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- Comment on Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution 6 days ago:
Man, water companies are asking for it.
They are politically an absolute open goal for any sitting g government to nationalise, and probably quite a good litmus test for how neoliberal they are.
- Comment on Ate there more galaxies in the universe, than stars that can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, or with a telescope? 1 week ago:
- Comment on School pupils to be taught strangling during sex is illegal in new lessons 2 weeks ago:
I agree. And I think people will be less likely to do it non-consensually if they they know that the other person knows it’s illegal.
- Comment on School pupils to be taught strangling during sex is illegal in new lessons 2 weeks ago:
Unsleepen.
- Comment on If a famous person or character's likeness is copyrighted and you need to license it to use it, could you find a real-life lookalike and say you modelled your character off of *that* person instead? 2 weeks ago:
Copybewritten.
- Comment on Police criticise decision to let pubs stay open until 5am for England match 3 weeks ago:
As a punter it’s going to be a weird atmosphere too.
- Comment on UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time 5 weeks ago:
I’m planning to get an electric car as our next vehicle. The old war-juice has become too much of a problem.
- Comment on Rare red weather warning and red heat health alert for region 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, it was mad. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it in real life before. A huge lump of cloud like a mountain raced in from the southwest with a weird turquoise area in the back of it. When it got overhead really strong wind suddenly started blasting and there was sideways torrential rain. Because it was so hot I decided to stand in it outside and cool down but had to go back inside because the rain was too hard and I got worried about being hit by lightning. The trees were taking a clobbering as well. It was a spectacle but also kind of monstrous tbh and I hope we don’t get any more of them.
- Comment on Rare red weather warning and red heat health alert for region 5 weeks ago:
So hot today… Had a freak storm barrel through here too, which was a bit scary.
- Comment on Do you think that Trump is being blackmailed? 5 weeks ago:
I agree with you but I really wish people would stop calling him ‘Bibi’. He’s not our buddy, or some boisterous but quirky and lovable uncle figure from reality TV. He’s a war criminal responsible for genocide, aided and abetted by other politicians who have been so close to him for so long that they have an affectionate nickname for him.
- Comment on How do I unrot my brain from AI, how do I start using ChatGPT less and less, and is improv a good enough way to fix an AI-rotted brain? 1 month ago:
TLDR: People take longer to give you an answer than AI or a search engine, but they are way quicker at giving you the right one.
It’s way more efficient asking people. You get info from single discrete primary sources with real-world experience that you can interrogate, rather than a machine synthesizing an ‘average answer’ i.e mashing together a load of differing and conflicting info…
People are also better at updating your own question to make it more appropriate to the task at hand.
A public discussion also leaves the answer and context visible to others who are searching for solutions in future.
I’ve wasted a lot of time trying to use AI to find answers and advice, and online articles before that. 9 times out of 10 it just ends in confusion or the answers they give simply don’t work in my case. If I ask real people I pretty much always get the problem sorted eventually.
People are awesome.
- Comment on Record number of people waiting for NHS diagnostic tests in England 1 month ago:
It goes to show how much we assume that there are infinite resources, as long as we can pay for them. But there are actual real limitations to manpower, equipment and natural resources. There is a massive difference between the whole pie getting bigger, and one person’s share of it getting bigger.
- Comment on More than 1,300 deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, figures suggest 1 month ago:
This is genuinely outrageous and terrifying.
The last time I was at A&E we had to sit quietly for four hours in a dilapidated waiting area while my partner was having a miscarriage. There were two old ladies who had been there waiting since the day before (12 hours) and a young guy with a smashed up face who gave up waiting and just left. The initial triage thing happened in what seemed like a converted broom cupboard. When they finally let us into the hospital to be seen I was expecting it to be heaving, but it was like a ghost ship.
It’s an absolute scandal.
Someone please remind me how much has been spent on HS2, Hinckley C, PPE fraud for MPs mates, Trident, the filthy-rich not paying tax etc and tell me why any of these things are more important than saving people’s lives in emergencies.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
That’s very interesting about the relationship between nitrogen and protein.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
My concern is that he’ll be under a lot of pressure to call an early general election. And an election campaign will completely suck the energy out of dealing with the shit really starting to hit the fan with the economy. Worse still, it will probably be followed by a chaotic Reform government, or months of wrangling over a coalition.
I think it might be actually be better in the long run if he loses the byelection. It’s hard to see any positive change happening any time soon though.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
It seems improbable to me that absolutely none of the current risks start to become realised in the immediate future, and that we are allowed to resume muddling on like before.
As an englishman I hate to say it, but the president of the united states is a true agent of the future.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
Same here.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
Which foods do you think will see the highest inflation?
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
What has been going on with Finnish trade since the invasion? I haven’t seen any reporting on this here in the UK, as far as I’m aware.
I also hope fossil fuel usage starts declining. I’m feeling cautiously optimistic, atleast about my country.
Well you will be pleased to hear that I am done with fossil fuels. Part of my reason for creating this post is to get some perspective before laying down most of my savings on offgrid renewables.
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
What is your personal hunch about where the real economy is going for the median family in Europe/US?
- Comment on What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year? 2 months ago:
I’m actually a bit worried about Burnham winning the byelection. If he becomes PM we’ll be having a political crisis at the same time as an economic one.
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- Comment on Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature 2 months ago:
Walking is so underrated that it’s easy to forget about it entirely. Thanks for remimding me about it!
- Comment on Four jailed over £6m NHS contract fraud have sentences cut 2 months ago:
Interesting. Arguing that crime is your way of life rather than a series of separate and discrete acts of misjudgement gets you a lighter sentence.
- Comment on Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group 2 months ago:
Draw a smiling penis on them.
I’m totally serious - it’s the only thing which undermines them and communicates on the same level as them.
Don’t do all of them at once or it will look like a concerted campaign or one person’s fit of passion. Just do 1 in 20 or so, and draw each one slightly differently. If they are replaced wait a while before defacing the new ones.
- Comment on Majority of Britons would back a smoking ban in pub gardens 2 months ago:
I’m very surprised that isn’t already banned in kids play areas and it definitely shoyld be.
I think pubs should be allowed to decide for themselves about beer gardens though.
- Comment on They got us by the balls 2 months ago:
I too would like to know this
- Comment on [Video] People Against Genocide target DSV in Bristol. DSV are a logistics firm which ship weapons for Elbit Systems. 2 months ago:
They’ve been in prison until this point. That’s nearly two years in prison without having been found guilty in a trial. The maximum is supposed to be six months.
- Comment on [Video] People Against Genocide target DSV in Bristol. DSV are a logistics firm which ship weapons for Elbit Systems. 2 months ago:
Elbit Systems have a weapons factory, also in Bristol, which was the site of a break-in by direct action activists who found quadcopter drones used to drop grenades on people in Gaza. The activists were imprisoned without trial.
Direct action like that in the video risks huge personal sacrifice.
- Comment on Forensic Poetry 3 months ago:
So he was smoking hemp?
