don’t really post here any more - more active where the skies are blue…
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Looking at what @elonmusk is doing with this platform, I think I’ve had enough. Can be found elsewhere with same username. Might pop back occasionally.
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Is that the total including the DB scheme which is in run-off? Because if so surely that’s a very odd metric to use as it is in surplus and the surplus has increased?
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I care about the change slightly less than I do about someone writing “a millennia”.
Intensely depressing that the most mediocre group of MPs in history, almost all of whom will be eviscerated at the next election, were allowed to sweep away a millennia of history and pretend it somehow made life in the country they’re screwing up better.
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I see the useless leaders of @thameswater are doubling my monthly bill 😡 If ever there was a failure of the market, they really are the perfect example.
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Would that Fujitsu contract have been better if they had a duty of care towards individual postmasters?
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So each army barracks should buy toilet rolls separately? And spend more to do so?
Because much the same goes for (eg) consulting and tax advice as it does for bog roll.
There’s a middle ground but it’s hard to find. Which is why we have procurement.
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Someone didn’t get an upgrade 😂
Not to get too deep about something like Tier points, but there is something about @British_Airways now which embodies a hollowed out management consultancy led, computer says no approach to service that pervades business and frustrates so many people and diminishes loyalty.
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This should be a cracker from @EdwardWilsonLee
A month today @WmCollinsBooks will publish THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS, the book that has consumed my waking and sleeping moments for the last three years but which has been germinating for a decade and a half. 1/
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I’ve never heard of Valerie Stivers. Being generous, I’ll assume that you’re posting this completely out of context and she isn’t quite as ignorant as that passage suggests…
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My last concert of the year 🥰
My last review of 2024 tonight: Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber in an evening of Schumann Lieder at @wigmore_hall.
I can't imagine a more civilized way to close my diary for the year. Reviewing for @bachtrack.
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At the moment there are no fees for the DPS system because the entities that safeguard the cash also get to keep the interest arising on it (at super low rates because it’s almost zero risk). So might not be much of an opportunity here.
Random thing that just occurred to me right now. But that's how my brain works.
Deposit protection for tenants is great. Very high value law change.
But it now needs to go further, deposits should accrue interest. Probably at a discounted rate. But still, there should be some.
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So far it’s been excellent quality! Plus also a way to buy from farms more directly rather than via supermarkets.
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Stunning piece of beef via @Farm_Direct 🥰 Plus veg and bread for tomorrow’s leftover sandwiches
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