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Photographer of many things, including art nudes, often experimenting with different lenses, lighting and infrared images.
All pictures posted are my own work (for which I hold copyright), and models featured are professional models (unless stated otherwise)

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);

now some are going to spin this as a problem for the Greens, but actually if I was them I would be pointing out that this is why Hannah Spencer is more like the locals than the flown-in other candidates.

Like many working people she has to prioritise keeping her skills up to date!


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@ChrisMayLA6 Well, the William Hill odds (decimal format) are currently:
Greens: 1.40
Reform: 3.50
Labour: 9.00
(and several other parties >100) so the betting public seem fairly certain of a Green win !

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As part of the Representation of the People Act, to arrive in the House of Commons today is both the manifesto pledge to reduce the voting age, and a move to ban political donations from companies unless the firms are owned in the UK and have some minimum level of economic activity in the country.

Its likely the persistent will find ways round the restriction, but it will make financial support from abroad for political parties more difficult, which is to be welcomed!


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@ChrisMayLA6 Hopefully it will also encourage/enable police/security services to track down previously undisclosed sources ...
My guess is that this will affect Conservatives and Reform most ... 🙂

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Inflict minor injuries on Bill

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

While aimed at China, the EU's (as yet only) proposed policy of requiring 70% of 'critical goods' to be manufactured in the EU, if enacted will have (yet another) negative impact on UK exports across the Channel, and compound the problems already caused by Brexit (and the failure of any real notion of a 'reset' with the EU).

Each year, its clearer that at the fork in the road that was the Brexit referendum, the Brexiters directed us down a cut-de-sac!


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@ChrisMayLA6 Maybe the pro-Russian influences that contributed to Brexit are also at work in Europe to discourage UK/EU cooperation (particularly with arms manufacturing) ?
It's probably now also in US interests to keep us separate and make the UK easier to manipulate/plunder.

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[unnecessary euphemism klaxon]

Spotted in today's FT Collecting section:

'... and a generation of donors that museums relied on for decades is ageing out.'

err.... 'ageing out' = dying?

Are we saying that we should avoid indicating people die when they are old?

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@ChrisMayLA6 It does seem an odd way to refer to the "vitality challenged"

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

While its hard to believe in NW Lancashire where it seems to be raining pretty much all the time at the moment, more widely drought conditions are spreading across Europe... leading one to wonder whether the predictions of the next major war being over water might be becoming ever more apposite?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/climate-crisis-depleting-europe-groundwater-reserves-analysis

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@ChrisMayLA6 I suspect water and food (once climate change affects some of the major food crops) will be a trigger for war.
Perhaps there is an element of this driving Putin's attempt to grab Ukraine, and getting to control more of the world's food supply - and how much more power/influence/money Russia will control if he isn't stopped ?

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

It seems to me a key reason we have the contemporary politics we have is that many (most) of our political class, no longer see public service as their primary motivator, rather they are seeking to build (political) careers.

They still might say they're motivated by public service, but its not their primary motivation.

Some of you might argue, ever was it thus; but there seem to be many more career politicians than those driven primarily by a desire to serve than there once were?

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@ChrisMayLA6 It also feels like we have more politicians who haven't done anything much apart from politics, rather than representing the skills and points of view of other professions.

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

Have arrived home to find that Rachel Reeves Autumn Budget was so comprehensively trailed in the last few days that for the most part there's not much to say, that's not already been said.... other than rather than revealing a strategic vision it looks a but more like the fiscal equivalent of scrambling around for small change (or in some cases perhaps notes) in jars & drawers around the house.....

But as the dust settles I'll posy on anything that pops up that was not expected

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@ChrisMayLA6 Doesn't seem to be any mention of changes to corporate tax (or maybe it's just not being discussed in the media?)

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@ChrisMayLA6 I suppose this could be another Brexit 'bonus', increasing UK corporate tax might be the final straw for companies considering a move to the EU ...

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Many years ago a colleague of mine warned that when feelings became the focus of politics, we would see political chaos....

And, now, some decades later, I think his view has been vindicated; too often data & facts are dismissed in light of people's feelings (sometimes referred to as 'legitimate concerns'), stoked by a news media that seen investigation & fact-checking as too expensive and a political class that sees politics merely as an exercise in marketing.

