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Skittish multi-purpose nerd, autistic, queer, disabled, etc. "Cockney robot" -@cassolotl@eldritch.cafe.

Making, moss, birds, sheep, houseplants, science.

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Joined January 03, 2024

Averixus @Averixus@toot.wales

· 2mo ago

I re-covered and repainted my desk chairs (black is before, colours are after!) Process pics in the thread... #making #sewing #homedecor #diy

Averixus @Averixus@toot.wales

· 5mo ago

Fabric people, how do you store and organise samples? At the moment mine are a random pile stuffed into a zip folder and I am not satisfied.

What I REALLY want is a searchable filterable digitised database which cross-references to indexed entries in something like a ring binder... but I'm not sure I am willing to put in the effort required to create (and most importantly maintain) such a system.

#sewing #fabric #crafting

toot.wales

Tŵt Cymru | Toot Wales

Averixus @Averixus@toot.wales

· 7mo ago

Replying to on beige.party

@maxleibman@beige.party When I first read this I thought it said "neurodeterrent", but of course that's the perfumed soap

Averixus @Averixus@toot.wales

· 24mo ago

Replying to

Transport for Wales is (at least partly?) funded by the Welsh government. So this isn't just a nonsensical failure of capitalism, it's also a waste of actual taxpayer money. The only reason I can think of for execs to approve of this is because it makes rich non-train-users feel better about being TOTALLY SURE that poor people aren't getting any free train rides. Anyway I started a petition suggesting they put the money to better use elsewhere: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/246387

Petitions - Senedd

Petition: Stop wasting taxpayer money to hire train ticket security teams for Transport for Wales

Transport for Wales pays Transport Investigations Limited (an external contractor) £793,000 a year to provide "revenue protection inspectors" to make sure passengers have valid train tickets. TfW earns around £80,000 per year from penalty fares and ticket fines. This means that TfW is spending about 10x as much as they are earning back on this process. It is a waste of hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer money on employees who simply babysit conductors and intimidate passengers.

Averixus @Averixus@toot.wales

· 24mo ago

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I made the FOI request because I had encountered teams of "revenue protection inspectors" several times over the summer. Each time, a group of three or more staff members boarded the train. And then either did literally nothing (stood around in the vestibule), or walked along asking for people's tickets (sometimes minutes after the conductor had done just the same), and then got off after a few stops. It seemed like a ridiculous waste of staff and money, so I thought I would check. And it is!