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Sam Roots retweeted
21 May 2023
Noise is a secret destroyer of productivity.
It is secret because it impacts cognition, not effort, so we don’t notice, but a 10db noise increase (from a dishwasher to a vacuum) lowers productivity by 5%. Noise is also greater in poorer neighborhoods... joshuatdean.com/wp-content/u…
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Sam Roots retweeted
12 May 2023
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9 May 2023
The Monarchy probably should be abolished eventually, but not because it's 'expensive'. Our elected representatives wasted over 40bn *in the past 3 years* - Truss's budget, Tory crony PPE suppliers...
If you're gonna piss my money away I at least want to see your shiny gold car
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7 May 2023
British people who want to abolish the monarchy:
- what would you want it to be replaced with?
- how would the replacement be better for individual people and/or for communities?
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7 May 2023
It's striking how the messaging this weekend has been all about values 'above' politics that bring people together (service, diversity etc).
Sharp contrast to most of today's political discourse & media which target our differences, usually to manipulate or market to us.
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7 May 2023
Supporters of the monarchy skew to the right, though you do get jingoistic idiots on both sides.
My opinion is that the monarchy is quite benign as it is, and we should fix other, more broken things here first. Debates about abolishing the monarchy are culture war distractions.
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30 Mar 2023
Apparently I joined Twitter 12 years ago. Is this a good or a bad thing? Time will tell.
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14 Mar 2023
I had a nurse attempt to take some blood the other day, but they struck a nerve instead (painful jolt down my arm - reader, I yelped).
72 hrs later it still hurts, with occasional severe pain in my hand when I'm carrying things at certain angles, or stretching.
Any thoughts?
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14 Feb 2023
Classic 'computer says no' from @AmazonUK & DPD:
-Morning of due day: delivery status 'on hold'
-No delivery attempted. Each company says to contact the other for info.
...What happened to my item?
WHY can't it be delivered?
Also, why is this interaction so poor, yet so common?
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14 Feb 2023
Actually my hunch (on no evidence at all) is that the refill sachet of hand soap in this order may have exploded.
But the UI seems to vaguely point some blame at me ("delivery was attempted" - really? how was the item marked as 'on hold' before it left the warehouse then?)
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12 Dec 2022
Stranded in Prague thanks to 2" of snow in London.
Ryanair was predictably awful about it.
Going to be interesting trying to work for the next few days...
(Anyone know if I can claim food or other expenses?)
17 Nov 2022
I bought Red when I was on a family holiday in Canada in 1999, aged 13.
Was a little underwhelmed by Silver.
I haven't bought a Pokémon game since.
But I have a Switch now, so...
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Sam Roots retweeted
17 Nov 2022
“We as athletes have a responsibility to set examples for people.”
Australian basketball player Isaac Humphries comes out as gay to his teammates.
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17 Nov 2022
7am pilates sounded like a great idea before it was 6.40 and raining and I have to cycle there.
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