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Juggling With Eggs<p>Dame Kate Bingham is spot on about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tory</span></a> government’s view of the immunocompromised during <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pandemic</span></a>, but she’s also spot on about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BEIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BEIS</span></a> which turned into <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DESNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DESNZ</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/former-vaccines-tsar-describes-open-warfare-within-uk-government-during-covid-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/21/former-vaccines-tsar-describes-open-warfare-within-uk-government-during-covid-pandemic</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Will splitting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BEIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BEIS</span></a> into two or possibly three separate departments increase the government’s ability to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrofit</span></a> the UK?</p><p>Because that is where the stop/start trickles of funds come from for grants towards heat pumps, solar panels and insulation.</p><p>We need to retrofit 29 million homes by 2050...but <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sunak</span></a> is intent on rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/06/rishi-sunak-to-replace-nadhim-zahawi-as-tory-party-chair-in-mini-reshuffle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">feb/06/rishi-sunak-to-replace-nadhim-zahawi-as-tory-party-chair-in-mini-reshuffle</span></a></p>
Colin-Roy Hunter<p>The easiest way to save every UK householder money in relation to the <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/CostOfEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfEnergy</span></a> is to vote, to vote for a party that is willing to either adequately regulate the <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/EnergyMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMarket</span></a> or re-<a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/nationalise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalise</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/EnergyCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCompanies</span></a>. Are there any <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/PoliticalParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalParties</span></a> with such policies?</p><p>Image is a screenshot of <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/BEIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BEIS</span></a> advert about saving pennies from <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/UKgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKgov</span></a> not worried about supporting Musk!</p>
Jewterpretor<p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/bet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bet</span></a> (<a href="https://babka.social/tags/beis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beis</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/beth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beth</span></a>, etc) /bet (Hebrew), beɪt (Jewish English)/ = 1. 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing the sounds /b/ and /v/; 2. the number TWO (2) in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HebrewNumerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HebrewNumerals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/YudBet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YudBet</span></a> (also <a href="https://babka.social/tags/YodBet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YodBet</span></a>, etc) = 10 + 2 = 12 in Hebrew numerals</p><p>Yud Bet Christmas = "12 Christmas" [twelfth day of Christmas]</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Erev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erev</span></a> /ˈerɛv/ = 1. evening, 2. when preceding a day/holiday/time period, the day before the specified time period.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/ErevEpiphany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErevEpiphany</span></a> = "Eve (of) Epiphany"</p><p>4/</p>
DougN :coffeev:​ 😷 :CApride:<p>I also found this one, but it's EU specific: <a href="https://osha.europa.eu/en/legislation/directives/28" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osha.europa.eu/en/legislation/</span><span class="invisible">directives/28</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TLVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLVs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BEIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BEIs</span></a></p>
DougN :coffeev:​ 😷 :CApride:<p>I found this reference: <a href="https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/areasofwork/chemical-safety-and-the-environment/WCMS_151534/lang--en/index.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ilo.org/global/topics/safety-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-health-at-work/areasofwork/chemical-safety-and-the-environment/WCMS_151534/lang--en/index.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TLVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLVs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BEIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BEIs</span></a></p>