Better Than I Was Yesterday

is set to deliver a stark warning about the UK's food system, describing it as "close to collapse" and asserting that food workers' contributions are "sneered at." He will use a speech on Monday to call for greater support for farmers. Mr Polanski will advocate for robust regulation of supermarkets to ensure growers receive a fair deal for their produce. He is also expected to demand that the Government present a "real plan" to bolster the struggling agricultural sector. Among the Greens' proposals are extending free school meals to all primary and secondary pupils. They also suggest a £1,000-a-month basic income for some agricultural workers, which they state would be financed through a levy on the wealthiest landowners. Furthermore, the party pledges a universal £15 per hour minimum wage for all workers, irrespective of age, with the costs for small businesses mitigated by reductions in their National Insurance contributions. Speaking to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union on Monday, Mr Polanski will say: “Just a couple of weeks ago, we saw the hottest May day ever recorded in the UK. “By the beginning of May, the UK had received 23% less rain than average. The Climate Change Committee warns that within 25 years we could see temperatures above 40C. “That doesn’t just mean more people getting sick from extreme heat, or more pressure on infrastructure that just isn’t built for these temperatures. As many of you in this room well know, it has terrifying implications for the most fundamental need we all have – food.”

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BISEXUALS GROW FROM THE GROUND

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

And sure, you can dismiss these people as lazy, as stupid, as being elderly and so who cares. But from my 17 years of experience, I can tell you that technical instinct and ability varies widely across the entire adult spectrum. And I can also tell you that people have different strengths, and that just because someone isn't good with computers doesn't mean they aren't smart as hell.

And I can also say, again, that it really doesn't matter.

A few months before he passed away in 2003, a 74 year old children’s television host sat down in the same studio where he had filmed 895 episodes over 33 years and recorded one last message. It wasn’t for children. It was for the adults who had grown up watching him.

Fred Rogers hosted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on American public television from 1968 to 2001. For over three decades he walked into the same set, changed into a cardigan and sneakers, looked directly into the camera, and spoke to children as if each one of them was the only person in the room. He never raised his voice, never talked down to his audience, and never rushed a single moment.

In that final recording, he looked into the camera one last time and said “I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.”

Once and Future Fandom, how we doing? 😭😭😭

RIP Anthony Head. Absolutely a legend.