2026-07-23T23:48:19Z https://nostr.ae Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦 https://nostr.ae/npub10zx4d7kckkj44kp0gr30zhx7fy6lvr0asze7dhgwfrw2pqp2yltsryuuel https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/304/574/014/054/707/original/6e4a4886c78f5581.jpeg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/304/574/014/054/707/original/6e4a4886c78f5581.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstzywducvdwtuvcrrdlp8gmhufryl54h6504hve5t7cff6k0ct8hqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawhq7dtm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzk8rek67gq9m0u93ckk8xpserc2j5jplpa6a0ygjtwmeksqayzgc69kv6'>nevent1q…9kv6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My personal view (and I realise other views are available) is that the Greens and LDs should either not stand candidates at all, or at the very least stand no-hoper candidates and give a tacit nod to their supporters to vote for Burnham.<br/><br/>Yes, there may be some political advantage to making Labour squirm, but I think Burnham winning the election, and potentially then the Labour leadership, would be better for the country than carrying on with Starmer, or, God help us, Streeting. 2026-05-19T10:42:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswemurdau45aaqj9kqy0rq87t2xnc4ux6hhxr9nxj2wjy6nqtgf9czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawmylcam In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmf5u0gldhcj2yjfwl6ns9v3ypm0cjagn9c0kyrk6h50gdcu8lyq23mv9e'>nevent1q…mv9e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a nice illustration here of just how much of a difference charges can make, even if they look small<br/><br/><a href="https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/are-pension-fees-deflating-your-retirement-savings-aHndy5F1PKbg">https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/are-pension-fees-deflating-your-retirement-savings-aHndy5F1PKbg</a> 2026-05-19T10:36:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmf5u0gldhcj2yjfwl6ns9v3ypm0cjagn9c0kyrk6h50gdcu8lyqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawxz58jm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw5q59tawkw4ylpapry8xlz6np524rr4tpw958ve94p8j045qcqcemsgqd'>nevent1q…sgqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Predatory financial practices have a lot to answer for. The amount you pay in charges on pension funds is really quite staggering if you add it all up over the course of a working life, and take into account the growth foregone..<br/><br/>But I&#39;m sure the people who benefit from it will make sure they don&#39;t get the blame. If they can&#39;t blame it on Boomers, they can always blame it on immigrants. That always works. 2026-05-19T10:32:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywfrlquj9kj0q2zqsvjglyaatykjyxunfk0uru49qcfaezke5wnszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawndz0ep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfcgc5ue30hup806d9ddzdr6xrl5lzyac9vy5ng6ldux76rwpmeqtc3zky'>nevent1q…3zky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seems that whichever way you look at it, we&#39;re storing up a lot of trouble for pensioner poverty down the line.<br/><br/>I guess most of today&#39;s retirees are Boomers or older and had final salary pension schemes, but my generation (older Gen X) will be retiring soon, and we mostly didn&#39;t have them. Seems to me that the gradual disappearance of final salary schemes is going to make a big difference. 2026-05-19T09:15:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrfcgc5ue30hup806d9ddzdr6xrl5lzyac9vy5ng6ldux76rwpmeqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawflfven In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswu5xrw6v3mls4wzxjtcq8xc6xmtxdsw26m3regxkyeug00n5na6qu9wnpk'>nevent1q…wnpk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I believe that&#39;s correct. And also, as <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub154pctaljw8zq4qa8rgeut79tvw3qkxml6vyr58zz88qjz3q97tgqf0gwly" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>MarjorieR</span> (<span class="italic">npub154p…gwly</span>)</a></span> points out, there&#39;s also an assumption there that you&#39;ve paid off your mortgage by the time you retire. May very well not be true for many of those who have only the state pension. 2026-05-19T09:06:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrz5jm9u4zmxmxtr4wprgex9xmem2nlkgwzk8przajnu3p8282vrszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawtmv3an In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9hgmf89xpdfmrytzrq4hgsv6ryeg8wepmpgm6gnpphldheh78kc6kxzh3'>nevent1q…xzh3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s an excellent question. I would imagine that for those with no pension provision other than the state pension, the proportion of those who rent or still owe money on the mortgage would be pretty high, though I&#39;m not aware of any data. 2026-05-19T09:05:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8lj0mrxpw9lsseppu5w3wfkd7uv0mtjm8t72c049cduxspm0p8gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawytlwvz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqj2k4q3gtu955y4h4srrxf5hhcfzhxw0h968sv4kuenvswd5rw7gjhugdj'>nevent1q…ugdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, the minimum one is basically equivalent to just getting the state pension 2026-05-19T07:38:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05zp7jk08gzfzl9u0ukse6puht7p8g24yxuw6xyq52g3v9yz0krszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawwdzdl2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5l2stgveg6kyv39rlljuz3gsn0zu3ve6mj4evrxfz4gnxasmarqmf3c8x'>nevent1q…3c8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are they using the same definition of &#34;comfortable&#34; retirement as this?<br/><br/>Because it&#39;s quite a high bar: the income levels there are higher than a lot of working people have.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.retirementlivingstandards.org.uk/">https://www.retirementlivingstandards.org.uk/</a> 2026-05-19T07:31:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfsdnjs0te3scq4vygkj4z33hgm33ymtfqlglhg0vu96yp6qg8qpczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawgyv6ev 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.<br/><br/>#Barcelona #Orwell #CCTV<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/535/545/501/016/766/original/375561a34d25f553.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-07T22:03:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfd7396fv4tupjsdrwgnefchlqux9q3vf32dckcxcw7q63lzypnnqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw2jw6yf OK, here&#39;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?<br/><br/>(Boosts welcome if this isn&#39;t your area of expertise)<br/><br/>#python #rsync #linux 2026-04-23T06:22:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzslq6t2xdd5x0cd7ldnr80zzzjv6307l0jsvf40x02eejdt7fnszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawt604vr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmqvdrsy4d7y0t74g3znhewj6rs9slc8m27k5g4nrndcykvlpufghdpjsw'>nevent1q…pjsw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe. Heck, I may even get elected if that happens. I&#39;m standing for the Green party in what they call a &#34;non-target&#34; seat, so allegedly I have little chance of actually getting elected.<br/><br/>But it would be kinda fun if I did. 2026-04-17T20:52:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg6wh67zz872llxyuc2mhaa5cpsly5h395d6ccfsgv9tyqdtzgctqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawztm3ae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9yc25fuqww3a3mymkacqyd224sv0h04a6a28jcm84kj7rhtk7azskrrksx'>nevent1q…rksx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And on a side note, those odds on Reform to get the most seats: WTAF?<br/><br/>This is why we can&#39;t have nice things. 2026-04-17T20:50:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9yc25fuqww3a3mymkacqyd224sv0h04a6a28jcm84kj7rhtk7azszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawkp7ufh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxng4q0egy4x02k3ynkqw4calyhxft4wkc7k6jumarjckuuey6g9qkgn9vj'>nevent1q…n9vj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well I guess he may stay on if Labour do really well in the May elections.<br/><br/>Yeah, he&#39;s going after the May elections.