Ally Sheedy's 'makeover' in The Breakfast Club with the text DLSS 5 OFF and DLSS 5 ON.

Sick buildings - new builds, retrofits and the damp and mould crisis Many people would naturally associate damp and mould with older homes. But new homes and retrofits can also be seriously impacted.

A lot of people would naturally associate damp and mould with older, poorly maintained homes. But actually the way we build and retrofit can create these problems or make them worse:

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Opinion: The UK’s water crisis cannot be fixed by a rebrand - UNISON National If ministers truly want to fix Britain’s water system for good, they must start putting the public interest, environmental protection and workers’ expertise at the centre of reform

Opinion: The UK’s water crisis cannot be fixed by a rebrand ❌️

Donna Rowe‑Merriman says ministers must put workers’ expertise, environmental protection and the case for renationalisation at the centre of change. ⬇️
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

We therefore support calls for socioeconomic background to become a protected characteristic.

Class discrimination is not an abstract concept. It is a lived experience. It does economic harm. And it must end.

Read our full statement at artistsunionengland.org.uk.

#artistsunionengland #solidarity

We are not surprised by the findings of the Class Ceiling report - but we are angered by them.

Treating class as a secondary issue has allowed it to persist unchecked for generations. Class is a core inclusion issue and until it is treated as such, the arts will remain unequal and unrepresentative.

I explained here why Stogia is wrong: there's no magic money tree which means finance is more available to the private than public sector, & the constraint on investing is real resources, not the public finances: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/no-magic-m...

The Last Crusade.

Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?

Folk are rightly criticizing Polanski for ignoring the fact that there are constraints on govt borrowing now (ie inflation). But fiscal conservatism can be perfectly compatible with economic radicalism, as I've said: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/some-lefti...

Great today to meet up with @phillm.bsky.social the man, the legend at Station South Levenshulme

At the

First Oasis of the night!

🥳 Good news (if you are an energy CEO) National Grid profits rose15% to £1.65 billion for the half year to Sep 30. 
😥 Not so good news if you are a consumer. Energy companies made £30 bn profits last year. That is £500 on every household bill going to dividends, shares buybacks & bonuses for CEOs 💰

Hayley Williams - Mirtazapine (Official Visualizer) YouTube video by HayleyWilliamsVEVO

Mirtazapine — Hayley Williams

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We need to get past the idea of these people being "radicalised" on X. The British ruling class has been racist for centuries. For a while that was suppressed by hard won anti-racist social norms. But after years of chipping away with e.g. talk of "legitimate concerns" those norms are now collapsing

Energy bill rise: Families having cold showers and borrowing money Experts say families are building up

This could be the most common cause of damp and mould across the nation: the inability to maintain the necessary minimum temperature to avoid it, due to the cost of heating/energy.
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Brand New Eyes - Wikipedia

Brand New Eyes — Paramore

Can’t get enough of this album!

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Going to be on a panel tomorrow at The World Transformed — Gentrification Is Class War: Demolitions, rent gaps and the real estate state!

It’s at 10am, at the Kath Locke Centre, if you are at the festival please come and ask us questions.

TWT here I come!

It might be easier to start listing the things that don’t cause autism

The image shows intersecting coloured lines of red, yellow, white, blue and green in one half and in the other the text PCS disabled members survey reveals "A very stressful, difficult and demeaning experience. (It) has got much worse over the years. Despite paying in for decades, both myself and my huband have been made to feel like scroungers" PCS member on the DWP process

In a major survey 📋 of PCS disabled members, a majority said that the benefits they received were inadequate to meet their needs.
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Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

We all know why Nigel Farage is accusing Labour of inciting violence against him while cutting his security. Because if he didn’t, people might remember to ask him who paid for his house in Clacton and why he hangs around with people who take bribes from Russians.

Fred Hellermen - Pity the Downtrodden Landlord YouTube video by farmboy10001

Pity the Downtrodden Landlord — Fred Hellermen

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Unavowed is 70% off during the Steam Autumn Sale!

Embark on a party-based, multi-branching urban fantasy game about magic and monsters in New York.

It was also an IGF nominee and was called "one of the best adventure games ever made" by PC Gamer.

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