Ex-IBMer, currently "economically inactive". Interested in science, technology and the environment. Fan of rational thought, citizenship and the common good.
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Not so much “on the table” as still on the shelf in the supermarket…
I’d rather they were made infamous.
Services to DIY Stores, presumably…
Callum Barker, far right activist for Homeland + Patriotic Alternative who co-organised some Epping protests arrested today, on grounds of inciting racial hatred So was Sarah White, Reform candidate in Chigwell Reform candidate Orla Minihane spoke up for Barker + White as coleaders of the protest
Sadly not. Just people with insane amounts of money.
And this is why state funded heath care is such a good thing. Thank goodness for the UK that we have the NHS…
Desperately sad ⬇️
Traditional media are struggling to stay in business. They’re being bought up by super-rich who want a means of propaganda. They’re less interested in employing unbiased journalists, and more in people who will get their message out.
If it were me, I’d be looking to paint random crosswalks all over the city in LGBTQ colours. With a bit of organisation, you could have them dancing all over the city trying to stop you. Finish with one outside DeSantis’s mansion 😂
Well, I didn’t have “China saves the planet” on my bingo card, but kudos to them.
I found this amusing. No, funny....definitely funny.
Sounds like Reform still have a bit of work to do on their vetting processes…
Interested to hear what legal people think of this. I assume UK regulators merely apply the UK law to products and services made available in the UK. Which makes me think they can probably smile sweetly and remind the US court about jurisdiction. @davidallengreen.bsky.social ??
This 👇👇👇is so good. It’s hard do to it this well, but it’s not hard to give the same message.
Presumably the American administration is really pissed off because they didn’t think of it first…
He’s 76, apparently has no children, but needs to run a very expensive life-style (homes in Chelsea, Manhattan and the South of France). What does he care about the long term truth of climate change, if the alternative pays well in the short term?
Phew. At least I’ve been saved the last of those…
That is so delightful, Musk is sued by the winners of his illegal lottery for not having paid them the famous $1 million. www.newsweek.com/voters-sue-e...
They certainly need to be in the first wave of deportations…
What shocked me was how matter-of-fact he was. Horrific to watch.
I’m old enough to remember when ALL our parties (and almost all the electorate) stood up to the racists. What has happened to the UK?
I’ve not dared to listen to this. I suspect I know what the answer is, but I’d really rather not be told how much worse it really is. There is only so much bad news I’m prepared to accept.
From experience: the harder you push them the shorter and less informative their answers become. The fundamental issue is that they own their complaints process, and have no skin in the game. The senior execs (who all seem to be right wing appointees) just don’t care what we think.
Except of course, it could be future President Vance, who will also use (and likely extend) all that authority. Americans, you are so f*cked.
Colonised in 1874. Gained independence in 1957. I doubt there is anyone alive that had anything to do with their colonisation.
What annoys me the most is that this was visible from space at least a couple of yrs ago. Why did Labour not tackle the media head on, as one of their first actions, rather than give it to Nandy to ignore?
Anything that I need elevated privileges to execute. It may not be obvious, but there will be a potential pitfall hidden in there somewhere…
It was definitely something of a pale imitation of the books. A shame; I’d hoped it might be amazing.
Electric blue
This, 100% ⬇️ 👍
Hmmm. Good luck with that; SCOTUS already ruled that burning the American flag is protected under the first amendment as free speech. It’s perfectly legal.
Oh God! The comments… 😂⬇️
About The Telegraph – by one of its former journalists. open.substack.com/pub/bangingo...
Aren’t the Sun and the Mail in favour of people working hard, getting on in life, making a bit of money and investing it in assets for their future? Or is that only for Tory people?
Oops. Apologies, my bad. Was sure I’d read otherwise on your substack. ☹️
Sky News may wring its hands now, but much of the blame for that normalisation rests at the feet of the news organisations. They platformed people pushing increasingly extreme viewpoints because they were good for viewing figures. 🤬
Pretty sure Bear is a she, not a he…
Standard Northerner behaviour. Does get some odd reactions on the London Underground though…
Unfortunately French and German is probably far less useful here than some Polish and Punjabi these days.
Will be interesting to see how many Canadians decide to go back to US products when the tariffs are removed. I’m guessing that there will be an ongoing impact.
No idea. Whoever they are, I (no doubt forlornly) hope Mr Plod pays them a visit and makes them clean up all their graffiti.
I’ve seen things like this propagate through social media before now. Someone on one of the groups that the right wing inhabit (maybe to organise their protests against asylum hotels?) will have posted the idea as a joke, but it takes off and develops a life of its own. 🤷🏻♂️
We’ll have to let them paint roundabouts because you have to give way to the right.
Not even in their 50’s tbh. And by our 60’s most of us won’t want to be working 50hrs a week, or full time. And yet there are few part time or short term roles that would allow our experience to be passed on.
Paint it back again. You can either do it soon to confront them, or wait a few weeks then surreptitiously paint it back in LBGTQ+ colours overnight when they’ll probably never notice…
Do we even have 60,000 troops?
Find myself watching BBCs Newsnight. Nick Watt seems to be presenting it. He has to be one of the few people able to pull off arrogant, sanctimonious, and ingratiating all within the same segment. Oh for someone of Paxman’s calibre to rescue Newsnight. Not that Gibb would allow it, of course.
They’re all at half-mast. Did someone die?
