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Communist Thoughts posted:loving... If it makes your partner happier: Beepy not only survives, but rebuilds himself, and escapes from underground thousands of years later. His love for his Shade buddy directly inspires the Machine lifeforms to turn against their Alien creators. [e]: Stealing MegaComrade's adorable dog bubby for Dogtax
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Bobstar posted:Yeah, that too. The whole response seems to have treated it like norovirus (I think?), where touching objects infected people have touched is a big thing (which is apparently called "fomite transmission"), and that viruses expelled from the mouth fall harmlessly to the ground in a 1.5m radius around the infected person. Fomite transmission is a big thing for most flu and rhinoviruses, in some cases actually considerably moreso than airborne transmission, so concentrating on hand hygiene first wasn't a *stupid* way to go, but by mid-March it was abundantly clear that fomite transmission wasn't the most common method. Bear in mind that almost all pandemic planning is based around flu viruses because a) every major pandemic of the 20th century apart from AIDS has been a flu and b) it's really tricky to plan for a virus that you don't know about. OG SARS and MERS both didn't have enough spread to definitively say how they got around (and almost 18 months in there's *still* argument over how effectively SARS-CoV-2 spreads via droplets (which do generally safely fall to the floor after 2 metres or so) versus aerosols (which can travel much greater distances - one of the things that makes Foot and Mouth quite so terrifying is that it can spread several hundred metres, and in some cases multiple kilometres, from an infected herd). The biggest argument is still over the mask thing and whether the WHO and individual national authorities should have gone with a "just chuck whatever you've got over your mouth" advice early on would have helped or hurt. Telling people to wear proper surgical masks, let alone full respirators, would have just killed even more medics - even the most paranoid of nations wasn't stocking enough masks to give out a half dozen or so to every single citizen, and the rush for them would have made the home baking and bog roll supply situation look tame. It's not as simple as saying "Anything is better than nothing" *particularly* as the wrong type of face covering is actually worse than nothing - obviously things that block too much air are just going to not be used properly (or cause people to pass out), but also certain coverings aren't small enough to stop aerosol spread *while making you breathe harder and so expel more aerosols* - had covid been predominately spread by aerosols (and again, we're still not 100% sure about that) it's entirely likely badly-worded advice would have actually increased the spread. This would also be the case if the virus was easily spread by fomites - not washing/disinfecting your hands and face before putting the mask on and taking it off would also potentially have increased spread (this is why mask-wearing still isn't mandated for flu, and the much-vaunted Asian habit of winter mask wearing doesn't actually change their flu rates that much. Ultimately for me the biggest failing was and still is the lack of a much more aggressive move to get people out of workplaces and schools and (particularly) off public transport - no matter how it's transmitted these are the plaxes it was provably being transmitted the most. Shutting down almost all of the non-essential economy with a 100% furlough scheme, proper assistance to companies and employees to get WFH working where possible, and concentrated TTI in those areas where these weren't possible, would have saved tens of thousands of lives (and jobs for that matter), but of course all of this seems like CommieNaziStatism and also would require someone to actually pay attention to poo poo, so was never going to loving happen.
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Tesseraction posted:Also I just know those motherfuckers will reveal the results I care about ('artlepoool and the Lahndan Losers) 5 seconds after I go to bed. London's not due until Saturday evening at the earliest so I wouldn't load up on the pro-plus just yet.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:and the much-vaunted Asian habit of winter mask wearing doesn't actually change their flu rates that much. If there's one long term social change that we take away from the pandemic that's far from the worst.
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May 6, 2021 23:33
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I wonder what the turnout was? My non-deeply analysed reflection on previous elections at all levels is when UKIP or KIPalikes fail to stand, their support goes approx 2/3 to tories and 1/3 to Labour.
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May 7, 2021 00:01
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I'm glad Labour is at least able to hold onto fictional places
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May 7, 2021 00:04
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I wonder if results will be bad enough for Starmer's position to be untenable. Surely there must be a Blairite who'll want to chance their arm even if anyone on the left isn't interested in challenging him?
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May 7, 2021 00:14
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I would be a bit surprised if there is a right challenger, they are all getting cushy jobs from him and I doubt any of them are keen to take the flak for the seemingly more and more obvious failure of their administration.
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May 7, 2021 00:18
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Went straight Green - the PCC looks OK even if the metro mayoral candidate is rubbish, and the Greens' not-entirely-deserved reputation as the left-wing protest party means I feel I sent the message I want to. I considered spoiling my mayoral ballot, but I think that Green as a protest is more likely to peg you as part of an angry leftie demographic.
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May 7, 2021 00:19
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https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390445922727907335 Skills wallets cutting through.
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May 7, 2021 00:26
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blues thief posted:https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390445922727907335 LIBDEM FIGHTBACK STARTS HERE!
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May 7, 2021 00:28
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.nm Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 11:10 on May 7, 2021 |
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May 7, 2021 00:29
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https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390445922727907335?s=19 oval office can't even get the Lib Dems on board. That's the thing he's supposed to be good at!
