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NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
Looked at one of many booking.com spam emails. Blimey, foreign holidays are cheap atm at least.

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Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Niric posted:

I liked this response from The Indy's Jon Stone, as he torpedoes his chances of getting a job at the Guardian or the New Statesman any time in the next few years

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1333686754021429248?s=19

He's one of the only journalists who isn't a monster. His thread of new labour being poo poo is great

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
https://twitter.com/ClaireJHartnell/status/1333716490982465536

'age out' is a fun euphemism.

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"
Truly galaxy brained moved by Keith to just abstain on the next covid vote, without using the fact that he controls the balance of power due to the massive tory revolt to try and get any concessions.

Niric
Jul 23, 2008

NotJustANumber99 posted:

Blimey, foreign holidays are cheap atm at least.

There's a very good piece from a German writer about this sort of thing

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


https://twitter.com/DavidPaisley/status/1333579567622189058?s=19

SNP seem hell bent on sticking to the TERF road.

If you're in Scotland the Greens are the only real choice

Borrovan
Aug 15, 2013

IT IS ME.
🧑‍💼
I AM THERESA MAY


a pipe smoking dog posted:

Truly galaxy brained moved by Keith to just abstain on the next covid vote, without using the fact that he controls the balance of power due to the massive tory revolt to try and get any concessions.
Don't play politics with political issues

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


a pipe smoking dog posted:

Truly galaxy brained moved by Keith to just abstain on the next covid vote, without using the fact that he controls the balance of power due to the massive tory revolt to try and get any concessions.

This would be wrong and divisive.

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
Surely that would require him to actually want any concessions.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Lol I knew I recognised her for being a massive racist from the name

https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1333691652993667072?s=19

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Angrymog posted:

Going back to dentist chat, I reckon there's going to be some sort of 'Tooth-apocalypse' that can be tied back to this year; I can't be the only person who's not booking a checkup unless there's actual problems, right?

I had to back in June due to having a tooth go *crack* on a Saturday afternoon, and it turns out one of my fillings had cracked and the tooth had got infected and so I basically demanded to see a dentist and was given an option of a root canal, a more expensive root canal or having it extracted. I went with the latter

dispatch_async
Nov 28, 2014

Imagine having the time to have played through 20 generations of one family in The Sims 2. Imagine making the original two members of that family Neil Buchanan and Cat Deeley. Imagine complaining to Maxis there was no technological progression. You've successfully imagined my life

Jose posted:

Lol I knew I recognised her for being a massive racist from the name

Wasn't she the one that interviewed her rich pizzeria owning friend as the voice of northern working class man?

Saros
Dec 29, 2009

Its almost like we're a Bureaucracy, in space!

I set sail for the Planet of Lab Requisitions!!

NotJustANumber99 posted:

So debenhams goes under taking 12k jobs with it (although wikipedia suggests they employ almost twice that and bbc does seem to mention theyve already cut 6k jobs) from an annual revenue of over £2billion.

The UK has a round 12k fishers (~60% Scottish) catching £0.9billion of fish a year.

I guess fishing has lots of associated businesses, maintaining boats etc and some specialist skillsets but still it seems like... maybe some priorities need a looking at when it comes to protecting jobs.

Arcadia's collapse is worse because the only real reason it happened is that vile shitstain Phillip Green gave himself and his wife 1.2 billion pounds paid for by loading the company up with unmanageable levels of debt and ignoring the £350m hole in the pension scheme.

Guess who gets to keep their literal billions of pounds while employees of the group may not even get their pensions.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

dispatch_async posted:

Wasn't she the one that interviewed her rich pizzeria owning friend as the voice of northern working class man?

I think so

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/MikeGapes/status/1333416596375810048?s=19

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
This is the real reason that the Puritans banned Christmas.

Failed Imagineer
Sep 22, 2018
I'm trying to figure out what's going on there but that tree seems to exist in non-Euclidean space

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7yoLarLDMk

Ash Crimson
Apr 4, 2010
Keira bell apparently just won her case, I feel so bad for young transpeople in the UK, gently caress this awful, bigoted country

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
Tony Bla

Private Speech
Mar 30, 2011

I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.


Toney Blare

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Ash Crimson posted:

Keira bell apparently just won her case, I feel so bad for young transpeople in the UK, gently caress this awful, bigoted country
Not just trans folks, if this passes it could cause a chilling effect on minors being able to consent to medical treatment of any kind.

Being cautiously optimistic, that's the kind of thing that the Supreme Court should throw in the bin, but hellworld so :(

e: Just in, High Court rules that under 16s can still have access to puberty blockers (and by extension other medical treatment) but 'must understand' the nature and effects of the treatment. Where that goes I don't know, but they've refused to blanket ban it so that's at least good.

Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 11:55 on Dec 1, 2020

a pipe smoking dog
Jan 25, 2010

"haha, dogs can't smoke!"

How is it possible to gently caress up a christmas tree that badly?

Firos
Apr 30, 2007

Staying abreast of the latest developments in jam communism



Helen Piss.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Hell 'n Piss

The Question IRL
Jun 8, 2013

Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...

OwlFancier posted:

You should support deportations to appeal to the northern racist brain

What about the Northern Racist Pinky?

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Lmao

https://twitter.com/Simon_Nixon/status/1333682514511138816?s=19

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Mar 19, 2004

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Ash Crimson
Apr 4, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

Not just trans folks, if this passes it could cause a chilling effect on minors being able to consent to medical treatment of any kind.

