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@DesmondSwayne If you take the NI paid and invested it then it comes out about equal. Triple lock was a temporary measure to bring pensions up to a decent amount, now completed so we need a better system. Perhaps a pensioners price index with a basket weighted towards pensioner spending?
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If, like me, you were born in 1956, you’ll receive almost £300,000 more in benefits than you’ll pay in taxes in your lifetime
State Pensions make up a huge chunk of that
Long term, we simply can’t afford to sustain the Triple Lock’s generosity
Blog:
desmondswaynemp.com/ds-blog/1956/?…

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@tarquinmorgan @TheCiderShedPod It's too subtle for words so we may never know.
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@TheCiderShedPod This really annoyed me. Where did this bloody budgie come from? What was the purpose of the storyline? Are we going to have to listen to this bird every episode?
#TheArchers
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Fletcher is a metaphor for us #TheArchers listeners trapped in the cage of listening.
Will we ever be free?
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@TheCiderShedPod Isn't a fletcher something to do with arrows and archery
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@nikitabier @RadicalFalk In the book Ogilvy on Advertsing the principles of getting people to read long copy is well established. The same might be applicable to long speech. youtube.com/watch?v=8nP9Hl…

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@RadicalFalk People should make more talking videos like this on X.
Easy way to get millions of impressions with basically no followers.
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@inimitablepgw “He’s having a brainstorm” “ what with?”. I use the “”what with” but adapted to any suitable opportunity.
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@althoughsg A good question. It is known as Olbers Paradox. AI or Wikipedia can answer it better than me.
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agora uma pergunta burra: pq a luz do sol não ilumina o espaço?
diesgu@diesgu
o por do sol visto do espaço
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@ElectionMapsUK Say hello to Fletch and Godber for me. I owe them a tin of pineapple chunks.
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🚨 | Hello! Bit of a weird one this, but I'm going to be away from 27th April for up to 24 nights without access to the internet (I can explain why in a few months time...).
Obviously, I'm aware this is the worst possible time of year for me to be absent.
So, I'm looking for someone (or a group) to do a 'Guest Residency' of ElectionMapsUK to cover the 2026 Local Elections while I'm away! If you, or a group of you would like to apply to do this, it would be much appreciated if you could fill out the form below.
Ideally you'll have some knowledge of the software I use, but I don't expect applicants to be able to do it all, so I'm most likely looking to get 2-3 people onboard.
forms.gle/ewF1HypMUz5Mhk…
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@ColeFusionHQ Once played alongside a centre back who was nicknamed condom. Apparently because he was always in the effing way
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@TheCiderShedPod The scriptwriters need to look themselves in the mirror
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@RealTimVine Bit like darts, ie you are aiming for the bull but you have to launch the dart so that it arrives at the bull after gravity has taken its toll. Seems like darts players brains are equal to NASA.
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Wow. I think I imagined them flying in a straight line from Earth to the Moon. Thanks for that.
GI Chow@GIChowDotcom
@RealTimVine @NASA Good question - I think they're at the point around 14s through this video. They started towards the moon at over 20k mph but with gravity have slowed down to 5k mph now (before slingshotting around & heading back) so get a nice long view of the dark side. x.com/i/status/20406…
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@infraredreport @BullandBaird Yes although NASAs solution is a reduced version of the 3 body problem and a lot of the issues can be discounted, fortunately
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@Mr__Beatty @BullandBaird No the initial trajectory is such that the moon slingshots them back towards Earth
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@BullandBaird Lookup up CR3BP. The three body problem is famously not solvable, so it is rather tricky.
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