2026-10-30T12:05:53Z https://nostr.now Schroedingers_Cat https://nostr.now/npub1k4jqwfds9x95chsqztpcwths88zhwnfaehv9clehf0jrkla4flzsn7gvpm https://media.metalhead.club/accounts/avatars/110/368/965/387/367/837/original/73021da5815fbbcd.jpg https://media.metalhead.club/accounts/avatars/110/368/965/387/367/837/original/73021da5815fbbcd.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxpa75e2jd38295m44l6pup7l38njds3tk3pmtfvvzanup3fka6czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2hxp0yn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7x09cph8wcqg6ueefgcthvfafuzd9vrm9rca6h3l06g4srxupfqyy4yaq'>nevent1q…4yaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In fairness, we are very inconsistent. We sell milk in 4 pint bottles, but also in 2L bottles, which is similar in size, but a little but smaller.<br/><br/>I think we will become metric in most things in time. But distances, almost certainly we will retain miles and yards, because most people who drive understand these, and it would cause a whole lot of problems to change.<br/><br/>I can see in 30 years time, we would be putting up signs in both, and slowly changing over. 2026-09-27T12:03:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zenkd77dvpm6ynyf8zn86d7wdmmfk7cutfcak3xjeuaan3n7m7qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2lthstw #ScribesAndMakers 18/09: Change one word in the title of a famous book, a movie, a song, and a play to create four new titles<br/><br/>Alice in Sunderland<br/>Fight of the Navigator<br/>Chasing Bars<br/>A Man for All Reasons 2026-09-18T08:19:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9m3g34d9m27sr6t2wfy34esg6jc34mw592wwpnel8v0wvg4e78lczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2n9c3p7 #WordWeavers 9/17: By the end of your story, how many injuries has your MC had?<br/><br/>By the end of the first book, only one really. But it is quite a &#34;personal&#34; injury. 2026-09-18T08:12:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0flqvx8hhexc7fp7c7cx3hu2386dnagzdm4r6u3s5hehsg596d5czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2y80hau #ScribesAndMakers September 13: How pedantic are you?<br/><br/>Yes and no. There are things which I do get pedantic about, and those I am very pedantic and fussed about.<br/><br/>But also, many things which others are always fussed about (like the oxford comma) which I don&#39;t really care about. 2026-09-13T16:54:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd9yjjqzylqqwhdwaufezytwv50dncf4ltzjvn0f42ssnp5vh9ywgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u26fpy5j #ScribesAndMakers 9/4: &#34;If ebooks stopped being produced, how much would you miss them?&#34;<br/><br/>It would involve me having to make some rather expensive purchases. But fine - I prefer physical books, but e-books are so handy - so much smaller. 2026-09-04T11:01:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd6k0c2juyf7j42d23su39hlax0cukd33mk36qk24530trrsykxqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2yv0djq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8xd08caxf226wntt7wxdlelk6pd08lhrty0vl5484lg8nn8j05c6nk4y4'>nevent1q…k4y4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed - the same level for EV charging networks. The same push for all sorts of renewable energy projects.<br/><br/>That would be a really positive use of this resource. 2026-07-30T20:00:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxgs9zytyj06fmnxg8jycz8tuh5cdv8u0e6lrl77dm9xjajlfhnkgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2ewg0nw So apparently new-Starmer Burnhams response to farmers problems that there is a massive drought, that we are in water crisis was ....<br/><br/>T|hey will look into ways of helping them be more resilient.<br/><br/>Not &#34;we will address the climate disaster&#34;. Or &#34;We will sort out the water companies&#34;. Or even &#34;We will stop the data centres that are drinking all of the water&#34;. All of which would make a huge difference.<br/><br/>But - I presume - they will allow them to be freed from some restrictions, or I presume that is what he means.<br/><br/>Not doing anything about it. Just saying nice words.<br/><br/>Bastard. 2026-07-30T15:03:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmrf93z5u6rtvngjgkhwtxmzlf6l8fkszg65usu9xxa36plw7qmqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u22vtrzl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8grnae8uk44u78xet24s2jwh9jfn9fx6na2tgjsphe39kttl00rgdm997x'>nevent1q…997x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It just strikes me that if the White House manipulates the stock market, the market will lose any respect. Companies will stop investing, if the value is not just based on how well the market or the specific company does, but on the whims on the President, they cannot have any way of financial planning.<br/><br/>I mean, I suspect this is already happening, but the more they scam the markets, the more investors will withdraw.