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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@ianRobinson If you spend all you earn and have enough savings to cover emergencies, then this fair enough, the correct decision. But, and this will make me sound like a tosser, I do worry I have too much pension and I need to better balance work and fun.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2h

What did you do yesterday, a day you took as annual leave? A day when you have no reason to think about economics. Well I downloaded the x01 spreadsheet on my phone at 7.10am because I was surprised at how low the headline unemployment rate was.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2h

I worry that I'm profoundly unsuited to retirement.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@Walkaholic I have seen the film Trainspotting. I'm not moving.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@Walkaholic Think I might pop round to the pharmacy to load up on free drugs.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3h

I'm having a day off. I need to get better at this. Doesn't help that it is raining.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3h

@groda.eu The big picture is fine. But at the margins it creates big incentives for our doctors (and others) to lump money into their pensions and retire much earlier than they otherwise would.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Looks like Moonsoon are out of the Danche Natural. Just made a 9/10 cup, went to reorder and the cupboard was bare. #coffee

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16h

I'd always assumed my sister's homebirth in 1969 was a progressive sixties parenting decision by my parents. But apparently the maternity ward was full and they were told not to come in.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19h

Bit jaded. Wondering if the third glass of champagne was off.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22h

Yeah. Pedro Ximénez has gatecrashed the party.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Have run out of sumac. Had assumed the last jar would see me out.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

@Walkaholic Thanks. Many small plates now being prepared.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Started the celebrations off with a visit to #LaybyCoffee.

Photo of Paddy making my birthday coffee from the back of his Italian three wheeler. Firepit in foreground.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Sixty! Stand up and give me your seat!

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Nipped across the road to the village church to the Novo Quartet play Haydn, Mendelssohn and Nielsen. Such energy. They'll be doing the same programme at the Wigmore Hall tomorrow. #ClassicalMusic @classicalmusic

Photo of a string quartet in the programme. They are holding their instruments, two violins, a viola and a cello.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Last boost. Excellent piece. Government has put friction and difficulty into applying for benefits and the planning system to manage demand. If AI helps change that, then that's a win.

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Paul Bivand @paulbivand.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

You may want to read Tom Loosemore's response. Tom was one of the key people in the early Government Digital Service. loosemore.com/2026/10/14/t.... Government, and others, have been rationing service by complex gateways, which AI leaps. Either raise the gateways or do something else.

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The end to governing in prose

Sam Freedman asked a question in his newsletter this week that a lot of people in and around government are quietly asking themselves. Large parts of the state are very worried about being overwhel…

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@paulbivand.bsky.social Good piece. I don't think policy makers realise how much good will this sort of thing burns. “Making people answer lots of detailed question to constrain demand” has always been horribly iniquitous. It has also been a politically convenient lever to pull, which is why it […]

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Obviously driving is bad, but my mum refuses to get into the cargo bike trailer.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Anyway, I am now going to drive all the way to Essex and back. Hopefully the M25 gods will look kindly on me.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I see Sam Freedman's post about lots of people using AI to make complaints, and I'm a bit shrug shoulders about it. Because many people who should complain, don't, given the friction in the existing procedures. If an organisation is drowning in complaints, then perhaps ask why.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@samfr.bsky.social It's become easier to complain to the Ombudsman about shoddy treatment in financial services. Good. They need to get better at processing those complaints. And, god forbid, at hitting companies hard when they mess up so there are fewer complaints in future.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Two-nil down, three-two up, then four-three down. But #Keith prevailed. #FediFC

Screenshot. Keith beat Invergordon 6 4 after trailing 3 4 at the break.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

In other news, I'm down to two warning lights in the car after sorting the coolant. The first is the start/stop system which is a coin toss on whether it works or not. The second is a headlamp issue where there's water in the unit. Shouldn't have had that car wash.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Guys! I have been to the library. They have these retro books which have no charging port or WiFi connectivity. #bookstodon @bookstodon

A photo of me holding Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead. New York skyline. Bands of yellow, red and green.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Operation tidy the house before mum arrives enters its eighth hour.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Although the author's dislike is stated to be fair.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

The FT shouldn't encourage this sort of thing. #gilet

Photo of the paper. The best gilets for finance bros. Reference to Chelsea life jacket.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I downloaded it and forgot to unzip the files. Again.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I'm still trying to finish last weekend's mini crossword. It's frustrating as was on a good run...

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

At #LaybyCoffee today had a good chat with B three weeks on from his big op. And while I was doing that the grass-cutting guys told my wife they were looking forward to getting their new 'tranny'.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

In #Banbury town centre. Bringing the average number of teeth up.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

My car want me to buy it some coolant. The needy fucker.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

On the train. Laptop buried deep in my bag. Thinking is working of course.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Pretty good lunch at Agora. Had to be quick because #1son's bosses are clock watchers. And it was. But not hurried. One of my favourite #SmallPlates places.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@Walkaholic I opted out and went to the small plates place in Borough Market.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

To be fair, most people are at least eating in the communal area.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

There is free pizza in the office. Someone has brought it back to their desk. The City of London in 2026. Why don't people know how to lunch these days?

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