skells @skells@qoto.org
Joined Feb 2021
@why why are you posting get to work
skells
boosted
for anyone not in the uk, let me paint a picture: I’m at the station right now looking at my phone, some guy comes up to me to ask me if the queen is still alive
skells
boosted
I had a philosophy exam
the paper they gave me had 3 questions.
2 of them were about kant.
I have no Idea who kant was.
I was told after he was the dude who said ignorance reduces responsibility.
I did not know this.
I went at it with autism.
I went on a bunch of academically interesting semi-relevant tangents.
previously, these had been a thing I struggled with, an impediment,but now they were my salvation.
and it fucking worked.
I bridged the 10 minuted monolougue time.
then they asked me about, hobbes, and plato, and I gave them the right answers.
and I passed.
I'm still not sure they realized I didn't have a clue who this kant person was.
the paper they gave me had 3 questions.
2 of them were about kant.
I have no Idea who kant was.
I was told after he was the dude who said ignorance reduces responsibility.
I did not know this.
I went at it with autism.
I went on a bunch of academically interesting semi-relevant tangents.
previously, these had been a thing I struggled with, an impediment,but now they were my salvation.
and it fucking worked.
I bridged the 10 minuted monolougue time.
then they asked me about, hobbes, and plato, and I gave them the right answers.
and I passed.
I'm still not sure they realized I didn't have a clue who this kant person was.
@11112011 i really couldn't say
> so you're an anarchist?
sort of
> and yet you support monarchy
correct
> i don't understand
neither do i
skells
boosted
not a fan of monarchs but there's something to be said for outliving all your enemies
@11112011 PLUNDER CANADA FOR BATTERIES MAKE THE LEAFS DIG
@11112011 good , they've had 6 months be a fucking disaster if things weren't moving already
... commission incentives yet to be approved though, Christ on a bike, all the bureaucracy with none of the pace
skells
boosted
Maddy is Director General, Vaccines Taskforce at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and a Director at UK Government Investments (UKGI).
Maddy joined UKGI in 2017. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director and Head of UK M&A at Credit Suisse.
Maddy worked on a broad range of strategic advisory mandates through her investment banking career with a focus on cross-border M&A. Prior to her 10 years at Credit Suisse, she worked in Lehman Brothers’ UK Investment Banking team and before that was a corporate lawyer at Freshfields.
Maddy was an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School between 2013 and 2016. She holds a law degree from Trinity College, Cambridge.
even during tough times, life can be good if you let it
@11112011 seems more like capitalism and ~free trade is having more to do with it than top-down bullshit from the comission
@11112011 no doubt, doesn't look like a good one from where I'm standing
@11112011 clutching at straws here
@11112011 this doesn't make sense as the Russians have caused a complete U-turn in EU energy policy
@11112011 waiting for the Russians to force our hand is not a plan
@11112011 someone has a plan that appears to be heavily influenced by green dogma
Joined Feb 2021
