Incoherent What if official guidance is incoherent or out of its depth? Don’t rely on it! Use experience & expertise to work out how to operate safely. Arrange tests & travel support to enable workers to return to workspaces. Rearrange seating, shift patterns & work procedures to minimise Covid spread. Swim against the tide of…
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Weaponisation How to make cities safe against the weaponisation of vehicles? Easy – the measures that make a city better also make it safer. Walk & cycle, rather than drive. City walls. Buildings with moats. Tight streets that resist traffic. Collapsible pavements that can’t bear heavy weights. The weaponization of vehicles shows we’re better off…
Utility Utilities were dull but safe investments with regular dividends & little volatility. Butrenewable energy (wind, solar), energy-efficiency advances (smarter homes) & climate change (wildfires) have sparked a change. Now the safe utility firms are those who own only poles & wires Guessed the Word? Series 41 (2/9) …
Opiate Fandom is today’s ‘opiate of the masses’. 2.5m World Cup 2018 tickets sold, more than 1/2 to non-Russians. Sports spectatorship feeds a primitive human need to be part of something larger than ourselves, & feel understood, accepted, nurtured, empowered, protected Guessed the Word? Series 26 (3/7) …
Safe deposit box Film characters store what they like. But banks’ prohibited items can include cash. And drugs, chemicals, guns, knives, ammunition, banned items, anything offensive, immoral, obscene, indecent, defamatory, slanderous or used in terrorism Guessed the Word? Series 19 (6/7) [pic: Igor Shubin]