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/422/007/735/817/506/original/cd865a4cd1f727ec.png"> <br/> 2026-04-17T20:49:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf0yvpt02drhvsgtdvqp8retzmz373muy2sd9vc0f4q8rxq0765hgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw0dsyfe Been in meetings for much of the afternoon. Has #Starmer resigned yet? 2026-04-17T16:10:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgn7wtxw5hhygwa3ycu0p7v97rwawlf9uhqjq39k5j29zsvsn4h2qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawc275nm It&#39;s already fucked up enough that people can get arrested for sitting quietly and holding a placard, but it&#39;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.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp38z9lylddo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp38z9lylddo</a><br/><br/>#PalestineAction #UKPolitics 2026-04-11T20:21:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8p9qth0q05fmh8345tr3vjxzu6jr74gth5xcth2qe3vw6g0g2hgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawljs9mq #Melania wants you all to know that she never had anything to do with #Epstein, never been friends with him, never even met the guy. And hasn&#39;t even ever met Ghislaine Maxwell.<br/><br/>So please don&#39;t boost this photo, as that would make her sad.<br/><br/>#EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/379/011/498/459/960/original/125875a44cfaa5dd.png"> <br/> 2026-04-10T06:36:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrxc6gg4rfpncflguzxfhy9f9rzdwjd9wjycwslcrdj2dp00fmsgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawsmukkx I don&#39;t think the UK media have made nearly enough noise about the US Navy sinking an *unarmed* Iranian warship and then, in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions, leaving them to drown.<br/><br/>This is a heinous war crime which the media would be rightly up in arms about if any country that wasn&#39;t nominally an &#34;ally&#34; had done it.<br/><br/><a href="https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gcii-1949/article-18/commentary/2017">https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gcii-1949/article-18/commentary/2017</a><br/><br/>#IRISDena #IranWar #WarCrimes #GenevaConventions 2026-03-06T15:15:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ae0s03alnnwtyn9h5z3ja4w75cvaxlv7mkva7rws24vekulpkdczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawazggqq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6y9nd600m5289ezlz6pvuq56gv2g6trrmyn83rltaugyrvn7ufqxkvx4x'>nevent1q…vx4x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, and most importantly, they want to show that they are being mean to foreigners 2026-03-04T14:38:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsym73v3ytxjclnzxnjanrjavkr76wmxlhq7y5qdaklnmwuedrkurszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawwnrq9f I see the government&#39;s latest cunning plan in the policy to &#34;stop the small boats&#34; is to close one of the few remaining routes in which people can claim asylum without having to get on a small boat.<br/><br/>Yeah, that ought to work.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jy74895eo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jy74895eo</a><br/><br/>#Asylum #TheLunaticsHaveTakenOverTheAsylum #SmallBoats #ShabanaMahmood 2026-03-04T11:30:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqed8kh9k5cw3sk5l66cpt9z2vjsphky537p5f6zpcjqa9dw6qxtgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawfc0yu6 Starmer: We need to learn the lessons from last week&#39;s by election. What are the voters telling us?<br/><br/>Advisers: They are upset that we support Israel when they kill people, they are concerned about the cost of living, and they think you&#39;re dishonest<br/><br/>Starmer: OK, here&#39;s the plan. Let&#39;s join in Israel&#39;s latest illegal war that will kill people and make everything more expensive, and let&#39;s say it&#39;s in &#34;self defence&#34;.<br/><br/>Advisers: [Scream into the void and run away]<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #IsraelIranWar 2026-03-02T09:41:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8r063tg2lx8ht8y6ul2fp704l8l5mgya65tgdjpmd3pvqgjqx5gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawcauqzm Anyway, a bad night for Starmer, but cheer up, Keir, it could have been worse. At least you don&#39;t have to wake up this morning to find that Andy Burnham is now an MP.<br/><br/>#GortonAndDenton #GortonAndDentonByElection #UKPolitics 2026-02-27T11:02:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ydksfql8l362u5xgyw6qjrsf924gtmfqkshmu7aqwazk7wfkhqgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw9yuczk One thing that makes me very happy about the Gorton &amp; Denton by-election result is it shows that claiming you have to vote tactically for Labour if you want to keep Reform out is bollocks. This was one of the safest Labour seats in the country, and the Greens still won it.<br/><br/>If you want to keep Reform out, then the message is clear: vote Green. That way you even get a party with policies that are different from Reform.<br/><br/>#GortonAndDenton #GortonAndDentonByElection #TacticalVoting #UKPolitics 2026-02-27T10:59:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80jvma06ggkhkte0rvsn8h38luxml6ajnenuwm899rvs2xy8jyfgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaww2avtj I&#39;ve had an email from Octopus Energy telling me that because of dramatic falls in wholesale electricity prices, they sadly have no choice but to reluctantly reduce the price they are paying me for the electricity I export from my solar panels.<br/><br/>Weirdly, they seem very much to have the choice not to reduce the price of the electricity that they sell to me.<br/><br/>Isn&#39;t it funny how that works?<br/><br/>#Electricity #Octopus #OctopusEnergy #PowerCompanies 2026-02-18T12:44:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs02cw5m7xfk8567wxwltvtpnq6u9a3xqa8mvw5lmuc7thn9g3l5kszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawyk0rc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcr50w56jz92xp3vesyjm8ngg5xlxpyyxyn7l43jc5hh60r55q6cjre654'>nevent1q…e654</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the betting odds are anything to go by, the most likely winner is the Green Party.<br/><br/>The anti-Reform tactical voting choice seems pretty clear: Labour supporters need to lend their votes to the Greens to stop a Reform win.<br/><br/>Or to Reform to stop a Green win, really. Depends on their preferences, which is not so obvious given the current direction of Labour.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/034/971/547/390/443/original/a729b3a3187fde75.png"> <br/> 2026-02-08T12:21:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9mldnqk7h6ln3gsvqdwm2msqm67dm5td7gtrcv7jzen3q27snszqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw8mgezq &#34;Palestine Action protesters cleared of Elbit burglary&#34;<br/><br/>Hurrah for jury trials. No wonder the government wants to take them away.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wxlv99xrjo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wxlv99xrjo</a><br/><br/>#PalestineAction #JuryTrials 2026-02-04T14:16:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9lgw752anrjctfp5y393yfwcast672nuzkeqcdznc0za4qy6gn7czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw3jukjp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2akt6dq825vcmc9e20agdttyev77me8kc57knvm3rgwdv2tkt2jcg7en30'>nevent1q…en30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That article makes some good points, and there is no doubt Labour face a hostile media, but if we&#39;re going to explain why they are so unpopular it&#39;s odd that the article doesn&#39;t even once mention their support for Israel&#39;s genocide in Gaza 2026-01-29T19:00:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8420mt84e3l0fu8cwus05l2z7fdtx747vpk336cjlnha22vf994qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw3460cx &#34;Driverless taxis set to launch in UK as soon as September&#34;<br/><br/>I have no doubt that, once the technology is sufficiently mature, driverless cars will be safer than ones driven by humans. Humans cause a lot of crashes.<br/><br/>I am yet to be convinced that the technology will be sufficiently mature by September, but let&#39;s see.