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"'The plastic divide'—how carrier bag bans impact the poorest communities"
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'The plastic divide'—how carrier bag bans impact the poorest communities
A new study from The University of Manchester has shed light on an unexpected consequence of plastic bag bans in East Africa, and why well-intentioned environmental laws may actually be making life harder for the people they aim to protect.

Getting back into training. Yay!
This past week I did a resilience session after not exercising consistently in a long time, and my normal work day ended up being one of the best I've had. My body felt relaxed and my mind sharp and focussed. I really feel we're made for intensity, or at least I enjoy it. Find what works for you, personally small group training with knowledgeable coaches that instruct has been life changing. I can be a workhorse if I'm told what to do. A dre…

"When you focus on growth in GDP as your primary goal without any concern for whether what creates that growth is of real value rather than simply being capable of being counted, whilst being indifferent to the distribution of the gains, those already vulnerable are bound to suffer as a consequence... The policy failure this chart exposes is not an accident; it will be achieved by #Labour by d…

Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly.
As The Guardian notes this morning: The country’s most deprived neighbourhoods will have higher crime rates and worse unemployment by the end of the parliament, according to a report written at the request of No. 10 Downing Street. No. 10 has apparently focused its attention on what are called

Stadiums & concessions stands price gouge because THEY CAN. Regulators simply let them despite it already being illegal.
▶️ We Uncovered the Illegal Scam Happening at Every Stadium
https://youtube.com/watch?v=w7LPPTLDXu4&si=4JQb5GPHC3VAwpvp

VM server going down for the third attempt at updating to xcp-ng 8.3 after two previous failures resulted in rollbacks and changes to my SR configuration to hopefully be compatible with 8.3.
Also doing the first of two rounds of hardware upgrades after I scored a bunch of nice stuff from some servers that were headed to the scrapyard.

Goodell backs Rooney Rule amid litigation threat https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48362846/goodell-backs-rooney-rule-says-diversity-benefit-nfl

NFL power ratings: Patriots vs. Seahawks Super Bowl spread not buying Drake Maye's chances

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-power-ratings-patriots-…