Richard Mischook @rmischook@nitech.online
I'm an iOS developer living west of the Bann.
Joined Nov 2022
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Took this in the Laurentians in Quebec, only had the time for one photo before it flew away...
“Where employers break the law, they not only do a disservice to their staff but, also undermine fair competition between businesses." https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/nine-employers-in-northern-ireland-outed-for-paying-workers-less-than-minimum-wage/a1004165446.html
I think #DUP should rebrand as the CUK party. Johnson screwed them with his Protocol deal but they would go on backing him no matter. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-mps-abstain-from-boris-johnson-partygate-vote/a211130970.html
“Your boss has already conceded the whole kingdom,” Dan Tehan, Australia’s chief negotiator, told Truss gleefully' https://apple.news/AuR8IFqKNSqO6a5dfeMSYNw
‘Judge Smyth then directed the foreperson of the jury to return not guilty verdicts.’
“Political systems and political leaders have to have the capacity to multi-task and do several important, critical things at the same time.
“To advance an argument that we will not prepare for the medium and long term future simply because we have challenges in the present, that doesn’t stack up. That’s not responsible politics in my view.” https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dup-slams-focus-on-divisive-border-poll-after-sfs-mary-lou-mcdonald-cautions-over-rushing-into-referendum/1837880666.html
‘So far this year, 29 people have died on Northern Ireland’s roads, including three people this week.’ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/cyclist-47-dies-after-east-belfast-collision/299939866.html
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If I could change one thing about the way we talk about copyright, it would be to replace "protected" with "encumbered," at least in the library context. An out-of-print book from 1950 with a dead author and a defunct publisher is not "protected" by copyright; it's encumbered. 60-year-old newspaper articles, 10-year-old political ads, on and on - vast swaths of in-copyright material with no commercial life but some remaining intellectual value aren't protected by copyright. They're encumbered.
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Peter Lindbergh is recognized as one of the most influential contemporary #photographers This image of #TinaTurner hanging off the Eiffel Tower is one of his most iconic photos. In November 2020 the singer wrote: “Today would be the birthday of my dear friend and uniquely talented photographer Peter Lindbergh. I have often told you that it took me a long time to love myself. Peter helped me with his amazing photos. He discovered a side of me even I didn’t know existed. I miss him very much.”
The #DUP and the #Tories should be deeply ashamed about the part they've played in the degradation of the capacity of the #NHS in #NorthernIreland as reflected in the backlogs and waiting times. 46 feckin weeks for URGENT OPHTHALMOLOGY cases - 125 weeks for routine.
If our precious Union can’t deliver adequate health care people like me who don't have a foot in either camp will I think be asking some tough questions if and when that border poll comes to pass.
https://online.hscni.net/my-waiting-times-ni/bhsct/bt-outpatient/
“I think this is all politics, I think we’re being led to believe that there is no money. There is always money, there is always money when governments need to find money, there’s always money for weapons, there is always money for failed PPE.”
#NorthernIreland #Nurses #NHS #NhsStrikes https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/nurses-demonstrate-over-deteriorating-ni-health-service/795455676.html
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So, I'm sure you're all heard some weird Dream Stuff, but I'm pretty sure what my brain did to me last night takes the cake.
I had a girlfriend in the first dream, who got extremely paranoid and dumped me for "conspiring" against her with all of my friends. Okay, standard stress dream.
Except then I woke up multiple times throughout the night and every time I had a NEW dream, SHE showed up halfway through to ruin it, for "revenge." For the thing I didn't even do in the first dream.
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#BBC censor Siobhan McSweeney’s anti-government acceptance speech https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/bbc-sensor-siobhan-mcsweeneys-anti-government-acceptance-speech-348523/
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Just going to set aside this afternoon to attempt to enter this long password with no means to see what I’ve typed whilst praying I don’t exceed the attempt account whilst also acknowledging I’m just going to use simpler and simpler passwords even though the robots will be better at guessing them. Good job, everyone.
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Bank of England to raise interest rates for the 12th time because, despite their efforts, people continue to drive inflation with their reckless unchecked spending on “food” and “heat”.
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What's with the half-Frenchification of certain English words? If you're going to say AHN-clave and AHN-voy, why not go all the way and make it ahn-CLAHV and ahn-VWAH?
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Going to start encouraging people to use the phrase "seize the fish" and it will be a dual-layered joke when I refer to it as a carp idiom.
Days since Northern Ireland had a government https://howlonghasnorthernirelandnothadagovernment.com/
I'm an iOS developer living west of the Bann.
Joined Nov 2022