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@ChrisMayLA6 Yes, particularly when the phrase 'illegitimate concerns' is so close and much more accurate!

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

The biggest Q.s in politics are related to Brexit:

How can Reform be so popular in polls given Farage's role in Brexit, now recognised widely as a disaster?

Given the disaster of Brexit, why is the Labour Party's relations with the EU still built on a mistaken expectation of continued entitlement?

How, can the UK ever recover from Brexit if we don't admit how much damage the disconnection from the EU has caused?

We cannot leave Brexit behind because its always there!

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@ChrisMayLA6 As idle speculation, I wonder how difficult it would be to crowd-fund a big red campaign bus with "Brexit has been a f***ing disaster" written down the side ?

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

Nesrine Malik sums up the disconnect between the Westminster village & the rest of the country:

'The moment a party turns on itself, when personalities replace politics, when sordid media briefings & grievances are litigated in public to poison an already dark public mood, it is a sure indication that the public have become bystanders to the endgame of a political drama that was always about power, not governance'.

We need a lot better than this!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/17/labour-briefing-office-drama-no-10

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@ChrisMayLA6 The 'collective wisdom' of the people placing politics bets on William Hill, seem to think Keir is getting the boot next year ...

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@ChrisMayLA6 I suppose that betting on a company to succeed (ie. buying shares) increases their chance of success (increasing share price), and betting against (shorting shares) increases their chances of failure.

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    @NiwlCraft There are some super glues with the same refractive index as glass, but whether it's practical in this case is another question. (Maybe practice on some 'ordinary' glass first ?)

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    As the NHS continues to face the difficulties of it engineered crisis, now it looks like this year's flue season may be worse than in the recent past.... we can expect things in the health services to get worse in the next couple of months.

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/14/flu-mutated-strain-uk-hospitals-winter-surge

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I am wondering if this is possibly a pandemic side-effect, that all those flu cases we missed by masking/isolating were really just postponed, and having lost some flu herd-immunity makes a big wave more likely ?

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Private care providers make a profit which is often siphoned out of the country.

    Defenders of private provision argue that this surplus comes from more effective/efficient care organisation (and is a 'reward' for that work).

    Opponents see this as a draining of much needed money out of the care system with no real care benefit to clients, making this just cash extraction.

    I prefer the latter, given the frequent treatment scandals in the private sector!

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/12/private-care-providers-in-three-english-regions-make-250m-in-three-years

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    @ChrisMayLA6 It does feel like 'profit by cutting corners'.
    If there was a miracle saving to be had from just organising stuff better, everyone (including the NHS) would do it.
    Probably much cheaper to run health services that are 99% safe instead of 99.99% safe ...
    But unless private medical service providers are getting prosecuted for their failures regularly, it's always going to look superficially cheaper.

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Meanwhile the boom in private health seems to be not quite as strong as some analysts are suggesting;

    after 4 years & having equipped a major unit for private patients Nuffield Health has sold back its lease on a Barts Hospital building in London & the facilities will now be folded back in to the NHS as breast cancer unit.

    In the end this is a good result for the NHS in London & may suggest private health demand is softer than some want us to believe?


    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/07/nhs-to-take-over-state-of-the-art-hospital-from-private-health-group-in-windfall

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    @ChrisMayLA6 It might just be that for a lot of the population they don't have the spare money to be fleeced by private heath care, as they're already being wrung dry by landlords ...

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    ReformUK-linked think tank the Centre for a Better Britain releases a report today claiming that the UK is heading towards a debt crisis;

    alongside policies drawn from Reform's political platform, it makes an explicit link between leaving the European Convention of Human Rights, to allow mass deportations of past migrants (and others) & combating such an impending crisis.

    This really is ugly nonsense but as always will get media traction & will be treated as a viable option


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    @ChrisMayLA6 Hopefully the catastrophic consequences of such policies in the USA will become obvious before the next UK election !

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Hmmm... here's a Q:

    Is the likely new law that will criminalise harassment of MPs & other holders of public offices outside their homes, a fair protection from harassment... or, is it yet more constraint on the right to protest?

