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• Post #4491660

  Nvidia are going to spend $500 billion on increasing their carbon footprint. For context, the UN have estimated that it would cost $93 billion per year to end world hunger. Anyway, hope you're all enjoying the heat wave. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78gr0jv0mdo #NVidia #ClimateCollapse #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateEmergency

• Post #4161489

  Polanski has been foolish here. He must surely know that the corporate media are absolutely gunning for him. He needs to check every single word and every single photo of anything he boosts on social media. Sure, I'm sure it was a genuine oversight and he didn't mean to boost the photo, but he has to be so careful. The slightest mis-step and the corporate media will be all over him like a rash. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y063yqlleo #Polanski

• Post #4159633

  But sure, Andy, let's drill for more oil. What's the worst that could happen? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgzd34kq5dt #ClimateCollapse #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange #WildFires #AndyBurnham

• Post #3890105

  16 years of Tory has left the UK in a hell of a mess, and if Burnham is genuine about wanting to fix things, then it's going to take a while, and I for one won't judge him too harshly if he doesn't get instant results, as long as he looks like he's making efforts in the right direction.. However, there are some things that he could do very quickly if he actually wants to. For example, I see no reason why he couldn't lift the ban on Palestine Action and revoke all arms expor...

• Post #3858461

  Bombing civilian infrastructure is a war crime. And if the Tangerine Tyrant does end up at The Hague for it (though honestly I'm not holding my breath on that one), I think the prosecution is going to have a pretty easy time proving premeditation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0608wy8pro #IranWar #WarCrimes #Trump

• Post #3804809

  I wish all my French followers a very happy Bastille Day! Today we remember what can happen when the ruling classes abuse their power and the ordinary people get stretched to breaking point. But that could never happen again, right? #BastilleDay #QuatorzeJuillet #14Juillet

• Post #3789241

  A couple of thoughts on Ann Widdecombe: 1. Murdering people is wrong. If she was murdered, then I do not condone that in any way, and I hope that they get whoever did it and lock them up for a long time. 2. I don't get this "you must not speak ill of the dead" thing. The dead should be remembered for who they were, not who we would have liked them to be. Widdecombe was a nasty piece of work. She was anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, anti-LGBT rights, and, as prisons minister, dir...

• Post #3711772

  There are days when an elderly former senior politician dies and there is much outpouring of grief with everyone saying how much they will be missed and that the world of politics is now a poorer place. Today is not one of those days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo #AnnWiddecombe

• Post #3711632

  The death of Ann Widdecombe is a useful reminder to us all that we should strive to live our lives in such a way that when we finally shuffle off this mortal coil, other people are actually sad about it. #BeKind #AnnWiddecombe

• Post #3652149

  It costs money to run a by-election. I think there should be a rule that if an MP stands down and triggers one and stands at that by-election, just for a bit of attention-seeking, then he should pay for it himself. No doubt one of his dodgy donors would pay for it anyway. #FrogFacedGrifter #Farage #UKPolitics

• Post #3559846

  Good morning everyone! The sun is shining, and it is not oppressively hot. This is a good start to the week. How's the weather where you are? #Weather

• Post #3559845

  I don't think any of us really knows at this stage how good a job Andy Burnham is going to do as PM, assuming he gets the job (as seems overwhelmingly likely). I for one am certainly keeping an open mind for now. I'm sure there are many criteria on which he can be judged, but one criterion I shall be using is this: If the right-wing media publish endless vitriolic articles saying how terrible he is (probably accusing him of being antisemitic, that's usually how it work...

• Post #3559844

  I see the BBC are deploying significant investigative resources to make sure they remind us plebs that the real threat to us all comes from poor brown people on small boats. Perish the thought that they should deploy those resources on investigating rich white people defrauding the taxpayer or buying influence over government. It would never do to let the plebs know what the real threat is, would it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye9zn0y1ro #BBCBias #UKPolitics #MediaBias #SmallBoats

• Post #3450383

  When you look at the catastrophic damage that #ClimateChange is *already* causing, and then you look at governments all over the world saying that they want to keep burning fossil fuels for decades to come and making things even worse, the only question I find I can ask is: "What the absolute fuck is wrong with people?" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4enlp6kzo #cop30 #ClimateEmergency #Indonesia #Floods

