9point6

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

Firstly, higher education should be free, or subsidised to the point of being as close to free as possible. If normal people have to choose between higher education and a huge debt, it's going to reasonably push people away who would otherwise want to continue learning.

The point of it should not be to get a job, that should just be a nice bonus. The point of it is to learn in depth about a subject you're interested in and ultimately develop valuable critical thinking and problem solving skills that don't really get exercised much in schools prior to higher education (at least where I'm from).

Given the reality is that it probably has to lead to a job in a lot of circumstances, there's still plenty of fields where the degree is necessary to participate, and many more where it's going to be a hurdle if someone doesn't have one. On the other hand, there're plenty of fields where someone would have no issues in skipping the degree and doing some kind of apprenticeship. So if future job prospects are the ultimate decider, what you should encourage really depends what your son wants to work as.

I finished my degree about a decade and a half ago and I think I've definitely benefited more from having done it than if I'd not IMO

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

It's honestly baffling how tone deaf his government is

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 112 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"immigration is why our lives are getting worse"

Very clear indicator that someone has barely attempted to understand how the world works

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Grok

Oh.... No longer a cool Japanese musical instrument company, just a racist chatbot.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (5 children)

So $13.33/h?

That's less than £10 which I believe would be below minimum wage in my country, so basically any job would do it

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Cargo space? No... car go road...

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 62 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

If there was actually ever any left wing terrorism in the modern day, you would genuinely never hear the end of it

It would be bigger in the media than hurricane Katrina

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Paprika is the ultimate understudy of black pepper

Feel kinda bad for white pepper for coming third in a two horse race

Spursy, even

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some things seemingly transcend morality into objectivity

More study is urgently imperative

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (16 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Learnin' leads to earnin'

And not a yearnin' for concernin' spurnin'

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I try to do every 6 weeks

If I'm going to a wedding or something at the 4+ week mark I'll get it done early

If I don't get it done until 8+ weeks it starts to get into an unmanageably scruffy zone

 

Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.

As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”.

Andy Burnham also called for a “reset” and more pluralistic style, telling the Guardian that the government needed to be “listening to the heartbeat of the party”.

 

I finished work a bit early today, went for a walk, met a friend at a newly opened pub, watched the football with a few pints and just got back home.

Another fun Friday to put into the box of fun Fridays

What's going on in your corner of the world?

 

It is known across Liverpool as the Radio City tower but that moniker may not be around much longer as the structure hosts its final live broadcast on Christmas Eve.

Microphone cables are being bundled up and heaving contacts books packed into boxes, leaving empty what is arguably the most famous building of the city’s skyline – St Johns Beacon, to use its proper name.

Built in 1969, originally as a luxury revolving restaurant that was one visited by Queen Elizabeth II, the tower was listed Grade II in 2020, with Historic England describing it as “embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age”.

 

What would you add/change for next time

I know I could do with a sweeter red vermouth

 

Uefa has warned ministers that England could be excluded from the European Championship it is co-hosting in 2028 over "concerns" that a planned independent football regulator could lead to "government interference" in the sport.

A bill to establish a body to oversee the top five tiers of the men's game in England was reintroduced in July.

The UK government has said the football watchdog will "protect clubs" by "ensuring their financial sustainability".

But in a letter sent to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and seen by BBC Sport, Uefa general secretary Theodore Theodoridis wrote: "We do have concerns remaining... as normally football regulation should be managed by the national federation.

 

Cross posted

 

So canvas is on again this year! We could try and be a bit more organised this time if people are around

I've not started anything yet

 

Honestly, I will never wrap my head around how people can happily bring infants on any flight where you can expect people to try and sleep, it's incredibly lucky if they don't spend some of it screaming their heads off—I would be mortified if my choices were preventing hundreds of people from sleeping. But I'm not going to rant too hard about that.

Why on earth hasn't any airline started marketing adult-only flights?

It seems like a complete no brainer to me, I would choose it every time and pay extra for it.

Disclaimer: I may or may not be on a 36h day with only an hour of sleep right now

 
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