<br/><br/>I am also bothered by the built-in #DigitalExclusion. How are you supposed to hail a cab if you don&#39;t or can&#39;t have the app?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czej9n578k9o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czej9n578k9o</a><br/><br/>#RoboTaxis 2026-01-29T08:49:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjvx4rdqn774cnel00zpa4fw28xuxkw8mf9v9u2ga3t7ue9d56tczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawwtg7ya Thinking of trading in my Skoda Superb PHEV for a fully fledged #EV.<br/><br/>Looking for something similar size and shape: 5 door hatchback with generous boot space but NOT an SUV. Would also consider an estate.<br/><br/>Not going to buy a Tesla, obvs.<br/><br/>Main contenders so far are Polestar 2 or Hyundai Ioniq 5. May also look at Mercedes CLA estate.<br/><br/>Good reliability is a must. Don&#39;t want to have to be switching it off and on again every time the software crashes.<br/><br/>Anything else I should look at?<br/><br/>#Cars #EVs 2026-01-27T08:28:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4v7z50pn6djff98ytrqpq47z3kskydjjvm0z4l3qe6gw3yff3hszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawquaq7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdf8ssjq87q7yar2glsmnqdta3ylfk4urd9ee8v5sjdrdn2dxr7hs5s4rdd'>nevent1q…4rdd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe.<br/><br/>Or maybe it was planned all along as a giant insider trading scam and was never anything to do with Greenland.<br/><br/><a href="https://mas.to/@statsguy/115935386110904004">https://mas.to/@statsguy/115935386110904004</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1fa0kfpxl9z6h0apnfs36gx37e97hlmmsnvfakcv2zclxw4qjxk7qhkh0re" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1fa0…h0re</a></span><br/> </div> I see that #TACO has happened and the stock market losses when tariffs were on the table have been reversed with markets up again.<br/><br/>Just imagine if you knew in advance that there was going to be all this threat of tariffs and markets would fall and then the threat would be lifted and markets would go up again.<br/><br/>If we had investigative journalists they would be looking at who sold stocks a week or so ago and bought stocks yesterday.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt?post=asset%3A44739ea8-b1eb-4dc6-8956-511eb087f5b9#post">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt?post=asset%3A44739ea8-b1eb-4dc6-8956-511eb087f5b9#post</a><br/><br/>#InsiderTrading #Greenland #Trump </blockquote> 2026-01-21T22:22:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7hmysn0j3dth7se5cgayrglvjltlaacfky7mvx9pv0n82sfrt0qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawc4uxv5 I see that #TACO has happened and the stock market losses when tariffs were on the table have been reversed with markets up again.<br/><br/>Just imagine if you knew in advance that there was going to be all this threat of tariffs and markets would fall and then the threat would be lifted and markets would go up again.<br/><br/>If we had investigative journalists they would be looking at who sold stocks a week or so ago and bought stocks yesterday.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt?post=asset%3A44739ea8-b1eb-4dc6-8956-511eb087f5b9#post">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjrzjqg8dlwt?post=asset%3A44739ea8-b1eb-4dc6-8956-511eb087f5b9#post</a><br/><br/>#InsiderTrading #Greenland #Trump 2026-01-21T22:13:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqmlrm3cr8cxqsk65nsd8ywufn3w6x7a6m0gsncfx4se08q6v5gsqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawekyk80 Ah, I see Andrew Rosindell has defected to Reform UK.<br/><br/>He was famously arrested on suspicion of rape (though never actually prosecuted).<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure he&#39;ll fit right in.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98jn1wywdyo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98jn1wywdyo</a><br/><br/>#ReformUK #Misogyny 2026-01-18T20:34:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdg0fmdt2whc2c9tsfre5lnh0qujw4zzdkravv94u7pt83mk5wqpszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawq94dvf You really have to wonder just how damning the evidence in the #EpsteinFiles is against The Rapist, given the extreme lengths he&#39;s been going in recent weeks to keep them out of the news cycle.<br/><br/>#Venezuela #Greenland #Iran #ICE #MinneapolisShooting #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles 2026-01-15T07:11:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6rq9m2e9vfw7hqfwdce70llvcp9mdlzl8g4eqauyp9nv2pyyr4szypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawv2032v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9pm3crd6smedfk69vpgd4ldy9q94zltgqquxa4ny6h74ayesrdsx38zl5'>nevent1q…8zl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am very grateful for your software, having moved from Dropbox to a hosted Nextcloud solution recently. Since then, I&#39;ve discovered some of the other things Nextcloud can do for me as well, like Notes as an Evernote replacement and the calendar.<br/><br/>Trying to figure out whether the PhoneTrack integration with NC works as a Google Maps Timeline replacement at the moment. That would also be awesome if I can get it to work. 2026-01-14T16:16:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq07jwfh3ghhx4vhslvpldwmgy0syl98gtyv904zxllkalrswt8aqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawavj59k Look, this is really simple. Any politician who still uses Twitter is telling their constituents that they are OK with child sexual abuse.<br/><br/>Any voters who disapprove of child sexual abuse may wish to take note when they next get the chance to vote.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do</a><br/><br/>#Twitter #Grok #CSAM 2026-01-09T14:10:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgwe080fa03hfdlz0k6eudn72s7482e08jngmk86tl933lq5uudggzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw2e0ne8 When did you last hear the corporate media mentioning that, despite the promise to do so, the #EpsteinFiles have still not been released in full?<br/><br/>They are so easily distracted, aren&#39;t they?<br/><br/>#Venezuela #Greenland #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #TurdReich 2026-01-07T14:48:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3f4pv5ecpeawv04mxxgugkakfcsmtethqj69k2dqtgp64rc0e7qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawn4ny4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9pq0ee4stek0g3vrv4mtz89s2ywjx0xk97ene0rrrj8pql2vdjg6mxuwq'>nevent1q…xuwq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, they&#39;d only need a medium sized family hatchback for the candidates I&#39;ve got.<br/><br/>Though to be fair, that does depend on how finely you chop them and how long you put them in the dehydrator first. 2026-01-05T14:54:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvrda898mqrxepx5ls6nmkvgwqjy4p6p3qhnla4wjprgjj0nfvkczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawhvexvw One of my tech new year&#39;s resolutions is to continue the process of cutting US Evil Big Tech out of my life.<br/><br/>I made reasonable progress in 2025: deleted my FB account, moved from Dropbox to Nextcloud, switched my default search engine from Google to Ecosia, moved my Backblaze storage from US to EU servers.<br/><br/>But there is more to do!<br/><br/>At the top of my list is to bin Google Maps Timeline. The trouble is I find it *incredibly* useful.<br/><br/>Anyone know of a non-evil alternative?<br/><br/>#BigTech #GoogleMaps 2026-01-05T12:29:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgaa24xk5srcxj347cw9uxtn7zgc87uksretgz4a47jpg5rvksy2czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw4jt0ca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxuf2hmgcxwwfve0au40eceh698qfgy50r0l38anlkluf247e4luqk8da7p'>nevent1q…da7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really wouldn&#39;t like to attempt to figure out which one it is. If I thought markets were rational, I might have a crack at it, but we know they&#39;re not.<br/><br/>I imagine economists will still be arguing about which one it actually was 20 years from now. 2026-01-03T09:24:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2fx6krlhyf3kzc5gadc2r8up2fmp20qknwyggnlr0d7wc843wz4szypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawenfu5z So according to the UK government, Greta Thunberg is now a dangerous terrorist.