The Dreaded Lurgy

‘I had never the intention of working a job, and when I got into the pilot, you'd think that that would convince me even more not to work, because why do I need to work, right? I've got the money coming in. But when the pilot came through, I thought, “Well, if I work, then I can save all the money from the pilot and maybe some from the job as well,” and if I'd never been tempted by the pilot weirdly enough to go and do more work to get more money, then I never would have become more social and gone out of the house, and just developed as a person as I have over the past 2 years.. it made me happy. It changed how I acted quite a lot’ (YP62 - End of Pilot)

Love this experience by one of the basic income pilot participants in Wales. They got £1,290 a month after tax for two years (about $1,862/mo), and at first they planned to not get a job, but then after getting into the pilot, they changed their mind, because why not do more to get more money?

Obviously I’m gutted but fair play to the lad and on we go

The graphic design work of Tom Eckersley (1914-1997). Images via Pinterest.

Fire in the Amsterdam Town Hall, attributed (by some) to Egbert van der Poel. And why not? He'd never let a good fire go to waste.

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The former Martyr's School in the Townhead area Glasgow. Built in 1895, this is an early work by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The general outline follows the requirements of the Glasgow School Board, but there are plenty of distinctive CRM flourishes.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowatnight

Two industrial bins, assorted detritus and a sign reading Buy Bitcoin Here.

Who needs to write satire when urban life provides it for free? #Bitcoin #Crypto.

Ally McCoist and the Other Bloke on TNT Sports getting all hot under the collar about Adama Traore's physique is...something.

He's so close!

Check out my spooky find in Edinburgh

These guys are the archetypal prophets (of shrinkflation) who were not honoured in their own time.

Man looking at chocolate bar through a magnifying glass.

Closer up shot.

As was man looking at some too small Rolos with a magnifying glass.

Man holding up a biscuit.

Man holding a ruler over the biscuit.

A shot of the ruler over the biscuit.

Man writing in a notepad.

The man measuring his biscuit filling with a ruler and recording it in a book came close.

If you don't know the meaning of the expression 'pump and dump', this is a good time to look it up.

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

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And his best mate Keith Polyestertie.

A close up image of a rust covered corrugated iron shed, over 100 years old and very colourful!

I went to the Cairngorms and came back with a rusty shed photo! Snowy ones will follow, I promise.

#fsprintmonday
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#photography #abstractphotography #photographers

Spike Milligan predated talkies and appeared with Steps in a TV special

This building 👇waves 'hello'

Tony Blair has criticised the British government for not joining in the war in the Middle East, in the surest sign yet Keir Starmer might be doing the right thing

It lived up to the 'dramatic' billing.

The best one will always be the man doing a dramatic reconstruction of the moment he realised his orange juice packaging was smaller.

Regular reminder that if you rely on a LLM during the course of business, make a mistake, and have to pay out because of it, any insurance you have isn't going to cover it.

Insurers won't take on the risks of this stuff, which tells you all you need to know.

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'The Silver Casket.' (1919) The handling of paint is typical of William Nicholson at this point of his career, he enjoyed the challenge of depicting surface textures and reflections; several motifs link it to other works such as the inclusion of a reflected figure in the casket.

I was in it the night before it went down! It had a lovely sunken dance floor/balcony situation, but I also saw someone set their face on fire with a flaming sambuca shot, so you know, maybe we bring these tragedies upon ourselves.

Dem VSRs from Greggs are excellent.

"A report has been submitted to the, er ... relevant authorities ... yes, that's it, the relevant authorities. And when we work out who they are we'll tell you. Ok? Good."

Brother of notorious crime family boss jailed for child neglect Douglas Daniel is the older brother of the late Jamie Daniel, who is believed by police to have led the crime clan before his death in 2016.

Always the kind of people you don't expect, eh?