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Excellent article, agree with pretty much all of it. The cuts to public services instead of heavier taxes on those earning more (including myself), corporations, capital gains, landlords, etc has definitely added to a loss of social cohesion, as these contribute by far the most of refresh, renewal and refurbishment of public spaces and resources, let alone the establishment of new ones. My town has seen the closure of public pools, libraries, walk in centres over the past decade or so, leaving everyone high and dry except for… those who don’t need to rely on them.

Seeing the political class shamelessly exploit their fortunate position, companies take advantage of "increases in costs driven by supply chain inflation, the “panic” over trans women and it’s no bloody surprise no one wants to talk to anyone else. One of my main escapes is clubbing, not just for the music, the dancing, but the connection that can happen with a complete stranger who “gets” the music and feeling like you do (be it on various substances or stone cold sober, I can’t cane it like I used to…)

I dig it but tough to fit that in my top 5

Is this the plot to Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?

• Stellaris
• Baldur’s Gate 2
• Starcraft
• X4: Foundations
• Papers Please

2TB on Mega but thinking of switching to Nextcloud. 18TB (2 18TB drives striped mirrored) locally in my NAS, saving for 2 more

I’m assuming it’s at least partly related to the decades of underinvestment in the water network

I’d say so just for the easier compatibility with non-mobi files and Calibre library syncing

• Pixel 9 Pro phone
• Framework 13 laptop
• SFF PC for living room gaming
• Desktop PC in the office (to be sold)
• Kindle paperwhite
• Steam deck (to be sold)
• Surface Pro 9
• HP Microserver

The laptop and SFF PC have EndeavourOS on them, desktop and SP9 Pop!_OS, Kindle is jailbroken. I have wanted to get GrapheneOS on the phone but hate to admit that I love the convenience of contactless payments too much

UK, 25 days annual leave which is the standard minimum plus bank holidays

How nice of Google to highlight another Drive/One competitor to me.

Any reviews/feedback from current Nextcloud users? I do plan to eventually self host but would start off using storage included in the plan

Edit: many thanks for all the responses! I think I’ll stick with my current Drive alternative for now (Mega) but will start reading up on the technical docs/requirements for Nextcloud, as I do want to self serve in the long run

The only Headhunter that works for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1cRGVaJF7Y

Edit: to answer seriously, I’ve not heard of this personally but a friend was headhunted to a part time role that paid almost as much after commute as her previous position. So, it can work out for both parties at least

• Str: 8
• Dex: 10
• Con: 12
• Int: 11
• Wis: 10
• Cha: 12

Pretty boring tbh, I don’t get sick very often at all and can forrest gump it for ages. My Cha at 21 would probably be 11 but I do think I’ve developed a decent amount just through life experience/learning how to build rapport quickly with new colleagues and acquaintances who have become friends

I used to go a lot around then, idk why (youth maybe?) but we weren’t that scared… maybe because it was a tradition of our group after the music on Sunday night to go on an adventure around the campsite, making friends with random other camps sharing drinks, uh various substances and generally chilling with randoms. So even though we were aware of all the chaos and mayhem going on around, we just cared about chatting gods-knows what to people we’d never met before

Now I do remember the bottling 50 Cent got in '04, my mate threw a camping chair on the stage. Funny back then, still funny now

Panopticon are also notable in combining bluegrass and black metal

But the year’s only just star… ohhhh whoops.

Pretty interesting so far, left a job for the first time due to burnout only to get a significant step up in role… to team who are pretty much similarly overworked. Will try to stick it out for the CV, at least the new CEO seems to have his head screwed on properly.

Externally, lots of scary news about the rise of Reform and the lack of mainstream alternatives here is sad but I also started volunteering for the Green Party. Just leafletdropping as I thought I should try to do something positive politically

Shelter is not a small charity at all, but they helped my sister and boyfriend at the time when they had serious problems with a terrible landlord a number of years ago. So I’ve always had a positive bias towards them to the point where they’re the one I donate regularly to

This is the most D&D campaign thing I’ve ever heard, no further questions

Personally, no, though I recently quit a job due to burnout. I’ve had a lot of luck in enjoying or at least being able to easily tolerate the company of 98% of my coworkers. There’s definitely people I’ve worked with who are eager to climb the ladder, but at least manage to put on a good front/put it aside to some degree for the good of the company

No way would I pay full price for it but I got this on sale, does the job no fuss: https://herschelsupplyco.co.uk/shop/wallets/charlie-cardholder-wallet I’m a minimalist where a wallet is concerned though, only carry notes in case of emergency