Being cautiously optimistic, that's the kind of thing that the Supreme Court should throw in the bin, but hellworld so :(

e: Just in, High Court rules that under 16s can still have access to puberty blockers (and by extension other medical treatment) but 'must understand' the nature and effects of the treatment. Where that goes I don't know, but they've refused to blanket ban it so that's at least good.

Huffpost reporting it as: "Transgender Children Can Be Prescribed Puberty Blockers, High Court Says In Landmark Ruling"

Red Oktober
May 24, 2006

wiggly eyes!



Jose posted:

Lol I knew I recognised her for being a massive racist from the name

https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1333691652993667072?s=19

They don’t speak English, so we’re either assuming that Helen speaks a variety of different languages to find out who they are voting for, or they’re enthusiastically just saying “Labour, yes, Labour” while giving the thumbs up like a Borat sketch.

Or - and this gets a bit crazy so hear me out -
she’s just making it all up.

Who to know, really.

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Ash Crimson posted:

Huffpost reporting it as: "Transgender Children Can Be Prescribed Puberty Blockers, High Court Says In Landmark Ruling"

Effectively restates Gillick?

Convex
Aug 19, 2010

Camrath posted:

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I am delighted to announce that Fudjit’s Christmas stock is now fully available for sale on the company website!

There are ten flavours on offer:

Vanilla
Dark Chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Chocolate Orange
Dark Chocolate and Chilli
PSF (Pumpkin spiced fudge)
Jelly Beans
Whisky and Candied Ginger
Rum and Raisin
Irish Cream


You can place orders at https://www.fudjit.co.uk using PayPal or credit/debit cards as you prefer.

And to get a box of five for the cost of four, please use the goon-only discount code ‘Roastbeefisbest’ at checkout.

Thank you all, and I look forwards to receiving your orders :)

I will only place an order only if an additional 'pickledonionisbetter' code is added :colbert:

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Ash Crimson posted:

Huffpost reporting it as: "Transgender Children Can Be Prescribed Puberty Blockers, High Court Says In Landmark Ruling"
The ruling goes along the lines of:

Judges posted:

It is highly unlikely that a child aged 13 or under would be competent to give consent to the administration of puberty blockers.

It is doubtful that a child aged 14 or 15 could understand and weigh the long-term risks and consequences of the administration of puberty blockers.

In respect of young persons aged 16 and over, the legal position is that there is a presumption that they have the ability to consent to medical treatment.

Given the long-term consequences of the clinical interventions at issue in this case, and given that the treatment is as yet innovative and experimental, we recognise that clinicians may well regard these as cases where the authorisation of the court should be sought prior to commencing the clinical treatment.
So it's still not great. They've effectively said that there's a bar of 16, outside of legal cases.

I know transmed absolutism is poo poo and exclusionary, but I do think in cases like these there's an argument that what you should do when someone under 16 says they're trans and is being harmed by the puberty they're going through and the two options left open by law are "lengthy court case" or "look for medical clues" there's a case to look to the latter. And sometimes that'll be wrong too, but probably less wrong than a court.

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

crispix posted:

just give up that last vestige of self respect and order yourself a set of mumus for christmas imo

what even are clothes

Bobstar
Feb 8, 2006

KartooshFace, you are not responding efficiently!

feedmegin posted:

what even are clothes

Things to drape on your visible top half, but only while the webcam is on.

Seconding Uniqlo, great for everything except jeans, because there are more leg types than regular thin, skinny, slim and ultra skinny :colbert:

Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

The only place I've managed to find jeans that fit is M&S so I don't care to try anywhere else. They last for years anyway. Most other things I've bought there recently started falling apart pretty quickly, though, mainly pyjamas. I'm not rough with my pyjamas, they shouldn't be splitting open below the pockets that fast.

Comrade Fakename
Feb 13, 2012


This is extremely trivial, but here's one of the stupidest Guardian columns in a while:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/29/i-raised-my-kids-on-pixar-and-it-has-ruined-classic-cinema-for-them

Even if you're not a fan of Pixar, saying that Up is like some kind of attention-span-shrinking frenzy might be one of the weirdest opinions I've ever seen. So often when I read Guardian columns like this I am just agape that someone actually paid actual money for this to be written.

Comrade Fakename
Feb 13, 2012



https://twitter.com/camcamdamn/status/1333692520870637569

Leggsy
Apr 30, 2008

We'll take our chances...

forkboy84 posted:

https://twitter.com/DavidPaisley/status/1333579567622189058?s=19

SNP seem hell bent on sticking to the TERF road.

If you're in Scotland the Greens are the only real choice

It's not just the equalities convener. A whole slate of TERFs just got elected to the NEC including Neale Hanvey MP. Who was suspended for a cup of tea's length for anti-Semitism.

There's more to this than just the TERF angle. Basically, the whole SNP TERF war is a not so subtle power struggle between Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond (with support from his elected toady Joanna Cherry). With these elections, things are looking to heat up even more as we get closer to the May parliament elections and the possibility of Boris rejecting indyref2 after another pro-independence majority is voted in.

This could be a real cluster gently caress before it's all over and it really sucks for Trans/NB members as it's open season for harassment within the party now.

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Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
Foxbasher's view is the puberty blockers case is bad news, I assume he's well-informed about this sort of thing:

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1333735295309721600

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