<br/><br/>And probably invest in China instead. 2026-05-16T09:37:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hgxcy4spp433dw6sm7lf28u7ug0ydlaem35cqdus3adclw9kvaqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2rzhj0y I am getting heartily sick of the neediness of business. &#34;Please give us feedback&#34;. &#34;Tell us how we did&#34;.<br/><br/>I have no idea how good this product I bought a week ago is - it will take a month or more to know. <br/><br/>If my vets visit was not acceptable, I would have said at the time. Not in an anonymous questionnaire later.<br/><br/>I am not constantly recommending things to my friends. They are not constantly asking. If they ask, I will tell them the truth. But there are probably a lot of variables to account for.<br/><br/>You will know if I was satisfied if and when there is a repeat order. The end. 2026-05-06T14:36:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq33lwd3yr0e0jf944pevyddnl6p6q2huz0nfr08glqlrgzl3nelszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u274v2em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ygg2r87crfsls8hz2xpqczmhrqvmlk7vheamkc22rcvkzng22mcjftaff'>nevent1q…taff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed - an instance that is not going beyond &#34;Is it legal&#34; is not really doing their job. 2026-02-25T09:31:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnur5jwj4cwxzpn322z87xmqtk23f2gdf0demk2txs3sk04ypf5qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2zzh6l2 Why is it that nobody seems to be listening to the fact that TRUMP RAPED CHILDREN.<br/><br/>That should be the end of him. We all know he did. He knows he did. He should pay the penalty for it. 2026-01-04T17:56:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhwm38t7gaztrjgmgvlrg9h5nczvt0ctfv375df7qdpnh7ru9ywgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2rge7hq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9llk4swxr0cdkmfcv66q20ujmx0hyhtcyg75zj7urahu97gczjcqy4dnlz'>nevent1q…dnlz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, but I will see if I can find this. 2025-11-23T22:29:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2wm2t3gjkakrgmwfmrvhuwmjzel9xrmqwactjwp5kytqp97q8negzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23rw7fe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvw23rsf0xzrncuv2c3afu5vu8lt76kmrv3w5dua2cvwq5wfc4yygxgl87r'>nevent1q…l87r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In fairness, though, it is too long for what I was listening to. The others are short pieces (ok 10 minutes for Barber). Not a whole symphony. 2025-11-23T19:00:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdjj8g3k94g5uhhxj470df3mvlt7szdn6ydz3vp8y22f6xclynrgszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2f2q4up In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfl7m4wtjcue8lz86a4f6rq2zfzglgv2w8vsxl0f55namtv9ljurs2k6036'>nevent1q…6036</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, I know there are many other claimants. These were the ones I know, as someone who really doesn&#39;t know classical music. I will look into this too. 2025-11-23T18:58:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4c2pkdgqqrfwra55n6lx73el4csp93awxfj5en32fjlnv996rjszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2q68f0u Most beautiful and poignant piece of classical music: 2025-11-23T18:07:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7zx4ngtt6yhy5de09lefdh39t0rxaqtwwctr4kpyr22zg30vhxqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2235w44 When you have Alzheimers, you learn something new every day. 2025-11-21T12:34:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0xkx3pzsundg0ggc9h0l6ln982djjrrqjxpd3x9mmrlydfh7r2czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2hz3g6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp84l0g4gaenauhtec2k92pr086lln7xxxhad25tkllecq9h9adsct7ut29'>nevent1q…ut29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah yeah - sorry. I meant I don&#39;t worry specifically about things made in my country thing. I don&#39;t really bother where my things come from - I know most are made outside the UK. I don&#39;t think - for us - there is a major premium for produced in the UK products as much as there are for some other countries. 2025-11-12T12:55:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr0f253rumh5m80w5wmwfdd56z0f3ue2w97mnu30nk4e2sydpxpggzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23kysey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jcgn6qq83ttn3sc29gxd30vwp4v3ks3p5vn8vvkuf7udwwmdz6q2smpan'>nevent1q…mpan</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Personally, I don&#39;t worry about this, but I get your point. I don&#39;t mind &#34;Made in China&#34; things. I do mind &#34;Made very cheaply in China&#34; things.