    Much will depend on your reading of past protests & their impact on politicians lives... and how you might assess police over-reach in other laws which started from 'reasonable concerns', but then have been widened in use?

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/03/activists-could-be-jailed-for-six-months-for-protesting-outside-mps-homes

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    @ChrisMayLA6 Putting on my pedantry hat, wouldn't that mean it was only legal to protest inside an MP's home (everywhere else is 'outside') ?

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    The more I hear financial service people telling me that this really isn't a bubble but is a realistic view of the value AI will bring to the (global) economy, the less likely such reassurance seems.

    The shrillness & acceleration of 'this time its different' pronouncements is surely a lead indicator that actually this time is not different & a 'correction' is coming.

    But, hey what do I know?.... those bankers, they're certainly trustworthy commentators on their own field /s

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder where the "everything is fine, it's not a bubble" people are really investing their own money 🙂

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    I don’t like asking for money and I never expect financial help from anyone but due to circumstances outside of my control I’m about €230,000,000 short this month to pay for this yacht any assistance would be amazing and I will absolutely pay it forward (I won’t)

    Two photos of the luxury superyacht Lady Lara cruising in open blue water near rocky coastlines. The sleek white yacht spans 298 feet (91 meters) with multiple decks and a modern, aerodynamic design. The listing below the images reads: “Yacht for Sale – LADY LARA. Length 298’7’’ (91m) | Builder: Lürssen | Build: 2015/2023. Guests: 12 | Cabins: 8 | Crew: 28. Asking €230,000,000,” alongside a “Contact A Broker” button.
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    @Daojoan I should be able to chip in, just waiting for the money from a Nigerian prince to arrive. The transfer fee has been paid, so it shouldn't be long now!

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    It seems one effect of the periods of lockdown at the start of the decade has been a pivot away from eating out & the expansion of demand for high(er) quality meals for home consumption;

    this has, of course, been part of the range of problems confronted by the hospitality sector, and capitalised on by both home delivery groups & supermarkets.

    Like online shopping, eating at home is removing us gradually from more collective experiences... and making us more asocial?


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    @ChrisMayLA6 Perhaps people have just learnt the joy of home cooking during the pandemic, and having to practice has narrowed the the difference in food quality in homes vs. restaurants ?
    It also feels like the quantity of cookery books in my regular bookshop is much bigger now, compared to pre-pandemic ...

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    China's aim to 'de-dollarise' the global economy, is making slow but significant process... with the share of Renminbi-based transaction in global markets surging from 2% to 7% of transactions in the last six years.

    While the dollar still dominates, growing use of the the Euro & the Renminbi are both part of the slow, but sure, pivot away from US economic dominance.... a move that predates the recent actions of the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant.

    Chart: Renminbi's role in trade finance has surged in recent years. Rob share of global trade (%) shows erratic & uneven climb from around 2% in 2019 to around 7% in 2025
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    @ChrisMayLA6 It feels like need for UK/EU to become less dependent on the US$ has become a lot more urgent. Perhaps a non-US alternative to the Mastercard/Visa payment processors would be a good start ?

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder how long before there's a 'tariff' on using those payment providers, and if that will speed up a non-US alternative !

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    @ChrisMayLA6 “the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago, the second best time is now” 😄

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Management speak gone mad...

    overheard many years ago by a friend at Carillion (remember them)...

    'we need to solutionise'

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    @ChrisMayLA6 It's a perfectly cromulent word. 😄

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , (edited ) to random

    And so the bleating starts;

    one of the kites flown by the Treasury in the last couple of days is to end the exceptional tax status of partnerships in the professions & make professionals (i.e. lawyers & accountants) pay national insurance contributions.

    And so now we're being told that this will makes things very difficult for the sector, erode international competitiveness, will raise costs for 'struggling' mid-field firms etc. etc.

    When privilege is removed, oh how they cry!

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    @ChrisMayLA6 The news sites seem to be referring to it as a "Tax Raid", rather than calling it a removal of a loop hole ...

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    The recently nationalised National Energy System Operator suggests developing various forms of tidal power would reduce wholesale electricity prices in the longer term but would involve short-term price rises to fund the (large-scale) infrastructure development to facilitate tidal power.

