Andrew Long

@LaneyGB80 @JamesHosie11 @Humanists_UK They’re not saying children shouldn’t be taught about religion. On the contrary… they’re asking for all religions to be taught rather than one specific religion being taught as fact.

@JamesHosie11 @Humanists_UK We can't be "inclusive" if we don't teach our children about different things and religion is one of those things.

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@JamesHosie11 @Humanists_UK I’d suggest you read what is linked to. They have not dismissed RE as religious indoctrination. They have suggested reforming it to be not a million miles from what you describe. It is the teaching of specific faith based elements (e.g. bible stories) as facts that is at issue

@Humanists_UK While I appreciate the concern for secular education, dismissing the role of religious education as mere "indoctrination" overlooks the cultural, historical, and moral significance that thoughtfully integrated faith-based elements can offer in a balanced curriculum.

@karrux @gunsnrosesgirl3 not necessarily… interaction with those in our direct vicinity doesn’t need to drop just because we have increased our interaction with wider social circles. wider, more diverse social circles seems like a good thing to me. definitely a good thing for those who met online

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Family & neighbours going lower shows how we have reduced interacting with people around us due to social media

How couples met between 1930-2024

@JacoosJacoos @gunsnrosesgirl3 why sad?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Sad story to see, that's why i dont have a girlfriend yet

@RJohnDavis @JohnMcHugh1878 @David__Osland we’re going to have to pay it one way or the other – nationalised or not. either via increased bills if it remains private or via some other means (bills / taxes etc) if nationalised. the key difference is that we will no longer pay shareholders so less money needed going forward

@JohnMcHugh1878 @David__Osland Well I presume so, yes, but on what terms, & would this have a significant effect on public finances? What kind of figure does it represent to the overall budget? Would it be a problem?

If Thames Water is valued at zero, it's the perfect time to nationalise it at its full value

2024 Election Specials. 4. The Conservatives youtu.be/cKAeO-5saqQ

why so much focus on masonry – an out-dated design that hardly anyone uses? I agree it should be separate to grid (if built) but why build it at all? developing things they want to develop rather than all the things they should develop imo #masonry #css developer.chrome.com/blog/masonry

@SancastleAir @Yossari99194539 @AlexioSmithos @anon_opin You take out over £17bn a year so you owe more than a further £5bn before your self entitlement becomes justified

@Yossari99194539 @AlexioSmithos @anon_opin Given they put roughly £12bn a year into the British economy, then yes. We are.

Smoking in beer gardens should be banned. As soon as the sun comes out you can't enjoy the sun because too many stupid cunts smoke

@Tom_Rowsell @johnottawa1 @MarinaPurkiss “we” 😂

@johnottawa1 @MarinaPurkiss We don’t owe anyone a thing. We built a safe country and we have a duty to keep them out of it

I wish some people would understand… That it is by pure luck they were born into a country that people flee to Rather than a country that people flee from …but that’s expecting too much for the easily whipped-up political cannon fodder who believe what this govt tells them.

@johnquinn83 @ByCasagrande @daisychristo how so? - keeper gets ball - keeper kicks ball to opposition area packed with players - other keeper gets ball - keeper kicks ball to opposition area packed with players - repeat for 90 minutes very dull and precisely why we have offside

@ByCasagrande @daisychristo Soccer would be so exciting with no offsides

During lockdown, I wrote 30k words about VAR and measurement theory. No-one wanted to publish it - they all said it was mad. But offsides like this Coventry one mean I can't stop thinking about it. 3 major issues.

@5tuuuu @GaryInBelfast but religion is a bad example. as Gary pointed out, it muddies the waters. I’d also say that your premise that “teaching of religion promotes moral development” and “diversity, justice and to some degree truth-finding” is incorrect. It does no such thing. sociology does that

Crazy that we spend so long teaching about religion in schools when we don't know if any of it is real. That time could be much better used on subjects with a tangible outcome that will benefit children's futures.

@dvassallo @bartekpacia “No laws without representation”… if you break a law whilst in a country other than your own you will rightly be punished under that country’s laws. Why should serving your website to a different country be any different? Don’t like the law, don’t put your website there

@bartekpacia First, it's not my law. No laws without representation. Second, cookies don't need to invade users' privacy. But what users do on my site is my business.

Putting a cookie banner on your site is weak. You’re signaling submission to a regulatory threat that doesn’t exist and insulting your users at the same time. Don’t be a chicken. End Cookie Banners!

@belldotbz seems a fairly apt name for a $439 keyboard

@NikkiMorton21 @anon_opin bad recruitment team / hiring managers with poorly thought out ideas / assumptions about listing / not listing a salary

@anon_opin I don't get why more companies don't list the salary, saves wasting alot of time for everyone

If the salary was genuinely competitive you'd include it in the job advert

@ChrisBirks11 @anon_opin if you don’t specify a salary you will miss out on the tonnes of people who automatically dismiss such adverts, many of whom are the better candidates who don’t want to waste their time on applying for jobs without a specified salary

@anon_opin Can see your point but if you add the salary you also attract a load of clearly not qualified chancers wasting your time in interviewing seeing if they can somehow fluke their way into the job. Swings and roundabouts

@bennyfitz7 @anon_opin loads of other reasons but none of them good… including your example

@anon_opin not quite - multiple reasons why you wouldn't include it in the advert. For example, sometimes companies can be flexible if a highly priced but exceptional candidate comes applies (a publicised salary would have stopped them applying). Loads of other reasons, not enough words.

@TimWardCam @anon_opin @georgebernhard if you don’t specify a salary some good people will then not apply. in fact your advert will not appear in people’s searches if they include salary in their search which many do. there is no good reason (n.b. “good”) to not specify salary

@anon_opin @georgebernhard Tricky. Sometimes for example I've needed to hire two people and have been open minded as to whether that's one junior and one senior or two mid-career. Whatever salary you specify some good people will then not apply.

@PicturesFoIder you should stop posting this. you know full well it is old and was pulled pretty quickly after release. also – whilst this poster may have been badly written – it is men that need to be reminded that getting a women drunk in order to have sex with her is rape

uhhh what??

@MatthewW_eacc @kyleshevlin a basic examination of the theory shows poverty isn’t required as such. a basic examination of the reality clearly shows otherwise. AI absolutely will not bring about the end of money. a complete rebuilding of the structure of society would be required for that.

@MatthewW_eacc @kyleshevlin poverty could only come to an end via the global rejection of money and capitalism. that’s not happening any time soon. capitalism requires the existence of poverty. you can’t have the super-rich without poverty. you’re living in a fantasy if you think poverty is about to end