Notices by iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop), page 19

Just spotted an ad on my timeline for an internship at a technology-related charity in Germany.

UK internships: usually unpaid
German internship: €1300 euro a month

UK "full time": 45-50 hours a week minimum
German "full time": 35 hours a week

Makes me wonder where we've gone wrong.

@bobstechsite @noelle @freakazoid @switchingsocial They seem to engage in some sharp practices around cancellations.

You can sign up online but have to email to cancel, and if you cancel they completely delete your instance within 24 hours even if you've paid up to the end of the month.

@GreenandBlack I have a long garden but it's a bit of a mess at present because I haven't had the time or spoons to deal with it this year. I'm just getting it sorted at present to start growing a few more things.

It's really too big for one person on their own to deal with, though, and it's not an easy garden - it's on a hillside so it's terraced.

@GreenandBlack What are you growing? :)

@nev
> The health of your body is comparable to the average 20 year old Canadian.

Young Canadians must be really fucking unhealthy

@nev The biggest thing that seems to add years onto your life is if you say "I've never smoked and I don't drink"

@nev 86 for me, but I think it assumes I'm in Canada, which has higher life expectancy in general than this country.

We're one of the only Western countries where life expectancy has actually declined in the past few years.

@GreenandBlack To be fair, that's compost and someone's had to produce it, they haven't just gone and dug muck off a random hillside and sold it

He ain't heavy, he's my Brother 🖨

Today's radio phone-in topic: "Are you called Smith? Call us now!"

No, really.

100% Accurate Guide to Yorkshire Fish and Chips

This type of shop: good.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BG704E/andreas-chippy-fish-chip-shop-todmorden-west-yorkshire-england-uk-BG704E.jpg
This type of shop: awful.
https://www.wetherbywhaler.co.uk/images/editoral/pages/wetherby_whaler_guiseley_external.jpg

@hollyamory Also, the size of the fish and chip shop. A tiny roadside hut with a queue out of the door will always offer better food than a big restaurant.

@hollyamory So many local businesses are cutting back their hours. I wonder if economic conditions are something to do with it.

The fish and chip shop near my house is only open Weds-Fri now, it used to be Tues-Sat.

Having said that, I don't know about where you live, but in Yorkshire there is an inversely proportional relationship between the opening hours of a chip shop and the quality of the food provided.

@medusa Is this directed at someone here on social.coop? I already blocked one person for regular un-CWed mentions of that word when talking about IT privacy issues (I think, a lot of their toots are angry and unclear).

TIL they still install copper wire in brand new houses for telephone and broadband service.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44921764

@Owen_Roberts Sorry, I am not having this argumentative attitude anymore, you're blocked

@Owen_Roberts LBC is the mouthpiece of the likes of Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg. When they employ that kind of person as a presenter, why should anyone listen to anything said over their airwaves?

@simon_brooke @fitheach It's a particular problem if you aren't a white Western bloke.

If a new user comes on here, starts posting, makes a comment that is then jumped on by trolls, "sea lions" and the like they will probably switch it off and go back to Facebook.

We need voices on here that reflect the diversity of the real world, not just affluent white web developers and IT people.

"Stay out of the sun!" says UK government.

Finally, an excuse to sit inside and read.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/23/met-office-issues-a-heatwave-alert-and-tells-uk-public-to-stay-inside