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Guavanaut posted:I want to see a reality show where Greg, passive income tomatobro, that stemlord who shat out his gut flora so that he could live on huel, and a tory MP have to share a house and budget and cook. Make them do it on UC.
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mediaphage posted:in fairness thats a poo poo example, i just couldnt be bothered finding a better one. i wouldn't want the bread dipped in egg personally, a good toad in the hole is made by frying the bread in the pan in loads of butter along with the egg, with the middle part fried alongside and getting extra crispy and buttery. one of my favourite things as a kid Same. In South Africa that’s also toad in the hole.
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I saw an interesting tweet yesterday about how many UK laws are stronger than US’s but our enforcement is much, much weaker. This morning I read this: https://www.theguardian.com/environ...re_iOSApp_Other
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goddamnedtwisto posted:What kind of loving idiot tries to build large-scale solar on an island notable for a) being closer to the arctic circle than the equator, so the sun only gets above 45 degrees for a few hours even in summer and only being above the horizon for less than 8 hours in winter, when electric demand is highest, and b) having total overcast almost 50% of the time? I’m all for sustainable energy but yes, I wouldn’t have thought that the UK was ideal for large-scale solar
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Where’s the Manhattan Project for renewables?
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Yes I know. I would hope that many more charities are like the one I work for and not the big-salaried or rip-off merchant charities. Some of the salaried people on that list who work at places like Wellcome and Francis Crick may be highly-skilled doctors, scientists and engineers who could easily get that kind of salary (or more) in the private sector, so it may not even be a case of managers getting paid too much, but certain salaries being needed to attract the best people to research jobs etc. In any event, some of those salaries for people running what are in effect large £100m+ organisations aren't so unreasonable either. I'd rather large charities were run by people who really knew what they were doing (and were paid accordingly). THAT SAID, I have no doubt that some managerial salaries are too much and I cannot see how one could justify the head of a charity, even a large one, getting close to £1m a year. Even £500k/pa is a very large sum of money and should be enough.
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Jel Shaker posted:I accidentally took my kids to a Jeremy Corbyn rally – how could I explain Stop the War to them? I regret that I read it too. Absolute shite
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ThomasPaine posted:I know, I get it! Literally every language on the planet does the same thing. Interesting to wonder why we choose to pronounce the words we do like they're spoken in the original language though, while other ones are bastardised. In Italy they call Florence + the Machine Firenze + La Macchina
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forkboy84 posted:Same tbh Ditto. But tie tops are acceptable
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Angepain posted:I wonder if these parties are actually enjoyable. Is anyone there actually having a good time or are they just gritting their teeth while trying to make sure as many influential people remember their names. I guess they probably have oodles of cash to spend on drugs and circus animals or whatever the gently caress but a shite crowd's still a shite crowd at the end of the day, surely Remember that Ledbedev owns a newspaper so politicians etc will feel the need to cosy up to him.
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OwlFancier posted:"Corruption" is so ingrained into the way politics functions that the explicit act of giving people money to espouse opinions and govern a certain way, IMO, barely even registers. I agree with much of what you write but who said that was the exclusive reason for what’s wrong with our politics? Russian money may be only a small part, but exposing how a small part works can also show how other parts work, i.e. the system is rotten in this way, and from that we can deduce that it’s rotten in other, related ways. She’s far from perfect but I’d rather she carried on doing what she’s doing than not.
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OwlFancier posted:She does. I don’t know enough about her work but if she has a one-track mind and a narrow view it does not mean that what she unearths is thereby useless. It’s a bit like a researcher who generates good data but draws the wrong conclusions. The conclusions don’t negate the data or the ability of others to draw different or wider conclusions. therattle fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Mar 13, 2022 |
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I can't overstate this - when Putin was still in secondary school, the owner of the largest circulation newspaper in this country was *literally plotting a military coup* against Harold Wilson. Foreign money is not the problem, and has never been the problem. Foreign money is a problem. But it’s by no means the only problem or the biggest problem. As you or someone has said, money is the problem, and shining a light on where some of it is coming from and an element of corruption is helpful. Insisting that it’s the only problem or even the main problem isn’t helpful, I agree.
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Normalising relationships with Iran is long overdue, and the cynicism of the timing of this is nakedly obvious, but let's not pretend that Iran is a delightful regime either. Reducing dependence on fossil fuels and the appalling governments who control a lot of them must be the better route. I am surprised that this story hasn't been discussed here, although there isn't much to say other than Jesus loving Chist, and can some pigs please get prosecuted and sent to jail for this, please. I saw it on Twitter but am posting the Grauniad article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/15/black-girl-racism-police-strip-search-london-school-hackney Comrade Fakename posted:https://twitter.com/webdevlaw/status/1503997429905039363 LOL. Jesus, she reveals her stupidity every time she opens her mouth.