Once more for the dimwits at the back: a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty. b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher. c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson. d) fuck off.
Some gammons with too much time on their hands have decided to paint a “flag of St George” red cross on every mini roundabout in the local area. Honestly, how f*cking demented are these people?
Doisneau was amazing. Went to an exhibition of his work in Oxford some 30yrs ago, and it was incredible. He’s famous for Le Baiser de l'hôtel de ville, but he did so much more.
How in the name of all that’s holy, did Gullis ever manage to become an MP?
Gosh that’s … big. Very big. I’m reminded of David and Goliath, and tempted to say that it’s an ideal target for some cheap little drones…
I’m starting to hope for afterwards. Does that make me a bad guy?
Yeah, and these may have been 4* hotels before they were converted to hold asylum seekers, but they’re not recognisably 4* any more. They’re dormitories where people live cheek by jowl.
I got trapped by “Tenet” the other evening. After an hour I realised I had no idea what was going on. So I looked up the plot line in Wikipedia. I still couldn’t work out what was happening. Thats 2 hours of my life I’m not getting back.
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
I think they have them on the new (to me, anyway) ring road around Bicester. But I can't think of anywhere else either.
You are validating the racist lines that Farage keeps spouting. We have an aging population, a declining birthrate, and a need for more workers to keep the economy running into the latter half of the century. For gods sake, start making a case FOR immigrants, and enable their integration.
😂😂 - The Onion
This, definitely ⬇️
Facebook has real problems. Most come back to the lack of moral leadership from its founder.
I certainly won’t.
Wow. Don’t look up, America…
And the constant cyber attacks, the cutting of subsea communications cables, the incursions into UK waters and airspace, and the funding of treasonous politicians etc etc. He’s either very stupid, or very duplicitous.
Brilliant! ⬇️
I’m not sure I’d make it to the end of that. Do they do doggy bags? 😬
That’s a depressing thought.
Yarvin. Good grief. I wonder if the Labour leadership are aware?
Rather hoping he will foist himself on the party that Corbyn and Sultana are currently birthing rather than Labour.
Better yet, miserable and not fucking.
Supposedly a friend of Vance, and to have regular calls with Bannon. Reported to be linked to McSweeney too. Slightly scary views.
You bought cases?!
For services to racism, facism, and treasonous damage to the UK, I assume?
I genuinely do NOT understand the idiocy of having Putin proxies on TV News, like Sergei Markov just now screaming Russian propaganda on Sky News for ten minutes. We are at war with Russia. When before has UK media ever platformed enemy states who attack our allies and poison people in our streets?
Depressingly funny ⬇️
I feel seen.
As a consultancy organisation, you’d surely think PwC would want all their staff out in their customers offices earning money, not swinging the lead and drinking coffee in theirs? 🤷🏻♂️
They managed to sell around 100 tickets. 😳
Brilliant. Absolutely love this! ⬇️
I remember meetings like that. The trick was to avoid coming off mute…
I fear the UK media has been reduced to a small cadre that simply stoke division to generate clicks. True journalism involving facts and analysis, let alone investigative journalism, seems to be falling by the wayside. Unless it involves small boats it barely seems to get a glance at the moment. ☹️
Well, perhaps. Though pragmatism may make them consider the old saw that “any publicity is good publicity” 😉 Thanks for the pointer - I’ll check their channel out.
But it doesn’t really work as a distraction. The media can still look into the MoD ability to guard their estates no matter what the status of PA.
19 large blacked out vehicles (including a big American troop carrier/truck) plus a motorcycle outrider. I know the Maybelline Marine thinks crime is out of control over here, but seriously? And he’s not seeing much of the actual Cotswolds as a consequence. 🤷🏻♂️
The Queen: mostly beloved. The Maybelline Marine: not so much…
We absolutely have to get “Maybelline Marine” trending as JD Vance’s nickname.
Indeed, it’s a start! But our tax code is insanely complex. It needs dramatic simplification and removal of most of the exceptions that have built up over many decades (often to please lobbyists and donors).
Yes, agree with both of those. Central govt should do what it’s good at (big centralised national things) and local govt should do the local things that are important to their local population. And central govt needs to fund local govt properly and then largely get out of the way.
There is a common theme from politicians that we are paying too much tax. But in practice we are at most mid-table in the tax takes of European states.
Agreed; I didn’t phrase that very well. I was trying to say that everyone should contribute a little more, ideally each according to their means. Unfortunately the UK seems to have champagne tastes but only wants to pay lemonade prices, not helped by politicians messaging.
From the perspective of the Israeli’s ethical framework, absolutely. From that used by the rest of the world, not so much.
Quite the statistic, and one that should (but won’t) make Israel hang its head in shame.
The trouble is, even an average hatchback is fast enough to get a young driver into difficulties. Big electric SUVs that practically defy the laws of physics (until they suddenly don’t) are even worse. And driver training remains rudimentary…
IMHO, most people on about £100k are working their nuts off and stressed to the nines. Certainly not peeled grapes and private jets territory…
China?
Seems there are some artists that are completely constrained by their initial success, but blossom once freed. Mark Knopfler is another example - his work post Dire Straits is utterly eclectic, and far more interesting.
I remember her name from the closing credits. She must have influenced at least a generation, possibly two, of children that were enthralled by her production of Blue Peter. What a legacy. RIP.
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