Richard Mischook @rmischook@nitech.online

When you know you’ve bought the right drill press…

‘The Orange Order was by this appointment ignoring the growing concerns around violence against women and girls, showing that it is not only possible for a man to kill his wife in a jealous rage and only serve five years in prison, but to later be held up as a pillar of the community.’ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/allison-morris/orange-order-why-was-shocking-appointment-of-stephen-fulton-made-in-first-place/1883340527.html

“If there had been no Brexit, there would be no protocol, no border in the Irish Sea, no customs posts in Larne, Belfast and Warrenpoint, and Stormont would be working,” he added.

“Those who advocated this form of Brexit charged into the campaign with gusto but failed to do their homework. It is noteworthy that not one of them has taken any responsibility.” https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/sir-reg-empey-ni-heading-for-joint-authority-if-stormont-cant-be-restored/1696189503.html

‘The Tory government might not like it, but they cannot afford not address the issue of pay if they wish to secure the future of the NHS. So, the fact they are refusing to even discuss pay with the health unions would suggest salvaging what is left of the NHS is not a priority.’ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/comment/lucidtalk-poll-devastating-failings-happening-across-health-service/461096116.html

some people don’t want to climb the corporate ladder, even if they used to.

some people don’t want to go “above and beyond.”

some people want less responsibility, not more.

some people want to do the job they were hired to do and be done.

there is *nothing* wrong with this.

we need to normalize language like this. you don’t have to work 90 hours a week to be “dedicated.” you don’t have to love your job. you CAN be in it just for the paycheck. that’s literally what a job is: payment for services.

this rhetoric of “what success looks like” is a falsity we have been tricked into believing to maximize corporate profits. success looks different depending on who and when you ask… sometimes success is getting up in the morning, and sometimes it’s getting promoted. it’s all relative, and we need to remember that.

#Friday #Thoughts #Work #Life #BeKind #Success

I taught my daughter to be careful, watchful and polite. She’s young and will do stupid things. We all do. But I worry every time she gets behind the wheel of a car. Every. Single. Time. Fortunately I don’t have a son, but I have nephews and cousins and brothers. Why do we have to carry these burdens, burdens we did not create but are saddled with? These questions are not rhetorical. They are a question of life… please, America, recognize our humanity. Please give us a chance to live. #BLM

If I ever need a reminder of why I left the Lib Dems it's the utter paucity of ambition in quotes like this. This country is so broken that "seeing a GP within 7 days" is an aspirational policy, but there's no desire to mention, let alone tackle, any of the causes of this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64331920

@Morgan and of course if you're a shareholder you want the NHS to be crap so that BUPA can also be crap, just slightly less crap, but people still have to pay to get the slightly less crap @nickbwalking

Svalbard, Norway is where this amazingly beautiful photo was taken by photographer Marsel van Oosten WOW!! 💗

my biggest criticism about the original Star Wars is that they called it a "Death Star". any evil imperialist organization worth its salt would hire a consulting firm to come up with something like "Liberation Sphere"

I'm in a legal tussle with the red Teletubby over the ownership of a cabbage salad. It's complicated because she's substituted all but ten percent of it with a peppery Chinese sauce, but there's legal precedent because Po's szechuan is nine-tenths of the slaw.

How likely is it that you will still be on Mastodon a year from now?

#BOOST OK