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Tesseraction posted:Is this aimed at me? I'm just celebrating someone being released from unjust imprisonment? I don't think so? I am very pleased that she is released, and that relations with Iran might be somewhat normalised - but Iran isn't a paragon of virtue and I'd hesitate to embrace them warmly.
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Umbra Dubium posted:Al Gorithm? Is that like Al Qaeda? Did you know? Benadryl is named after famed 11th C Arab physician Yusuf Bin Adril.
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Lungboy posted:Thankfully the West can't be blamed for *that* situation...oh we can? Well, gently caress. Of course the west played a part in setting up the situation but the current regime in Iran is responsible for its own actions. It sometimes feels like any criticism of a non-Western government gets met with “well, but look at what we/America/the west does” and/or “well, we caused it through colonialism/imperialism/interference etc”. Does it have to be said every time? Must all criticisms be prefaced by “I know we and others western countries do bad things and/or have contributed to this situation but…” It robs those countries of their agency. There are numerous contributing factors, Western involvement being a major one, but they also choose how to behave. The west, for instance, is not responsible for homosexuality in Iran being punishable by death. /rant over. therattle fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Mar 16, 2022 |
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Barry Foster posted:It's necessary, because it's kicking back against the enormous ignorance regarding western involvement in the rise of pretty much all of the west's boogeymen, who - if you were to take the mainstream narratives at face value - all popped out out of nowhere, like some sort of evil aristotelian spontaneous generation, and hate us for "our freedoms", etc., rather than complicated, murky and frankly incredibly mucky international realpolitiking. Nor should it be surprising that a very large percentage of said realpolitiking was done, inevitably, by the world's imperial centre (the US) and its satellites, which certainly throughout the 20th century had (and to a lesser extent, still has) enormously more soft and hard power to actually Make Things Happen (Usually Bad). Do you really think that most readers in this thread aren't aware that the Iranian PM was deposed in a CIA -backed coup in '53, which led to a repressive regime and in turn the revolution of '79 which installed the current government, and further, the extent of Western interventionism and imperialism which gave rise to numerous situations like this? In the specific case of Iran, Iran has never been a colony, and the current government has been place in some form for 43 years. If they are still doing bad stuff, then it's on them. Yes, the west gave rise to the conditions that allowed those men (and it is men) to take power, but it did not make them exercise that power in the way that they have since done. And even if we are all aware of it, it feels to me like it is often used to somehow absolve these countries of their misdeeds, as if their responsibility for their own actions is reduced. It might be going too far to say that it is almost like a very subtle form of racism, that the way that they behave is due to Western influences, and they wouldn't have done so without it because they don't have sufficient agency. Julio Cruz posted:even if that wasn't a DM link you still couldn't pay me enough to click it
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This morning I dreamed that I was walking through the streets with a colleague of mine and a small pack of cats, about 5, (keeping very close together) approached, in a friendly way. They were very fluffy. One was brown, a couple were a mid-dark blue with tabby-type markings , and one was very dark blue, almost black. Although I've never seen real cats like that they weren't dyed, that was their natural fur colour. I picked up one of the blue ones - he was a big chap - and was stroking him when I noticed that someone had written on his back in white text something like "These are my cats. Feel free to email me about them. Jaeluni Asjil". (No email address was given). I've only just noticed the Wet Eggs in my avatar. Who is that from and what does it dignify? therattle fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Mar 18, 2022 |
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OwlFancier posted:You have to arrange the cats in the right order and then use your phone's QR reader. ACTUALLY...I was going to do some dream analysis but the only thing more boring than someone else's dream is their analysis of it. I only posted the dream as it was UKMT-relevant. And y'all like cats.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:How bizarre! There are blue cats "Russian blue" not sure if they are the only blue ones. Russian Blues are beautiful but are sort-of blue-grey : these cats were proper blue. Unnaturally so. But they weren't dyed. Gonzo McFee posted:Like an arsonist blending into the crowd to watch the fire they started burn. Nicely put. Although it's more like an arsonist tossing a cup of water onto a raging fire, then expecting a pat on the back.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Another random electricity update: Despite being the middle of the day, fossil fuel has fallen to 7.3% of demand plus whatever it makes up of the 7% we are importing from mainland europe. Wind and Solar are both delivering at the same time (Wind @ 35%, Solar at 27%). Just screenshotted this from my solar panel data provider 
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Marmaduke! posted:That Jack blogger did a similar analysis recently, it got a lot of traction, then the supermarket chain dropped their prices in response... starting with Jack's local. I wonder if the rest of the country caught up or they did just change that one shop's prices to placate the influential blogger. I think it was Aldi and they reintroduced a host of cheap basics countrywide. I don’t often give credit to supermarkets but it’s warranted in this case. The question of course is why those ranges were stopped/greatly reduced in the first place.