    Now, this is true using current funding models, but has never got in the way of the development of nuclear energy, so we might conclude tidal power is obstructed for other reasons?


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    @ChrisMayLA6 I suppose this is an advantage that wind/solar have, you can start small with a few turbines/panels and then use revenue from those to expand ...

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Lots of hints from Rachel Reeves on the shape & direction of the Autumn Budget, but in the end the key issue will be how she manages the public sector;

    the most likely development (or non-development) will be the continuance of austerity (under some new terminology) allied to a headline claim to be increasing tax on the wealthy (with major loop holes to ensure they aren't really paying that more tax).

    What we will not see is any shift in overarching fiscal stance.

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    @ChrisMayLA6 It all seems to be discussion/speculation around taxes on people (income/property/inheritance/wealth/national insurance/ISA etc. etc.) and no mention of corporation tax which currently seems to be about half the rate it was in the 1970s ...
    https://ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxlab-data-item/main-corporation-tax-rates-over-time
    (Its it possible that large corporations that own various media have been making sure that corporate tax isn't being widely discussed?)

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    If you bought a hybrid (PHEV) car for its lower environmental impact, then you'll be disappointed with their actual reduction in emissions;

    sure they emit less, but as most people get nowhere near the 84% official estimate of electric driving (on which emission data is calculated), actually using the e-function less than a 30% of the time.... emissions from your PHEV are likely only less that 20% from comparable petrol/diesel models.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/plug-in-hybrids-pollute-almost-as-much-as-petrol-cars-report-finds

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I suppose we lump all PHEVs in one bucket and some (probably most) are large petrol engines with a small electric motor and battery (with 20-30 miles range), and some are mainly electric with a small/low power petrol engine for range extension.

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    A public service post:

    Follow the money....

    Who does Nigel Farage work for....

    Shows Farage's income in addition to the £93,904 he earns as an MP (since July 2024) GB News - £413,360 Direct Bullion - £ 280,500 Cameo (Banking App Inc) - £171,373 and a range of other smaller income streams
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    @ChrisMayLA6 ... and are those companies actually 'paying' him, or just helping obscure the money trail by passing on money from somewhere else ... where does GB News get it's money from ...

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    @ChrisMayLA6 ... and I would bet the sources of his money are even more obscure ...

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    Lets be clear, the wide-spread moral panic about economic inactivity & its drag on the UK economy is nothing other than a false narrative being deployed to justify more surveillance, more conditionality & more pressure on benefits recipients.... actually levels of adults not in work is at levels lower than seen for the last 50 years.

    We must reject this depiction of the UK's economy & rather focus on the rubbish quality of work on offer & specifically gig-economy work!

    Chart: The proportion of adults not working is close to record lows Non-employment rate for those aged 16-64 (%) Shows non-employment rate has been lower for the last five years than at least since the 1970s.
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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder if the upwards tick after 2020 is just the effects of long covid ?

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    I've said this before but...

    at the root of so many of our contemporary political problems is the inability/unwilingness/refusal to see those we disagree with (or oppose) as having a humanity equal with ours.

    When people are seen merely as segments of a group that are hated, when their humanity is dismissed, when they are seen as an obstruction fit for 'demolition', then violent, callous, sociopathic politics is never far behind.

    Until humanity (being humane) returns we are lost!

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder if this is a long-term side effect of austerity ? Perhaps it is easier for children brought up in homes struggling to pay for rent/food and educated in larger classes with less individual attention to end up more susceptible to these behaviours ?

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    The Court has found in favour of the Govt. in its case against PPE Medpro & requires the recovery of £122mn from the firm related to is supply of substandard PPE during the pandemic, having gained a contract through the Tories VIP lane & lobbying by Baroness Michele Mone on behalf of the firm (owned in part by her husband.

    But, PPE Medpro has gone into administration this week with assets of just £666k, leaving it unlikely the money will ver be recovered.

    Where's the money?


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    @ChrisMayLA6 It sounds like anyone can set up a limited company which trades fraudulently, take the money out and move abroad and the government/courts will just shrug their shoulders and say there's nothing they can do ?