<br/><br/>I&#39;m beginning to think the UK government may have lost its moral compass.<br/><br/><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842">https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842</a><br/><br/>#GretaThunberg #PalestineAction #UKPolitics 2025-12-23T11:42:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs85qfy2y4tasuqyh5ggekpdht8rhny2ds885hmdmtshqex06esl7qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawcxwplx South Cambridgeshire council introduces a 4 day working week, and finds it saves money and improves services.<br/><br/>Central government says &#34;No! Don&#39;t do that!&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6j8n04eno">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6j8n04eno</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1880251/councils-four-day-week-trial-led-greater-retention-productivity-%E2%80%93-so-wider-public-sector-follow-suit">https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1880251/councils-four-day-week-trial-led-greater-retention-productivity-%E2%80%93-so-wider-public-sector-follow-suit</a><br/><br/>#Idiocracy #4DayWeek #SouthCambridgeshre #UKPolitics 2025-12-23T09:02:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg4h4tps03z9stnefcrnv8rsd7rc96ew8tmq8d7kq7zyv2hyc7fmczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw7zxqqt I&#39;ve had a really weird scam email. It&#39;s claiming to be from the UK government (which it clearly isn&#39;t) and asking me to renew and update my vehicle tax information.<br/><br/>The weird thing is if I hover over the link, it goes to a gov.uk email address. Also shown as the link in the source code.<br/><br/>How on earth is this scam supposed to work?<br/><br/>#Scams #Cybersecurity<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/728/423/008/276/616/original/33dd20b95f7cea71.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/728/437/991/258/717/original/afcf326fc8906e56.png"> <br/> 2025-12-16T09:04:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrgyptadczz9xqsdgux8pwlgvedd23zh5mgjytfmy30gmntl2angszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawfxe0kv Anyone know what this is? The person who gave it to me told me it was a bamboo orchid, but I think that&#39;s normally a name for Dendrobium nobile, and I&#39;m pretty sure it&#39;s not one of those.<br/><br/>Another species of Dendrobium perhaps? Or something completely different?<br/><br/>#Orchids #HousePlants #Gardening #Denrobium<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/678/116/594/114/855/original/7e6cb294221e51a3.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/678/116/655/617/974/original/c3155f06cf5bd537.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/678/123/313/773/373/original/d000f8919cbfbd7c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-07T11:48:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsql44xpkhw9x58cr6grmc00hesz5f73ta4wckmuc2e98kpdz5wvcgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawv52tk6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyptdzfn5kp0huuxdzdva8pk6v8w5m6wswfj5knn5py7yfs7p6wng83fawl'>nevent1q…fawl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I heard that line too and my initial thought was that it was positively Trumpian.<br/><br/>Absolutely not language any serious politician should be using about serious professionals. 2025-12-04T12:06:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr3ygmz6ezx2hwy9kqdsy6xda2kutsm6ald5z7x3d2356v47sla9qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw2arg63 Yes, I&#39;m sure the energy grid is badly in need of investment, and it&#39;s good that they&#39;re getting it.<br/><br/>But it seems very regressive to put the costs of it on energy bills (especially as it&#39;s going on the standing charge - not mentioned in the article, but mentioned on Today this morning).<br/><br/>Why not pay for it through general taxation?<br/><br/>Obviously if privatisation actually worked, the energy companies&#39; shareholders would pay for it, but we all know it doesn&#39;t.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp84yymxpjno">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp84yymxpjno</a><br/><br/>#Energy 2025-12-04T08:49:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyezheu4lp6lnmy2wusqhg49mx755rz07gutxqaw4at0uppka5lxczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawngacda 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:<br/><br/>&#34;What the absolute fuck is wrong with people?&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4enlp6kzo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4enlp6kzo</a><br/><br/>#cop30 #ClimateEmergency #Indonesia #Floods 2025-12-02T07:13:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrx3f69ks5d7esya03m970jmh5fqtswl4rtrz90a9alqlk9860kczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw3s5qax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7r6axnnz324fkhf2kqj36tkeprgczwx2y8pd9kk43l94r55xhyscpmtn8'>nevent1q…mtn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That would be nice if it actually happens. Though I can&#39;t say I&#39;m optimistic. 2025-12-01T14:18:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqse946gevazft8774thf74edz7jhx6wxc9dxnz00r6qmv3ptehqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw6g222c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsytxuh0u6l7vh42j94hlcn4s52vyt0d2jwc3zj4ze948ew7vvkh7gd7ndjr'>nevent1q…ndjr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d absolutely love that too, but the problem with FPTP is that large doesn&#39;t necessarily mean effective. 2025-12-01T14:11:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7ph3a36gynu7xpuv5wp2tw2gchmyg9cwusw635d7t2lash9kp0qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawe850zv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6y5q8cpec6kfljtmu0yspgz099neetxmudgagjh883jw2fewgcgl2uhlv'>nevent1q…uhlv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect the idea of electoral pacts won&#39;t actually happen in practice, but if it does, then maybe that would be a good thing, especially if there are constituencies where the Greens could realistically never win but YP might.<br/><br/>But if so, then YP really need to stop all the Life of Brian routine and start looking like a serious party. 2025-12-01T10:35:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgzn5643p42jjuemh0nndmatjy7mk200fj3lvaa3rftel7m3fx34gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawxucttd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlwfevk2t7jmu2p7nhalzmkd63wxalng87mxh73q86gqz6lft7tq240uac'>nevent1q…0uac</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I bet you £100 that, if YP contest the next election in seats where another progressive candidate has a realistic chance of winning the seat, that Reform win the most seats.<br/><br/>Loser to donate the money to a charity of the winner&#39;s choice.<br/><br/>Bet is void if YP has gone away by then or don&#39;t contest seats that Labour, Greens, SNP, Plaid, or LDs could plausibly win.<br/><br/>Deal? 2025-12-01T10:30:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdtfq4ewcs6q8a40xu4ykfqsy3dw5y0cpm9q5d0qpusrfdmtzt8dszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw6lju07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9vlzztteyf9s0uwuv5sm5797hgy6ffjrfk0jqjptv50c44tlg2gztwgzw'>nevent1q…wgzw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then I hope you enjoy the Reform UK government after the next election 2025-12-01T08:57:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx89cdgpj74yqh25275l6r20jst8k4j6cszrfamepye8qykcj5j3czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawsa3v46 I really, really wish Your Party would just give up and go home.<br/><br/>We have a good political party on the left of British politics - the Green Party - with plenty of support behind it right now, and anything that splits the left-wing vote only goes to make sure we end up with a Reform UK government at the next election.<br/><br/>Splitting the left is absolutely the last thing we need in our crazy FPTP electoral system.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx2zjd8qvo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx2zjd8qvo</a><br/><br/>#UKPolitics #YourParty #Corbyn 2025-12-01T07:38:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0um9nmzcgskhtlhenurqqjae7kj786ratgv66nvqu040nls5xt3qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw83grkg Christ, the US is so far through the looking glass now.