oeuf
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- Comment on British Jews 2 days ago:
I think I’m joining the ranks of people who have become radicalised against the mainstream media.
What’s done it for me has been the reporting on the climate breakdown this summer. Most of the main ‘respectable’ news outlets have acknowledged the role of climate change but I haven’t seen any of them talking about the reality of addressing it and what that means for class structure and the wholesale redirection of productive output. The people who own, run and staff these outlets are the ones who will have their private consumption reduced if Zack Polanski’s policy platform of action on climate change and inequality is implemented, and he is therefore the enemy of them and their class. Because what he stands for also represents the interests of normal people like us, that means we are also their enemy.
When you understand what is at stake with the climate it’s impossible not to see this class war as literally a fight for survival.
- Comment on BBC Failing to Inform Viewers About Climate Emergency, Says Polanski 5 days ago:
Definitely vote green 👍
However, I suspect that while the media will cover climate issues for clicks (which they have to do to survive), they’ll ultimately continue furthering their own interests as a class by publishing content that delays action.
Most media is owned and staffed by people who will have to give things up if we’re actually going to tackle climate change.
So fuck 'em, unfortunately. Like this summer shows; we don’t have time to wait for them to get on board, and we can’t count on them to help.
- Comment on BBC Failing to Inform Viewers About Climate Emergency, Says Polanski 5 days ago:
This is why it’s so important for all of us to be having conversations about climate change. We don’t have to leave it to the media to set the agenda.
- Comment on On fire 6 days ago:
Enticing harassment sounds kinky. Good rule imo.
- Comment on Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK 6 days ago:
“Might look at introducing a disposable barbecue ban” - what planet are these people on? Seriously.
We’re at 2.4C of heating and have a water crisis, an energy crisis, a farming crisis, 3000 excess deaths and counting, and schools and workplaces shutting down.
Even conservatives and ‘climate sceptics’ are now seeing the writing on the wall, finally.
I’m lost for words tbh.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
I thought Burnham was the bus guy?
Ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2027 and leverage any shortage of EV supply and charging points to kickstart the public transport revolution. Just an idea.
The climate breakdown has landed on the UK’s doorstep at the same time as an oil shock and a cost of living crisis, and the best we can do is fiddle with EV targets and ban disposable barbecues?
I don’t want another petrol or diesel car. But to be honest I don’t even really want to buy an electric car - I just want to have a regular bus service nearby.
- Comment on Still waiting for my Donny dollar check, any day now... 1 week ago:
Perhaps even more relevant is that when when people are desperate/afraid/confused they look to strength and power to solve their problems. I can’t remember the name of it but it’s a documented psychosocial phenomenon. It is essentially being a sycophant or bootlicker but the academics have a more neutral term for it.
- Comment on Jeremy Clarkson shares worrying Diddly Squat update after UK heatwave 1 week ago:
Second most annoying man in the UK after Piers Morgan.
- Comment on Large scale terror thwarted 2 weeks ago:
Politicians should sort this out. Apart from anything else it’s making the police look really stupid.
- Comment on Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution 3 weeks 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? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on School pupils to be taught strangling during sex is illegal in new lessons 4 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 4 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? 4 weeks ago:
Copybewritten.
- Comment on Police criticise decision to let pubs stay open until 5am for England match 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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.
