YouTube’s algorithm has decided I need to hear about the supposed victimisation of middle-class Britain. Despite never seeking out such content, my recommendations increasingly feature commentators telling me I should feel aggrieved about modern British society. It’s a curious assumption on the platform’s part, and one that reveals something about how online spaces amplify certain …
Could I be the only person who does TOIL in reverse, working extra to make up for less than productive working hours?
Do you know, it’s possible to not be on either side. Don’t ask me to take a stand. I don’t have to. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Waking from a night stifled by memories, I interrogate myself: “How on earth did you arrive at such positive opinions of all involved?” In truth, all that I subsequently imagined was quite preposterous. But such is the heart, rendering us blind to what we do not wish to see. Looking back, I now remember every …
We walk similar paths.
Watch as the oligarchs strip out every safety net and protection for the poor while enriching themselves with government contracts, subsidies, and deregulation, which benefits them directly. “We the people,” they chant, as they pull the rug out from under them. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor.
Today, I’ve been playing piggy in the middle. Between the non-technical technical project manager in the technical team and the non-technical head of delivery with the supplier. At the mention of our content security policy, both sides draw a blank. Perhaps it’s the first time any of the supplier’s customers have had one. I’m the …
I feel sorry for non-Muslims assuming they will find united Muslims in mosques, striving for the better good. How would you know from the outside that the local mosque is only there for a particular clan that lives on one side of the river in a village 6000 miles away, and can’t even accomodate the …
Currently, our lad thinks he will work in construction. I’m not discouraging him. An NVQ in bricklaying could be good for him. An apprenticeship in plumbing worthwhile. Why not embrace an in-demand trade, unlikely to be made redundant by AI? I can already see my own job being replaced by an algorithm within a decade. …
We will lose our best people because we refuse to either promote them or pay a living wage. Insult added to injury when they see they are doing far more work to a higher standard than those on higher grades. And this too is true, for the skills deficit and reluctance to learn is a …
Why do I write so much? Because when I speak, I constantly get cut off before I can even finish my sentence. At least when I write, I can fully articulate my thoughts. Whether anyone is interested is another matter altogether.
Oh, marvellous progress! Oh, civil delight!Behold where the viaduct pierces the light!No Tudor, no timber, no mellow red brick—Just weather-worn steel in a shade of old sick. Farewell to the Chilterns, their valleys and streams,Replaced by this marvel of high-speeding dreams.A rust-coated ribbon, so brutal, so tall,A triumph of function! A curse upon all. No …
