Notices by Juggling With Eggs (jugglingwitheggs@mstdn.social)

@Sarahw @slothrop

Keeping the back of the head is especially important I remember reading a few years back.

As the UK gears up for a ‘Cold Spell’, what would those who live with these chilly times more often give as their best piece of advice?

The kind of thing most people forget, ignore or don’t know!

#Coldweather
#Snow
#Ice
#Advice

No longer relying on Russia for gas is not a bad thing politically for Europe…but shipping it from US, Qatar and Norway is no better environmentally.

Finding alternative providers doesn’t solve the energy crisis. Sustainable solutions such as tidal, hydro and geothermal that work when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow need to also be a part of renewables.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-reduces-gas-flow-via-ukraine-europe-last-day-expiring-deal-2024-12-31/

I visited #Copenhagen 15 years ago, in part because it was gaining a reputation for being a ‘green city’ and I wanted to experience that.

I lived near Cambridge at the time, so perhaps my expectations were somewhat higher than if I had lived in another UK city.

I liked the public transport and cycle lanes but the buildings not so much. I always assumed I was missing something until I read:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/18/dont-be-fooled-copenhagen-is-not-that-green

I put in what I considered the minimum effort…I did wear braces (my mum made me) and I did straighten my hair (badly) in my 20’s.

But make up and hair removal was always a when I could be bothered thing, not a survival ritual.

My mum never dieted, so I never thought about it either…I’ve never tried. I try to incorporate exercise (walking) into my day, but last time I went to the gym was at school in 1997.

I’ve got a lot of grey hair currently self-dyed light purple for my own amusement.

If I made more of an effort on the beauty front I’d have less time for my kids and for reading…I’d also be much poorer.

Would I get a better paid job though?

Doubtful in my mid 40’s.

Will I feel the same in my mid 50’s when trying to hold on to employment for that vital final decade towards retirement?

I can’t imagine I’ll change…it will be hard after a lifetime of not caring!

I have never been ‘That Girl’…I knew it from the earliest possible age and it didn’t really bother me.

Yes, I could see as I grew up there was a privilege that beautiful people had. Life was much easier for them, doors opened both romantically and work wise.

But when you always consider yourself ‘other’ due to hearing loss, being an introvert, having curly hair and buck teeth…the beauty effort doesn’t add up

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/27/cost-of-beauty-culture-benefits

@w7voa

‘Zeldin, 44, is considered a close Trump ally and ran in a surprisingly close race for New York governor in 2022, before being pipped by Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. During the campaign, Zeldin attacked Hochul’s “far-left climate agenda” and assailed Democrats for allegedly forcing people to drive electric cars.’

Are his credentials literally just bashing climate science then?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/trump-appoint-lee-zeldin-epa-chief

This story was buried in the Guardian…it should be main headline news:

“This year’s harvest was a shocker, and climate change is to blame. While shoppers have been partly insulated by imports picking up some of the slack, Britain’s farmers have borne the brunt of the second worst harvest on record.”

#ClimateBreakdown
#Farming
#Harvest

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/10/harvest-in-england-the-second-worst-on-record-because-of-wet-weather

I did my first work experience at a local museum 30 years ago. Only the curator was paid.

Today my retired dad volunteers at the same museum. Same story. The volunteers are very dedicated, taking on weekly school tours and providing a key educational resource.

Resources are needed to preserve the buildings and collections. Without this local history deteriorates, is hidden and forgotten
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/06/british-history-destroyed-museums-culture-wars-statues

My connection to my local museum was strong as a child. I went to the monthly history club it ran…which felt like a social lifeline for me because I wasn’t sporty or into drama.

I discovered archeology there through the field trips they ran. I gained an understanding of my home town’s history back to before the Norman Conquest.

There was nowhere else to learn these things. This was before the internet and the public library was rubbish because of Tory meanness even in the 80’s and 90’s.

But local museums cannot run entirely on fresh air and the goodwill of typically older people.

They have running costs that need to be paid to keep the doors open. There are ever rising heating bills and maintenance has to be carried out to prevent the damp and mould from creeping in.

In the scheme of things these sums are comparatively small, but they are eyed up for cuts when faced with exploding adult and child social care.

Who benefits from these cuts? Owners of private collections.

J.D. #Vance said he felt the need “to create stories so that the … media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people”.

‘Create’ in the lying, not artistic sense.

Vance’s lies have created a racist witch hunt against a hardworking Haitian immigrant population legally in the US.

Vance’s lies have led to bomb threats closing down hospitals.

Vance’s lies increase the suffering of everyone.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/15/jd-vance-lies-haitian-immigrants

Feeling the heavy weight of reality of having lived under 14 years of #Tory neglect, austerity and indifference to state education tonight.

At 8pm we received an emergency message from my kid’s headteacher to say that the school would be shut tomorrow because concerns have been raised by a buildings surveyor about the state of the ceilings in several classrooms. Further investigations have to be made. Several #schools in the past week across #Norfolk have had delayed openings for this reason.

When there is a serious risk of the ceiling falling in on your kid’s heads while at school you wonder quite what hell we have descended into in this country.

Yes, we learnt of the RAAC scandal in schools, hospitals and other public buildings last year…but given this is a Victorian built school, I believe it’s cutting school’s capital budgets for years on end that had led to this current issue regarding ceilings.

I say this regularly, but here I go again…#libraries are a lifeline to parents of young kids, the elderly and those on low incomes. They are a place where you can exist and learn for free.

#Tories think no one dies when a library closes…but their absence hits right to the heart of communities.

And yes #Labour run councils have shut libraries too…due to austerity.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/sep/03/more-than-180-uk-public-libraries-closed-or-handed-to-volunteers-since-2016

@icedquinn

Working with economists was the bleakest time of my life…but realising their models and game theory were complete junk when it came to the noughties Financial Crash was liberating. It’s the PPE graduates we should fear most.

“We’re not going back. We’re not going back. We’re not going back”

Kamala #Harris brings down the house while introducing Tim Walz…who sounds like thoroughly decent guy.

‘#Hampshire police and crime commissioner criticised for saying 'protest groups' focused on 'need to uphold British values'

Guardian Live

Er…rightwing violent thugs are not upholding any kind of value that most British people recognise.

I just see a #Tory politician trying to create parity between aggressive, brutal racists and legitimate non-violent protest groups trying to create a better society and protect humanity.

#UKRiots

‘Because #misogyny isn’t bad people saying bad things that may hurt your feelings. (Though it might.) And misogyny isn’t about silencing women. (Though it does.)

Misogyny is now one of the deadliest weapons on Earth. Misogyny is a dirty bomb in the heart of our information system. Misogyny is electoral interference. Misogyny is a national security threat so lethal we can’t even see it.’

Carole Cadwalladr

#Harris2024