• Post #3251063

  Oh Christ, this is horrific: the #FarageRiots have now escalated to setting fire to people's homes. Isn't it about time that laws on incitement to violence were applied to politicians? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr47x99k5n6t

• Post #2519348

  If any Labour MPs think the solution to their problems is to replace #Starmer with #Streeting, they need their head examined. No doubt there are many reasons for Labour's unpopularity, but surely one big one is that they promised change from the Tories and have basically just carried on Torying. Why would you want to replace Starmer with one of the few Labour MPs who's even more right wing than he is? #UKPolitics

• Post #2325850

  Gotta admit, when I first saw this sign online I did wonder if it had been photoshopped. But this evening I saw it with my own eyes and I can confirm that it is real. #Barcelona #Orwell #CCTV

• Post #2128209

  #Starmer's government is obviously not as chaotic and incompetent as Johnson's government, but honestly I think it's getting to within an order of magnitude of it now. #BorisJohnson #Mandelson #UKPolitics

• Post #1904887

  If Bad Enoch thinks that leaving North Sea oil in the ground is bad for the economy, wait until she finds out what 4 degrees of global warming will do to the economy. Honestly, the levels of raw stupidity with some of our politicians are off the charts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp890n51684o #BadEnoch #NorthSeaOil #Idiocracy #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe

• Post #1858024

  Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate, but especially to my fellow statisticians #Halloween #Statistics

• Post #1835758

  If I were #Starmer, and if I were confident that I had acted properly and not misled Parliament, then I would absolutely welcome an inquiry by the Privileges Committee so that I could clear my name. The way he is so strongly fighting against this inquiry being allowed to happen tells you everything you need to know. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35dwddevwt #Mandelson #PrivilegesCommittee #UKPolitics

• Post #1790277

  One of the things about dealing with big companies in the 21st century is that you have to constantly watch the buggers. A couple of examples from this week: 1/n

• Post #1583073

  It's certainly true that the initial #Covid19 vaccine roll-out was phenomenally successful. But I find it troubling that the government has largely given up on covid vaccines in more recent years. The vaccines have undoubtedly saved lives, but they don't have a brilliant duration of immunity. Regular boosters are essential to maintain protection. And regular boosters are no longer available on the NHS for the vast majority of us. #CovidIsNotOver #CovidInquiry https://www.bbc...

• Post #1566084

  OK, here's a #TechieQuestion: if I want to sync directories from a Linux server using a Python script, does it make much difference whether I invoke a shell command with rsync from the Python script or use a dedicated Python sync command such as pyrsync? (Boosts welcome if this isn't your area of expertise) #python #rsync #linux

• Post #1452148

  Has Starmer said he has full confidence in Keir Starmer yet? #Starmer #Mandelson #UKPolitics

• Post #1279961

  What an absolute clown show. So either Starmer lied to Parliament, or he genuinely had no idea what was going on when he recruited Mandelson - known to be a high risk candidate - to a very senior post. Nor any inclination to find out what was going on. Honestly I don't know which is worse, but either would surely be a resigning matter for any politician who had even a shred of decency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn53pnd5wr0t #Starmer #Mandelson #UKPolitics

• Post #1126448

  Oh, I think we need to cut the guy some slack. Which among us can truly claim that we've never accidentally failed to pay £91K in tax after it was funneled through one of our offshore trusts? It's easy to overlook such a trifling sum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x7yj99jrwo #Kleptocracy #ReformUK #TaxDodging #RichardTice #Corruption

• Post #1126446

  This seems like a step in the right direction. Long term, we need to be back in the EU, but with the best will in the world, that's several parliaments away. In the short term, closer alignment with the EU single market to reduce some of the costs and bureaucracy of #Brexit is probably a good start. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c937jkvp3w8o #Brexit #EUSingleMarket #DynamicAlignment #UKPolitics

• Post #1118775

  If you feed birds in your garden you should probably read this recent advice from the RSPB https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/how-to-help-garden-birds #Birds #Gardening #RSPB

• Post #1082882

  It's already fucked up enough that people can get arrested for sitting quietly and holding a placard, but it's doubly fucked up that you can still be arrested for it even after a court ruled that the government acted unlawfully when they made it illegal to sit quietly and hold a placard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp38z9lylddo #PalestineAction #UKPolitics