Farage is what you get when your geriatric Saint Bernard, that's been eating rotten fish, shits on the carpet, then eats the shit, then throws it up, then rolls in it, then jumps onto your clean bedsheets and rolls around in them too.

When I was in the states, fire stations were the obvious place to wait for cabs. Always open, always safe.

So, while I've never solely been HR (I've mostly worked at start-ups or SMEs and worn a lot of different hats at all times), I've done a lot of hiring at different companies in the UK.

I have always been of the opinion that the CV explains what you've done so far, and the covering letter / personal statement should then explain why what you've done makes you a viable candidate. So the CV is about you, the personal statement is about you and the role/company. You certainly don't have to cover the spec points in order (and don't even always need to cover them all). Just sure you address as many of the 'essential' elements as possible. But, even if you can't cover them all you might still be a viable candidate. I've hired people who had skill gaps because they had some stuff I really cared about and I knew we could teach them to cover the missing stuff.

Caveat: this was before AI. I assume that's fucked the human element of the entire process completely in a lot of companies. For <20 headcount orgs your application might still end up in front of a human.

I mean, we've all done it, right? Right?

ITT: no discussion avout UK politics or the Green Party, only discussion about federation, the online safety act, and restricted files. Never change, lemmings!

IMPORTANT WORK IS BEING DONE!

Can we round it up to under 60s? Actually, fuck old people (anyone older than me). Let’s just ban it.

Sure, Facebork keeps me in touch with old school friends and my second cousins, etc., but if we have a month’s warning we can exchange actual addresses and then not bother keeping in touch any more that way.

I, too, will die quickly and painfully at the teeth of zombies!

I grew up in a small rural town in the 70s. Both my parents worked a six day week so after school and on Saturdays I was free. Me and friends would roam all over, farms, woods, beaches. Sometimes we’d hitchhike to other towns.

These days my kids are growing up in a city. I know there’s no comparison to the freedom I experienced versus what my kids do, but I also doubt I’d have been allowed as much freedom if I’d grown up in a city.

Nope.

For me it's Marcus Wareing. Watch the intro to his TV show. "Until recently I worked, but now I'm just chilling out and living the good life you fucking peasants couldn't even imagine. Look at how good my life is!"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00151dq/marcus-wareings-tales-from-a-kitchen-garden-series-1-episode-1

I know this is just a meme and all but do people still play 'adversarial GM’ games these days? I never enjoyed that dynamic as a player or a GM.

You can't park there, mate!

Christmas is gonna be epic!

iPhone:

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Magic sword of infinite sharpness.

Sheathing the sword, or holding it by the hilt, quillons, or pommel causes it to become incredibly heavy.

Great way to get more cars on the road, good job big brains!

Those damned fox spiders!

You can't park that there, sir!

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Mmmm, marmalade.

Trump's here for two days, I think. I imagine all four will be released without further charge on the third day.