Notices by Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io), page 8

Photo 1, "the pooch", especially for @yukiame

Photos from to-day's #DogWalk

* #Neachdainn sitting on a bollard
* Cobweb highlighted by dew in the sunshine
* Trees reflected in the canal
* Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) on a dead beech stump

#dogs #MastoDogs #photo #photography #nature #fungus

@daniel_bohrer
I'd forgotten about the Debian tartan. I remember it being discussed before the Edinburgh Debconf.

I'm not totally convinced about the design, a little busy for my liking. Anyway, I'm not in the market for a kilt as I have one already.

@sohkamyung
I'll see if I can get my electric vehicle tuned-up and ready.

@codewiz @loke

@vfrmedia @gemlog
If you add resources to healthcare (people, machinery or facilities) you will be able to do things better and/or faster. However, if you do that *only* on the basis that those paying more get access, then you are adding to the advantages that rich people already have. Healthcare like education, clean water and housing is a human right that should be available to all.

Build a new hospital only for rich people and only those will benefit. Make it available for all, all benefit.

@gemlog
Of course, it is in my bio, and hashtagged, too.

Not only that, the info was entirely apposite to the discussion.

@gemlog
Eh?
I only have one kilt.

@gemlog
Case in point: paid for clinics don't exist within the Scottish NHS*.

* One exception is dental care, which has always been treated (sic) differently.

@vfrmedia

@vfrmedia
Scotland, England, Wales & NI each are separate NHS entities, but because they use a similar name they appear to be one organisation. They co-operate by making payments to each other should a patient from one country need treatment while in one of the other countries. Within each country the NHS is further divided into local NHS trusts.

BTW the NHS in Scotland was created first, and it was based on a model which had operated in the Highlands.

@gemlog

@gemlog
I should add that is my general reaction, I don't know anything about the specific proposals for Canada.

@gemlog
I think your first reaction was correct. If you have some people paying to get preferential treatment, and why else would they pay extra, everyone's focus will turn to the paid for service. Better to tax some more and deliver a better service for everyone.

Also, where would things stop? Semi-privatised education. How about semi-privatised police where the rich get crimes solved faster, for a small payment? "For only $41 per month, get preferential service when your house is on fire".

As September 19, 2014 progressed, and the news about the disturbance in George Square & Cameron's EVEL sunk in, my mood began to change. My dejection began to evaporate, it was being replaced by renewed determination. I wanted to finish this thing we had started. I realised the referendum was a battle lost, not the war.

To my amazement I found others were thinking the same way. People were talking about Yes2 and StillYes. 5 years on and the movement is bigger and stronger than ever.

#Yes #OTD

@rpcutts
In the 2+ years that the campaign ran the worst thing that happened was Jim Murphy MP (Lab) got hit with an egg. The newspapers made out this single non-event was akin to the Boxer Rebellion. You could say they over-egged it. That said, any violence is unacceptable, whether eggs or milkshakes.

In comparison the events on September 19, 2014 were vile.

@bob
Remove the "right to buy" and councils and housing associations could build new houses to rent at affordable prices, rather than leaving the "market" to private landlords. Sorted!

@strypey @dzuk

@tfb
As long as you retained your top hat and spats you should be all right.

@sohkamyung
Brilliant!
I love the sock puppet Einstein.

@gcupc

@rpcutts
Who is the fairest of them all?

In the early hours of September 19, the results started coming in. The first four areas to declare were wins for the No side. I could tell from the scale of the defeats that the independence side weren't going to prevail. I felt despondent.

I was only too glad to take #Neachdainn outside for a piddle, as he requested. I couldn't watch yet more defeats. My dream was dying.

The happy, convivial atmosphere in the room had evaporated. The table full of snacks and drinks looked grotesque.
#Yes #OTD