This hairy lady is supposed to be Mary Magdalene. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Mary Magdalene was frequently depicted covered in body hair. You probably have Questions about this, starting with "why" and ending with "WTF". We'll try our best to answer them.
1. "The Ascension of St Mary Magdalene" by an unnamed Danube School painter, circa 1510.
2. "Ascension of Mary Magdalene" by Jan Polak, circa 1500.
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt: MAGA is outraged over the Epstein files, but don't think they care about sex abuse.
You can now read SRO online, btw: https://salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com/
Today's song by Gorgon City.
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Nigel Farage, "I don't think anybody in London even understands just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country, and I regret saying that"
Farage calling his thug troops into battle, he should be up in Court for this.
You work at Microsoft. It is 1999. You are in a meeting where an executive is telling you the Recycle Bin needs to be tilted to the right.
You work at Microsoft. It is 2007. You are in a meeting where an executive is telling you the Recycle Bin needs to be tilted to the left.
You work at Microsoft. It is 2020. You are in a meeting where an executive is telling you the Recycle Bin needs to be facing straight ahead
Dr. Omer Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, writes “ My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html?
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Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
There can be no good reason for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden
By me
Substack: https://emptycity.substack.com/p/why-have-the-terms-of-the-now-discharged
Personal blog: https://davidallengreen.com/2025/07/why-have-the-terms-of-the-now-discharged-afghan-super-injunction-not-been-published/
So NEVER AGAIN was just something people said. #FreePalestine
Gaza is ‘hell on earth’ with doctors fainting from hunger, UN says, as 1,000 people estimated to have been killed seeking food - Israel-Gaza war live
> Head of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency says health workers, journalists and humanitarians are fainting while performing duties
🆕 blog! “We've got to stop sending files to each other”
Another day, another data breach.
the spreadsheet, initially shared in 2022, and thought to contain data related to a small number of applicants, had contained hidden data related to more than 18,000 people.
ICO statement in response to 2022 MoD data breach
Why are people still sending files to each other? I …
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/weve-got-to-stop-sending-files-to-each-other/
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#rant #skeuomorph #ux
Another day, another data breach. the spreadsheet, initially shared in 2022, and thought to contain data related to a small number of applicants, had contained hidden data related to more than 18,000 people. ICO statement in response to 2022 MoD data breach Why are people still sending files to each other? I remember having a stand-up argument a decade ago with a project manager who wanted us …
Scientists have studied remote work for 4 years and have reached a clear conclusion: working from home makes us happier - Caring Minds United
Of course it does. It allows people to manage their own time, and the grace to balance work responsibilities with life satisfaction. The entire effort to force people back into offices makes no sense to me.
Does this also depend on what your job is, if you are in, post here today about the DWP telling a young carer to sign up to something and told it won't impact carers allowance, then telling the same person to pay back over payment.
How much of this is down to people working from home, if I am in the office I can call a colleague over and double check something quickly.
Yes, I believe that’s true. It certainly was true back when I worked for someone else. From a small business owner perspective now though, I don’t understand it at all. If the work is getting done, why do they feel the need to micromanage? It’s all about power, I suppose. 🤷♀️
@theothersimo LMGTFY: Here’s a link to the research: Curtis RG, Olds T, Ferguson T, Fraysse F, Dumuid D, Esterman A, et al. (2021) Changes in diet, activity, weight, and wellbeing of parents during COVID-19 lockdown. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248008. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248008
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248008
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted lifestyle behaviour as public health initiatives aim to “flatten the curve”. This study examined changes in activity patterns (physical activity, sedentary time, sleep), recreational physical activities, diet, weight and wellbeing from before to during COVID-19 restrictions in Adelaide, Australia. This study used data from a prospective cohort of Australian adults (parents of primary school-aged children; n = 61, 66% female, aged 41±6 years). Participants wore a Fitbit Charge 3 activity monitor and weighed themselves daily using Wi-Fi scales. Activity and weight data were extracted for 14 days before (February 2020) and 14 days during (April 2020) COVID-19 restrictions. Participants reported their recreational physical activity, diet and wellbeing during these periods. Linear mixed effects models were used to examine change over time. Participants slept 27 minutes longer (95% CI 9–51), got up 38 minutes later (95% CI 25–50), and did 50 fewer minutes (95% CI -69–-29) of light physical activity during COVID-19 restrictions. Additionally, participants engaged in more cycling but less swimming, team sports and boating or sailing. Participants consumed a lower percentage of energy from protein (-0.8, 95% CI -1.5–-0.1) and a greater percentage of energy from alcohol (0.9, 95% CI 0.2–1.7). There were no changes in weight or wellbeing. Overall, the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on lifestyle were small; however, their impact on health and wellbeing may accumulate over time. Further research examining the effects of ongoing social distancing restrictions are needed as the pandemic continues.
@kcarruthers There was no link to the University of South Australia study - did it conclude what this blogger is saying? Who is the blogger - no About section.
Intuitively yes, I agree with what it says, but there is no scientific backing for these conclusions that we can refer to.
