revisesociology in #inleo • 2 hours agoLiving the biannual car service dream in the local Hyundai centre...Nothing quite says 'life admin chore' like taking a morning out to get yer car serviced, and in my case that only has to be done once every two years. So I took a drive down to…revisesociology in #inleo • yesterdayOn Strava muling.... So I read recently that some Strava users are paying other people to do their runs for them Logistically this can either be achieved by someone taking out another user's…revisesociology in #inleo • 2 days agoStrong Pound, Weak Dollar, not Great Wen You Earn in Dollars! The income from my main blog makes up a good 40-50% of my income (still, it used to be a higher proportion), and around 2/3rds of that is advertising income which is paid in…revisesociology in #inleo • 3 days agoStudent Loans, now a 30 year graduate tax! I stumbled across this BBC article in which some students have taken out student loans and now owe MORE than what they started with DESPITE having started repayments...…revisesociology in #inleo • 5 days agohappy September LPUD, just Powered Up 13.5K LEO! I just Powered Up 13.5K LEO for LPUD. 10K of that was what I'd PD'd to go into the Arbitrium LEO Cacao pool but haven't quite got around to it, and I haven't got time to DMOR so…revisesociology in #life • 6 days agoOn using old pants for running! So a few of my old pairs of pants are bit on the 'worn' side. Some have substantial holes in the crutch and arse area, and so are for everyday wear not ideal. However it struck…revisesociology in #inleo • 8 days agoThoughts on the Resident Landlord Option for renting my house....I stumbled across an alternative way to rent out my house rather than going through an agency. I was reading a Guardian article on how to take a mid life sabbatical (an increasinglyrevisesociology in #inleo • 9 days agoThe smoking ban - an own goal for Starmer...?When Keir Starmer came to power he promised a politics that would 'tread more lightly on our lives', but this suggestion of an outright ban on smoking in public places is arevisesociology in #inleo • 10 days agoA New Equinox Fun Facts (even for me!) So the days are getting RAPIDLY darker as we hit mid September here in the UK. At this time of year at around latitude 51-52 (that's between London and Birmingham where I spend…revisesociology in #inleo • 11 days agoData Centres really are getting MASSIVE! Today the average data centre contains 2000 to 5000 servers. This requires a massive infrastructure to serve them: an uninterruptible power supply as back up, ventilation and…revisesociology in #splinterlands • 12 days agoPlaying a Little Splinterlands Again....So I've been dabbling with playing a little Splinterlands again over the last few days, and I've been enjoying myself. My rentals from SPS and cards have been going down and so…revisesociology in #inleo • 13 days agoGoogle's political agenda setting is now even more obvious! I've noticed something different in the way my search returns on Google are displayed recently.... Nowadays, instead of getting a list of links I'm used to I get a paragraph of…revisesociology in #inleo • 14 days agoAnother nice new paid job....thanks to volunteeringSo I've managed to land a nice little temporary six week role as a caseworker for a local MP! The constituency immediately north of my own changed from Conservative to Green…revisesociology in #inleo • 15 days agoChanging Income Sources...So I've just got back from another 3 day teaching course.... Man these three day working weeks are KILLERS! Actually the course went just fine, the learners were all great, a…revisesociology in #tech • 16 days agoIs the EU over regulating AI Companies...?Of the 51 global start ups worth $10 billion or more, only one is based in the EU, 32 are based in America. This seems to be primarily because of tighter EU regulation on tech…revisesociology in #inleo • 17 days agoTo Quangos, with Love! UK governments seem to LOVE Quangos…. Or Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisations These are ‘arms length’ public bodies, funded by public money which do everything from…revisesociology in #inleo • 18 days agoLithium Mining.... Poor countries suck up the pollution while the EU benefits...?Lithium is an essential component in Europe's green energy transition: electric car batteries rely on it! At present most of it comes from China and Australia, but the EU is…revisesociology in #inleo • 19 days agoHappy HPUD September 2024!!!Ahh September, one of my favourite months of the year! Interesting to note that this is now firmly a month in which I expect to be warm for the most part, I never used to think…revisesociology in #olympics • 20 days agoMaybe Breakdancers need to take themselves a little less seriously...?You probably caught at least some of the RayGun Breakdancing drama at this year's Olympics.... The Kangaroo bouncing is what everyone is going to remember. However besides…revisesociology in #inleo • 21 days agoSplinterlands Battle Mage Challenge: Super SneakThis week's Battle Mage rule set challenge was Super Sneak in which every melee monster gains the SNEAK ability, attacking back row monsters... Super Sneak general…