<br/><br/>The fact that I may be paying well over the odds is beside the point for me. I don&#39;t want crap. 2025-11-12T12:49:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfnzgr9yt3zlv8rnysd97a76y20luhkmvwlswz6a8a2l4act79k0czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2gz72mg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrrenqhqa3amvh6m5dn5lzdq9cxcu903de27kaznk7x7twzx9j2sxrajew'>nevent1q…ajew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Undeliverable&#34; the excuse of every politician who sees a good idea but doesn&#39;t have the political will to implement it.<br/><br/>It is usually very deliverable. It just will mean making rich people unhappy. 2025-11-08T14:30:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgpd92y63wrvkx6029kjnfs7tdx89w5rwq8dc0zqf3w0f4mh66vsgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2d9trdg &#34;This one clever trick I learned from my Grandpa:<br/><br/>Kill. The Fucking. Nazis.&#34; 2025-10-30T19:27:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrpu7wjsp5cnl9sguev528u0mh8cgkajj468gtk262lmlfawk7jeqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2gag3ht I love how, in TV dramas, people can open someone elses computer and immediately find the files that they need - the pictures or the videos that are pertinent to whatever has happened.<br/><br/>Even I cannot find what I want on my own computer. 2025-10-25T11:28:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdcax3lk8frpctcv2q022e4c0q2y0vkwuxy56xwx8vs332tduyusszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2vrstgv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3kcj270q8edxkevs54rudkd4r2a9emejc25n7p2wpk33chlwg3gn283c8'>nevent1q…83c8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you are not - why not? The idea is brilliant, and Kate is an amazing speaker and enthusiast for sustainable economics.<br/><br/>(I have heard her twice. An incredible communicator.) 2025-10-17T13:59:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9v8jmqynhe3tvrc28p8ppzm8f2xknxywtn0ncgk62pd0tpwgp4lgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2x5umsh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6gz524dv8dvmkhq7a43jad85pvuk0slpwykgesemeff0xrkrd5qp9jyhq'>nevent1q…jyhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you use AI to spell the first option??? 2025-10-17T13:48:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzkwyv8wzwh8gqghmkrmlyux9t3tr39qv4s9gwd769x6u6pm3y6gzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u253g4n5 To all exiles from #BlueSky - welcome. This is a place of oddity, peculiarity, and lovely people.<br/><br/>It can take a little longer to find your place here, but you will, if you try. So welcome, and say hello. 2025-10-05T16:43:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszx5s552rymakhf00kyxu75yed7clejqytd4kh9naa38x35n3sluqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2p06fpv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszry2kxe3v9a5uhenjpdd62dx6jg4jeutfly0h3n6eqnkcvrzc8sc0dwwnk'>nevent1q…wwnk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SUrely the invisible hand of the market will handle this? 2025-09-29T10:43:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0ens7r2zuw5ja5pgrjzekg83l0wn87h3kncddztns7k4ppkx6dczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2spsjnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0z5ghkk0mz8u0fvsee7me7cy70wjknr587ezxhhn9md507k8krecavdeph'>nevent1q…deph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are they going to build large numbers of affordable housing? No. It will be middle-class housing at middle-class prices, which is not what is needed at all.<br/><br/>It is seeking to solve a problem by giving money to the already wealthy. That is not an answer. 2025-09-28T10:03:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfhesh3j0cd8ac7p0wjrzws4ss9rc7hvel04uq8skkqshc0v6qzxqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u292q8xy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhqev27wj4kn5zerlk44yzm9ag9f4wupmwtddcjarqgpsmwr8zlsy0ddz5'>nevent1q…ddz5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had hoped that Jeremy could bring his many years of experience as a politician to bear, with the life and vitality of Zarah. To build something for the future. But it is seeming not, sadly.<br/><br/>Corbyn is a man of great ideas, but not a leader. He needs to be an ideas man behind a strong and charismatic leader. There might be a chance of rescuing this.<br/><br/>I hope so, because I am not sure what other hope we have. 2025-09-21T17:55:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjx6mn09enphaj48ug7742yl6ydst7k8ud0an3eaccfzred3f8wqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2q2hw0k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy0xezacnzdhlw0zpvp03s962hnyzl735syhnc4fls2y8edc9hzq97f903'>nevent1q…f903</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wymondham? There are two places with this name. And they are both pronounced differently. 