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May 7, 2021 00:30
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Sometimes you have to sit back and really revel in the idea of Labour losing a by-election to an incumbent government of 11 years. That takes skill
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May 7, 2021 00:31
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is there some local issue to explain that sunderland result or is that how bad it's going to be for labour?
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May 7, 2021 00:37
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you know what, silver lining of the left losing any control of labour is i.d.g.a.f. i'm going to bed instead  nn friends
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May 7, 2021 00:38
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Lmao Rosie Duffield has locked her account after spending all day posting poo poo about how people kept coming up to her to say how glad they were Corbyn was gone. Penny is dropping for a lot of these cunts that their phony baloney jobs are at risk without the people Corbyn brought to the table.
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May 7, 2021 00:39
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Council elections tend to be a bit all over the place so I don't think you are likely to the lib dems becoming her majesty's most loyal opposition, but labour seem to be expecting to eat absolute poo poo.
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crispix posted:is there some local issue to explain that sunderland result or is that how bad it's going to be for labour? taking two council results to mean anything much is probably a bad idea i mean, labour is definitely hosed in general because, you know, everything, but these two results aren't directly proof of that on their own
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May 7, 2021 00:39
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forkboy84 posted:Sometimes you have to sit back and really revel in the idea of Labour losing a by-election to an incumbent government of 11 years. That takes skill Are WE the Steven Kinnocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isr0F3bLA-M 2 mins in to that vid when the exit poll comes in - hadn't registered the angry face of the woman in the blue shirt in front of Kinnock before. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 00:42 on May 7, 2021 |
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May 7, 2021 00:40
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yeah i get that but a swing like that to the lib dems of all things lol
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May 7, 2021 00:41
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There is probably a highly localised effort by the lib dems to take that council and/or some local issue in play. As I said they can go all over the place, council elections are weird and you basically need to just look at all the results to draw any real understanding out of it.
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May 7, 2021 00:44
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So glad Corbyn is out. Now I can vote for Boris without a twinge of guilt.
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May 7, 2021 00:45
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Gonzo McFee posted:Lmao Rosie Duffield has locked her account after spending all day posting poo poo about how people kept coming up to her to say how glad they were Corbyn was gone. She really pissed me off. She only scraped in as an MP because of the hard work Corbyn supporters. (Let alone what she has revealed about her views since.)
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May 7, 2021 00:46
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crispix posted:yeah i get that but a swing like that to the lib dems of all things lol Right, but the Lib Dems have always specialised in local, decentralised politics. Each Lib Dem constituency party is practically a small, well-resourced political party in its own right, and they're really good at picking up councils by presenting a convincing argument that they're the professional adults who can fix your potholes, rebuild your leisure centre, and not have any embarrassing sex/bribery scandals. That message may not be true, of course, but they're very good at selling it. This also forms part of the reason why they keep eating poo poo at the national level - the party is so fragmented that they have serious difficulty combining a million local issues into a single national vision.
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https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390452157137227780?s=19 hosed it.
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Angepain posted:taking two council results to mean anything much is probably a bad idea True. That said of the results they've released thus far, even in LAB holds they've lost votes while the other parties have gained. There's a big range between that, but it's not a good look for Starmer's flag shagging, "gently caress everyone" approach.
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Angepain posted:taking two council results to mean anything much is probably a bad idea I take what I can get, & this is funny.
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https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390454068557099014?s=19 Three.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Lmao Rosie Duffield has locked her account after spending all day posting poo poo about how people kept coming up to her to say how glad they were Corbyn was gone. Rosie Duffield is an awful person but... that probably is her genuine experience. If you hated Corbyn and knew a Labour MP also hated Corbyn, and you saw them, you probably would go up to them and say "Eyy I'm glad Corbyn's gone!". Doesn't mean it's representative of the whole population though as there's obviously self-selection going on.
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WhatEvil posted:Rosie Duffield is an awful person but... that probably is her genuine experience. If you hated Corbyn and knew a Labour MP also hated Corbyn, and you saw them, you probably would go up to them and say "Eyy I'm glad Corbyn's gone!". Doesn't mean it's representative of the whole population though as there's obviously self-selection going on. Furthermore, by "spending all day posting poo poo about Corbyn being gone" OP actually means one single tweet about it. https://www.politics-social.com/search?min_date=1617754364&max_date=1620346364&tweets=1&retweets=1&replies=1&mp=636&order=timestamp
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https://twitter.com/Ips_cali/status/1390449714789687298?s=20 https://twitter.com/Marnerbanana/status/1390450846228520965?s=20 https://twitter.com/ushistorytutor/status/1390449822440755202?s=20
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May 7, 2021 01:33
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https://twitter.com/marcusbarnett_/status/1390451954246209536?s=21 Burnham's apparently been having an excellent election, which seems like it'll have some interesting repercussions.
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May 7, 2021 01:39
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Watch Keir be another Kinnock and be leader until 2030
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Darth Walrus posted:https://twitter.com/marcusbarnett_/status/1390451954246209536?s=21 If that's the case, I expect he'll be back in parliament sooner rather than later. Not remotely surprised either - he was basically the leader of the opposition in the Autumn. It's amazing how much his stock has risen since moving away from the national party - almost as if the advisors in Westminister are completely out of touch...
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