<br/><br/>When I joined the Navy one of the first things they taught you was that you must always follow orders given by a superior officer, UNLESS they were illegal orders, in which case you had a duty to refuse to follow them.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/pentagon-threatens-to-court-martial-us-senator-for-urging-troops-to-uphold-oath-defy-illegal-orders/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/pentagon-threatens-to-court-martial-us-senator-for-urging-troops-to-uphold-oath-defy-illegal-orders/</a><br/><br/>#Fascism #TurdReich #NurembergDefence 2025-11-27T21:19:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs938hjnpu5upaeemenm6yjrrfwcq9zdl5ku0y2xnmdt99kqmv9g7qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaww0nchz Had the last of this year&#39;s home grown tomatoes with lunch today. Quite pleased that they lasted that long. Not sure they&#39;ve ever made it to November before.<br/><br/>#gardening 2025-11-22T15:02:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstsqr7ln4y2slp7njfc9vw57efnug74a3wv5rtex6fdzkjz3mrqvszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawutmq8u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhp4wlv6pcpe5g9vg7xq8449dwz4c5sdv8p736595zprufraztuqkuchqm'>nevent1q…chqm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s definitely possible that lockdowns could have been avoided altogether. Japan, which was far better prepared for covid, never had mandatory lockdowns because their other disease control methods worked well.<br/><br/>Whether it would have been realistic to expect those effective public health measures to be implementable in a UK setting is another question.<br/><br/>But if the answer to that is no, the next question should be how we can make it realistic. 2025-11-21T12:29:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd3u28vz7xw0jl7kmd8knz06vw4c7wythx8ff4rrhk9jrrkkmkctqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawdza2ss Listen folks, I know some of you are upset that CEOs of big companies get paid squillions of dollars while the rest of us are worried about our food and electricity bills, but what you have to remember is that these people have unusual and rare talents.<br/><br/>Though apparently these rare talents don&#39;t include having even the faintest fucking idea what the customers of their company want.<br/><br/>&#34;Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren&#39;t More People Impressed With AI?&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-exec-asks-why-arent-more-people-impressed-with-ai">https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-exec-asks-why-arent-more-people-impressed-with-ai</a><br/><br/>#AI 2025-11-21T08:47:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0txhp87cv8egmy4jw7hv5h5j7k32mg9gv53furz66ma56225anjqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawtqdq3s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszf5xa4uqu0jugcd4f0tn3zyfvurta5jc738yzn3d3zgnp0u4jefc0w5mpr'>nevent1q…5mpr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am very nervous about what this means for my Mum&#39;s care home. The place simply couldn&#39;t function without immigrants. 2025-11-20T16:03:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdsx7m0xqelfd7rl0awfkr20d40990t74smc57u2j6zakhgy6uuyszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawfeuy8q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg6g5he64x92c5j8kc9pzpxqj9xqhuj9duxnelt3qalk9fy3eydsye89tx'>nevent1q…89tx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s surely been obvious for some time that Labour&#39;s lurch to the far right can never be a successful electoral strategy.<br/><br/>I find it so puzzling why they embrace it so wholeheartedly anyway. They must surely know they&#39;re leading their party into oblivion. 2025-11-19T11:48:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2z6xmz3l79zhphvqd9qjp2vqe2sv8nkdudlxny9suqhw4xq4urczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawj9zlf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dz2w274de7r9s5vnnqy22lhpfweagaf3a3q4rd0mlk20gt8xpugyhpy6z'>nevent1q…py6z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yes, very true. I&#39;ve had ups and downs in my career. I am very aware that the ups were partly my own hard work and partly good luck.<br/><br/>And conversely the downs were partly my poor decisions and partly bad luck.<br/><br/>I like to think of life a like a game of backgammon. There&#39;s a lot of skill in it, but there&#39;s nothing you can do about it when your opponent rolls that double 6. 2025-11-18T06:52:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0zf3pcw9hykqu4z30wgtva07lsxdfwwhm9ra5fh88nam0svhrzjgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawqaspy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw7taptmjjzyfvm5pmxlndz5c28vqdhg4z9qvgy64gau86ngzqdq2hxz2j'>nevent1q…xz2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do #Stamer and #Mahmoud seriously think that this policy will mean that the billionaire-controlled, Putin-adjacent media will just say &#34;OK, fair play, Labour are being sufficiently mean to immigrants for our liking, everything is fine&#34;?<br/><br/>No. It ain&#39;t going to happen. They will just keep screaming for ever more inhumane and destructive policies.<br/><br/>I am seriously scared by how far Labour are prepared to go down this road. 2025-11-16T17:40:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdw7taptmjjzyfvm5pmxlndz5c28vqdhg4z9qvgy64gau86ngzqdqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw0k9ms2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs263909ds3emd2vgtdeqpw38ejy4gkrcjz4fl0thtq54j28kvckxglxdkj5'>nevent1q…dkj5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What scares me about this new asylum policy, quite apart from the fact that it is a terrible abandonment of our moral duty to help those fleeing war, famine, catastrophic climate change etc, and its negative impacts on the UK economy, is that it shows that Labour are going firmly down a road of appeasement towards the far right.<br/><br/>And, as Neville Chamberlain found out, if you start by appeasing the far right, you will NEVER satisfy them. They will ALWAYS come back for more. 2025-11-16T17:37:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs263909ds3emd2vgtdeqpw38ejy4gkrcjz4fl0thtq54j28kvckxgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawaerg2u It&#39;s been a while since Labour could reasonably have been considered a party of the left, and I think most of us would have described them as &#34;centre right&#34; since #Starmer took over as leader.<br/><br/>But I think we need to have a conversation about whether the &#34;centre right&#34; label is still appropriate or whether they are really moving more towards the far right.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7970p2wx7ro">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7970p2wx7ro</a><br/><br/>#UKPolitics #Asylum #FarRight 2025-11-16T17:34:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszvyj4xklw383lmymnv9kqqghumg8rgyj2lnm59qavj64arg3vyngzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawazmqd0 So in today&#39;s episode of &#34;this climate is weird&#34;, I harvested some tomatoes in my garden today at about the same time I noticed that my Forsythia has already started flowering.<br/><br/>(I live in the south of England, so both of those things are spectacularly unusual for mid-November)<br/><br/>#Gardening #ClimateChange 2025-11-12T16:24:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqsdjw9wwyh4t8pxmm3763w8zhgkewz8rj4fjmcqa7jdhf733j8eszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawsk9paq That&#39;s disappointing. I wrote to my Lib Dem MP in Sept about small boat crossings and how the only way to stop them is safe and legal routes to claim asylum.<br/><br/>Got a letter back today saying how they agree small boat crossings are bad but think they can enforce their way out of the problem.<br/><br/>How&#39;s that working out for Starmer?<br/><br/>Honestly thought the LDs were more sensible than that. Think I&#39;ll be voting Green next time, and to hell with tactical voting.