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Communist Thoughts posted:All we need now is a government minister immediately hosting a 200 person sex party and the rules being dropped I believe when government ministers hold them they are called bungabunga parties  
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crispix posted:I believe when government ministers hold them they are called bungabunga parties If anybody needs a catsnipe in future feel free to use this: https://twitter.com/rmldraws/status/1301708884294295552
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Sep 9, 2020 08:36
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Currently sat in a gathering with people from 10 different households. This is fine because it's in an office (COVID cannot spread in offices) and because I may perform the act of ultimate social utility: buying lunch in Pret. They should introduce some kind of formal waiver system where you can do whatever the gently caress you want provided you sign a contractual commitment get your lunch from Pret.
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Sep 9, 2020 09:12
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peanut- posted:Currently sat in a gathering with people from 10 different households. This is fine because it's in an office (COVID cannot spread in offices) and because I may perform the act of ultimate social utility: buying lunch in Pret. Nah that would be a bit too radical for the government IYKWIM. No if it were wetherspoons, on the other hand; now that's critical dining infrastructure right there.
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Sep 9, 2020 09:19
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goddamnedtwisto posted:They're very interested to find out if you've got it at the time of donation but obviously that's about not transmitting it to the staff and other donors, and also interested if you might have had it in the past because of the possiblity of using your plasma with all its lovely antibodies to treat patients (although I've not heard anything more about this lately - presumably there are other treatments with less risk/availability bottlenecks now?)
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Sep 9, 2020 09:39
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peanut- posted:Currently sat in a gathering with people from 10 different households. This is fine because it's in an office (COVID cannot spread in offices) and because I may perform the act of ultimate social utility: buying lunch in Pret. Everyone in this magnificent country knows full well that once in a generation the economic gods must be appeased by a blood sacrifice, and our patriotic duty is to forfeit our lives into the dwindling flame of the unholy flesh engine to preserve the future for our beloved wealth creators. This has always been Conservative Party policy
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Sep 9, 2020 09:45
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Convex posted:Everyone in this magnificent country knows full well that once in a generation the economic gods must be appeased by a blood sacrifice, and our patriotic duty is to forfeit our lives into the dwindling flame of the unholy flesh engine to preserve the future for our beloved wealth creators. This has always been Conservative Party policy I'm not sure I can enjoy Dark Souls as much knowing that it is a grim portent of the future.
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Sep 9, 2020 09:48
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Pistol_Pete posted:Christ, this new Covid spin is such transparent bullshit. They're literally going to blame irresponsible young people for causing a 2nd wave, while in the next breath urging everyone to get back to work on public transport and pile into the bars and restaurants to boost the economy. My local area facebook group has half of the comments blaming young people and the other half are old people saying it's all fake and a conspiracy.
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Sep 9, 2020 09:49
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Just saw a quote from Matt Hancock on the guardian liveblog claiming that the shortage of tests is due to people who aren't eligible getting tested. Is there a single systemic or government fuckup that these people will not blame on individualsquote:The reason we have constraint at the moment is not because capacity has gone down; far from it, capacity has gone up. It’s that we’ve suddenly seen this rise in demand from people who are not eligible. For instance, I’ve read stories of whole schools being told to go and get a test. That is not what the testing is there for. We need it for people who are symptomatic. Oh well, if you've read stories, that must be it. Can't argue with stories
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Sep 9, 2020 10:00
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XMNN posted:If you spend all day locked inside a classroom with 30 other teenagers and a teacher, that's fine. Schools should be the first things that open and the last things that close. Distance learning doesn't work well with smaller kids and for some families its just not doable at all. Shutting and restricting other things to allow schools to remain open is a good thing, its what the government is restricting and in what order is the bad thing. That pubs opened before schools shows exactly where the Governments priorities lie.
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Sep 9, 2020 10:01
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They're soliciting public suggestions for the Festival of Brexit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54069456 Might pitch for the £100k grant for my installation "Tinned food and insulin stockpile #47"
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Sep 9, 2020 10:01
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Mega Comrade posted:Schools should be the first things that open and the last things that close. Distance learning doesn't work well with smaller kids and for some families its just not doable at all. Shutting and restricting other things to allow schools to remain open is a good thing, its what the government is restricting and in what order is the bad thing. That pubs opened before schools shows exactly where the Governments priorities lie. In this scenario it's also vital that schools are supported and well-funded enough in order to adequately implement distancing measures to the best of their ability, if we want a precise list of ways the government has killed people
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Sep 9, 2020 10:06
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peanut- posted:They're soliciting public suggestions for the Festival of Brexit Flowers on the mass graves might be a start.
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Sep 9, 2020 10:19
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twisto i'm...i'm so sorry... https://twitter.com/johnrivers/status/1303575009386954755?s=20
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Sep 9, 2020 10:21
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So I signed onto UC August 1st and just got told I'm getting no payments at all because I start uni in 12 days
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Sep 9, 2020 10:30
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You get no payments for August? That's hosed
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Sep 9, 2020 10:33
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Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. The only words that express how mad I am about it would get me banned.
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Sep 9, 2020 10:39
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Do the needful so we get another fun twitter poll victory acceptance messsage from the Jam Man. https://twitter.com/WorldCup_of_MPs/status/1303630518756544512?s=20
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Sep 9, 2020 10:48
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Lmao Nandy is leading that one now.
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Sep 9, 2020 10:52
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VideoGames posted:Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. I'm so sorry VG, it's a brutal and callous system that no one should have to deal with
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Sep 9, 2020 10:53
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https://twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1303424561720025089?s=21 This is going to be fascinating, given what an utter anodyne void he's been so far.
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Sep 9, 2020 10:59
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Max HairloomVideoGames posted:Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. Any system where personal experience backed with the word of multiple doctors scarcely counts against the word of private administrators with 'target goals' is inhumane and poo poo, and PIP sounds like it's getting worse than ESA.
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Sep 9, 2020 11:00
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Darth Walrus posted:https://twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1303424561720025089?s=21 there was even a graun article today saying he has no actual ideas which tells you how bad he is
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Sep 9, 2020 11:03
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I’m in a bit of a daze as my launch event which I’ve been planning for months and put my savings into now can’t go ahead, just like that. Time to have a proper sit down and work out where things sit! Barely have the energy to come up with a ‘reach for the SARS(-CoV-2)’ S-club joke!
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Sep 9, 2020 11:08
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Darth Walrus posted:This is going to be fascinating, given what an utter anodyne void he's been so far. Not that I'm clamouring for more Keir Starmer in my life, but monthly seems a bit... sparse. Does it really take 30 days to come up with enough criticism of the tories to fill a press conference?
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Sep 9, 2020 11:12
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Angepain posted:Not that I'm clamouring for more Keir Starmer in my life, but monthly seems a bit... sparse. Does it really take 30 days to come up with enough criticism of the tories to fill a press conference? He can only come out under a full moon E: sorry, a half moon. Aka the centrist moon.
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Sep 9, 2020 11:13
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VideoGames posted:Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. Appeal it right the gently caress now. You need to put in a mandatory reconsideration straight away. You have 4 weeks from receiving the notification to do this. Fair warning though the mandatory reconsideration will almost certainly fail but that's ok. Because after the Mandatory reconsideration fails you can then appeal it to the lower-tribunal which usually succeeds if it gets that far. For that though you want professional help either from your local council/Citizens Advice or depending on your wife's condition and circumstances a specialist charity. E: A broad appeal to anyone struggling with PIP claims if you're having trouble with yours and need advice hit me up either here or on discord and I'll be happy to talk you through what I know. Ferrosol fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Sep 9, 2020 11:16
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Red Oktober posted:I’m in a bit of a daze as my launch event which I’ve been planning for months and put my savings into now can’t go ahead, just like that. Time to have a proper sit down and work out where things sit! Is that your brewery launch? That's tough news, due to the new gatherings rules?
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Sep 9, 2020 11:17
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Angepain posted:Just saw a quote from Matt Hancock on the guardian liveblog claiming that the shortage of tests is due to people who aren't eligible getting tested. Is there a single systemic or government fuckup that these people will not blame on individuals It's also kinda burying the fact that we're 6 months in and don't have a testing scheme that works. His insane scenario of "test all the kids at school" should be normal
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Sep 9, 2020 11:19
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I read that as lunch event and thought you were just upset to miss lunch lol
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Sep 9, 2020 11:19
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Yet another bank is telling me I will have to put an app on my smartphone to access online banking soon. To this day, I just cannot see how an app on an easily stolen smartphone and (for most people) with verification codes being texted to the same device is more secure than a laptop. I would have thought it would be desperately insecure. Personally, I have a non-internet 'dumb phone' as my main phone and my smartphone is a different device so my verification codes will be going to a different device. But I know that's not how most people operate. Can someone enlighten me as to what point I am missing? VideoGames posted:Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. poo poo news. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Sep 9, 2020 11:20
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I'm sorry to hear that VG. I hope you can appeal and win through in the end, but it's still loving poo poo that you have to go through it.Jaeluni Asjil posted:Yet another bank is telling me I will have to put an app on my smartphone to access online banking soon. The point isn't security, the point is some new legislation or whatever that they have to comply with so they're doing the most low effort solution possible.
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Sep 9, 2020 11:21
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Surprise, surprise, our very first shot at a vaccine for a wholly new disease doesn't seem to be working out, despite all the government hype: https://twitter.com/carlsmcqueen/status/1303467185344479233?s=21
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Sep 9, 2020 11:22
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stev posted:Lmao Nandy is leading that one now. Not any more
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Sep 9, 2020 11:24
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:He can only come out under a full moon But there are two of those per month!
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Sep 9, 2020 11:26
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sebzilla posted:But there are two of those per month! he only recognises the half moon that is gradually creeping toward the right
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Sep 9, 2020 11:28
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Darth Walrus posted:Surprise, surprise, our very first shot at a vaccine for a wholly new disease doesn't seem to be working out, despite all the government hype: Reading twitter last night suggested this is an entirely normal thing to be happening during a trial that has snowballed into headline news because journalists are idiots.
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Sep 9, 2020 11:32
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https://twitter.com/PrivateEyeNews/status/1303625534581149696 The private sector is extremely efficient, and not bloated with needless subcontracting bureaucracy.
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Sep 9, 2020 11:35
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While we're on the subject of PIP appeals, I had my tribunal last week and here's an example of the level of fuckery that can occur. I was refused PIP in August last year after a face to face assessment. In October, the DWP placed me in the "limited capacity for work and work related activities" group for universal credit, without an assessment and based purely on the form I filled in. A lot of the criteria for this are shared with PIP. At the tribunal (which I've waited 11 months for), the judge rightly pointed out that these two decisions seem contradictory. "Yay" I thought to myself, "the DWP have shot themselves in the foot". The result? Hearing adjourned for an unspecified amount of time (during which I do not receive the PIP money I should be getting) so that the DWP have chance to submit more evidence, despite them not caring to do so for the best part of a year. The game is entirely rigged.
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VideoGames posted:Lady VG just got her pip assessment back from the DWP (she was on highest due to her needing zomorph (morphine) twice a day to function) and not only are they ending it, but apparently she needs to pay them back because she was given too much. This is loving poo poo. I don’t know if anecdotes are any use to you but I believe that most people who fight these and keep going eventually win - they’re banking on you giving up.
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