revisesociology (81)in #france • 5 hours agoOh the Pomegranite fields of France... France's famous vinyards are in decline: a combination of declining consumer demand, and increasing costs of production, not helped by climate change are resulting in Vineyards…revisesociology (81)in #london • yesterdayLondon.... running out of office space! Ever since lockdown there has been a lot of talk about traditional offices being less relevant given the rise of working at home. However this simply doesn't seem to apply to…revisesociology (81)in #running • 2 days agoOn upping my Running Game...One thing moving to London has done for me is get me back into running again, or maybe it's not moving that's the cause, maybe it's just time of life, I don't know, but I'm up…revisesociology (81)in #economcis • 3 days agoOn the Office for Budget Responsibility.... The general idea of the Office for Budget Responsibility makes sense. When hundreds of billions of pounds are at stake annually, it makes sense to have an independent body review…revisesociology (81)in #uk • 4 days agoWhy Isn't Assisted Dying Isn't More Common...? Even when it's legal...?Ludwig Minelli, who started Dignitas passed away recently, using his own services to do so. The odd thing is despite the efforts of Minelli and many others working to normalise…revisesociology (81)in #life • 5 days agoDown the Line...'The Line', which was basically a very long and relatively narrow city which could be seen from space was Mohammed bin Salman's way of making Saudi Arabia look modern and…revisesociology (81)in #runningproject • 6 days agoWeeklyish Running Update.... 5 Runs in 6 days and feeling (not?) so good! So I guess my running has been going pretty well at the end of 2025 and into 2026, I've done 5 runs in the last 6 days (to 3rd Jan!)... 2 interval sessions and then an easy…revisesociology (81)in #migration • 7 days agoThe Cost of Protecting Britain’s Borders...Immigration is set to become the key issue during the next election, which is no surprise given the mess the current system for dealing with 'illegal migrants' is/ And it…revisesociology (81)in #tax • 8 days agoBritain's Tax System: The Worst of Both Worlds...? On paper, Britains tax system is highly progressive---. The better-off are liable to very high rates, while average citizens pay much less in proportion to their earnings. In…revisesociology (81)in #life • 9 days agoTax Payers have to bail out private cosmetic surgery botches...The private cosmetic surgery business in the UK is worth a staggering £3.2 billion a year, but a negative side effect of this IMO rather odd beauty industry is the NHS has to…revisesociology (81)in #uk • 10 days agoOn knowing more about Broadband Infrastructure than I want to! But it's a job, so there you go! One of my 'specialist areas' with the MP is to field various complaints about lack of a connection to ultrafast broadband or downed…revisesociology (81)in #cent • 11 days agoGold’s risk-free era could be endingGold has had a very good run in 2025, having increased around 80% in value. It peaked in late October, then experienced a dramatic pull-back but has since regained much of that…revisesociology (81)in #hpud • 12 days agoHappy 2026 HPUD.....I just powered up another couple hundred Hive today for Jan 1 HPUD, taking me to around 159.5K Hive Power, and this rounds of a right good time stacking more Hive this last three…revisesociology (81)in #running • 13 days agoWeekly Running Update.. Two short runs and First Park Run in a while! Three runs in the last week, and short runs, but that's over the XMAS week so that's OK, this was really a case of just getting them in, also did my first Park Run in a while…revisesociology (81)in #uk • 14 days agoDon’t Panic: Welfare Isn’t Out of Control — But the Narrative IsIt's a widely accepted narrative, especially among readers of the Daily Hate, that Britain's Welfare Bill is out of control, and that tax payers are being fleeced by primarily…revisesociology (81)in #splinterlands • 15 days agoSplinterlands Slumlord Update almost EOY 2025... So did we all have fun crafting out LAND cards, I certainly did - I jiggled the cards, got ahead with the aura and crafted and sold 1 legendaries and i think 6 epics in total…revisesociology rebloggedlouis88 (79)in HiveDevs • 16 days agoIntroducing Vest_Core - A Tool to See & Filter Hive Power UpsYesterday, I saw a short message and immediately thought, “Wait a minute, this could definitely be implemented quite well with hafSQL from @mahdiyari.” So, the short message…revisesociology (81)in #transport • 16 days agoOn America's Crap Public Transport Systems...On of the things which most certainly hasn't been a priority over the last couple of centuries in America is the development of a mass public transport system. Only 4% of all…revisesociology (81)in #christmas • 17 days agoThe 2025 Christmas Cake This year I was tasked with making a Christmas Cake for the big day, and so make one I did. I only started this on December 18th so had to do a 'quick one' - only managed one…revisesociology (81)in #ai • 18 days agoAnd AI Bubble Burst Could be Disastrous in the Trump Era...Could the combination of Trumpism, an AI bubble and all round economic uncertainty end in diasaster for the USA... The AI boom.... disastrous distraction? According to…
