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Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.
The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical thinking and workplace decision-making.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/
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Morning run
You can guess what the weather is like today - and I am no better
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Afternoon run
Glorious day, so we decided to (mainly) run up #Ruberslaw. After a hard frost the ground thawed and it was muddy. So the inevitable and I went arse over tit on the way down. Nothing hurt other than pride and troos. My own fault, not fast enough. I had driven to the start with bags of plastic and bottles collected over the last ten days, so I had spare plastic bags for the seats. Virtue has more than just its own rewards. 😇 9k, all tracks.
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Dare I ask - has the FBI (or police or whomsoever) actually investigated? It is very easy to lose evidence that implicates the rich and powerful in the US (and many other countries) at the moment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/trump-epstein-files-fbi
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The Times seems to be treading on thin ice with this cartoon - not that I care, the joke is current currency
#cartoon #MortenMorland #AbolishTheMonarchy #AndrewFormerlyKnownAsPrince
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Morning walk, and as opposed to yesterday where they are being grown on Tumuli, a different approach is being taken in the adjacent field - the power of the standing stone is being used to grow the wooly crop.
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Who funds Reform?
Tory donors apparently, but those are just the ‘lawful’ paymasters.
https://www.thenerve.news/p/reform-funding-conservative-donors-tories-farage-braverman-jenrick
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FBI refuse to share evidence with police marking a further lapse into authoritarian partisanship in favour of the rotten orange cupcake
#FBI #Pretti #Minnesota #Autocracy #Justice #UsPol #Trump #Evidence #Coverup
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Showing the dug how it is done
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It is not going to end well. Orwell (sorry but he was on the ball so to speak) got it right.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics
If a US administration figure is booed at the Olympics, or a World Cup match, will American domestic broadcasts simply mute or avoid mentioning the crowd audio? If so, what happens when the world feed, or a foreign broadcaster, shows something else entirely? What happens when 40,000 phones in the stadium upload their own version in real time?
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@TheBreadmonkey @patrickhadfield A correction in the Guardian
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So, a company too small to have to file accounts in the UK manages to find £200k to donate to Reform?
More evidence that the funding of political parties (or limited companies that pretend to be so) needs drastic reform. Foreign interference, be that through social media or money bedevils British politics. The dominant parties in parliament are too reliant on funny money to be prepared to do anything about it.
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@Infoseepage MT is a Slovakian no? Maybe hoping Flor local interest?
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I am glad to see people are voting with their feet. More public contempt for the First (Mafia) Family is needed. You never know the orange buffoon might be incited into an aneurism. And as for the company paying for this 🗑️, Amazon - dump them please. You know it makes sense.
I do wonder when Rotten Tomatoes expect to be taken offline or charged with insurrection though.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-trump-amazon-brett-ratner-documentary
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This is my favourite photograph of the day - subtitled, Farage swallows another failed tory.
photographer Dzulfikri
#Farage #FrogFace #Reform #FailedTory #defection #snack
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OK, I have to admit I only posted this for the picture, even if as a mathematician I have an actual interest in the subject. But it is an easy read - even if you don't like cats 🤔
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I was in Cumbria overnight (OAP tech) and while waiting for a little daylight for our run saw this in the Westmorland Herald. It is the paper my mum swears she will never buy again until next week. It cheered me up
Cumbria Action are a group of unpleasant ignorant racists. Two images to get alt text in
Cumbria I’ll return to Scotland this morning and do my best to ignore the St George flags badly hung in Longtown just before our border.
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HMRC - incompetent, uncaring and they don’t even care who knows….
The revelations come just weeks after it emerged that at least 63% of those who had their child benefit stopped were in fact still living in the UK and had not emigrated, as inferred by incomplete Home Office data used in the crackdown.
I suspect not a wrist will even be slapped. Anyone remember Windrush and the Home Office? Similar story and outcome.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/12/hmrc-risk-child-benefit-fraud-crackdown
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The BBC - now kowtowing to Downing St pressure (again). You have to see what they say about the SNP and Scotland
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That kitchen is getting crowded. Who let the dug in?
photograph: Andrew Peters
I am a climber, runner (with a Collie), cyclist and swimmer. I was running a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company now employee owned to mark my retirement. Commute between the Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art.I winge about a lot - the environment, bad governance and stupidity but do try to provide a wee bit of evidence and highlight good news.Languages : English, German, Gaelic, Pashtu, Spanish, Italian
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