Well this is pretty bad news for Stevenage
Financial TimesGSK to shut historic Stevenage hub as it announces £1.9bn cost-saving drive ft.trib.al/KxPgjaz
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Paul Guinnessy
Physicist, Journalist, Director of Digital Experience. All views are my own, not my employer. Fan of Film Festivals, Opera, and theater. Believer in buying two books for every one leaving the house. Unlikely to respond to DMs unless I know you.
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Liz Oyer says she's received deaths threats since testifying against Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General — and that Missouri's Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have helped fuel the violent threats against her.
Opinion | Former DOJ lawyer spotlights death threats after Blanche testimonyLiz Oyer says Missouri’s Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are helping fueling threats against her as Republicans try to confirm Blanche as AG.www.ms.now
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While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screenThe actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zoneswww.thetimes.com"The belief in educating the electorate dates back to the Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson believed education would protect the new country against “degeneracy” and “tyranny.” "Moreover, he believed education must be free" @danrather.bsky.social Hasn't been that for a long time ☹️
Degrees of DamagePre-schoolers to grad students — no one is safe from Trump’s attack on educationopen.substack.com
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Excellent point about BBC's Burnham interview
Robert SaundersIt's noticeable, too, that there wasn't a single question on the climate, at a time when Europe is experiencing catastrophic wild-fires & record-breaking heat. It's astonishing how low down the political agenda this remains in Britain, when all the environmental indicators are signalling disaster.
Just when you think Ford screws up by making vehicles whose doors fall off if you slam them hard enough (Ford Escape), and you start contemplating a GM vehicle, their CEO says "here, hold my beer". (and I wouldn't buy their vehicles anyway as they don't have Apple CarPlay)
Aaron RuparGM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.
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Here's one you probably didn't know about!
Federal Workers UnitedThe Trump administration’s relocation plans for USDA threaten 25% of the workforce out of <2,300 offices, if they are forced to relocate. But USDA workers have formed a campaign to fight back and defend public services. Read the full story: www.thefencepost.com/news/usda-un...
“Cracker Barrel’s CEO is stepping down nearly a year after an attempted rebrand of the chain led to a fierce customer backlash.” Although others say the quality of the food was the problem. Pretty sure they had a golden parachute though.
Cracker Barrel CEO steps down a year after logo debacleCracker Barrel’s CEO is stepping down nearly a year after an attempted rebrand of the chain led to fierce customer backlash.apnews.com"Forget about power and freedom. Commercial airplanes no longer symbolize anything except a desire to be anywhere else. Nobody cares what kind of plane they fly in anymore, so long as they are on it as little as possible." Although I still make a point of avoiding the 737-MAX if I can.
The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final DescentThe jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.www.theatlantic.comAnd the cost of doing business is also loading these companies with debt so you can pay yourself a big dividend, ship production out to China, use poorer materials, and leave the initial company bankrupt in Chapter 11. There was a time when people tried to grow businesses instead of asset strip them
The problem with a lot of companies (particularly IT companies) is that being caught doing something against what they claim (like dishwasher safe when it isn't) the financial penalties are so small, its just the cost of doing business.
Your Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.www.worseonpurpose.com"The Trump [admin] hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands"
The Assault On Science Funding ContinuesThe Assault On Science Funding Continueswww.science.orgAstronauts returning from long missions report a “jet lag of the self”: “a sense of watching their own lives from a half-step outside the frame”. (I feel that with the 10-years of construction noise going on outside the house for the Purple Line).
Astronauts returning from six-month missions describe a persistent 'observer' sensation — the feeling of watching their own lives from a half-step outside the frame, weeks after they're back on the gr...Astronauts returning from long ISS rotations consistently describe a half-step-outside-themselves sensation that flight surgeons recognize as part of the post-mission readjustment curve — a perceptual...spacedaily.comRecent developments in #QuantumComputing technologies make it timely to ask whether trainable models can also make use of quantum effects such as superposition and the intrinsic uncertainty associated with quantum measurements
Quantum Neural Networks Face the Hardware TestBy implementing a quantum neural network using two quantum-computing platforms, researchers have taken steps toward determining whether such systems can reliably fulfill their theoretical promise.physics.aps.org