BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

19-year-old Larry caught and killed a mouse. He also held a press conference about it.

 

[briantrumpet]

An interesting response to the suggestion that the NHS might 'reward' those doing 30 minutes' exercise a day:

https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100301.full

 

[AuroraSaab]

It depends what the rewards are as to whether it proves an incentive. I'm going to guess online discount vouchers or similar. Yes, as she says, the ones who will be most enthusiastic about it will be the ones already walking regularly; free stuff for no extra effort. My concern is that once again it relies on people having a smart phone and an app and being able to navigate the Internet. Those who might benefit most, eg older people, are least likely to be able to do so.

I do think it sounds like a big effort for what will be minimal return in terms of how many folk benefit but the other ideas offered by the surgeon will require large, expensive, cultural shifts that no government is ready to fund.

 

[briantrumpet]

It depends what the rewards are as to whether it proves an incentive. I'm going to guess online discount vouchers or similar. Yes, as she says, the ones who will be most enthusiastic about it will be the ones already walking regularly; free stuff for no extra effort. My concern is that once again it relies on people having a smart phone and an app and being able to navigate the Internet. Those who might benefit most, eg older people, are least likely to be able to do so.

I do think it sounds like a big effort for what will be minimal return in terms of how many folk benefit but the other ideas offered by the surgeon will require large, expensive, cultural shifts that no government is ready to fund.

Yup. Not convinced, though a worthy aim.

 

[Pross]

19-year-old Larry caught and killed a mouse. He also held a press conference about it.

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Is there a metaphor or omen there? He didn't do that when any other PMs started their job.

 

[briantrumpet]

More problems with the Lucy Letby case.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2g93n0j2ko

Maternity notes for the babies Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering were not made available to her defence ahead of her trial, the BBC has learned.

The neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering and attempting to murder 14 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016.

File on 4 Investigates has discovered that maternity notes for the babies in the case - which include details of the mother's pregnancy, labour and birth - were seized by Cheshire Police. But they were not reviewed by the prosecution's chief medical expert or disclosed to Letby's defence.

I think Private Eye is going to be proved right in its doubts eventually, but there's a whole pile of arse-covering going on.

 

[Pinno718]

19-year-old Larry caught and killed a mouse. He also held a press conference about it.

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I'm going to break the news to Beans.

 

[BoldonLad]

19-year-old Larry caught and killed a mouse. He also held a press conference about it.

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I am not cat expert, but, isn't 19 years old rather old for a cat?

Does this open up. couple of possibilities/questions:

1. Accusations of unreasonably extending the age for receiving Cat-State-Pension
2. The real possibility that Larry will die in. service, requiring a State Funeral, and a National Holiday for a period of mourning, has this been budgeted for?

😂

 

[Pinno718]

I am not cat expert, but, isn't 19 years old rather old for a cat?

Does this open up. couple of possibilities/questions:

1. Accusations of unreasonably extending the age for receiving Cat-State-Pension
2. The real possibility that Larry will die in. service, requiring a State Funeral, and a National Holiday for a period of mourning, has this been budgeted for?

😂

They obviously raised his retirement age.

 

[briantrumpet]

They obviously raised his retirement age.

Has he founded CASPI? He deserves billions in compensation.

 

[Pblakeney]

An interesting response to the suggestion that the NHS might 'reward' those doing 30 minutes' exercise a day:

https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100301.full

A lot of sense in there, especially the bit quoted below. I think I've shared this anecdote before but just in case...
I have two friends who live in North America who visited me last year. Neither can walk more than 500m. Why?
Nothing medical to stop them other than relying on motorised transport (cars) for decades and doing zero exercise during that period.

"Access to a car and “motonormativity” means that people default to being sedentary as drivers or passengers in cars rather than considering active travel. Perhaps a more effective incentive system could reward a modal shift for some journeys from car travel to walking, wheeling, cycling, or public transport. It would require safety improvements and other practical changes to infrastructure, but strong evidence shows that active travel improves mental and physical health."

 

[briantrumpet]

A lot of sense in there, especially the bit quoted below. I think I've shared this anecdote before but just in case...
I have two friends who live in North America who visited me last year. Neither can walk more than 500m. Why?
Nothing medical to stop them other than relying on motorised transport (cars) for decades and doing zero exercise during that period.

"Access to a car and “motonormativity” means that people default to being sedentary as drivers or passengers in cars rather than considering active travel. Perhaps a more effective incentive system could reward a modal shift for some journeys from car travel to walking, wheeling, cycling, or public transport. It would require safety improvements and other practical changes to infrastructure, but strong evidence shows that active travel improves mental and physical health."

It's not the sense of wanting to reward active travel & exercise, but the practicalities of how the incentives can be structured to target those who need to exercise most. Not easy nut to crack.

 

[Pblakeney]

It's not the sense of wanting to reward active travel & exercise, but the practicalities of how the incentives can be structured to target those who need to exercise most. Not easy nut to crack.

Get them out of their cars.
War on motorists? When people think driving 200m is a sensible option then they need the option removed.

 

[briantrumpet]

Get them out of their cars.
War on motorists? When people think driving 200m is a sensible option then they need the option removed.

That's not quite in the spirit of 'rewards' the scheme is predicated on...

 

[Pblakeney]

That's not quite in the spirit of 'rewards' the scheme is predicated on...

I can’t argue with that. However, let’s be honest. The rewards will only end up going to those who are already active. Thanks!
The lazy feckers will remain lazy.