#MAIDNetflix is one of the most powerful shows I’ve seen in a really long time. The directors/producers did an incredible job of depicting the gaps in the social/care system perfectly and how vulnerable people fall through. How single mothers fall through.
This is your friendly reminder that data centres don’t actually need water. They need a cooling system and are using water because it’s the cheapest way to do it.
It’s 3.45am in London and it’s been thunderstorming for almost two straight hours.
One of the biggest and longest storms I can remember in my almost 35 years in this city.
In 2015 the UK started charging people 5p for plastic carrier bags. Minimum wage in 2015 was £6.70 which means you could buy 134 carrier bags with an hour's wage.
Fast forward to 2026, minimum wage is £12.71 and carrier bags are now around 40p meaning an hours wage would buy you 31 carrier bags.
That's 103 less carrier bags and a 700% increase on the original price.
But only a 89% increase in wages.
We're getting robbed in this country.
🇮🇪 Congolese community groups and anti-racism NGOs are planning protests in Dublin tomorrow following the death of 35-year-old Congolese national Yves Sakila after he was restrained by security guards on Henry Street.
Sakila allegedly attempted to shoplift and assaulted an 80-year-old Irishman, leaving him with a broken leg.
Video of the restraint has led to accusations of “excessive force” and “racism,” with activists drawing comparisons to George Floyd.
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So they’re saying the bodies of the three women who were found in the sea in Brighton were three JAMAICAN women? They want us to believe that 3 Jamaican women went for a swim at 6:30am in the choppy and freezing waters at Brighton? I’m ngl this absolutely stinks.
It’s crazy that X Factor had an ‘Over 25s’ category. 11 year old me was sat there thinking they were so brave for trying to achieve their dreams at such a late stage in life
The UK economy has produced a generation of 30-year-olds who can't afford to leave home, can't afford to have kids, can't afford to retire, and can't afford to take a sick day.
Viola Davis has spoken about how ignoring her creative calling affected her mental health. it highlights something important: when you consistently deny a core part of yourself, it doesn’t just disappear quietly.
My apartment in 2005 was $550 a month. With inflation, it should now be $930. I just looked it up, and It's currently $1700 a month. It's greed killing these kids, not avacado toast and Starbucks.
Ngl I like weird people. The black sheep, the odd ducks, the eccentrics, the artists, the loners. People who actually think for themselves, the kind whose morals are not swayed by groupthink. These people have the most beautiful soułs.
Disney's old animation, where everything looked like a painting, is some of the best the industry has ever produced. It's a shame they abandoned that style.