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The 2016 Shadbolt Review noted that computer science graduates weren't confident or knowledgeable about career options (search *Recommendation 5*, also *visibility* in 1st pdf here gov.uk/government/publications). My small contribution to this, also for school computer science teachers and careers advisors, is an expanding archive of job ads, job descriptions & person specifications for technical and computing-adjacent jobs.

My hope is that ppl print out and discuss in class techdevjobs.wordpress.com/jobs

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I don’t know who did this, but it’s fantastic. I watched the halftime show and have to admit, the flying platforms did make me think of the Galactic Senate

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Simple spreadsheet for keeping track of players during drives in
tonight's . Did it last year as if you're a casual watcher like me, helps to see what to watch for in a drive.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

Roster data from ourlads.com

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Hats off to IKB. Am so used to Kings Cross and St Pancras that it's never struck me how gorgeous Paddington Station is now it's been cleaned up.

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Finally, they come to the obvious point: making people less cash-poor will alleviate their time-poverty. Higher minimum wages, larger earned income tax credits, investments in low-income neighborhoods and better public transit will all give poor people more time and more money with which to command better services.

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In "Examining inequality in the time cost of waiting," published this month in *Nature Human Behavior,* public affairs researchers @SteveBHolt (#SUNY) and Katie Vinopal (#OhioState) analyze data from the #AmericanTimeUseSurvey (#AUTS) to produce a detailed, vibrant quantitative backstop to the qualitative narrative about time poverty:

nature.com/articles/s41562-023

(The paper is paywalled, but the authors made a mostly final preprint available)

osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/jbk3
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This qualitative account of time poverty is well-developed, but it's lacked a good, detailed *quantitative* counterpart, and our society often discounts qualitative work as mere anecdote and insists on having every story converted to numbers before it is taken seriously.

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There's a thick anthropological literature on the ways that cash-poverty translates into #TimePoverty. In #DavidGraeber's must-read essay "The Utopia of Rules," he nails the way that capitalist societies generate Soviet-style bureaucracies, especially for poor people.

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Doubtless you've heard that "we all get the same 24 hours in the day." Of course it's not true: rich people and poor people experience very different demands on their time. The richer you are, the more your time is your own - not only are many systems arranged with your convenience in mind, but you also command the social power to do something about systems that abuse your time.

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1/ High school students in Petrozavodsk in north-west Russia have been told that it's been their duty from birth to fight for Russia, there's no point running from military recruiters and anyone who doesn't join the armed forces is a drug addict and criminal. ⬇️

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So... it's never the fact the guy was fucking bonkers and murdered his wife because she was successful? It's Evil Women Forcing The Men To Kill Them, Right? What utterly offensive shit from the as-ever brain dead Mail.
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RT @HelenSwire
Ah I SEE, she provoked him with her achievements. Women, know your place.
twitter.com/HelenSwire/status/

Seeking advice on kit for .
Kiddo is coming up to 12th birthday, has a pretty good ear for a beat, and loves making stuff in .

What's a good progression from this, a small that will work with laptop and DAW? Any additional kit needed? (we have mics, leads, mixers, amps and speakers already)

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You approach the tomb of the undying king, at its entrance are two gargoyles. As you approach the first turns to you and says “one of us tells the truth, the other can only tell lies”, the second gargoyle turns to the first and says “fucking hell Steve, how many times do I need to say I’m sorry?”

Loving on but a warning: do not watch it dubbed to English, it sounds so camp at times and the camaraderie and competition doesn't come across. youtu.be/fc8Qv5l3WrM

Aww man, we lost Burt Bacharach yesterday. 

A Top 10 off the top of my head (if for some reason you are not aware of these songs):
Wives And Lovers
Walk on By
Make it easy on yourself
Do you know the way to San Jose
You'll Never get to Heaven (if you break my heart)
This Guy/Girl's in Love With You
Alfie (just not the Cilla version)
Anyone who had a heart
Windows of the World
Promises, Promises

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Aww man, we lost Burt Bacharach yesterday. 

Loved his songs since I was in my teens and my favourite band covered a bunch of his tracks. (Not particularly well, but they certainly turned me onto his songs.)

Catchy yet often complex melodies (think "Alfie"), backed by lush orchestration, and lyrics that told stories of love and heartbreak, lovingly brought to life by so many different singers.
The anguish of Gene Pitney in "24 Hours from Tulsa", Dionne Warwick's exhortations in "Wives and Lovers".

I'll say a little prayer for him.

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