Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

"People can grasp that a million is a lot but they don’t grasp how much bigger a billion is. So the 37bn wasted on track and trace is just dismissed, but expressed as 100m every day for a year it could be seen to have made a massive difference to the NHS." A good general mathematical point Sunak would do well to to contemplate.

To create a new world there must be a rupture with the old one. And those who live during times of great change can sometimes notice little fissures within themselves. That was her theory anyway. Even when the old world was harmful, it was still her first world.

There were moments, on these walkable streets, bursting forth as they were today with gardens and new spring life, that she felt just a little lost, a traveler from a time of honking, rushing, smog, and speed.

#MastoPrompt #rupture

A puddle full of shed Autumn leaves and a tree reflection. #puddleart #trees

Computers used to scream out in pain when we connected them to the Internet.

This was a clue and we just didn't listen.

@financialtimes poses the Q.: 'Why is the #NHS in its worst ever crisis?'

and provides a clear multifaceted answer:

Waves of winter #infections with a Govt. adopting a laissez-fair attitude to infection control;

Too few hospital beds (we have around 30% of beds per capita that they have in Germany);

Inadequate staff levels (& those in post are exhausted & demoralised) due a lack of good workforce planning;

Long-term underfunding (driven by the mindset of #austerity).

A #tory made crisis!

Opening my work laptop like a sealed sarcophagus filled with an ancient evil.

This will see me happily get me through 2023 😂

Looking for people who know something about early computing, especially in the Netherlands. Please boost and help me solve the mystery of this custom made plate that used to belong to my grandfather Bram Jan Loopstra, one of the pioneers of Dutch computing. What do the pictures mean? #computing #history

#Comics #TeenTitans #Starfire #Dick

you know what I've enjoyed seeing? the completely upturned reaction to the Royal Mail strikes compared to what it would've been a few years ago.

the RM bosses are still acting like they'll eventually get public pressure on their side from delayed parcels, but instead the tide has turned towards "just give them decent working conditions and this'll all be over!"

The continued lack of interest by this Govt. in entering serious/meaningful negotiations on the key issue of pay clearly shows the #Tories are playing a long game of politics in the #NursesStrike; they are expecting two outcomes:

firstly this year more patients driven into the hands of private #healthcare (their long term policy in any case);

secondly, that continued disruption will prompt support fatigue across the country, leaving #nurses isolated.

So we mustn't waver!
#SupportOurNurses

My 2022 temperature blanket is done.*

365 days
2 rows a day
730 rows**
360 stitches per row
262,800 stitches**
Roughly 20 minutes per row
Approximately 250 hours of knitting
Temperatures from -5ºC - 35ºC
19 colours of yarn

And impossible to photograph all in one go, because it's BIG - roughly 6ft wide and over 6ft in length.

* Though I'm probably going to add a crochet border.

** Not including cast on / off and setup rows.

Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman & Iranian to earn the Fields Medal in mathematics for her brilliant work in hyperbolic geometry.

Her achievements influenced quantum field theory, engineering & material science & may have applications related to how the universe began.

Mirzakhani was an immigrant & became a Stanford professor. She passed away at just 40 in 2017. In her words:

“The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.”

https://theconversation.com/maryam-mirzakhani-was-a-role-model-for-more-than-just-her-mathematics-81143 #women #history

@dramypsyd Time to repost this classic headline, from BBC no less:

In just a few short hours it will be completely legal to write, distribute, and profit from story about Dracula, Winnie the Pooh, and Sherlock teaming up to fight crime together. What a time to be alive!