Paul Davey

@pauldavey.bsky.social

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Pronounces schedule as "shedule" not "skedule" Un-populist, catmatic & possiblist Believer in universal human rights & cats Also @pauldavey@mastodon.social & @theplatformformallyknownastwitter

A picture of a laughing Liz Truss (49 days as UK Prime Minister) behind a pensive looking Sébastien Lecornu (26 days as French Prime Minister).
Heading of a pdf from University of Kentucky UNITED STATES VS. EUROPE: What’s in Your Food? WHY THE DIFFERENCE? Rules about food additives are generally stricter in the European Union (EU) versus the United States (US). The US tends to wait until an ingredient is flagged as dangerous before taking action, while the EU tends to be more proactive in banning such ingredients.
A group of eleven men dressed in early 20th-century formal attire, seated around a table with teapots and cups, against a wooden backdrop. These were the men known as members of Dr Harvey Washington Wiley's 'Poison Squad' who tested adulterated foods and paved the way for the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the first federal regulations safeguarding American consumers. (Source Flickr: US Food and Drug Administration)
Page 1 of letter lawyer Tom Goldstein wrote on behalf of Dan Bilzerian to Shoham Soluki, the lawyer of Porn Star Jance Griffith. For text of the letter suitable for screen readers see https://www.reddit.com/r/legal/comments/wrzgv0/tom_goldstein_and_dan_bilzarian_insane_response/?rdt=54825
Dear Sirs, We acknowledge your letter of 29th April referring to Mr. J. Arkell. We note that Mr Arkell’s attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you would inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off. Yours, Private Eye
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy celebrate on the commodities trading floor after having made a killing short selling orange juice futures in Trading Places (1983)
Funding flows in the health and care system 2022-23 (per supplementary estimate). Highlights - £187bn input to DHSC, of which £159bn to NHS England. Other funds of 3.2bn to local authorities, and other money to health education, health security and medicine regulator agencies. Complex funding to Integrated Health Boards and money from Public Health Services to NHS & other providers.
Pie chart from HM treasury spring budget 2023, showing healthcare as £245bn (20%) of the total.
Picture of the robotic Johnny Cab taxi driver, with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the back seat, from the film Total Recall (1990).