@perkinsy LMGTFY: Here’s a link to the research: Curtis RG, Olds T, Ferguson T, Fraysse F, Dumuid D, Esterman A, et al. (2021) Changes in diet, activity, weight, and wellbeing of parents during COVID-19 lockdown. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248008. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248008
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248008
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted lifestyle behaviour as public health initiatives aim to “flatten the curve”. This study examined changes in activity patterns (physical activity, sedentary time, sleep), recreational physical activities, diet, weight and wellbeing from before to during COVID-19 restrictions in Adelaide, Australia. This study used data from a prospective cohort of Australian adults (parents of primary school-aged children; n = 61, 66% female, aged 41±6 years). Participants wore a Fitbit Charge 3 activity monitor and weighed themselves daily using Wi-Fi scales. Activity and weight data were extracted for 14 days before (February 2020) and 14 days during (April 2020) COVID-19 restrictions. Participants reported their recreational physical activity, diet and wellbeing during these periods. Linear mixed effects models were used to examine change over time. Participants slept 27 minutes longer (95% CI 9–51), got up 38 minutes later (95% CI 25–50), and did 50 fewer minutes (95% CI -69–-29) of light physical activity during COVID-19 restrictions. Additionally, participants engaged in more cycling but less swimming, team sports and boating or sailing. Participants consumed a lower percentage of energy from protein (-0.8, 95% CI -1.5–-0.1) and a greater percentage of energy from alcohol (0.9, 95% CI 0.2–1.7). There were no changes in weight or wellbeing. Overall, the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on lifestyle were small; however, their impact on health and wellbeing may accumulate over time. Further research examining the effects of ongoing social distancing restrictions are needed as the pandemic continues.
@kcarruthers I used to work in-office at my last job, current job lets me WFH full time. I figure I save about 90 minutes/day of commuting, which works out to about 47 eight-hour days in a calendar year.
47 work days, unpaid, just for commuting.
I'm never going back to in-office, if I can help it.
In today’s “terminology matters”: ❌ Return To Office policy: middle-management language that assumes “office” is a neutral position, we’re somehow “returning to”. This term has been carefully crafted by corporate strategists to sound as palatable as possible. ✅ Mandatory Commute policy: centers the outcome for workers - spending hours each day on an unpaid commute to and from the office just so we can be on video calls all day. We don’t just have to accept hostile framing.
I hate when people write articles in a blog about scientific studies but don't link the scientific articles or academic journals:
They write:
«This research from the University of South Australia, which uniquely started well before the Covid-19 crisis, tracked employees over several years to uncover how flexibility in where we work transforms our lives, mental health, and even productivity»
But I couldn't find a link.
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Could just as well have been written by an AI.
Also, what's this english site embedded in the french site of la Couverture Médicale Universelle https://www.cmu.fr/
Is the CNAM renting its web server to cover the 11k€ loss for not renewing the domain name in time?
https://www.mercipourlinfo.fr/actualites/sante/quand-lassurance-maladie-oublie-de-payer-son-nom-de-domaine-cmufr-964938
So many questions...
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@kcarruthers
I wanted to poke out that many, many jobs can't be worked from home, but then my gears got cracking.
Instead of robot garbage workers we get murder drones.
Trash? Brown people are “cheaper”, and someone needs to be forced into “«unskilled» labour”.
So this shows how different aspects of capitalism interwove: control over workers, imperialism, racism.
Surely there are several things that should come from this.
Working remotely sounds like a good idea, as long as people are not taking advantage, and it only takes a few people out of 100s to give the whole concept a bad name.
Taking a break from being forced into unwanted sociability is also benefitting high school students.
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/one-in-three-young-people-say-they-felt-happier-during-lockdown
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8853175/
Dr. Phil pontificated at length about how covid lockdowns were harming students' mental health.
The opposite turned out to be true when the science came in.
He was funded by right wing billionaires to spread covid disinformation and self-serving pandemic narratives.
He's now being funded to spread immigration disinformation.
I'm not surprised that the ability to work from home makes people both happier and more productive. I have found the same thing to be true.
You have so much more control over your time and environment. If I can't focus on work, I can go do the dishes. This also makes it much easier to balance work, homestead, and spare time. Not to mention the time, money, and CO2 saved from cutting down on long commutes. Less lunch prep or temptation to eat out. Less interruptions during focused work. Less noise. Less of a lot of things.
Unfortunately it also means less socialising, as the text points out. Teamwork is more challenging, but it can be managed through regular calls and the understanding that you can always ping your colleagues in chat if you need help. There is also something to be said for not being forced into unwanted social situations. Not everyone gets along with their colleagues so some distance can actually be beneficial there as well.
I still remember what it was like to have psychosomatic illness due to the threat of having to go to school. My easiest year by far in university was during lock-down. And while I love my team at work, the word "teambuilding" still gives me the hibbie jibbies. Some measure of forced socialising benefits social development, but it is also very easy to have too much, and during adulthood I would argue the benefits diminish quickly.
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Our RTO rules aren’t final bc the physical office is moving this year, but as of Thursday, the cut-off for how far from the office you have to live to remain remote is 20 miles commute. If the commute is >20 miles, we can stay remote workers. Mine is 25.1. 😅 So relieved.
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