#UK people
Just seen a good deal on hotukdeals.com for Reebok Glide leather trainers in black. If you use the code RG70, it brings them down to Β£29.97, with free delivery.
Think you can also get an additional 10% off if you haven't ordered from Express Trainers before and you register with them.
Love me some all-black trainers :D
It's been pointed out that this #UK #emergency #alert actually has serious implications for eg people living with an abusive partner who have a second phone that they need to keep hidden.
Here's instructions on how to disable it courtesy of Refuge.
#abuse #dv #domesticviolence
https://youtu.be/I2MBcHwmiy8
Heads up, 'cos this is going to freak the hell out of people who aren't aware π€
#UK #headsup #warning #emergency
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65178240
Okay, guessing this is going to be a iche post, but what the hey, might help someone..
I'm a #Youth & Community worker in the #UK. Currently looking to change employer.
There's hundreds of #recruitment agencies out there. Some of them are.. a bit sus, let's say.
Personally, I've had good experiences with Smart Teachers and Tradewinds Education. Both took the time to talk in-depth about what I'm after, no unnecessary phone calls.
Shocking scenes from #Knowsley, where the far right instigated a riot at a hotel housing migrants who's asylum claims are being processed.
#PatrioticAlternative, led by a proper Hitler-loving, ex-BNP, nazi scumbag, Mark Collett, seem to be the main group behind it.
15 arrests so far, so it looks like the police are on it.
#Liverpool #UK #FarRight #fascism
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/fifteen-arrested-lit-fireworks-launched-26215880
I don't know how many of you follow far-right activity in the #UK, but it's a thing I was very much involved with on THE HELLSITE. If you do, @DrEllaC is a great follow and, imo, is one of the key reasons why Maajid Nawaaz and #Quilliam are no longer a thing, after she openly questioned their 'research'
Here's a talk she did about how the narrative around 'asian grooming gangs' has been flawed from the start.
#Twitter
https://soundcloud.com/uclsound/lunch-hour-lecture-what-lies-behind-the-muslim-grooming-gangs-crisis
I was just sitting outside having a smoke, around 11.35pm #UK time, and a fox just poked its head out between two wheelie bins, and then walked past me, less than a foot away. Didn't run when I said hello, either. Amazing π
I'm looking for Behaviour Mentor type jobs at the moment, via recruitment agencies. Nearly all are in schools and require a degree in Psychology. Seems a bit counterproductive, tbh - I've worked for decades in youth and community work and, or of all the people who stand out as being particularly effective at changing young people's behaviour, very few were graduates.
Not to do down academia at all, but there are a lot of other factors involved, not just formal qualifications.
#UK #education
Question for those using #olio in the #UK - I get that the aim is primarily about reducing waste rather than helping people who need stuff, but I'm curious:
1) are you seeing a rise in what you believe are commercial requests under the Wanted section?
2) do commercial requests for wanted items fit with what you believed the site to be about?
Trying to pose the questions as neutrally as I can, it's a thing I'm genuinely interested in.
Quick reminder for fellow UKians that non-union workers can strike in solidarity with fellow workers and have the same protections.
https://www.gov.uk/if-your-business-faces-industrial-action/nonunion-employees-and-strikes
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Good news for them - the govt knows what to do to avoid it!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64229958
#UK #nhs #strike #Unison
Right, so instead of these sectors being disrupted due to strike action, they'll just be permanently short of workers because nobody wants to work in them. Dumbasses.
#UK #union #strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64173772
#UK Yesterday's snow partly melted and then refroze, its bloody deadly out there. Thankfully managed not to go arse over for on my way to the shops. Not that there were many people who would've seen it, everyone sensible was inside
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Getting disillusioned with recruitment agencies. So far, my experience with them has mostly been that they post jobs which I have to search out myself, then I have to jump through *additional* hoops to apply through them - not sure they add value to the recruitment process.
Tbh, I'm starting to suspect that some of them, at least in the education sector, are there as data harvesters and to sell additional services such as applying for DBS certificates on your behalf.
#jobs #jobhunting #uk
One for my #UK followers - if you like#Pringles then the #Co-op has them for Β£1.25 atm, which is probably about as good a price as your going to get for the foreseeable future. You'll need your club card, though.
From what I can tell, includes flavours are sour cream( THE BEST), BBQ, salt n vinegar and ready salted (which isn't even a proper flavour, fight me π)
#CostofLiving # CostofLivingCrisis
#Weather warning for the #UK - gonna be getting down to -6C in some places
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857912
Sorry, I'm from the #UK. I know the media landscape here, the biases of various news outlets and whatnot, I'm less familar with the US. Is The New Yorker normally this dickish?
I mostly do nerdy stuff with computers and music