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Got sick of Andy's takes on Corbyn and dropped the podcast, will just get exposure to Bob from Twitter. He won't let me dooooown!
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May 28, 2020 15:03
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Back then there was a lot of fund raisers in the US, under 'Celebrating Irish Heritage' but secretly funding 'The Cause'. Sinn Fein politicians would go for a few weeks over in the US, doing the tour of fund raisers.
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May 28, 2020 15:07
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happyhippy posted:Back then there was a lot of fund raisers in the US, under 'Celebrating Irish Heritage' but secretly funding 'The Cause'. There's a photo or video somewhere online of Trump and Gerry Adams at an IRA fund raiser. (Phone posting so sorry no link.)
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May 28, 2020 15:10
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Re: this contact tracing system. I've seen it described as a self-isolation "order", but I've more widely seen it phrased as people "will be asked to self-isolate", people "should avoid leaving their home for any reason", people "will be told to stay at home", etc. Are there any plans to actually enforce this at all? Or is it all based on the honors system? Because I know at least a dozen people for whom sticking to their own voluntary personal lockdown whilst completely healthy will be impossible, and maybe a half dozen more who literally won't be able to afford to take such measures if they're only being paid a fraction of what they need to pay the bills, especially if they're asked to self-isolate for 2wks multiple times (I'm assuming there'll be no extra financial support from government and employees will only get SSP at £95.85/wk, or £0 if they're self-employed)
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May 28, 2020 15:32
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I saw Geoff Capes tear a phonebook in half when I was about four. I didn't know who he was but I remember my sister complaining bitterly that he "bent it and stuff" before tearing it. It made a really distinctive noise. I totally forgot the event until about three years ago when I heard the noise in my dreams, sat up in bed and loudly said "GEOFF CAPES". My wife still brings it up occasionally.
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May 28, 2020 15:35
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Sanford posted:I saw Geoff Capes tear a phonebook in half when I was about four. I didn't know who he was but I remember my sister complaining bitterly that he "bent it and stuff" before tearing it. It made a really distinctive noise. I totally forgot the event until about three years ago when I heard the noise in my dreams, sat up in bed and loudly said "GEOFF CAPES". My wife still brings it up occasionally. You should tweet this important geoff capes news.
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May 28, 2020 15:38
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https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1266002706872836098 another mistake how unfortunate
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May 28, 2020 15:40
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https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1266016994236796929?s=20
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May 28, 2020 15:44
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couldn't even find a horse the right colour to match his racist joke he should have ridden it to Barnard Castle
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May 28, 2020 15:48
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https://twitter.com/samjknights/status/1266006126526631936?s=20
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May 28, 2020 15:49
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 I also just read in the guardian that this Cummings fellow used to work for the spectator until quote:However, biographies of Cummings often overlook his brief journalism career at the Spectator. In 2006 the future prime ministerial aide left his position as the magazine’s online boss after he briefly published a cartoon on the Spectator’s website of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban, following the lead of a Danish newspaper which had prompted an international row about the limits of free speech. I'm beginning to think there might be an undercurrent of racism in these rarified posho circles?
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May 28, 2020 15:50
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Bertrand Russell, you say?Bertrand Russell posted:The method of a leisure class without duties was, however, extraordinarily wasteful. None of the members of the class had to be taught to be industrious, and the class as a whole was not exceptionally intelligent. The class might produce one Darwin, but against him had to be set tens of thousands of country gentlemen who never thought of anything more intelligent than fox-hunting and punishing poachers.
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May 28, 2020 15:53
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loving. Hell. I don't know what's worse. The decrepid poo poo himself or the people trying to engage him in lighthearted debate.
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May 28, 2020 15:54
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When they say chillingham castle is the most haunted place in britain it's probably just the weird old ghoul in the crypt. Also as I have said previously, I have fondled that man's halberd.
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May 28, 2020 15:54
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for some really weird reason i just remembered reading about how lots of british aristocracy were pro-nazi before ww2
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May 28, 2020 15:56
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peanut- posted:Interesting that Switzerland has been easing measures for weeks is getting almost completely out of lock down on Monday, after a generally lighter touch approach than us for the entire period. Schools went back weeks ago, though they did close them a week before we did. Switzerland banned public gatherings over 1000 people from 28th of Feb, at which point there were less than 20 recorded cases. Local authorities could decide on banning smaller gatherings. They also closed the border to Italy at some point. Some harder hit areas enforced strict measures IIRC but overall Switzerland escaped being in the group of worst-hit countries with what measures they did put in + the timing.
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May 28, 2020 15:57
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hemale in pain posted:for some really weird reason i just remembered reading about how lots of british aristocracy were pro-nazi before ww2 Still are.
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May 28, 2020 15:58
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It just the divine right of kings hurriedly updated to account for natural selection. Anyway, rich people have reduced selective pressure; by his account they should get stupider over time not smarter.
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May 28, 2020 16:03
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https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1266011232060018695
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May 28, 2020 16:04
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hemale in pain posted:for some really weird reason i just remembered reading about how lots of british aristocracy were pro-nazi before ww2 Right to the top - there's a home-movie of the Queen Mother (gawd bless 'er) and Edward the VIII teaching their children the Nazi Salute https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33578174 Renfield fucked around with this message at 16:14 on May 28, 2020 |
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May 28, 2020 16:12
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Closed stadiums though so it's only going to be dozens of people travelling around the country rather than thousands. Still a bad idea though unless whatever accommodation they stay in is sterile and secure. I guess it might get a few idiots to stay home on the weekends rather than socialising? Probably more than ruined by watch parties though.
