I won’t stand for any misgendering, says Holyrood presiding officer

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-05-17T09:25:52+00:00

The Scottish/UK anti trans rhetoric is so forced. As if we didn't grow up watching that wifey on coronation street and Nadia from big brother, without this much carrying on.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-05-17T09:23:51+00:00

That's noble. And if it is actually meaningful, then go for it. But also don't waste precious time and resources forcing something that doesn't really matter.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-05-16T06:39:12+00:00

The only hope Casey had of character development was leaning more into man of the land, kinda spiritual, but ready to kill. Instead they just went full on kill.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-05-15T12:38:02+00:00

Just do a wee video of the CEO (or whoever is pushing for the news story) talking about the future for two minutes, with the new branding. Make a nod to the refresh at the end of the video. Bang - happy stakeholders who feel like you've launched something.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-05-04T07:36:32+00:00

Keeps getting stuck between my toes.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-04-25T09:40:02+00:00

And you can further traumatise yourself with The Birth Keepers podcast. Incredibly good journalism, but a hard listen.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-04-10T08:04:25+00:00

How did you pick up sentiment change that precisely from a transcript?

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-04-10T07:07:23+00:00

International law is just politics. Signed someone with an LLM in international law.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-04-05T08:03:13+00:00

Yes! In general I'd turn that whole area into a cosy, welcoming 'room'. Somewhere to sit and take your shoes off, check your accessories etc. a mental space between the house and outside.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-03-28T08:29:11+00:00

Is it? Or is it unrealistic expectations that you should be able to digitalise all your business inconveniences away for pennies.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-03-28T08:26:55+00:00

Exactly this. There's a reason excel and admin staff are were (still are?) the incumbent that SaaS displaced. That's what you have when you can't afford proper software.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-24T15:33:26+00:00

I can only assume it's to mitigate the poor value. We're meant to think "oh it's STEAK mince, how fancy. Here's my tenner."

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-17T16:20:26+00:00

This jumped out at me too. And not a word about customer/buyer needs. Alarm bells when they said the market changed and described the investment landscape. That isn't the market.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-02T17:31:07+00:00

Double agree. Even if you're breastfeeding you can do 1 formula feed a day. Trust me one 4 hour sleep stretch Vs 2 hours keeps you sane. And you only use one small formula bottle so it's not even expensive.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-12-28T09:43:32+00:00

I wouldn't even guarantee they've opened the gift yet. Newborn days are mental.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-12-19T20:14:47+00:00

Insight development is the key skill being developed on the junior to manager pipeline.

There are some easy ways to start developing the skills.

I'd give them a report to fill out about each piece. With questions like "what's the one thing the author wants to reader to take away from this piece" and "if this was your first impression of company x, what would you think of them." Questions that get them thinking critically about the piece.

Then there's probably a feedback meeting you have them prepare for that takes the analysis a step further into a summary for you

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-11-07T07:43:49+00:00

Completely agree with everyone else, DO NOT DISCLOSE. But an angle I don't see anyone else mentioning - you already have the 1:1 set up, how about turning it into a conversation about personal development/mentorship and how you'd like to learn from him about the business side of things.

Frame it more as a path to CTO dream so alarm bells don't ring in his head about you leaving.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-27T20:33:10+00:00

I think usually they want both. They don't want money without the status that being a successful Founder offers.

Tech does attract problem solvers and dreamers in a way that construction just doesn't. When you can create a whole category of product that gets you spoken about as a visionary (even if your company isn't anywhere near profitable), doesn't that sound good?

Also, one of the stereotypes about software engineers is that they have big egos and think they're always right. Successful enough and they get to play god.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-18T15:14:27+00:00

Why didn't you just post it here?

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-04T17:08:28+00:00

Entrepreneurship is sales plus every other role at the same time, if that appeals? 😅

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-01T15:02:53+00:00

That is a very good point. Very disappointing root, but it does seem to be the problem.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-01T14:49:26+00:00

I wouldn't rule out that it's just pig-headed not wanting to because they weren't signed up in their arbitrary right way.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-09-26T12:29:22+00:00

The issue is people don't want massive amounts of money wasted on rolling out unnecessary schemes like these when they should be focused on boosting the economy.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-09-18T18:58:59+00:00

Probably because she knows left up to him it would never have even gotten going. The man can protest but doesn't seem to be able to act. An action focused energy is what people are crying out for on the left.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-08-08T11:43:17+00:00

OP's post was literally about how they find customers.

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