<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #SmallBoats #Asylum 2025-11-10T21:19:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx3usq3zqrk55hkdpkva6qzj4xma89wqhv2acfrhdx5g9lep5htlgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw2kgh9h Who do you think will get the job as the next BBC Director General? 2025-11-10T14:30:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8anj0zcfk5fvsp5ea4kl96l8z95jhfunlgnq53fhr5c78hqdpfqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawe6kz28 Isn&#39;t it funny that no-one at the BBC had to resign when they edited something Corbyn said to the point where they actually changed the entire meaning of what he said.<br/><br/>I wonder what the difference is?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/18/bbc-trust-says-laura-kuenssberg-report-on-jeremy-corbyn-was-inaccurate-labour">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/18/bbc-trust-says-laura-kuenssberg-report-on-jeremy-corbyn-was-inaccurate-labour</a><br/><br/>#BBC #BBCBias 2025-11-10T10:26:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs26ze2tnpec9wh6n0n2gjersewg90x5tlusns3r9htfzjqzlaxytczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw5r905e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4xt2amz85dcs89du30gs39g2cf25ts0xqrxmy6pljlgsqvwdrsg8jl5tz'>nevent1q…l5tz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This whole thing really takes gaslighting to a whole new level.<br/><br/>And if Tim Davie is upset that editing The Rapist&#39;s speech is biased, just wait until he finds out about Tory Laura. Or their coverage of Brexit. Or any of the BBC&#39;s coverage of Corbyn in the 2019 election.<br/><br/>Or any of these.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389295">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389295</a><br/><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173956">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173956</a><br/><a href="https://www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/party-political-coverage">https://www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/party-political-coverage</a><br/><a href="https://cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CfMM-Report-Final-MEDIA-BIAS-GAZA-2023-24-ePDF.pdf">https://cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CfMM-Report-Final-MEDIA-BIAS-GAZA-2023-24-ePDF.pdf</a><br/><a href="https://uk.themedialeader.com/cardiff-university-has-settled-the-bbc-bias-argument-once-and-for-all/">https://uk.themedialeader.com/cardiff-university-has-settled-the-bbc-bias-argument-once-and-for-all/</a><br/><br/>#BBC #BBCBias 2025-11-10T07:39:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4xt2amz85dcs89du30gs39g2cf25ts0xqrxmy6pljlgsqvwdrsgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawwnaewh &#34;The BBC had come under fire over a Panorama documentary that was accused of misleadingly editing a speech by Donald Trump to make it look like he was urging people to attack the US Capitol.&#34;<br/><br/>Well, I for one am glad the BBC have apologised for this egregious error.<br/><br/>I hope they will be broadcasting the deleted parts of the speech where The Rapist said &#34;Biden won the election fair and square, and we must all accept it gracefully&#34;.<br/><br/>Seriously, though, WTAF?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mx28vlp4wo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mx28vlp4wo</a><br/><br/>#BBC #BBCBias 2025-11-10T07:36:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspec6gu0xnmr54ctf994d40stxdl554v7jc96tcgtwy5wz0syftvgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawysu0sk So today is 3 years since I joined Mastodon. Really glad I did, so much nicer than Twitter. I have found a super community here.<br/><br/>To celebrate the occasion, I&#39;ve made a small donation to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19vfus2uc2xplyepkw843f0w3u0ysamlrsncsrvqjnm808d0x635qlzlppg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>trumpet@mas.to</span> (<span class="italic">npub19vf…lppg</span>)</a></span> to help with the server costs.<br/><br/>Remember that Mastodon isn&#39;t funded by billionaires, and if you have a few pounds/euros/dollars/etc to spare, I&#39;m sure your instance admin would also appreciate a donation. Details of how to donate should be in your instance&#39;s &#34;About&#34; page.<br/><br/>#Mastodon 2025-11-07T07:04:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf89klushlwmy9aheunawaml30nnafxvvjduw03et9hvrn7aht5yczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawrnq9qu Yesterday&#39;s news: sickness absence, driven in large part by a surge in mental health issues, is costing the UK economy £212 billion a year.<br/><br/>Today&#39;s news: NHS mental health services are closing.<br/><br/>If someone thinks that&#39;s going to save money, they are going to be sorely disappointed.<br/><br/>Also, quite apart from the money, it&#39;s just utterly cruel on a human level.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpl150ze4o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpl150ze4o</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v80n7mz2jo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v80n7mz2jo</a><br/><br/>#ADHD #MentalHealth #FalseEconomy 2025-11-06T07:57:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvwg8wplh406uspq08jehhdj4r5ecauev5r3ge0vnmma7z38tqxqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawtgr6pc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa3f4pape4sdf4u6fne027f8rfkgmt6jg6nx9wnezjny2yg3edgcmsnjw5'>nevent1q…njw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a more detailed critique here<br/><a href="https://jonworth.eu/when-a-plans-not-a-plan-and-a-revolution-isnt-a-revolution-european-high-speed-rail/">https://jonworth.eu/when-a-plans-not-a-plan-and-a-revolution-isnt-a-revolution-european-high-speed-rail/</a> 2025-11-05T16:38:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsprlfd48t2v4a5qq6hvfzn52lpz3773jl8vxr23k0qzhgnwpwgk2czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw5pru2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhkc8k458m6mt5qjlt5jkuvkt8q6d2mhqenmxwduraanck3p2hwq2gsl99'>nevent1q…sl99</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I doubt it would. The Green party has been clearly left of centre since long before YP was even thought of 2025-10-31T18:22:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd5ya0xtwrkpa0w0qw3pmfvq8vtymj8qqz92yasssjx4fnteked0czypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw4sln56 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvaus3kq39m4e9xdue3psrd793d2du2v7yguvxx0e0a0g3ltf6exqkg7sx2'>nevent1q…7sx2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was initially sympathetic to the idea of YP, but quite apart from the mess they&#39;re making of things, it seems crazy for them to still exist now that the Green Party is really starting to get traction. Splitting the left wing vote is more or less guaranteed to let Reform win the next GE. 2025-10-31T16:23:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvqyng2ygfmykd5xsr95c6t7rkv0yyhuqgkq6kae6vs36rmhy9ngqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawz3xu0x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8t3uky65x3fvg6sk5350q4k93c0xwl76wl6ljwksgkxfz84vjgjsvcnaj0'>nevent1q…naj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am perfectly willing to believe that Reeves&#39;s failure to get a license was not a deliberate decision, but a mistake made in good faith.<br/><br/>But Rayner&#39;s failure to pay the correct stamp duty was also not a deliberate decision, but a mistake made in good faith.<br/><br/>So why the different treatment? 2025-10-31T10:51:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9kz8hnkvn0898rquwmd2py7zcp7rpkalk5h7qjzzk3hlxs7uqeygzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawy0yh89 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyl7z9xxkfr0jjea39w3qza42kkux5p2luczcrrkmqanrhu4ysf6qkkx7ef'>nevent1q…x7ef</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You could make exactly the same argument that sickness benefits are not benefits but rather an act of inter-health-status solidarity, or that unemployment benefits are acts of inter-employment-status solidarity.<br/><br/>Would you? And if not, what&#39;s different about pensions? 