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Marmaduke! posted:I was in a church on Sunday so rip me At lest your eternal soul has been saved. I know a few people with it. It's still rampant.
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Marmaduke! posted:Yeah exactly, and it's quite a fun few scenes. You can just imagine someone like Chris Grayling rolling his sleeves up at Hutchinson Ports followed by an Evergiven-esque screwup. Like when Boris Johnson attempted to intervene in Nazanin's imprisonment and made it so much worse for her, only that wasn't funny. It’s Mike when he goes to work at Madrigal as security consultant, isn’t it?
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An except from The Moscow Encounter by Nadine Dorries:quote:He looked at me with those cold eyes of his. Yes, they were cold, but they burned with an icy light that was starting to inflame my desires. As Vlodimur spoke with increasing passion about the purity of the Caucasian Christian races, I could not help but think of him astride his horse, shirtless, baring his magnificent torso. As his voice rose in indignation so did my fevered fantasies. No doubt those hands of his had killed and tortured, but I could not help but imagine them running along my willing body. He was as devastating as a TOS-1 Buratino, and my defences were crumbling like a Ukrainian maternity hospital after a Russian artillery barrage. "Oh Vlodimir!" I moaned inadvertently, momentarily surprising him mid-speech. He paused for a second and looked at me meaningfully, and in that moment I knew I was his, as surely as the Crimea was Russia's.
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His Divine Shadow posted:So that bit when Labour actually led the polls for a while and Boris was looking like he was hanging on by his fingernails, that just blew over? Ukraine has been a blessing for Johnson. Partygate has disappeared from the news.
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Tesseraction posted:Are those four coppers who molested that 15 year old girl still on the force? I don't know the answer, yet I do know the answer. As do you, I suspect.
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Pablo Bluth posted:The meat which is the most expensive stuff is too warm for me to trust how long it's been defrosted. I've rescued some irish soda bread and a apple crumble my mum made, which were at the back. Everything else I've chucked, and I'll just have to eat the cost. Ooof. That really sucks.
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Oh dear me posted:I am a lark and all clock manipulation is an unnatural evil, the sun should be overhead at noon, as is the whole point of noon I have to adjust my sundials every time the clocks change.
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Jedit posted:I ordered my regular prescription of insulin two weeks before I needed it, and it still didn't arrive on time. My GPs office is on skeleton staff because everyone is sick or exhausted. That’s why you always have at least 3 spare cartridges, and over order. (Where are you? We’ve got spares)
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Failed Imagineer posted:It's a very dumb name for a very good film. Maybe it rings better in the original Nørsk, I dunno. Worth checking out for the great performances and writing Yeah, it’s really, really good. (Joachim Trier is best Trier)
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Mebh posted:That budget seemed pretty bad. I’m really sorry about your cat. One of ours died almost two years ago and I still miss her
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keep punching joe posted:Ready Brekk is just middle class porridge imo. I’ve been making 50/50 oats/whole grain teff overnight slow cooker porridge recently. (My son is diabetic and coeliac; teff, which is gluten free, both increases the protein level and lowers the glycemic index. Plus it’s a delicious combo). Where does that fall on the porridge class spectrum?
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WhatEvil posted:Reminder to order free LFTs while you can: Thanks. For nothing! (None available).
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OwlFancier posted:The thing that strikes me is that a lot of people seem to have a... strangely absolutist stance on it? Does your girlfriend have no agency in this situation?
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NotJustANumber99 posted:no mate its you overriding someonelses's agency with your desire to be in charge and do some violence because you most of all know best. Lady Demelza posted:Men who hit other men to "defend" their wife/ girlfriend's honour generally see their partner as property and an extension of themselves. It's their own ego that's been hurt. They have chosen this woman as theirs, you criticise or disrespect that woman, therefore you're criticising their taste. The woman is never asked if she wants or needs defending, or even whether she wants to do so herself. Yeah. That’s what I was getting at. I tried to nudge OwlFancier in that direction but it didn’t work, did it?
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Tesseraction posted:I think some of you might be missing the context that Jayda has an auto-immune disease that's causing her hair loss and is the reason for the short haircut. Oh, so that’s why a man has to speak and act on her behalf. (I do t think anyone has missed it, or that it affects the discussion much).
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