candlesnuff

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Profile picture is Candlesnuff fungi (Xylaria hypoxylon). Photo taken by me a few years ago in another part of the world.

Moved to Pembrokeshire several years ago - and hardly ever go out of the county.

Background in IT but have now retired.

@candlesnuff @luisfcorreia @jeffjarvis indeed and nurses dutifully record your weight and height in metric and then tell you it in imperial and so it goes on and on.
@luisfcorreia @jeffjarvis due to not having the sense to complete metrification properly, the U.K. is a real hodge podge of measurements, a total mess. Kids educated in metric but gen X and earlier, and maybe later too, don’t know their height and weight in metric despite medics using it for years now, and of course road signs and speeds all in miles/mph.
Tories look to bring back imperial measurement. Next, they'll think a return to shillings and farthings will resurrect lost glory....
Pint of wine anyone? UK looks to bring back ‘silly measure’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/27/pint-of-wine-anyone-uk-looks-to-bring-back-silly-measure?CMP=share_btn_tw
Pint of wine, anyone? UK looks to bring back ‘silly measure’

Winemakers question plan as government champions Brexit ‘freedom’ to allow old-fashioned size

The Guardian
Petition: Give more funding for thyroid research and patients after price hike

A fine of £84 million has been levied for the price hike in liothyronine (T3), which had a significant impact on patients. We request that an amount equivalent to a proportion of the fine (1-5%) is made available for thyroid research and support for patients with hypothyroidism.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

I didn't know it was #Defaidodon sheep day, so here, from Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire comes one woolly missus.

35mm, Ilford Delta 400. 2005.

Speaking in London on 28 November at the anti-SLAPP conference. Details and tickets here: https://anti-slappconference.info/
Anti-SLAPP Conference

Tracking Implementations. 27-28 November 2023 in London and Online

Anti-SLAPP Conference
The difference between Wikipedia and Twitter is that Wikipedia is intentionally a non-profit.

Fun podcast covering the range of work Tax Policy Associates has done in the last 18 months https://newmoneyreview.com/index.php/2023/10/09/from-tax-lawyer-to-political-assassin/

(But I’m not an “assassin” - just a tax nerd who doesn’t like being bullied.)

From tax lawyer to political assassin - New Money Review

Dan Neidle's journey from top tax lawyer to political assassin shows us why tax policy is a subject we should all care about

New Money Review

Call an immediate general election

The Prime Minister should call an immediate general election to allow British public to have their say on how we are governed, we should not be made to wait until Jan '25

Consistent opinion polling has shown the British public have lost confidence in current government. NHS is in crisis, the asylum system is broken, there are delays at the ports, and institutions are failing. British people should be given a say on what to do next.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

Petition: Call an immediate general election

The Prime Minister should call an immediate general election to allow the British public to have their say on how we are governed, we should not be made to wait until January 2025

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament