Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.

I like this from @vamrhein.bsky.social et al. I assigned it to my class last semester and tried to explain that p-values measure how compatible (vs. surprising) the data are with the null, given our assumptions. But yeah, tests & CIs are hard to understand!

www.blakemcshane.com/Papers/natur...

Many of you have been hoodwinked or bamboozled into thinking that tax is bad or evil. It’s literally the dues we pay for living in this big clubhouse we call civilization

We don’t resource the education system to create enough trained people, make good working conduits, or pay enough to attract enough people to the roles, so overseas labour gets brought in. It’s not hard to understand.

"To make Nookie talk, put your hand through the hole in his back…"

I'd talk pretty quick myself if anyone tried that.