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I'll be honest, I had to read that Rishi Sunak boat graphic multiple times, it took me ages to grasp what it's attempting to get across. "If you come here by boat we won't protect you from our slavery system?...what?" The guys team is either incredibly incompetent or he has people trying to stealth sabotage his poo poo. Edit dog tax 
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WhatEvil posted:
I don't particularly think the UK political climate is all that unique. Many European countries are currently wrestling with right wing popularism. The media though is probably the worst in the world. At least I can just disengage though. Every now and again I just unbookmark this thread and I generally feel better for it, but then some big thing happens and I just got to see what the threads take is. My wife leads a pretty blissful life completely devoid of politics, she couldn't care less.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Can't see this happening given how much MPs, govt ministers, cops etc use Whatsapp & I'm not convinced most of them would have the know-how to get round it with a VPN. It was always doomed to fail. Was just a case of if it failed before or after it was signed in. Julio Cruz posted:people on FB seem to be pushing this: If women want to get into the lords they can bribe their way in like everyone else, it's only fair.
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Guavanaut posted:US: We'll ban TikTok for being a security risk. I saw people claiming critics of the bill are "going to bat for big tech" and god drat did it boil my piss.
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keep punching joe posted:Why do they need to ban WhatsApp again? I thought all 5 eyes intel basically had backdoor access to everything anyway? Contrary to  the government doesn't have nearly as much access as they would like. This attack on end to end encryption dates back decades, but the arguments of catching standard criminals or terrorists haven't worked.So now it's "think of the children"! That any solution would be completely unworkable doesn't seem to register.
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Testro posted:On end-to-end encryption chat, are there any apps that people would recommend for messaging/voice calls, or are they all much of a muchness if they're declaring they're encrypted? No not all encryption is equal. Signal is king, whatapp is pretty good too. Both use the same open source protocol. WhatsApp is slightly less trustworthy being owned by Facebook (or whatever they call themselves now) and have more data on who you are etc, but in terms of the content of the actual messages being sent, they are the same. So if you are just chatting with friends then WhatsApp is fine. If you are organising protests or anything like that then i would strongly recommend using signal instead as it has more advanced security and privacy features. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Mar 10, 2023 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:It's very frustrating for me to see all of the things that were described as conspiracy theories back five years ago being called out now, often by the people who participated in those conspiracies. There was always right wing pundits getting free reign to say whatever they wanted about anyone left of David Cameron in positions of power, the BBC has always had right wing people in charge of it to the point of secret services dictating who gets to have a job with it, the press is actively in the pocket of whoever promises to do what right wing news paper owners tell them to do. I think for a lot of people it's never been quite so blatant. You could always point to more left leaning BBC people to counter the debate. Now we have the BBC coming down so heavily on such a mild tweet it's just changed the light so everyone can clearly see the governments puppet strings. I've got a lot of friends who don't watch football and don't care about match of the day absolutely furious about this, who have shrugged off my complaints about the BBC in the past. It also helps that the Attenborough thing came out this week too.
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happyhippy posted:I would bet they thought it would be a good way to save money if they could get rid of him. If the BBC didn't want Lineker cos he costs too much they could just get rid of him. They don't because he's their most popular presenter probably only behind Attenborough and know he could easily make twice what he does going to sky. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Mar 11, 2023 |
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Professional Footballers' Association have confirmed they will cover any fines players receive for not speaking to the BBC.
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TACD posted:Can somebody post the tweet that started it? I feel like I probably saw it and just skipped past it when it happened.  This is the actual tweet that started this off.
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On a slightly pedantic note. People keep claiming he was referencing the holocaust. The holocaust happened in the 1940s. The 1930s was the build up of hatred and scapegoating of vulnerable minorities to take blame and distract from the economical problems that the government (which wasn't majority Nazi to begin with) was inept to fix. And this lead to what historians recorded as "a very bad time" So yes I think the comparison is very apt.
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Jel Shaker posted:didn’t baddiel only apologise because he was filming some documentary about racism and it was a scene for it He'd given semi apologies before but never actually too Lee, the man he was mocking. I do believe he realises now it was wrong but it shouldn't have taken what? 15 years? Honestly I don't really care what Baddiel thinks on matters and goons would probably do their blood pressure good by ignoring him. Now his documentary has aired he will drift back into irrelevance over time.
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JoylessJester posted:Hitchens went from being contrarian in a slightly mad affable way to proper nuts during lockdown. He's still upset that he still lives in his brothers shadow.
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Calling them "Tories in wellies" is just a continuation of this threads habit of "no true leftist" Policies include - Nationalise rail and energy and water - scrapping University fees and wiping existing sent. - 16 and 17 year olds can vote - replace FPTP - scraping the home office - scrapping sales of weapons to other countries - switching to a housing first approach and stop criminalising the homeless - Tax income from investments/assets at the same level as the taxation of income from work, - introduce UBI The E&W greens are not perfect. They have some dumb policies, they have some terfs in their ranks. Want to moan they arnt left enough then I'm with you, but to call them Tories is just loving dumb. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Mar 13, 2023 |
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OwlFancier posted:Although when faced with the prospect of corbyn doing a bunch of good left wing stuff they were just as keen to make cheap nonsense shots as the tories, so I don't really believe they actually care about any of that poo poo. They're in business for themselves and that's it. Yes that was Sian Berry, she wasn't very fond of him. Contrasted with Caroline Lucas publicly saying she wanted a German style coalition with Corbyn "Corbynism will offer the Red; it will be enormously refreshing to at last have an opposition that will make a stand against the savagery of austerity and seek to take back key strategic industries such as the railways into public ownership," Sadly it never came to be. It had support from the majority of greens at the time. 
