blackn1ght
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- Submitted 1 day ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 6 comments
- Wasted wind - So far in 2025, Britain has wasted £1.1bn switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on.wastedwind.energy ↗Submitted 2 days ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 4 comments
- Comment on They say remote working less productive 3 days ago:
Really it depends on the individuals and what their home and office environments are like. I work from home 95% of the time and much prefer it over being in the office, but if I lived in a house share with housemates or had very little space then I’d probably feel more productive in the office.
One thing I do miss about commuting is the return journey. It was nice to have a gap to decompress from work before getting home, now it’s straight off calls and 10 seconds later I’m dealing with a trillion questions from the kids and immediately start cooking dinner.
- Comment on Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track? 4 days ago:
Will I have to sell my kidneys to afford the travel?
- Comment on The most important person in Britain you’ve never heard of 1 week ago:
They probably already know.
But I hope that it’s his team that has this power, not just solely on him. I’d have to imagine (HOPE) that there’s a chain of command and some kind of playbook that whoever is in charge can authorise and act on whatever needs doing in such situations.
- Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated 1 week ago:
The meal planning app that I use got bought out by Samsung and they did this. Put a load of ads in and then advertised a “+” version that got rid of ads. The ads were just advertising the “+” feature. 12 months later they said they were going to remove the ads for everyone.
- Comment on Here's what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight 1 week ago:
I do like the idea of permits. Landlords must have a permit per property within a local authority (LA) and reject applications if they see fit, such as having too many permits already or blacklisted. The LA should be free to set whatever cost they want per permit. Tennants can raise issues in a centralised portal where the landlord can view them and resolve them, and if they’re not actioned upon or done properly the LA can intervene and start charging additional fines, or failure to deal with serious issues like mould could see the LA taking possession of the property.
The LA set the rental price so landlords don’t just wack up rent prices.
This might provide some income for cash strapped councils without having to purchase their own housing stock and managing it.
There could even be some funds available for well rated landlords that have to use the money to improve properties as an incentive to be proactive in their repairs etc.
- Comment on Nigel Farage felt ‘genuinely worried’ by alleged TikTok death threat, court hears 1 week ago:
I dunno what client you’re using but voyager lets you filter posts by keywords.
- Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 1 comment
- Comment on Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate 1 week ago:
Yeah exactly, that’s what I mean.
- Comment on Disabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’ 1 week ago:
If this keeps happening then there’s a failure in training or information to station staff, I can’t imagine they’re making this up out of nowhere.
Also, this is a really nice site - no bullshit cookie banner, no newsletter dialog, clean, easy to read site.
- Comment on Brits in disbelief as new refillable drinks ban implemented across UK 1 week ago:
This only affects sugary drinks, so their Zero and diet options should be exempt. Although a book I read recently was showing evidence that artificial sweeteners can also drive obesity, so we might start seeing things affecting those drinks too.
- Comment on Brits in disbelief as new refillable drinks ban implemented across UK 1 week ago:
They can drink as much as they like. There’s nothing stopping someone buying another drink.
Obesity is a huge public health concern that should be treated seriously and we should be steering our culture into making better health decisions.
- Comment on Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate 1 week ago:
Don’t blame the fucking printing business, own your fucking mistake. If politicians can’t even own insificant mistakes like this then they’re obviously not going to hold their hands up when they inventively fuck something up more critical.
- Comment on Brits in disbelief as new refillable drinks ban implemented across UK 1 week ago:
You can have free refills your beer but not your alcohol free beer lol
- Comment on Record breaker Starmer is the 'most unpopular PM since polling began' 2 weeks ago:
Oh c’mon, he’s no where near that bad.
- Comment on save the planet 🌎 3 weeks ago:
What does this even mean?
- Comment on Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme 3 weeks ago:
This will make fuck all difference. Employers already do background checks, I’ve always had to give some kind of ID whenever I’ve started a new job, and there will always been employers that don’t do any checks.
In theory, this should be one of those things that should make accessing services easier, but we all know this will be a foot in the door to more authoritarian bullshit and be yet another opportunity to show government incompetence.
- Comment on The inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beams 3 weeks ago:
Password must contain at least one upper case number.
- Comment on Dazzling! 4 weeks ago:
It’s so competing artists can’t copy her design.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 1 comment
- Comment on Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs 4 weeks ago:
It’s both. The networking with kids from private school and their parents is probably more valuable than the education that they receive.
- Comment on Four arrested after photo of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle 4 weeks ago:
Arrested for displaying a picture onto a stone wall? Fuck off
- 1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archivewww.youtube.com ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to videos@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on UK’s last local currency axed due to rise of digital and card payments 1 month ago:
The Lewes Pound – the UK’s final surviving local currency – is being officially discontinued after 16 years of circulation
I didn’t even know you could get ultra localised currencies like this.
- Comment on Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn 1 month ago:
Change the vehicle tax to be based on height, width and length dimensions.
- Comment on Jeremy Corbyn on Britain’s New Left-Wing Party 1 month ago:
sign-up figures are insane, 650 k is huge! The last published Labour membership figures were about one third of that.
It’s 650k people subscribing to a list vs being a member. Not really the same thing.
- Comment on Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds 1 month ago:
Just scrap school uniform entirely and don’t allow any obvious branding on clothes. It’s such a fucking waste of time.
- Comment on Bluesky age verification uk 2 months ago:
Blame the shitty UK legislation. Bluesky, Reddit etc are just complying with it.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 2 months ago:
I’d say 10 over on any 30mph zone is crazy. These are usually in built up areas so there’s no excuse for it.
but there are many roads where 20 over is still fine.
Can’t say I agree. National speed limit is either 60 or 70mph depending on the road and I wouldn’t want to do 20mph over on either.