Blog: random

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.

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.

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.

No more originality

I am so, so tired of these posters for events that are clearly created by the same 'AI generator'. It's dull and it's uninspiring. I'm not anywhere near a designer, but please, I beg of you: when you prompt, go into more detail and get the software to produce a design that is a little more unique to your organisation.

Preferential voting, please

Today, I voted tactically for our borough council elections (to help keep the total idiots out of the ward, who I voted for have actually done a decent job). I voted based on principle for parish council elections (no total idiots running in the ward).

We need preferential voting, man.