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177 | 47.20% |
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Oh hey the local councillor sorted out my name thing with Labour membership and I got my voting thing through so that's cool I guess.
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Jedit posted:First case of COVID-19 in Grampian region was found today. No word on where, but I'd bet money he or she is just down the road from me now at ARI. - 1 in Tayside - returned from Italy: https://twitter.com/ConnorGillies/status/1235242152399171585 - 1 in Ayrshire - 1 in Grampian of the ayrshire/grampian pair 1 returned from italy, and another is linked to another confirmed case (but not in scotland, so odds are england and they found this via chasing known contacts) expect this in a few weeks and for it to ramp up from there: https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235250175284834305 we should be closing down schools to slow the spread (and mass gatherings immediately imo): https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1235204453315358722 for an idea of how the virus has been spreading gene sequencing gives the world a lot of information that the carriers wouldn't know: https://twitter.com/nextstrain/status/1235255507268534277
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Mar 4, 2020 19:06
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Pet beetles? Beetle pets best pets. It’s making me feel bad how I kinda wish my other pets weren’t there so I could have more beetles. I am coming up on three months of very minimal contact with news and media. I am hearing lots about how coronavirus is bad, but also about how it’s less deadly than SARS, less transmissible than flu, etc. What makes this such a concern? Is it the “two weeks with no symptoms” thing? I’ve been washing my hands a lot anyway, but this is the first time since the election that being out of touch has been anything other than a blessed relief. (note that despite three months off I still regard this thread as the one trustworthy source of information on the internet) Edit: okay so it’s fast and deadly. That was easy to find out.
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Mar 4, 2020 19:26
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Yeah the lack of symptoms means it's extremely hard to contain. Also it's already in a shitload of places and most places don't/won't shut down like China has to try to contain it.
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Mar 4, 2020 19:27
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If nothing else, Covid-19 might be the thing that finally makes everyone seriously consider WASHING THEIR loving HANDS and ACTUALLY STAYING HOME WHEN THEY'RE ILL. Doubtful, but you can hope.
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Mar 4, 2020 19:48
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Thank you all so much for the lovely pictures and nice things. Going to be taking a break from this corner of the internet, but thank you all so much.
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Mar 4, 2020 19:55
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So 3% mortality in Italy? Yikes.
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Mar 4, 2020 19:57
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Yeah, it's an almost perfect quarantine-buster that's deadlier than regular flu. It's not the most lethal or infectious disease out there, but there's unusually little we can do to stop it spreading at that same steady rate. It's also worth remembering that 'deadlier' usually also means 'more incapacitating'. The economy is the means by which a society functions and keeps its members alive and comfortable. I don't know what the incapacitation rate of COVID-19 is, but it's probably quite a lot higher than 2%, and the economy will be seriously, seriously strained if even a tenth of the workforce are incapable of working for two weeks or more. Likewise, the more hospital beds it takes up, the less room there is for people with other health problems.
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Mar 4, 2020 20:00
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thespaceinvader posted:If nothing else, Covid-19 might be the thing that finally makes everyone seriously consider WASHING THEIR loving HANDS and ACTUALLY STAYING HOME WHEN THEY'RE ILL. It's certainly changing my habits given that the only reason I normally wash my hands is if I'm cooking for other people or if they're covered in literal poo poo/filth.
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Mar 4, 2020 20:06
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Just gimme the disease and let's get it over with for this year.
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thespaceinvader posted:If nothing else, Covid-19 might be the thing that finally makes everyone seriously consider WASHING THEIR loving HANDS and ACTUALLY STAYING HOME WHEN THEY'RE ILL. I'm surrounded by coughing and sneezing people at work today.  Stay at home, Christ!
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Mar 4, 2020 20:12
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OwlFancier posted:It's certainly changing my habits given that the only reason I normally wash my hands is if I'm cooking for other people or if they're covered in literal poo poo/filth. @goons_txt got one
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Mar 4, 2020 20:20
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XMNN posted:just seen an aircraft carrier They're fairly big, but they can easily enter Portsmouth harbour and dock in the naval base. The US supercarriers have to stay anchored in Stokes Bay because they are too big
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Mar 4, 2020 20:29
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Dabir posted:@goons_txt got one *shrug* I don't get sick much but seems only right to be extra safe with other people.