2025-10-31T10:28:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs28tnrmms557flt22kwc6g73v4u8mcv8pzq6pu3wm07xdfwuy894qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawvrhvrx Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate, but especially to my fellow statisticians<br/><br/>#Halloween #Statistics<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/467/527/654/281/855/original/add56f2113a11bc1.png"> <br/> 2025-10-31T07:14:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxrhpgwcy2zujkznu5r6glg0gp00c6pjqtet2zv8kf4e6rdacsjmczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawf7rmj4 I suppose we shouldn&#39;t be surprised that Rachel Reeves is credulous enough to trust an estate agent given that we already know she believes in trickle-down economics<br/><br/>#RachelReeves #TrickleDownEconomics #UKPolitics 2025-10-30T21:33:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2tjn7aruamvlv0dtzhqc8nc7xwga389lm2zfsks7mnvk03d4x5mszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawzuv6cn So if you&#39;re a privatised water company you can pump raw sewage into rivers and nobody does anything about it, but if you&#39;re a private citizen you can get fined for pouring coffee down a drain.<br/><br/>Please make it make sense.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo</a><br/><br/>#TheLunaticsHaveTakenOverTheAsylum 2025-10-22T15:41:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfx80rfturg5su9zqlm3p87kqnuk3rdxth7545nv0ttdw00u532sgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw9aq2qs &#34;A major legal claim has been filed in the UK against pharmaceutical giant Johnson &amp; Johnson, accusing the firm of knowingly selling baby powder contaminated with asbestos&#34;<br/><br/>Only allegations at this stage, we need to wait until the evidence is tested in court.<br/><br/>But if the evidence does stand up in court, I really hope that individual J&amp;J executives will face criminal charges. Really not adequate just to fine the company.<br/> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c797wv928g8o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c797wv928g8o</a> 2025-10-16T09:46:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2vr5dg4h67yhky3tvpdezt0t6krtue72l5xnacgms55ck99hepszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawshuvp3 &#34;COVID-19 could cost UK £7 billion a year without autumn vaccinations&#34;<br/><br/>Tell me again how we can&#39;t vaccinate people under 75 because &#34;it&#39;s not cost effective&#34;?<br/><br/>Fun fact 1: most people under the age of 53 haven&#39;t had a covid booster since 2021<br/><br/>Fun fact 2: the duration of useful immunity from covid vaccines is a few months<br/><br/><a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/covid-19-could-cost-uk-7-billion-a-year-without-autumn-vaccinations/199754/">https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/covid-19-could-cost-uk-7-billion-a-year-without-autumn-vaccinations/199754/</a><br/><br/>#Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver 2025-10-14T07:40:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy06n60f450zuhvrkkkqgs4x9s2x4cpp7uykav2stuu33ejef5deszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawcpqcga In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxccfns9w8f9r3vmzqrvsquft55gyzqrjeqy9vy9gjsl5mdtrkxlqa84gcw'>nevent1q…4gcw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They have a very narrow perspective in their cost effectiveness analysis. The cost of people taking time off work due to covid is explicitly excluded from the analysis.<br/><br/>Also sickness benefits, and any healthcare costs resulting from long covid.<br/><br/>In other words, pretty much all the things that make covid expensive.<br/><br/>So no wonder they conclude that covid jabs are not cost effective for all but the most vulnerable.<br/><br/>Utterly bonkers, if you ask me. 2025-10-13T07:39:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9epc3cj07cpnuuqcr7nt67qt6hqhvnalfqmus53tl00r5wqwgs4gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw5ms3ds I&#39;ll tell you what&#39;s un-British, Keir:<br/><br/>Supporting genocide.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t care how many Union Jacks you hang behind you when you support it. It&#39;s still un-British.<br/><br/>Protesting against genocide, however, that seems to me a pretty British thing to do.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wgx5v90vyo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wgx5v90vyo</a><br/><br/>#Starmer #Protests #Genocide 2025-10-07T08:54:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstaxjsj39yvxqqun4ccjuyasrkms9uec9wfkhuxjfyju06q4hawggzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawcumyhr This is great stuff from Zack Polanski.<br/><br/>It&#39;s so refreshing to see a politician challenge the lies of the Tories/Labour/Reform that all our problems are down to immigration.<br/><br/>They are really not. Let&#39;s focus on fixing the actual problems, and not on pretending that immigration is the problem.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/03/migration-britain-superpower-labour-green-party">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/03/migration-britain-superpower-labour-green-party</a><br/><br/>#Polanski #ZackPolanski #VoteGreen #GreenParty #Immigration #UKPolitics 2025-10-03T09:32:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd7uwjnl2py4m4k2rkqne4d9hx47sgt82w3pz5meydk26epvftvvgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawgx9u87 Just imagine living in a mature democracy where the government not only recognises that Russians are attempting to interfere in your elections, but they actually take steps to guard against them, and the pro-Russian candidates don&#39;t win.<br/><br/>Just imagine.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rdlj8ejgo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rdlj8ejgo</a><br/><br/>#Moldova #Russia #Brexit #Trump #ReformUK 2025-09-29T07:59:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jzdd0pz02c8865qkvgm8ft9gdqk206nea8svgl0w3pac6z59f4gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw5achxa &#34;Antifa, short for &#34;anti-fascist&#34;, is a loosely organised movement of primarily far-left activists.&#34;<br/><br/>My, how the Overton Window has shifted at the BBC if being anti-fascist now makes you &#34;far left&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddmn6ge6e2o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddmn6ge6e2o</a><br/><br/>#Antifa #MediaBias #BBCBias 2025-09-27T20:45:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst5dyydwe8dh4yyxn9az4vx3jy2f2rr97fzc3s5chqz3emrl8hc5szypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw9st8er Fuck you Starmer, these deaths are on you.<br/><br/>You constantly talk about &#34;stopping the boats&#34;, but you refuse to do the one thing that would actually stop them.<br/><br/>#SafeAndLegalRoutesNow<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jg20pdm0o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jg20pdm0o</a><br/><br/>#Starmer #Asylum #SmallBoats 2025-09-27T10:24:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzu7ju5klvu04xsjqjllenhq4wacasy99cgqzdxa3889vq4sdgwczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawdde5x9 So Starmer wants to spend billions of pounds of your money on a scheme to &#34;stop illegal working&#34; that will take years to implement, be a privacy nightmare, and won&#39;t stop illegal working anyway.<br/><br/>Does he realise that there is an alternative way of stopping illegal working that could be done more or less immediately, cost nothing, and is guaranteed to bring illegal working down to zero overnight?<br/><br/>Just make work legal.<br/><br/>#IDCards #UKPolitics #Starmer 2025-09-26T09:19:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs99c5p37lwjp3cerr6th336a399p46ctk9qlj0pyr6qpcex5cak6qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw25xzen Good news for people who want to fly more from the south of England in the short term.<br/><br/>Bad news for people who would quite like the south of England still to be above sea level in the medium term.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v7rz24z23o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v7rz24z23o</a><br/><br/>#Gatwick #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe 2025-09-22T06:11:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0lrwpw876frlw3fpz972s0q2uxuejrm3hnct6epqwn0hmwk4rxqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawelgjdd So when #Starmer said the other day that he thought that the police shouldn&#39;t waste their time arresting people who incite violence against trans people on social media and should concentrate on going after real crime instead, was this the sort of thing he had in mind?