and politicians as a problem of “Victorian” sewers.' 'In fact, modern sewers are the problem. Very little of the British sewer system – less than 1 per cent, in some areas – is Victorian, and it is not the Victorian sections that are responsible for the most spills.'

https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2024/05/great-stink-britain-pollution-crisis-sewage-thames-water

jonpsp,
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'Privatisation was a con from the start: the Thatcher government had restricted the amounts that regional water boards could borrow...'

https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2024/05/great-stink-britain-pollution-crisis-sewage-thames-water

'The £78bn that has been distributed to shareholders since privatisation has been extracted entirely from the public. The £96bn the industry says is needed to fix the system by 2030 will also come from the public.'

#Sewage #UK #politics #water #Tories #Tory #Conservatives #Conservative #environment #debt

jonpsp, to cycling
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'“We need to ensure that every child can walk or cycle to school safely”: All political parties – except the Conservatives – agree “children’s safety should be prioritised over the convenience of motorists” on “red-rated” road network, families say'

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-23-april-2024-307973

jonpsp, to uk
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'Britain cannot stay silent on atrocities in DRC to protect our Rwanda deal'

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/britain-cannot-stay-silent-atrocities-drc-protect-rwanda-deal

'It has resulted in mass displacement, and potential , jeopardising millions of lives. While the United States (US) and other European nations have publicly expressed concern at the United Nations Security Council, Britain’s silence speaks volumes.'

matt, to random
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Wow whee - just got an email from to say that my yearly subscription price changed from $30 to $50.

Crazy stuff. I get that inflation is a thing; but the site is entirely user contributed data - from the scrobbling of the tracks to editing data and uploading images and links in the database.

And they sell that data to other companies. And haven’t updated their website or apps in so, so, long. The whole thing is pretty much in maintenance mode.

:lastfm: https://support.last.fm/t/price-increase-and-edit-scrobbles-locked-behind-paywall/91982

jonpsp,
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@matt I stopped subscribing when last.fm stopped discussion groups and streaming. These days it's just with a shoutbox - most of the proper features have gone

jonpsp, to science
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"Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme"
"Exclusive: Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/11/rishi-sunak-spent-millions-focus-groups-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme

"polling for the Treasury in June 2020 found that only 13% agreed the government should create incentives for people to spend on eating out"

jonpsp, to China
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'Countries sympathetic to Russia are demanding the EU drop any notion it might have about a wholesale confiscation of Moscow's state assets.'

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-frozen-assets-europe-confiscation-china-saudi-arabia/

'Representatives of China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are privately pushing the EU to continue resisting pressure from the U.S. and U.K. to seize more than €200 billion of Russian state assets it immobilized...'

jonpsp, to uk
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'Research from the UK’s biggest active travel survey, Sustrans’ Walking and Cycling Index, underlines there’s majority support for pro-walking and cycling measures. It reveals 56% of people support shifting investment from road building schemes to fund walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport, while just 17% oppose. Similarly, 65% support a pavement parking ban, vs 16% opposed.'

https://www.bikeis.best/p/bikeisbest-advocacy-digest-edition-c8b

jonpsp, to cycling
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It looks like the Government is quietly getting on with improvements whilst the Ruling Party is fighting a and going on about a "war on drivers"

'£101 million investment to boost cycling and walking nationwide'

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/101-million-investment-to-boost-cycling-and-walking-nationwide

Page summary:
Newly funded projects will provide even more people, especially in rural and deprived areas, the choice to travel by walking, wheeling or cycling.'

jonpsp, to london
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'Inside the London office where swinging pendulums keep cyber threats at bay'

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/inside-the-london-office-where-swinging-pendulums-keep-cyber-threats-at-bay-71054/

'Yes, the British weather is playing its part in securing the internet.'

jonpsp, to cycling
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'An official study of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) ordered by Rishi Sunak amid efforts to stop them being built has instead concluded they are generally popular and effective and the report was initially buried, the Guardian has learned.'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-generally-popular-report-ordered-by-sunak-finds

'However, after its findings emerged, government advisers asked that it be permanently shelved'

jonpsp, to Futurology
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road maintenance in almost halved in 5 years

https://www.bordonherald.com/news/more-than-100-miles-of-hampshire-roads-repaired-last-year-as-levels-of-road-maintenance-across-england-drop-668208

'Department for Transport figures show 118.1 miles of roads in Hampshire had improvement work done in the year to March 2023 – down from 207.8 miles five years ago. The maintenance could include strengthening, resurfacing and preservation of roads.'

jonpsp, to ukteachers
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'England should ditch its school calendar “stuck in place since Victorian times” and replace it with shorter summer holidays and longer half-term breaks to improve the lives of pupils and teachers, according to a new report.'

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/26/school-summer-holidays-half-term-england-calendar-nuffield-foundation-report

Nuffield Foundation: "summer holidays in state schools reduced from six weeks to four, while half-term breaks in autumn and winter could each be extended from one week to two."

glynmoody, to climate
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stands with net zero and climate conspiracy group at farming protest - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/25/sunak-stands-with-net-zero-and-climate-conspiracy-group-at-farming-protest "Demonstration against Welsh Labour policy included No Farmers No Food campaign calling for end to climate measures, and Welsh Tory leader" shameful instrumentalisation

jonpsp,
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@glynmoody if eating bugs will help to defeat the at the next election then I should probably try to find a supermarket that sells them.

jonpsp, to France
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal: "Brexit’s supporters promised happy days for the British economy and the British people. Last week, because of Brexit, the last blast furnaces in Great Britain closed. Steel is no longer produced in the UK. In France, on the contrary, thanks in particular to investment from Europe, industry is coming back."

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-french-have-found-a-good-use-for-britains-dead-brexit/

jonpsp,
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal: '“Who were Brexit’s first supporters? Who has openly displayed their support for the leader of the Brexit camp? The Rassemblement National!” he added, referring to Le Pen’s friendship with Nigel Farage.'

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-french-have-found-a-good-use-for-britains-dead-brexit/

jonpsp, to uk
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'Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.'

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/01/post-brexit-food-labelling-rules-to-appease-dup-will-lead-to-higher-prices-says-industry

jonpsp, to cars
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'Edinburgh has become the first city in Scotland to enforce a ban on pavement parking.'

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinburgh-becomes-first-city-in-scotland-to-ban-pavement-parking-as-new-rules-come-into-force

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51rgx4yrgdo

jonpsp, to workersrights
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'Experts studying RTO policies at S&P 500 companies found in-office workers aren't more productive.
Businesses with strict RTO policies aren't more profitable, either, the researchers determined.
But they say controlling managers prefer RTO and use employees as a scapegoat for bad performance.'

https://www.businessinsider.com/rto-policies-dont-improve-employee-performance-company-value-controlling-bosses-2024-1?r=US&IR=T

jonpsp, to random
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I just saw a van delivering something, on a Sunday!

jonpsp, to conservative
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life Peer Baroness to be sued by New European about a and :-

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-were-suing-michelle-mone

'The New European and Good Law Project believe The Guardian, The Mirror, Byline Times, The National, Tortoise – and a number of freelance reporters – have also spent time, money or both dealing with defamation threats connected to their reporting of PPE Medpro.'

Wikipedia mentions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone#Aston_Plaza_development

jonpsp, to conservative
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Tell me how a potential will be substantially different to the current Government if they keep watering down their proposals to meet Conservative objections

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