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domhal posted:Can we have borderline functional investment in public resources? What exactly is wrong with this? Data centres produce a lot of heat and at the moment they just blast it out into the air. Why not use it to heat a pool?
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Camrath posted:Ghosts You have a creaky house dude. I've got one too. Knocking sounds when the heating comes on in the morning, it's the wood expanding. My sister was adamant we had a ghost at my old nans house! Until my dad fixed a tiny hole in the roof that the wind was coming into, then the ghost left by pure coincidence. The existence of ghosts isn't just something we "can't prove yet" , it would mean a few hundred years of reviewed, tested and repeatable laws of science are completely wrong.
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Kin posted:It's almost like ghosts are a figment of people's imagination and the cultural style of one is purely based on what knowledge someone has. Anthropomorohising. It has been studied. Its something humans do from a very young age. We believe is a side effect of our empathy, need for social groups and need to understand things. It helps starve off things like loneliness and isolation as well as make things less scary and intimidating. A basic form of it had been recorded in chimpanzees who will act gentle with toys like children do.
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What happened to everyone believing in fairies?
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Camrath posted:
Its no longer a bank. It's now an open plan office, that poor ghost. Forever trapped in the most depressing place created by man.
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"ACAB!" Now now don't be ridiculous, that's an awful statement to make "Ok fine, 'the Met is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic' " Yeah that's better. I'm glad we have a report to confirm the stuff I feel like we've had confirmed a thousand times already maybe this one will actually makenq difference.
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Cadburys isn't amazing, but it does punch above its weight for the cost imo.
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Andoman posted:I'm at a complete loss for words over this. How could anyone even begin to compare being called welsh to a vile racist slur? Even if I accepted his explanation of the origin of the word Welsh (which as you pointed out is incorrect) how could that possibly be seen as worse than the n word? Yeah I've seen this brought up by people before and as a Welshman... So what? Lots of words have different meanings if you go back far enough. It's kinda how languages work. The f slur was originally used for a bundle of sticks and then an old women. It's still used for specific types of meat balls in this country. That doesn't mean I'm not gonna punch you in the face if you call me it.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:My father in law removed me from his facebook and I'm 90% sure it's because I posted that meme of two dudes kissing captioned about how posting it is a great way to get homophobes to unfriend you. I'd assume the only people left posting on Facebook are old homophobes. Darth Walrus posted:He's echoing the bigoted idea that bisexuals don't exist, and that they're just straight people appropriating gay people's spaces. only if you're a women. If you're a man you are just a gay person unwilling to admit it. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Mar 22, 2023 |
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mfcrocker posted:A good reminder that the
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Diva or not, he was a driving force for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK. And I'm sad he is gone.
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I like chess, it's fun.
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notaspy posted:gently caress I love trees
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Julio Cruz posted:once a GE campaign gets close the media are going to turn on Keith and he's going to fall apart like a wet paper bag I'm not convinced they will. Hes giving them pretty much everything they want.
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I don't know what the view numbers are for question time, but yes. The show is irrelevant. It's not even a good barometer for the public's feelings as only a certain type of person is interested in going on.
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MonkeyLibFront posted:It's pretty sad thread to read to be honest, I also love how context doesn't matter and how people can't actually pin down what doxxing actually is. It's investigative journalism unless I don't like the guy doing it. Then it's doxxing.
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I hadn't signed into nextdoor for almost 2 years, so I just did and one of the first things I saw was someone with a neighbour watch avatar telling someone else they should report to the police a person swearing at them. Snipe, have a dog 
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Everyone's talking about it therefore it's a success!
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Green Wing posted:Just Stop Oil are an op, right? As a counter point, I see no evidence they are an OP. People seem to argue its a means to bring in stricter policing laws. As long as the Government has the support of its base (which is would in this case without Extinction rebellion or just stop oil existing) its done whatever its liked. I do though agree with the other posters, It doesn't matter really matter if they are or aren't. Well except if they are and they managed to get caught, no serious ramifications would happen of course, but it would be very funny.
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Peaceful protest can work, but generally has to have over-whelming public support. To the point that "if you don't go, we can and will make you" is pretty apparent to those in power.
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Apraxin posted:https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1648276522732535809?cxt=HHwWgoC20faw7d8tAAAA Honestly, scrap gendered schools regardless. Pistol_Pete posted:In Elden Ring, I got with the sexy witch girl Second best accent in the game. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Apr 19, 2023 |
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Lord of the Llamas posted:I wasn't but now I'm bubbling with ideas. Probably just go to a wetherspoons though. It probably would be a little fun to watch a room full of people all collectively look at their phones in confusion at the same time.
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What is this? Bougie souls?
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