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Mar 4, 2020 20:29
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OwlFancier posted:*shrug* I don't get sick much but seems only right to be extra safe with other people. What about like after every time you go to the toilet?!?
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thespaceinvader posted:If nothing else, Covid-19 might be the thing that finally makes everyone seriously consider WASHING THEIR loving HANDS and ACTUALLY STAYING HOME WHEN THEY'RE ILL. sebzilla posted:So 3% mortality in Italy? Yikes. i've went through ONS + NHS data and it's better no one really knows the gory stats details even under extremely optimistic conditions. did you know nhs england's critical care beds normally float around 80% capacity? at all times of the year? Darth Walrus posted:Yeah, it's an almost perfect quarantine-buster that's deadlier than regular flu. It's not the most lethal or infectious disease out there, but there's unusually little we can do to stop it spreading at that same steady rate. Wiggly Wayne DDS fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Mar 4, 2020 |
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Mar 4, 2020 20:43
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OwlFancier posted:It's certainly changing my habits given that the only reason I normally wash my hands is if I'm cooking for other people or if they're covered in literal poo poo/filth. Did you mean: OwlFancier posted:It's certainly changing my habits given that the only reason I normally wash my hands is or OwlFancier posted:It's certainly changing my habits given that the only reason I normally wash my hands is
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Mar 4, 2020 20:57
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Guavanaut posted:Right, I've read this three times and I need to know. I mean I guess you could combine both in that I meant the first one but if I was dealing with someone covered in literal poo poo/filth I would probably want a shower afterwards.
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Mar 4, 2020 20:59
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:They're fairly big, but they can easily enter Portsmouth harbour and dock in the naval base. The US supercarriers have to stay anchored in Stokes Bay because they are too big Well 'easily', they dredged the harbour special like so the ships could actually get through it without running aground.
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Mar 4, 2020 21:00
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If a us supercarrier runs aground without the sandbank owners permission can the police seize the vehicle?
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Mar 4, 2020 21:10
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Gonzo McFee posted:Voter suppression in America is wild. Communities with high poverty and minority voters are forced to wait for hours because the government actively closes down places to vote and holds back voting machines. Like, actively making sure there's warehouses of voting machines going unused. For the explicit purpose of disenfranchising anyone who might vote to improve the lives of the poor. They even admit that's why they do it. the best part is this isn't even a state election, it's the Democratic Party, so as much as they point the finger at the Republicans they're absolutely wild for it if their anointed neolibs are threatened Sanford posted:When my new pet beetles are scared they stick their bum in the air and it looks like a scary little monster. My wife says I was more visibly delighted by this than I was when our daughter was born. when I scrolled down I thought this was The Scream. nice beets!
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Mar 4, 2020 21:43
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feedmegin posted:Well 'easily', they dredged the harbour special like so the ships could actually get through it without running aground. And the dredged sand has now done odd things to the tidal patterns on Hayling Island too
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Mar 4, 2020 21:58
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:And the dredged sand has now done odd things to the tidal patterns on Hayling Island too Wouldn't have expected the lost city of rlyeh to be under portsmouth harbour but there you go.
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Mar 4, 2020 22:06
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i promise i do make the occasional post that isn't about people in scotland being dicks about trans people but I would just like to remind everyone to not use horrible, offensive terms like "cisgender" in polite political debate https://twitter.com/pickle_bee/status/1235302615178719238
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Mar 4, 2020 22:14
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also please wash your hands after you go to the toilet. please do this even if there is not currently a viral epedemic of global proportions. thank you all
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Mar 4, 2020 22:17
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This just doubly confirms that the legislature should not be able to act on matters of chemistry. Scrap the Lords Spiritual and ecclesiastical courts and instead have a similar separation for Temporal Law and Chemical Law, because the earthly lawmakers clearly have no loving clue what they're talking about.
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Mar 4, 2020 22:25
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I was going to make an IUPAC joke but I'm glad I don't have to any more. I was also going to make a gaul joke but I still can't really be arsed.
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Mar 4, 2020 22:29
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Sanford posted:When my new pet beetles are scared they stick their bum in the air and it looks like a scary little monster. My wife says I was more visibly delighted by this than I was when our daughter was born. 