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May 28, 2020 16:12
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namesake posted:Closed stadiums though so it's only going to be dozens of people travelling around the country rather than thousands. Still a bad idea though unless whatever accommodation they stay in is sterile and secure. Germany is handling it perfectly fine.
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May 28, 2020 16:13
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lol remember when we thought coronavirus would matter
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May 28, 2020 16:15
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EvilHawk posted:Germany is handling it perfectly fine. They're handling a lot of things better than the UK is. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Manchester United players personal brand contracts require them to do autograph signings with the public at least twice a season or something just insane like that.
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May 28, 2020 16:17
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can't wait for dominic cummings to condemn these out-of-touch elites
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May 28, 2020 16:18
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so thats why johnson is doing the briefing today move on FOOTBALL move on OPENING THE PUBS move on
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May 28, 2020 16:19
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I think the general strategy now is pulling everything forward both to cover for their mistakes of the past and with the mistaken idea that if X measures are dropped then as the contagion spreads again people will be happy with only restoring X/2 measures to tackle them. Nothing should be getting relaxed until cases are lower, tracking is better and unions agree with whatever the proposals are.
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May 28, 2020 16:23
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Just been told got to return to work on the 1st - Oh joy  Nothing like the unnecessary manufacture of poo poo for it to just accumulate in a big pile and not be moved for six months.
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May 28, 2020 16:25
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Pesky Splinter posted:the unnecessary manufacture of poo poo for it to just accumulate in a big pile and not be moved for six months. 
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May 28, 2020 16:31
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https://twitter.com/walesape/status/1265946702076416000?s=20 I used to sell timber to the bloke that runs the place. Their van stank to high heaven but they do good work.
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May 28, 2020 16:32
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I'm hearing bad things from my academic friends in terms of universities - cutting loads of seasonal staff, switching courses to distance learning only, intake being the lowest it's been for years. Is this *turns to camera* Educatiogeddon?
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May 28, 2020 16:40
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"The Senedd has decided not to provide emergency funding to support them." That's my Welsh government! I don't know what the fuckers actually do. The only money to be made here is from tourism. And those are hosed. Wonder how bad it's going to get. For an example of Welsh governing: Colwyn Bay council vacillated on whether to fix it's famous pier for two decades until it just fell apart in a storm one day. Regarde Aduck fucked around with this message at 16:45 on May 28, 2020 |
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May 28, 2020 16:40
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My sister is a headteacher and their discussions around school reopening plans have been completely derailed by one of her colleagues inadvertently revealing that she thought "glow in the dark" was "glow and the dark". It's come up in every meeting since. Personally I think she shouldn't be allowed to teach any more.sassassin posted:https://twitter.com/walesape/status/1265946702076416000?s=20 Sign this pls. Worked in a zoo in Wales many many years ago and they were nice beasts.
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May 28, 2020 16:44
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Some interesting stuff in the ONS survey today, though I don't understand it nearly well enough to meaningfully assess it. Based on their samples, they're estimating 133,000 cases in England between 11/05 and 24/05, with the asymptomatic rate being 79%. That's asymptomatic on the day of testing though.
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May 28, 2020 16:50
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I was told today that my employer won't be continuing to furlough me past the end of July. There might be some work appearing soon that will mean I can come back to work from furlough then but as it stands I have been given 2 months' notice. This is likely to be happening to everyone who works here. I expected this as there is no work to do apart from a skeleton crew so there is no money to pay for even a 20% contribution. I suspect this is deliberate to force people out of work onto UC and that later they will revert the furlough scheme to its original form but disqualify us from being brought back onto furlough. Some of you may remember I had been receiving threats from other employees about my union activity. Nothing ever came from that but the majority of people just accepted the paycut so it was imposed on everyone who didn't get furloughed. Word is some departments stuck together and are not receiving paycuts. We were planning on buying a house this year but now I expect most of the deposit will be going to our landlord instead. Hopefully now filming is slowly starting up around the world they are able to get enough stuff recorded to keep us busy during the second wave. Or will the Snyder Cut save me?
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May 28, 2020 17:11
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Yeah lockdown it's definitely over until we all start dying again. We can now meet up to 6 people from outside our household at a time.
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May 28, 2020 17:21
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Their presentations use the same PowerPoint template as my work does. Cheap fucks.
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May 28, 2020 17:22
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Yeah lockdown it's definitely over until we all start dying again. We can now meet up to 6 people from outside our household at a time. lol I think what's most offensive is the fact they're even trying to keep up the pretence at this point, that's both completely unenforceable and also so completely arbitrary that everyone will quite rightly say if 6 is safe why is 7 unsafe etc.. not that I haven't seen dozens of groups of that size over the last few weeks anyway just go full Republican and open the bloodgates now rather than keeping up this farce of a "careful measured reopening" you loving ghouls
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Yeah lockdown it's definitely over until we all start dying again. We can now meet up to 6 people from outside our household at a time. The secret is to never stop dying in large numbers
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