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rvly00440o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rvly00440o</a><br/><br/>#UKPolitics #MakeItMakeSense #PalestineAction 2025-09-07T19:36:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsftl5w7ehgy0zldgjtyhjrc0z4h4wr5m0vn3acsf3xeurh9n2gwzczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw3rgm5j Oh, I see Rayner has resigned.<br/><br/>I&#39;m guessing that the report into her conduct wasn&#39;t a full-throated exoneration of her behaviour then.<br/><br/>Will be interesting to see what it says when it&#39;s published.<br/><br/>But Starmer must be mightily relieved. Saves him having to make a decision about whether to sack her or not. Decisions have never really been his strong suit.<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #Rayner. 2025-09-05T11:21:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92pau9l4xlfyn72mcp6c0nku9p5emshkqevckyl7hjqyl7nkygygzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawze00d7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9u74zkr0pjh694frnff3jvgk8zwa0srfcx3v0zt3x94lvzsyt0hs33kly5'>nevent1q…kly5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, and that&#39;s really shitty writing in the article. He wasn&#39;t arrested for &#34;making posts about transgender people&#34;, he was arrested for making posts *inciting violence* against transgender people.<br/><br/>Big difference.<br/><br/>#Linehan 2025-09-03T09:04:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9u74zkr0pjh694frnff3jvgk8zwa0srfcx3v0zt3x94lvzsyt0hszypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawjhkrh7 It&#39;s a bit rich for Starmer to criticise the police for arresting someone over a tweet. Never forget that the #TwitterJokeTrial continued long beyond the point where any common sense view would have told you the case should have been dropped at the personal insistence of Starmer back when he was DPP.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/graham-lineham-arrest-starmer-police-b2819031.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/graham-lineham-arrest-starmer-police-b2819031.html</a><br/><br/>#Hypocrisy #Starmer 2025-09-03T09:03:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ugsxf5uqyy254dv8azx9ksquvhkkqvjwufgpmlpsur525r4a39qzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawxa96tm The most shocking thing for me in Starmer&#39;s interview was when he unhesitatingly and unambiguously said that he would be unhappy and wouldn&#39;t feel safe if he had an asylum hotel on his street.<br/><br/>How TF did we get to a place where a Labour Prime Minister is promoting the narrative that all asylum seekers are dangerous criminals?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jpj8knvn8o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jpj8knvn8o</a><br/><br/>#Starmer #Racism #Asylum #UKPolitics 2025-09-02T06:58:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspssqx90s4u6lmzqy0adh40ug2vnkz9xde9h0tq2yg3fsyene75nczypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawt5utfw I know I&#39;ve said it before, but I think it bears repeating: we could all reliably get same day GP appointments and see hospital consultants within a week by now if the government had put half as much energy into fixing the NHS as they spend being mean to foreigners<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn858lx34vvo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn858lx34vvo</a><br/><br/>#UKPolitics #Priorities #Immigration #Asylum #NHSCrisis #CreepingFascism 2025-09-02T06:16:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zfpwjxnuhdz45r5jgva49q4z3c6kgfmjy9wjvsk0zg5kf29t34szypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawsqw7py 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.<br/><br/>Honestly, the levels of raw stupidity with some of our politicians are off the charts.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp890n51684o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp890n51684o</a><br/><br/>#BadEnoch #NorthSeaOil #Idiocracy #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe 2025-08-31T06:12:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4n3xjes7ce8kpqufsjkk9q573sg6t36s39vfaw822wcnjcdukygzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawmu4a09 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyex8ldc7dw48s5cq2x2zfzhp88y5wt4u5m53lzwa0g2j70x5nugf9e280'>nevent1q…e280</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure they don&#39;t, and that&#39;s the whole point. When they slaughter them they&#39;ll just say &#34;well we told them to move, it&#39;s their responsibility if they didn&#39;t&#34;. 2025-08-29T10:03:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr3h8j3l5qpjvwu8etjr6jc6gt9l7yavkvw756lycwgejancewysgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw6tnm0s With all this stuff about asylum hotels in the news, you might be interested in what the Green Party have to say about it.<br/><br/>If you are, you&#39;d better follow the link in this toot, because you sure as hell aren&#39;t going to hear it from the BBC or other corporate media. Have they even heard of the Green Party?<br/><br/><a href="https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/20/asylum-seekers-should-be-to-be-able-to-work-while-application-is-being-decided-say-greens/">https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/20/asylum-seekers-should-be-to-be-able-to-work-while-application-is-being-decided-say-greens/</a><br/><br/>#Asylum #BBCBias #MediaBias #GreenParty 2025-08-26T11:34:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstkzlllk8ury6u7320z27cqfgt40djjyfrd42vs4yqf32m8gufhjqzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawkmzkl8 Just imagine how awesome the NHS would be by now if the Labour government put about half as much energy into fixing it as they&#39;re putting into appeasing the far right with their immigration policies<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4xp4ywk47o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4xp4ywk47o</a><br/><br/>#Immigration #Asylum #Labour #Starmer #YvetteCooper #WesStreeting #NHS #NHSCrisis #FarRight #Appeasement #Fascism 2025-08-24T19:45:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfzfwtyrqcyxa7kj9n0e9w0qg6x0fmzju88s3ewvkg5nm5ekaechgzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw60e2yk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pwj43mhsavhs8vju0gj6t6r5ppejktahpzugljafavtexw6zcaq9tu8vv'>nevent1q…u8vv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yes indeed. Holiday lets are simultaneously a boon and a curse for rural economies. I&#39;m sure there is scope for improving things there, but definitely no easy answers. 2025-08-20T13:24:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8nmcksvdhhlurk3n7cw0ud5k5dsj5sw0rlh3u7uw5wkpzsfeu3szypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnaw2ap6ja In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwqgdswqkxm7ctctj46wy03k2g8usgxyrhxcl4xxcxkurenxamfck9u7t5'>nevent1q…u7t5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It would certainly reduce the demand greatly. I don&#39;t think it would remove it altogether. Imagine someone who&#39;s actually quite well off and doesn&#39;t need social housing but is just visiting the country (or maybe a different part of the country from where they normally live) for a year or 2 for a temporary job. They probably wouldn&#39;t want to buy a home for such a short period. 2025-08-20T13:02:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz9hft4k7g94fpfpa7ay5lz9e7wcc86z3exsepryghwrnm45sfj2gzypug64h6mz662kkc9aqw9u2umeyntasdlkqt8ekapeydegyq9gnawydd02e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9emde8u3ef6m0j08ctn7m7remqv5gj6dlagruqvju4qkeaumc90g8jmv7f'>nevent1q…mv7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, we definitely need more social housing, that&#39;s absolutely true.<br/><br/>Though I think there will always be a legitimate role for privately rented houses. But maybe a small role if people who want to buy can afford to and many of the rest can live in social housing? 2025-08-20T12:51:51Z