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Oct. 3rd, 2023 07:03 am
I love watching the clouds/rain roll in across the city from my office.
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Oct. 3rd, 2023
I am actually currently hoping for a Conservative victory in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election.
Not because I actually want more Conservative MPs, obviously. But because I want Labour to fail to win a seat *because of the voting method*.
I want Labour members to be *terrified* that if they don't fix the voting method that they're going to hand seats to the Conservatives. And I want them to be having that conversation now, so that by the time we have an actual General Election they're ready to (at the least) do a deal on fixing it.
Not because I actually want more Conservative MPs, obviously. But because I want Labour to fail to win a seat *because of the voting method*.
I want Labour members to be *terrified* that if they don't fix the voting method that they're going to hand seats to the Conservatives. And I want them to be having that conversation now, so that by the time we have an actual General Election they're ready to (at the least) do a deal on fixing it.
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Oct. 3rd, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. How to Compete with Patreon
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- 2. International School Signs (what do your local ones show?)
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- 3. Dreamwidth's war against spam intensifies
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- 4. Scientists discover world's oldest human-built structure, built by an extinct species
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- 5. Does working from home damage productivity? Just look at the data.
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- 6. New Jersey police bought software to predict crimes. It was wrong 99% of the time.
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- 7. How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet
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Adjusting our routine
Oct. 3rd, 2023 10:08 pmThank you to Hugh for the suggestion that Jane and I each do 1 of pickup or drop-off, but take both kids when we do it.
Which makes it a two hour round-trip, but only once a day. So I leave the house at 7:40, drop off both kids and get to work at 9:30, leaving for home at 5:30. She works 8-4, picks up both kids, and gets home at 6.
It's still a long day, but not as long as it was for the past two weeks, with an extra hour at work (rather than traveling) for each of us each day.
Still looking forward to getting back home to a 45 minute commute each way!
Which makes it a two hour round-trip, but only once a day. So I leave the house at 7:40, drop off both kids and get to work at 9:30, leaving for home at 5:30. She works 8-4, picks up both kids, and gets home at 6.
It's still a long day, but not as long as it was for the past two weeks, with an extra hour at work (rather than traveling) for each of us each day.
Still looking forward to getting back home to a 45 minute commute each way!