Blog: serialdeviant

Is that what it's called now?

I can totally get behind this: Why ‘slow jogging’ is the perfect fitness trend for people who want to get into exercise

The growing popularity of the “slow jogging” trend online counters a lot of what we’ve been taught about fitness.

Social ineptness FTW

I have never been in a school / class WhatsApp group for my rugrats. Whether that's because there aren't any, or I'm too socially awkward to be included, I am grateful.

Reaping what neoliberalism sows

Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people:

...there is mounting evidence that the consequences of the Tory spending cuts are maturing with disastrous consequences.

I am hardly an expert, and even I said cutting funding for families with babies is storing up big problems for later, when chatting with other parents at baby group 14 years ago. Perhaps it isn't a popular topic and makes me awkward, but what's new.

Cynicism R Us

Is there any reason I should be surprised that the right-wing's message here is, "Pollution is good, so shut up about it?"

Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution

Throwing money

This sounds like our issues with grant funding writ large.

‘We was hoodwinked’: Inside the ex-mining town that backed Brexit despite millions of pounds of EU funding

They want the 'sexy' projects to fund, and not the fundamental things non-profits do to keep history, culture, and community alive.