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How and why clear inclusive communication is possible and easy to do

The following story illustrates how a visual or creative person might understand a new rule compared to someone who has adapted to learn by rote. Today we are told what to do, but we are not told why. Reasoning has now gone and if you do it you will not be catered for. On any topic I will gather the information I need that connects with relevant facts. I don’t retain words if they don’t fit into…

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Government Overreach taking us back to medieval times

Could you help advise me about the new waste collections? I am a visual thinker and learn and have already had to change the routine I’ve had for 11 years. I bought a private wheelie bin from Penryn Plastics, which my neighbours have shared as I fill about one 50L bag a week and everything else is recycled. I take batteries and thin plastics to collection points at supermarkets. Yesterday I…

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Lost Documents from the Early Days of Christendom

The Lost Stories of Early Christendom: Gildas, Arthur, and Glastonbury A friend referred me to Youtube videos, And Did Those Feet (pt 1 and 2) and Light In The West – Jesus “lost years” and Joseph of Arimathea in Britain, which inspired me to read more. Lionel Smithett Lewis, in his book St. Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury, suggests that the 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury…

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How Large Language Models use AI to manipulate user content such as X Community Notes

I have been looking into how certain Community Notes accounts seem to have suspiciously high ratings and their behaviours. No one person can be that aligned with truth to be able to get useful votes on everything they write. Are algorithims and AI at play here? Are these accounts machine generated? I have noticed duplicate content on many occasions, but also low-quality noting. A good community…

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Survivors' Guide to Being Fired

Featured image – Tools for Survival after Dismissal – Image by Pexels from Pixabay In October 2024, 3 of my friends in their 50s all got turfed out of their jobs on allegations of ‘gross misconduct’, which it turns out is what must be found to fire someone on the spot. Firstly, they cannot claim unfair dismissal unless they can show there was discrimination involved or if they are a…

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What if MPs were all sent to Job Centres for a day

I’ve recently heard about sanctions, when someone has been kicked off benefits after 3 months, despite their efforts to find work and their circumstances. There have been reports in the broadsheet and tabloid press about people who have starved to death in their homes due to having nothing to live on. Here’s a fictional scene (from my imagination) of MPs being sent to the job centre. INT. DAY.…

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Outmoded employment models getting ahead of tide before floodgates open - unfair dismissal

Communication and thought are at the root of accessiblity, fairness and inclusivity. The bottom line is this costs nothing and can increase profit. It also reduces the costs of compensating unfairly dismissed employees. Image by Markus Winkler from Pixabay As new laws come in, dinosaurs lash out, it seems. I have been working with two honest, contienscious employees who were dismissed suddenly…

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Harnessing contributions from a diverse workforce

Communication and thought are at the root of accessiblity, fairness and inclusivity. The bottom line is this costs nothing and can increase profit. It also reduces the costs of compensating unfairly dismissed employees. Image by Markus Winkler from Pixabay As new laws come in, dinosaurs lash out, it seems. I have been working with two honest, contienscious employees who were dismissed suddenly…

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Increased productivity from a cognitive inclusive workplace

Problem solving, lateral thinking, code breaking, photographic memory and other cognitive skills are second nature to people labelled ‘neurodiverse’. This ACAS article shows there is a trend and reading between the lines, neurodiverse employees are not properly valued as of 8th November 2024. As a result of the disconnect between neurodiverse people and employers, many cases of disability…

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A new local creative cafe venture - jumping in

When discussing this idea with a friend recently, expecting everyone to talk me out of it, I realised that every time I had considered a new venture or starting down any path if anything ahead was not visible, I got serious cold feet. The other realisation I had was that everything I have done, which was worthwhile – including a course during 2020 that paid a stipend and turned out better than…

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Put Offer In - Waiting For Outcome on Cafe Venue

It’s Friday 1st November and I just put an offer in for a cafe venue in Falmouth. Apparently I might hear back tomorrow. It is exciting whatever the outcome. I’m trying to stop myself getting too attached to this venue as there are more. However, very few have big windows facing the harbour and views beyond. Firstly, I got out the spreadsheet given to me by Oxford Innovation. From the accounts I…

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Taking the Plunge - Buying a café venue to run as a profitable business

Starting with coffee and then expanding business – Image by Pexels from Pixabay I am sure no one is following this or believes what I say after so many false starts. Online courses, music promotion, editorial publicity, websites for artists, organising artshows, how to guides and carboot sales with help organising homes. Now I have a chance to focus on one thing – a business – and to test my…

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Investing in a Venture

Starting with coffee and then expanding business – Image by Pexels from Pixabay I am sure no one is following this or believes what I say after so many false starts. Online courses, music promotion, editorial publicity, websites for artists, organising artshows, how to guides and carboot sales with help organising homes. Now I have a chance to focus on one thing – a business – and to test my…

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Government diet advice leads to yo-yoing weight

Weight management requires both daily activity and eating real food to get essential nutrients. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay During lockdown, many people went from commuting daily to work, walking to the bus stop, going out during breaks, commuting home or going out. While at work we cannot snack. An entire industry of delivering food to workplaces has grown out of the shorter…

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Government Diet Advice Leads to Yo-Yo Dieting

I searched for anything on government diet advice and yo-yo dieting from misinformation and there was nothing so here goes

Weight management requires both daily activity and eating real food to get essential nutrients. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay During lockdown, many people went from commuting daily to work, walking to the bus stop, going out during breaks, commuting home or going out. While at work we cannot snack. An entire industry of delivering food to workplaces has grown out of the shorter…

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Chemtrails - More Corporate Deflection onto Climate Science?

This could be a revelation. What about if fact checkers are to censor, silence or shadow ban speculation about hidden agendas and corporate activity, which we end up believing is about climate research?

Since the clear blue skies during lockdown, I’ve seen many people posting a “tippex sky” (Sonia Poulton) of aeroplane trails criss-crossing the skies. In my mind, any true story creates a complete picture with its components fitting together like a puzzle. How do we gather information? It becomes difficult when facts are drowned out by the din of everyone’s opinions. These tended to be stated…

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My Diary 2021 - week 4

It all starts with Sorry Sophie Scrambled – RAF_Luton on Twitter