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@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-05-10 09:43:31

Greater Manchester election analysis.
The ‘unfathomable’ fall of Labour’s Greater Manchester manchestermill.co.uk/the-unfat

Electoral map for the city of Manchester: it shows the 1/3 seats elected this year in contrast to those in 2022 - article shows the overall councillor composition.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-10 12:05:31

Friend in Bray was looking to move back into the home she was renting in 2022 for €2,100/month.
The landlord quotes her €3,000/month.
I’m shocked: how can he do that when there’s a 2% yearly cap on price increases? So the most he should be able to charge is €2,273.10.
Can you guess the answer?
Did you say because Irish people elected a majority conservative/neoliberal government?
(Apparently the government just removed the 2% cap for new tenancies.¹ Landlords ca…

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-05-05 10:31:01

"“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science"
doi.org/10.3998/jep.7974
"[…] The study aims to gain insights into th[e] misalignment by exploring linguists’ understanding of what constitutes [

“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science
Broadly defined as the study of language, linguistics is a diverse field spanning many disciplines. Recent studies on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) in linguistics (e.g. Isbell et al. 2022) suggest that it suffers from many of the same issues that triggered the replication crisis in psychology (see e.g. Sönning and Werner 2021). While surveys have indicated that linguists are generally in favour of Open Science/Scholarship (OS), there appears to be a “a misalignmen…

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-05-06 22:08:31

Large-scale sporting events cause unexpected air pollution, study shows theguardian.com/environment/20

Large-scale sporting events cause unexpected air pollution, study shows
Research conducted at 2022 Commonwealth Games found catering and fireworks were main causes of pollution