pompoustakes.bsky.social
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In our system ppl chose 3 subjects to study from 16 to 18 and often 1 of those to carry on with at university. So the boys choosing physics, many girls choosing maths, & even more biology would be doing so just from standard school curriculum & teaching.
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This is the era of propaganda, it's very competent.
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It's a herd of cats.
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I'm referring to a time & place where university was free & students rarely thought much about what they'd do afterwards until the start of final year of their degree, and the physicists were equally qualified to teach maths. Seemed maybe its application to 'things' was less of an attraction.
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Bit dodgy with some of the Eastern acquistions, that idea.
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It's a bit like Americans imagine some Marvel character will obvs just show up and sort it all out. It's a 'democracy' that's never felt threatened and a nation that doesn't know how to react. Rabbit in headlights stuff.
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lines 1-7, 9, 11 are tbf difficult without significant physical (esp hand/arm) strength - even electricians for eg have difficulty bending wires in back-boxes to get them into connectors etc. That will affect flow to supervisory roles. Outside of that tho, it's not clear why the numbers are so low.
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Yes, missed it tbh...
Thing I don't get is that I remember there being plenty of girls doing maths - so being steered away from' mathematical subjects jars a bit. There is some applied maths in biology & its dominated by girls. What is it about physics though?
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Maths itself isn't on that chart, any idea what that would look like?
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it's entertainment not policy.
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Johnson warned us about those barbershops.
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It's an interesting idea (cf student loans). But there'd be politica controversy - loss of control. And the asset value would be significantly reduced by sub-market rents meaning both that you wouldn't get replacement value and that future rents/tenure rights wld be pivotal for new owner valuations.
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Is there a consensus on how much of that is just down to intrinsic preference v societal pressures - to what extent are boys just less interested in biology, more interested in physics & visa versa for eg?
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AGI or LSD?
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"they"?
OP was abt Reform voters. Most are just ordinary, relatively inoffensive ppl. There is a middle ground between "hiding" and wanting flags most ppl have no interest in all over the place.
There r right-wing idiots actively hostile, but most RFM voters weren't, maybe leave them be w the flags.
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"it's he right thing to do, but the means test cut off perhaps wasn't in the right place" would have seemed reasonable, sensible & in-touch with voters.
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You can look at this from another angle: stop dicking about with flags stuff like that if you don't want to galvanise & motivate right-wing fringe politics.
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How can this still be hapenning given years & years of all these maths hot-shot graduates the industry's been hoovering up?
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In case you're wondering why I bothered, it's because his PR is dreadful, and this presentation will be read by voters capable of seeing the spin.
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Read the actual words chosen. The description is not possble - and lots of people have worked those kind of hours. It's gushing and exaggerated in that sense, and there's no need for it.
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You're very loyal to the project.
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The way it's written, giving the impression he works continuously from the second he wakes up before doing nothing but immediately working more. Even if he was a robot he'd need oiling occasionally. It's unnecessarily maxxing out the description of his day.
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It's obviously exaggerated, he isn't a robot.
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it's exaggerated - 'gets up at 6 and works from then to 8.30'...like, there are things that happen between waking up and starting work.
Why this spin, what are they trying to convey?
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What's the mechanism for them being taught to fear time pressure?
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like a twelve year old, the only bits of history worth paying attention to are the wars
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Every so often i wonder what Stephen Bush is on about today & type "steph.." etc into the search box. A bit tedious, I thought on once, so just did "Bush". Never again.
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that was an attemt at humour
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When wet rooms became trendy.
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The Russian language would have to be really really useful. And the trajectory of British interaction with Ireland has been increasingly civilised over generations with both sides a bit embarassed about the mess & wanting to tidy it up.
Now thibnk about what the Russans get up to.
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Broader than that: so as to not isolate themselves from the rest of the world, the diaspora and, importantly, the British. It's just a way more useful language. Irish is still compulsory up till 18 (but hardly anyone outside of the West every uses it) & keeping it compulsory is unpopular.
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Pragmatism & the ability to play a weak hand extremely well.
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One of the staunchest Irish Nationalists I've ever met said the biggest favour the English did the Irish was to get rid of the Irish language.
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What you describe there is the essence of what the rest of the civilised world has been shown the NewUSA is all about. A complete implosion of ethics, morals and Christian values. NewUSA has power, can bully, can be cruel - so it'd be a shame not to.
Has there ever been such a rapid descent?
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Being open meant there was a safety valve of people leavving during long recessions. The hangover from the economic war etc meant going into EU without much corp tax. That facilitated a 'we'll take anything we can get' attitude, the 12.5% manufacturing tax etc. High education levels, Eng lang etc...
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That's very significant for places like Leeds. For many, many years anyone having negative thoughts about places like Bradford couldn't say anything about it in polite company without pleading they weren't a racist. That was a sort of suppression the Brexit movement removed.
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Thing abt Irish independence is it means the capital dominating things is Dublin - other wise it would just be London with Dublin analogous to Belfast, Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds.
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Manchester is more remainy than Liverpool. I don't think the thesis that the reason the North is held back is they need to be more open to outsiders is very convincing.
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Not much difference between "big hitter" and "big mouth" these days.
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She was though a professional complaints handler though, no?....
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Hardly surprising surely. The Republican Party has had a steadily diminishing identity since 2015. If you said you affiliate with the GOP more than Trump what, by now, is it you think you are affiliating with?
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They think it signals reluctance & shame whereas boldly doing it signals marxist relish rubbing their noses in it.