Stephen Buggy

@stephenbuggy.bsky.social

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I work with data and on Homelessness. I am learning Portuguese. I live in Belfast

Graph showing the jump in Home Heating Oil cost in Northern Ireland
Population growth versus housing supply elasticity Dots indicate U.S. cities; parentheses indicate 2010-2019 rental vacancy rates
Figure 4: Post-war Britain's increase in homes per person was low compared to other European countries
Chart of trust in various groups by British voters
Two stacked bar charts of energy capacity in Brazil: now and by 2029. The annotation translates to "49% is the projected expansion of this source, much higher than the total average, which is 10%"
Remember how quickly that "election"was tabulated?? Especially in those swing states? RECORD setting, in fact. Usually takes days. A week sometimes. Statistically impossible outcomes, too, right?? Remember that? I SURE AF DO.
But after media coverage of the case in the UK and Brazil, intervention by the local MP, Steve Race, and communication with Brazilian diplomats, the Home Office sent another letter agreeing to “exceptionally reconsider” the case and not only allow the initial application, which was rejected, to be varied but also to refund the money for the original application, a fee of approximately £6,000.
The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect these, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman who puts down what he damn pleases. Sir Josiah Stamp (quoted in Nettler 1974
RT from Threads £29,000 ($39,000) is the salary a Brit needs to bring their spouse to the UK under the law. That's a solid salary in Northern Ireland - where we would we be moving if we did it - just below the median. I get the aim to avoid draining public coffers, but it's also pretty blatant class discrimination
The original graph
The same dual axis chart but themed
A chart using both percentage change and how many times/fraction the cost is for the y axis
1,366 hours, 2,000,000 words read, 170 hours speaking. I'm on day 3 of a 17-day trip to Spain. I have a conference in Madrid in a few days (in English), but I'm a union lawyer by profession, so I thought it would be fun to meet up with some Spanish trade unionists for May Day. I arrived that morning having been in touch with one person and expecting to march and maybe make some friends. Showed up at the protest running on three hours of in-flight-sleep and wearing a t-shirt. It turns out that they took my visit super seriously-I was asked to give two press interviews in Spanish, introduced to several government ministers (including the Second Vice-President), and generally given the red carpet treatment. An Argentinian attendee also let me try mate for the first time, which was just as much of a highlight. After the march, I was invited to a barbecue at a now-friend's house-ended the day with almost 9 consecutive hours between input and output. Now that I've had a chance to catch up on some sleep, I'm thinking about how, had I not decided to try DS in April of last year, none of this would have been possible. Legitimately the best on-a-whim decision I have ever made
Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. 6 Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,” 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, “Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.” 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
The Duel, A History of Duelling by Robert Baldick Even more important than the wording of the cartel was the choice of a friend to deliver the challenge and act as a second, especially if it was hoped to avoid useless bloodshed. "There is not one cause in fifty', wrote the peaceable Bosquett, 'where discreet seconds might not settle the difference and recon-cile the parties before they came into the field'; while a famous fencing master was often heard to declare that 'it is not the sword or the pistol that kills, but the seconds'. All authorities were agreed that seconds should be men of experience and moral courage, justice and urbanity; and two authorities specifically debarred infidels and Irishmen - the former because, according to Brantôme, 'it is not proper that an unbeliever should witness the shedding of Christian blood, which would delight him,' and the latter because 'nine out of ten Irishmen have such an innate love of fighting that they cannot bring an affair to an amicable adjustment'. While it is unlikely that many infidels were invited to act as seconds in European duels, English travellers in Ireland frequently had to deal with native seconds and were usually extremely critical of them. Thus one English witness of a duel in Ireland later recalled that 'the Irish second was so exacting in the terms of a required apology, that nothing but abject cowardice could account for the acquiescence of the challenged party; and when, upon its being shown to the challenger, the latter pointed out that the word "apology" was misspelt, having two ps, the Irishman insisted that he was right, high words ensued, and the principal had the greatest difficulty in appeasing his wrath, which well-nigh rendered a meeting necessary'. And another writer who seconded an English doctor in an encoun-ter outside Dublin has left us this account of the affair, which illustrates not only his opinion of the Irish character but also the difficulties facing any second in any duel:
Se por acaso atrasarmos 2 meses de salário, você se incomodaria? (Pergunta eliminatória) Sim Não
Coloured dots for every day of the year and my mood
A robin with a "that's nimby!" protest sign
Fury 1936 film poster