Semi retired perpetual student currently living in Sheffield (UK). Career & academic background in #Film, #CriminalJustice, & #Psychology. BA, MA & MSc, & trying to decide what to do next. Interested in the #Environment, #WildlifeGardening, #ForensicPsychology, & British & American #Politics, which I view with a mixture of fascination & horror. Big fan of #CriticalThinking, & trying to separate fact from #Misinformation. Can't say to no to #Cats
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Last Notes npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Imagine if you had infinite resources to build something that might topple the established world order, and all you could come up with was… an automatic internet troll10." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "according to a paper published in the #Personality and Social #Psychology Bulletin. The authors were surprised to discover that not only are #conspiracytheorists overconfident, they also don't realize their beliefs are on the fringe, massively overestimating by as much as a factor of four how much other people agree with them." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Taken together, the OBR findings show more clearly than ever before that the cost of taking action to tackle climate change would be far lower than the cost of unchecked warming." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Strategy, competence and hard work matter, even in the execution of ideas we’re not fond of - and having the biggest gun in the room doesn’t help when you neglect to aim, aren’t sure you own the bullets, and keep dropping it on your own toes." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water: npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "And finally one obvious point: #tax doesn’t usually just go up in smoke – countries with #highertax tend to have better funded #publicservices. Whether you’d prefer a country more like the #US (with lower tax and less expansive public services than the #UK) or more like #Denmark (much higher tax, much more expansive public services) is a #politicalquestion that no chart can assist with. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "This is the general and vague encouragement of hostile and lethal acts against groups and individuals by instigators using #communicationsnetworks. Such #promotionofharm is usually not precise enough to be caught by the #laws against incitement of #offences against the person. There is what one calls “#plausibledeniability”. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Excellent news npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "As a #quantitative #socialscientist who has studied #religious change in modern societies for more than 25 years, I’m surprised – and sceptical. I do not doubt that the #BibleSociety acted in good faith, but they haven’t engaged with the mountain of #evidence, some of it very recent, pointing to #religiousdecline. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "It's quite telling to watch such simple-minded people escalate straight to defcon one in a dispute, going overnight from proclaiming their love for someone to calling them a paedophile and demanding their impeachment. They do not have the nuance to engage in a dispute without reducing it to Book of Revelations blood-and-fire hyper #partisanship. They just don't have the cognitive ability for any subtlety or grading whatsoever." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Already it’s made a huge difference to this area. There’s an obvious increase in calm. People are a lot less aggressive when they drive around." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "We’re gonna need a HUGE tent to defeat this #RepublicanParty. … We’re gonna need a #Democratic tent big enough to hold both a conservative like #JoeWalsh and a progressive like #AlexandriaOcasioCortez. I want to help build that big tent because I want to win, and … #Trump’s Republican Party must lose.” npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Huge win for #health and #environment as #UK agrees to align with #EUpesticidestandards in reset deal - Pesticide Action Network UK npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "They can simply yell “tyranny,” even as the bureaucrats and #politicians responsible for the #policy rarely spend time clearly articulating its purpose. As a result, the #publicconversation is dominated by those most invested in misrepresenting it." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Good npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I thought it might be. Except I agree with him. The judicial system found no wrong doing. Her brother Moses has a different childhood recollection which is on record. As someone who worked in UK criminal justice for 15 years you have to trust the system. If you think it's failed, you need to work to change it. But I'm not a big fan of the court of public opinion. So I wasnt offended by Alda's opinion, because he didn't defend Allen, he defended the judicial system. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer why is he dead to you because he supports women, or why do you think he doesn't? npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer ‘My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six’: #AlanAlda on childhood, marriage and 60 years of stardom | Film | The Guardian npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The chatter around #Biden about preventability, debility and prognosis does a disservice to patients living with metastatic #prostatecancer. These narratives perpetuate the harmful myth that #Stage4prostatecancer means imminent death or total debilitation — and they can lead to social isolation, workplace bias and psychological distress.: npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer ‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It | The Thick of It | The Guardian npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "But. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Perhaps I’m just really bad at reading between the lines, but this was the point at which I thought I was having an aneurysm, because I actually read the #report. I can’t really see anything in it thatundermines #KeirStarmer or #Ed Miliband at all. Nor is there anything in there that “echoes” the #Tories or #Reform." So, the only conclusion I can draw is that a whole bunch of people experienced a massive failure of #reading comprehension." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer #UK wins £500m in #science grants from #EU #Horizonscheme after #Brexit lockout | Science | The Guardian npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "To take #equality seriously, we must accept that rights matter in relation to both #sex and #gender, though not necessarily in the same contexts. We must accept, too, that we need to defend rights for all individuals, whether they define themselves by sex or gender." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The first #EarthDay in 1970 sparked a movement in the #UnitedStates that led to the #CleanAirAct, the #CleanWaterAct and the creation of the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency. Today, the U.S. may be run by those who seem willing to squander the #economicopportunities of the #greeneconomy, but #cities around the world are already seizing them." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "What did it all involve? Nothing at all. What scandal had they uncovered? None whatsoever. It was a great festival of vacuity. It proved nothing except for what happens to people who fight for liberal values in an era of #populism." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "And now, while the #criminaljusticesystem is in flames – record, growing #courtbacklogs; record delays; #trials unable to go ahead for a lack of #judges and £barristers; crumbling #courtbuildings; overflowing #prisons; #chronicunderstaffing – the #LordChancellor has backed herself into a pointless, idiotic fight in which she may ultimately be forced to dismantle the one part of the system which was quietly and effectively getting on with its job." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer It depends what JSO's aims actually were? npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The first of 150 #windturbine blades, manufactured in Hull by Siemens Gamesa, are also ready for installation. Each will be #recyclable, which the firm has described as "pioneering". npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "On measure after measure, trying to find a crisis that uniquely affects #youngmen draws a blank. Where disparities do exist, such as in education, or in suicide rate – much higher among #men than #women – they are longstanding, rather than new. The idea that there is some genuine crisis facing young men is a decade-old narrative. It also seems to be…false." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "As Ellie Mae O’Hagan of the #climatechange thinktank E3G put it to me: “The #energytransition is unstoppable. The anti-net zero #politicalpantomime we’re seeing right now doesn’t change the fundamental #economics.” npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "I think the consequences if we do nothing to reduce #emissions will be terrible, but I also understand that if we actually want to do something about it, we need to understand the problem accurately – and build a broad and durable political coalition that can navigate through the complexity" npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Overall, this is a very welcome report from the #ClimateChangeCommittee with a robust analysis that lets the #government, industry and citizens know that the pathway to #netzero is possible and very much needed. However, it does place enormous responsibility on some key #technologies and their rapid roll out to achieve these goals." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Basically, you could argue that, given how our system works, vast wealth indicates #lowintelligence, which would suggest low #IQ. It’s a bit of a leap, sure, but it would explain the current state of the world, rather than ‘a bunch of billionaire super-geniuses keep making massive errors that affect countless people’. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic representative from New York, said in an Instagram story that the volume of calls to her #Republican colleagues is sending the message that people are mobilized and angry. “But the pressure needs to stay on,” she said. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I guess I'm saying, in a very long winded way, I need more balance in my news intake. I want more articles from experts & less opinion pieces. /End. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I've noticed, if you wait long enough, there will always be a news story which challenges the doom laden one you have just been presented with. Or at least puts it in perspective. However the nature of the newscycle now means we don't want to wait for the less emotive story, & when it comes it's insufficient which is bc the previous one was so extreme in it's presentation, it (almost) suggested there was no solution. So we remain permanently angry. 2/ npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I know there are lots of studies which demonstrate that rage gets clicks, & that keeping us permanently angry increases engagement (no matter how detrimental that may be for our health). Therefore framing is an important part of how news is shared. For example, headlines often appear at odds with reality, which is why digital media has shifted our reality to always believe the worst & to be dissatisfied with any solutions - the solution becomes something to be angry about as well.1/ npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I was thinking this morning about how news is presented (curated?) on the Guardian Web page. Does it set out to just give the reader an endless list of rage inducing/doom laden stories. Or is it feeding me these because I click on them (even though I try to limit my daily rage intake)? When I'm looking at Masto, I try and boost a range of posts to give a breather from the endless doom. I often wonder why digital media doesn't (appear to) do this? npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer What went right this week: the #goodnews that matters - #PositiveNews npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer only time will tell (if only we had the luxury of it) npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Just had a quick Google re polling on the subject, & quite frankly it's all over the place. What's clear (as any good researcher knows!) is that your question very much influences the response. So all political colours of the rainbow have declared victory on this one. I do hope Labour decide to educate people about immigration, bc this will be the best (if not the quickest) way of changing minds. Sadly their current trajectory doesn't suggest this is Labour's goal. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I also think we shouldn't overlook the implicit sexism in so many men in positions of power portraying a female chancellor (someone who has spent most of her life in banking) as unable to stand up to the Treasury. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Worth a 3 minute watch npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer 👍 npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer have you read the FT article? npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer that's what I like about Mastodon, that you have the option to choose what suits you. That's why I'm here. Freedom of movement! npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I have to admit I embraced Camille Paglia which goes to show how being interesting and engaging can go a long way! I can't really remember much about it now because it doesn't dominate my thoughts in the same way (except perhaps during the Sarah Everard murder when my rage returned). I think the lesson is to read a lot and take something from everyone, because no-one is ever completely right or completely wrong. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I remember reading Andrea Dworkin when I was an angry feminist undergrad in the early 90s. Even then I could see how her terrible upbringing had affected her perception of men. Although I didn't reject her outright then, because to do so would mean rejecting feminism right? Reading around the subject (as they say) helped me understand how simplistic a lot of her arguments were. And simplification & slogans do well for the right. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer that's because their extreme weather events weren't extreme. Ergo making services run during what was normal weather events would be financially accounted for. We get extreme weather (fog for example) but whilst it affects services it's not frequent enough to be worth providing extra funding for (at the moment). npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I think the problem is actually; the media insist on reporting it. Bad weather will disrupt travel, therefore it's relatively normal. If it's normal then why is it reported? (Obviously I'm excluding extreme persistent weather events caused by climate change for which we do need to find a solution). npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Americans deny themselves the policies that would serve them because of #culture, because of who they see as the real people, the real citizens. And that is why we cannot effectively care about #economicinequality without practical, everyday understanding of racial other sorts of #inequality." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Watching #BadSisters (great show) on Apple and heard #Wine referred to as "lady fuel." This is now my go-to word for #drinking npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "#SheffieldCityCouncil was successful in securing a grant of more than £1 million, which is now being used to improve natural #ecosystems in #ShireBrookValley #NatureReserve and neighbouring sites, covering over 400 acres." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "One is the phenomenon of ‘#naïverealism’, which describes how people instinctively assume that their perception of the world reflects #objectivereality. In actuality, everything we perceive and ‘know’ about the world has been filtered through a complex mesh of #cognitivebiases, #sensoryshortcuts, shifting emotion-infused memories, and more. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "For some #voters, being perpetually disappointed by #politicians is, paradoxically, a comfortable position: it means they can avoid thinking about whether the things they want from governments – better #publicservices without #tax rises, for example – are actually compatible. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I feel very uncomfortable seeing obese pets. This cat has multiple health problems because the owner over fed it & presumably didn't play with it sufficiently (if it was an indoor cat). I volunteer for a cat rescue, & it would raise red flags if any cat this size was brought in. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer can I ask how you knew the house was abandoned? npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer BBC News: Should you pay more for parking if you have a big car? - npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The researchers explained that the vast majority—up to 82%—of the links to #falseinformation in the dataset originated from #conservative news domains." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I'm not sure even that would make it bearable! It's a sad indictment of our British culture lol. But then I don't really find much British comedy that funny... Although I was surprised by how much I liked Ghosts. So I guess I can occasionally move with the crowd. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Mrs Brown's Boys is one of the most popular comedies on British television. It is not funny. The fact that so many British people like this outdated unfunny comedy show is the reason we voted to leave the EU. If you look it up it'll all make sense to you! npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer Rainbow Meadow in #ShireBrookValley is now home to a host of new four-legged friends as we see the arrival of #Highlandcows and #Dextercows. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer This really shouldn't need constantly repeating npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Put simply, the system has moved from a very tidy area with little for #wildlife to a messy complex jumble of #waterscapes and diverse #habitats that is full to the brim with a huge variety of #plants and #animals.” npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer have you read Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer F**king right wing press npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "the roundabout will give priority to #pedestrians and #cyclists, making it safer and easier for people to get around the city in an active way." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer This could be used as a stop gap whilst waiting for #trees to mature (so as well as rather than instead of tree planting). But I'm not convinced it's a realistic substitute for actual #treeplanting npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I was saying the very same thing when I recently trolled Barratt #homes on Fb for their so-called #EnergyEfficient (but without heat pumps or solar panels) homes npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The amount of power generated by #fossilfuels fell to 3.6 terrawatt-hours (TWh), its lowest level in over a century." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "#Wildflowers are multitaskers. They are a source of food for your friendly neighbourhood #insects but also benefit the #soil." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer The 2025 #CommunityGarden Grants scheme is open for applications from Monday 9th September until noon on 28th October 2024. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I'm not sure women as a sex are victims of most murders. They are definitely victims of most domestic abuse crimes. But I think men are more likely to be victims of other types of murder npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I covered patriarchal violence against women in my first dissertation in 1991 & again for my thesis in 2020, this time focusing on coercive control. Whilst DV awareness has improved this doesn't seem to correlate with anything effective actually being done about. Is that bc most of us still live in a patriarchal society? Yep. Look at the murder of Sarah Everard, & the tone deaf policing of the vigil. To say I am still full of rage is an understatement npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Live your own truth, by all means. Just remember others can die of it." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "Tory activists may hate #LTNs, and their friends may hate LTNs – but political parties always get in trouble when they go by what their activists, rather than the public, think. Perhaps, in the years of recovery ahead, the Conservatives will learn this lesson." npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer #Sheffield npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I agree. I'm not disputing the findings of the study; that often these people are middle aged. However, whilst they've always been here, social media has galvanised them somewhat. Therefore, whilst young people may be radicalised by disinformation, middle-aged men are reassured by it, because it reflects preexisting beliefs. Social media brings these people together & helps them organise. But it didn't create the problem, stupidly did -sorry, not feeling v forgiving! npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer I would love for him to find that out. We have strong hate speech laws in the UK. npub1dv7jx9xu3aknrkp0um4srkxrk7u4esn6cdew5sdw9t78av93098srhk724 A.Stringer "The repair service will be trialled over a period of 16 weeks in five #JohnLewis stores including Oxford, Liverpool, Cheadle, Milton Keynes and Welwyn.
