If you're poor then the cost of living has gone up by a *lot* more than 5%(tags:economics UK poverty )A NASA Probe Went and Touched the Sun(tags:sun space NASA )Coffee can't fix all the cognitive impairments caused by a bad night's sleep(tags:caffeine psychology sleep )Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing ThemAs a friend put it ( Read more... )

How to get Thread Reader App to block you(tags:twitter )Big Tech firms paying below minimum wage left off UK government's name-and-shame list(tags:wages uk Technology OhForFucksSake )Alleged Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for sexual abuse(tags:royalty UK abuse children )Black Woman Gets Prison, White Woman Gets Probation for Same Crime(tags: ( Read more... )

New USB-C Type 2.1 standard offers up to 240 W power delivery(tags:usb power )Key points: Dominic Cummings evidence(tags:politics UK pandemic epicfail )First breeding golden eagles in Orkney in almost 40 years(tags:Scotland eagle viaPatrickHadfield )Netflix's "Sandman" Series Casts More - including Death(tags:sandman TV )Why do people hate ( Read more... )

Renewables are not causing blackouts in Texas(tags:Texas coal winter electricity fail windpower viaDanielDWilliam )Tesco loses 'fire and rehire' court battle(tags:Jobs wages business tesco )An illustrated version of one of Tolkien's unpublished epilogues of The Lord Of The Rings(tags:lotr comic )Photographer Sues Tattoo Artist over Miles Davis ( Read more... )

Never push systems to their limits. Particularly when the system is you.(tags:systems mentalhealth )Can the UK extend the Brexit deadline?(tags:uk europe doom )Labour backs second referendum: Is this really happening?(tags:labour europe uk referendum hope )Military draft: Judge rules male-only draft is unconstitutional(tags:usa military gender ) ( Read more... )

UK has weakest wage growth in advanced G20 nations (tags: uk economy wages fail ) This review of the "Kerblam!" episode of Dr Who neatly sums up how I feel about it. I've not had any episodes I loathed this season. But also no episodes I loved. I've spent the season in a state of "meh". Which is a real shame.
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The strangest place people have written software (tags: software weird ) Jeremy Thorpe: Who was the Liberal Party leader and what led to his spectacular fall from grace? (tags: politics history liberal uk ) Is Iran really the world’s leading state sponsor of terror (tags: Iran terrorism facts ) Salary transparency continues to be in everyone's ( Read more... )

Should we make marriage harder? (tags: marriage law ) Ireland and Brexit, four ways forward (tags: ireland uk europe ) China’s lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of real gems. (Yaaaaay!) Reminder: https://priceonomics.com/post/45768546804/diamonds-are- ( Read more... )

This is what happens when you ask Twitter to buy the drinks (tags: birthday Twitter alcohol funny ) Acclaimed French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars (tags: food reviews france stress ) Why Is Payroll Software Hard (tags: software design money tax law ) IBM contract cost for failure-plagued Phoenix payroll system jumped to total ( Read more... )

Finally, definitive proof of whether or not there are aliens (tags: aliens comic satire politics ) IBM unveils world’s first 5nm chip (tags: processor cpu ibm Technology computers ) Queensferry Crossing builders set to lose £100 million in penalties for finishing project late (tags: construction money fail scotland ) UK schoolchildren ( Read more... )