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Mar 4, 2020 22:30
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OwlFancier posted:I was going to make an IUPAC joke but I'm glad I don't have to any more. Or they'd have to describe it using E-Z notation, and lol if politicians would be able to do that, most chemists can't without looking up the byzantine rules table.
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Mar 4, 2020 22:33
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/04/teenage-boy-found-dead-after-group-of-men-seen-armed-with-baseball-batsquote:A 16-year-old boy has been found dead after a group of 30 men were seen armed with baseball bats near a railway station. Poor kid. 
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Mar 4, 2020 23:06
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Feels like a baseball bat in Britain is basically like a knife or a handgun or whatever, only every likely to be used for violence.
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Mar 4, 2020 23:14
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:there's going to be a lot of hard lessons in risk management from people going "it's just the flu" I take time off when I have the flu so as not to infect others. But drat if some co-workers and your boss won't make you feel like a freeloader for not coming into work. I've had those same co-workers go home at lunch time dripping sweat because the flu they thought they could work through started kicking in. Also, Scottish parliament is so civilized. Used to the English ones where they'd be braying in disapproval when someones speaking. Angepain posted:i promise i do make the occasional post that isn't about people in scotland being dicks about trans people but I would just like to remind everyone to not use horrible, offensive terms like "cisgender" in polite political debate Marenghi fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Mar 4, 2020 |
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Mar 4, 2020 23:20
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Marenghi posted:I take time off when I have the flu so as not to infect others. But drat if some co-workers and your boss won't make you feel like a freeloader for not coming into work. In my last full-time job where I was quite senior, one of our biggest clients demanded my attendance at a meeting (which was destined to be a rather difficult meeting) even though I had flu (really flu not a bad cold) and my boss did not turn round and say 'no she's ill' and go herself or arrange another senior person to go (a more junior person would not have been acceptable) so I tanked up on meds and went. I was patently so ill that the client sent me home in a taxi. This was one of the reasons I decided to opt out of the rat race.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:In my last full-time job where I was quite senior, one of our biggest clients demanded my attendance at a meeting (which was destined to be a rather difficult meeting) even though I had flu (really flu not a bad cold) and my boss did not turn round and say 'no she's ill' and go herself or arrange another senior person to go (a more junior person would not have been acceptable) so I tanked up on meds and went. Well done on getting out! That reminds me of a conversation I overhead on the train this morning. Some exec was having a VERY IMPORTANT PHONECALL on our crowded train and appeared to be issuing instructions to use a "coronovirus to turnover ratio" when making decisions about whether to send staff to virus hotspots abroad.
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Mar 4, 2020 23:37
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if you happen to live in dewsbury there's only one place you should be buying your meat and it's from this lovely gent https://twitter.com/djonesbutchers/status/1235271384860962816?s=20
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ThomasPaine posted:if you happen to live in dewsbury there's only one place you should be buying your meat and it's from this lovely gent Top man. And this is... not really the kind of promoted tweet I expect to see on a butchers page. 
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Mar 5, 2020 00:53
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Well, FlyBe just went tits up. https://twitter.com/SimonCalder/status/1235324067709935617?s=19 One less infection vector I guess...
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Mar 5, 2020 01:02
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Plz stop talking about corona virus scary poo poo at bed time
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Mar 5, 2020 01:19
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Communist Thoughts posted:Plz stop talking about corona virus scary poo poo at bed time are there any non scary things going on in uk politics
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marktheando posted:are there any non scary things going on in uk politics I mean, there's some depressing ones. Like: What does a lonely, squalid death in an immigration centre say about Britain? posted:Dostoevsky said a society’s civilisation can be judged by its prisons. I would add this: a society’s humanity can be judged by its immigration removal centres. E: Oh by the way that's your tax money hard at work: quote:The main problem with immigration detention is that, at a cost of more than £34,000 per detainee per year, it doesn’t actually work, and has been found time again to be “not a particularly effective means of ensuring that those with no right to remain do in fact leave the UK”. For the utterly heartless, that is reason enough for radical change. For everyone else, there is Prince Fosu. But clearly we can't let migrants off easily, 34000 pounds a year is a drop in a bucket compared to the damage a stray migrant could do. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Mar 5, 2020 |
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