Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
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Ddespite occasionally admitting that #profits & imports might be contributing to #inflation we're back to the tired old narrative that its #workers are to blame.
The Bank & economists in the City of London are still talking about #wage rises being 'worryingly high' (not their's of course) and so we cannot expect #InterestRates to go down any time soon!
Given profits have 'recovered' but real wages remain below pre-2010 levels, I think its fair to say this is about cementing low-wage Britain!
@fkamiah17@toot.wales I’ve only seen excerpts on Twitter. Couldn’t bring myself to watch Baddiel’s “documentary”.
@fkamiah17@toot.wales He was simpering at Baddiel - that's when my doubts started.
Hey tootverse
I have a problem with xtrabackup for MySQL. If you know anyone who can help ...
Today I did a leaflet drop for the Green Party and walked the dog a couple of times. 13k walked. Foot baths are a good thing.
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Q. as #rents in the UK start to increase at a much slower rate (projected to continue into 2024), have we reached 'peak rentier'?
Are #landlords finally finding they have reached the limit of the money they can extract from household expenses?
If so the #Tories have served the rentier class well; when people can afford no more rent, the landlords have reached the optimal level of profit;
the social price is penury for the renters, but offers a good income for Tory MPs & their landlord chums!
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The rotation of Earth really makes my day
@grayface_ghost what you say is true when it’s reduced to a bunch of stupid ceremonies that nobody understands the reason for. What you describe as the way you work is what it’s supposed to be.
YMMV
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This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.
@bobthomson70 Lots of hits means lots of misses. Misses mean you get fired by the monez.
@bobthomson70 @cstross @Richard_Littler
I think it's about attempting to guarantee a return, this means very little new is risked, unless it's stuff like Sandman, or twee stuff that's cheap to make.
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I might be starting to get the hang of this ...
#CellTower 578
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https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/?p=578
(Still takes me ages)
Current streak: 18
Is it just me, or does everyone else dislike the weasel word "empower" - mainly because it assumes power is the gift of the person empowering, not something people can just do.
Well, I will be leaving @Quora if they don't sort this sickening nonsense out
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It’s essential that those who are most at need are aware of this! Please share widely. While it shouldn’t be necessary, it is!
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These fuckers are content to watch us die.
This bullshit is going to condemn our species to extinction unless we find a way to depose these sociopaths.
#cop28 #copOut #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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My daughter snagged this screenshot before it changed. Enjoy
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Anyway, the age of tech workers being treated well is over.
If you're a tech worker, you should be in a union.
You will be fucked over. You will be treated poorly. You will be stack ranked and fired over arbitrary bullshit.
When you get to your next employer, start on day one. Talk to every rank and file member of the org about unionizing. Make it happen. We have to protect ourselves.
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
