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Read more about the article The world of work isn’t what it used to be

The world of work isn’t what it used to be

She was a teacher, she said, at a local private school. She taught in a field in which her work excelled. She had been employed for a number of years. And she was a casual. Still. When I shook my head in sympathy, she said her sister was even worse off, having been employed as a casual in the same job for 10 years. Politicians love to prattle about all the jobs there are, just waiting for willing workers to take them on. If you have a go you'll get a go, earning a fortune picking…

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Read more about the article On ya bike! A gallery of bicycle pictures

On ya bike! A gallery of bicycle pictures

Bicycles are a common motif in many collections of old photos. In the 1800s "velocipedes" were an exciting innovation, with inventors of all stripes applying their fertile brains to create a self-powered, non-polluting alternative to the horse for personal transport. After many strange experiments, the conventional bicycle emerged in, more or less, the form we know it today. Here are some examples of early ideas from inventive correspondents to 1860s issues of the magazine The English Mechanic and Mirror of Science (scanned from my collection). Many strange experiments with velocipedes. During the first half of the…

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Read more about the article Biden their time until whatever comes next . . .

Biden their time until whatever comes next . . .

Well, US Democrats: what did you honestly expect? You did away with the only inspiring candidate you’ve had in years – Bernie Sanders – and put up instead a doddering old warmonger with creepily wandering hands. Because deep down your party machine is happier to live with Trump in the White House than it would have been to face the risk of the political and social reforms your country sorely needs. Because the status quo is what feeds the army of careerists in your party, and the status quo is what your billionaire sponsors want to…

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