I have a friend who went on holiday in Amsterdam. Got a flight back home. When he got in the taxi from the airport, the driver asks if he smokes weed. “Yeah a bit. Why?” “Cause you’ve got a bud stuck to your hat”. Dude managed to go through customs with weed on full display on his beanie and didn’t get caught out.
In Britain we have a pressure group that’s inexplicably on TV every other week pedalling this lie and the one that corporation tax hurts businesses. (Corporation tax is paid on net profits, so businesses only pay if they can afford it).
What’s funny is they’re called the “taxpayers alliance” yet their narrative suggests none of them actually have any experience of paying tax.
Get the ferry to Dublin and visit the Guinness brewery
Join a union and ask for their advice. Even if there’s limitations on what they can do as it seems the process has already started, they’ll still be able to advise on what you’re able to do deal with constructive dismissal.
Look for another job. It’s way easier to find work when you’re in work and don’t have to explain why you’re not at your last job.
Do both of these things. Your health isn’t going to benefit working at a place where you’re not wanted, even if they can’t just fire you.
Oh and if you’re in a country where you’re allowed a representative in meetings and you can take one, always have your union rep there, no matter how friendly it seems.
Tesla/Musk.
Back in 2014 Tesla and Ecotricity had an agreement to upgrade Ecotricity’s charging network to be compatible with Tesla’s superchargers. Tesla whined that it wasn’t being rolled out fast enough. Ecotricity wasn’t a very big company and was basically working for free, so asked Tesla to actually support the roll out if they needed it faster. Musk went mental has been trying to destroy the company ever since. The 2014 Tesla patent release was never about collaboration or saving the planet, he just hoped somebody, somewhere would use it to undermine Ecotricity.
There’s an annoying meme that Europe doesn’t do tech things and it’s infuriating. The world would be a very different place were it not for companies like Raspberry pi, ARM, Arduino and Prusa.
Unfortunately the press and politicians seem to think it doesn’t count unless the company is headed by a complete arsehole determined to enclose other people’s property.
I’m already planning a Minecraft world with my 7 month old. Been trying to find a TV that allows multiple HDMI connections so we can do three way split screen with the wife when he’s old enough.