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    Hmmm.... so Keir Starmer is looking to move to a universal digital ID... which I assume will effectively make owning a smartphone mandatory.

    Not good news for smartphone refuseniks like me, but I knew I'd only be able to hold out so long.... but I've got a little time yet, and there's 'many a slip twixt cup & lip'

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I hope they're not going to use the same company that did Track&Trace !
    We already have a National Insurance number, what else do we need to prove who we are ?

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    You'll recall that during the US Presidential election campaign the Trump complained that Labour advisers to the Democrats were effectively foreign agents interring in a US election...

    As Trump accuses Sadiq Khan of wanting to move to Sharia law in London, while Elon Musk (erstwhile Trump familiar) calls for the overthrow of the current UK Govt., it seems as always the Right feels it can interfere anywhere it likes....

    Just more Right hypocrisy!

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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder which foreign state(s) might be 'advising' Reform ?

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    Perhaps surprisingly, there UK has a relatively high level of social housing (dwellings rented at 'social' rents) compared to many members of the OECD, but still only at around 16% (compared to an OECD average of 7%)... however the key is the Netherlands, which is often cited as a potential model for reforms to UK housing provision - there around a third of all rentals are 'social'.

    Its also notable, given the idea we have of German's renting, how low their social provision is.

    [Chart from an article on French public housing] France ranks high in its level of social housing and is double the OECD average Number of social rental dwellings as a % of total stock (2022 or latest year available, by selected countries) shows Netherlands with 34% Austria 24% Denmark 21% UK 16% France 14% Ireland 13% Iceland 11% Finland 11% S. Korea 9% Switzerland 8% OECD average 7% Poland 7% US 4% Germany 3%
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    @ChrisMayLA6 I wonder rental costs for non-social housing are skewed by the non-social housing that was buy-to-let (where the tenant is paying the landlords mortgage) ?
    My wild guess (without even a tiny shred of supporting evidence) is that this is higher in the UK than comparable nations ....

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group

    Tonight on Stacy Solomon Sorts Your Life Out (which incidentally shows Stacy as a really humane & compassionate person), they transferred a family's belongings to a warehouse to sort out the masses of things littering their house - the show requires them to shed 50% of their belongings, if you've not seen it and....

    the family had (and it was treated as a shocker) 552 books.....

    Well, if they think that's a lot they need to see my house!

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    @ChrisMayLA6 bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group Wasn't there a survey a few years ago, and the average number of books per household in the UK was something like 10 ... which makes me wonder how many book-free households there are [shudder] !

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group

    Like many of us here.... I have a confession:

    My name is Christopher May & I am a tsundoku-ist.

    @bookstodon

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    @ChrisMayLA6 bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I find the term particularly appropriate for myself, as I have a reasonable number of books in Japanese that I cannot read (though I'm attempting to learn!)

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group

    Foe everyone who has struggled to get back to (into) reading (again)... here are six tips:

    Keep your phone at a distance

    Read physical books (& take notes)

    (re)train your brain for reading

    Find your best place for reading

    Don't treat reading as a chore

    Sometimes audiobooks or TV are a fair substitute for reading...

    To this list I'd add: don't worry about abandoning books you're not enjoying!

    Read should be a joy!

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    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/11/put-phone-down-habit-reading-books-english-oxford

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    @ChrisMayLA6 bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group While it's not for everyone, I found graphic novels (eg. Sandman) and manga a useful route back into the reading habit ...

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group

    The holidays are upon us & many of you may be wondering just how many books to take with you (if, like me, you are an e-book refusenik).

    Here's Tom Gauld's decision tool - enjoy.

    And, you may need a bigger suitcase....

    [This post is not intended to re-open the extended paperbacks vs. e-books debate that has played out in my timeline periodically over the last year]


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    Cartoon: How many books should Take on holiday with me? Presents decision tool that starts with 'Have you got a book in your suitcase' and then through a circular logic tied up with anxiety about running out of books requires the user to buy a bigger suitcase as they work their way round the process. [Apologies couldn't see how to convey the 'tool' clearly in the alt.text]
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    @ChrisMayLA6 bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I'm sure there's a good solution to this, you just need to buy a book on 'book management' (maybe two or three to make sure you've covered the subject properly) .