Of all the dumb shit this country has going on this is one of the dumbest.
Yeah, male bin men get paid more than female teaching assistants. The women could have applied to collect bins but didn't want to be up at 5am to lug a thousand smelly bins.
Absolutely barmy.
Cos of years of immigration lies we assume Labour wants to sneak in millions by backdoor, but its record suggests not. If its aim is to go from Wild West of asylum to managed, capped & financed by private sector, that's a solid ambition. But I appreciate many want zero refugees!
36 years ago today:
“Chipped in. And volleyed in. IT’S THERE BY DAVID PLATT! ENGLAND HAVE DONE IT… IN THE LAST MINUTE OF EXTRA TIME!”
An iconic @90sfootball moment.
By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
Truly excellent find. "a leading paleontologist on the meteor impact theory of the dinosaur extinction (in the NYT in 1985). “The arrogance of those people [proposing the meteor impact theory] is simply unbelievable”"
h/t @michael_nielsen
Governments have regulated water, cars, smoking, food, child labour… the wealthy interests of their day typically framed it as the death of capitalism & a war on liberty. They were wrong, life is now better for it. Now, finally, the debate is coming for big tech.
autonomous robot driving through the field at night. no chemicals. no pesticides. just UV light killing pathogens and pests while everyone sleeps. this is @tricrobotics.
this is what chemical-free pest control looks like at scale.