2025-09-21T11:01:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr9efhyz5y03tqd0ken7vxkqm9edul4aj964u9n4n8jk0are655mczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2r0z75e So I have just finished reading this : <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Listen-Land-Speak-Journey-beneath/dp/0717192598">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Listen-Land-Speak-Journey-beneath/dp/0717192598</a><br/><br/>At the end he talks about the Potato Famine - from an Irish perspective. As someone who has survivors guilt because his family survived it.<br/><br/>But it wasn&#39;t famine. It was genoslaughter (as he terms it). The ENGLISH land owners sold the food because they could make more money than by feeding people.<br/><br/>1000s died. Whole families, communities were destroyed. Bodied were in mass graves. Because of English greed.<br/><br/>An entire nation traumatised. And this was less than 200 years ago - still within the cultural memory.<br/><br/>No wonder we want to pretend it was the potatoes fault.<br/><br/>1/2 2025-09-11T08:02:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyfqtz7g4j47vd9al6t33azz9gtuksz3ncuvly7ru0rq8xgk7almgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u245avap Just an interesting insight - my son works for a police force (civilian side). His forces (there are three who work together) are suffering from cash problems and are making cuts.<br/><br/>And yet another force - the Met, not far from us - is spending so much of their resources on arresting pensioners and peaceful demonstrators.<br/><br/>If there is not enough resources, maybe reducing the time and amount spent on doing stupid and useless stuff. 2025-09-10T19:55:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg4uedvuesq5weumvuypsz6n9nskgpws0gws0xkdfxlyd3vwapapgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2e85cq4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsws8rr0ypqj96j5wgjeykuxaazkudwmgyedw6at8sv3qqw5u0rjtqz3fu5m'>nevent1q…fu5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the few books I gave up. 2025-09-05T10:00:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrqerfvaxygehalaqrqevsquxumfqs58st3rhvwzzuqla73tnkn7czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2qka9sa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwpj6n8jnhjk3y5nvh3qy9zu44wc2aamce8wd4luncwa7wuxchcqdhepdx'>nevent1q…epdx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is difficult to quantify. And the nature of the books does make a difference.<br/><br/>I put Avid, because I probably do manage 20 books a year. Some of them are short and some are simple. But others are a couple of weeks reading.<br/><br/>And if I were to re-read War and Peace, that would be another 2 months. If I re-read Alice - as I will soon - that is 3-4 days (I read for 40 minutes or so at night mainly).<br/><br/>But I love reading. So Avid seems to fit me. 2025-09-05T09:16:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgpw0s5rkgmvajw4xq2adk7gjhkrjgk606j09hh69eqg2ajz5gx5szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2vhkq4q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8mz3h4sekxh6sr0jkqwwjk4axydvs969weedx2y2sc47cg4t2w3c7n43tq'>nevent1q…43tq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is one of my bugbears that society is so dismissive of worn clothing. We should be able to wear it if we like it. We should be able to wear clothes with holes in if they make us feel good.<br/><br/>It is wrong that the only rips allowed are designer rips. 2025-09-01T07:58:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfurachnx2cv6cep30kv0vgm9dgqgsu04cppepmruhypd8l66zdfczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2f9ccvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxuntyhdr4fn8sl84t3r2d6g7tys5ctrwpyp27hd2e7ru4usuw3fcv72tsu'>nevent1q…2tsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, and I don&#39;t specifically disagree with targetting it. It is not about cultural &#34;understanding&#34; - I am not saying it is acceptable because it is culturally based.<br/><br/>It is that to target this, is to target certain cultures. It is to make &#34;honour killing&#34; something special, and something different from other cultures ways of forcing conformity.<br/><br/>Killing is already illegal. 2025-08-26T08:27:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy0lknmgmteerxgr8kffvzfdf9j9ky3ysvklg7tvqjjq3vxkuaqsszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23tnhl7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nefyg67c8cc5gyw87a2wlzpef7lqsxr3vlfpcjyxyy3cddg8p0qvuk8dv'>nevent1q…k8dv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I heard about that this morning, and - while I do think honour killing is terrible and needs to be stopped - it feels very - racist. Unless it will also be applied to &#34;Christian&#34; families who abuse their gay members. Cut them off.<br/><br/>OK, they rarely kill them as such. They usually pick on other gay people to beat up. But the principle is the same.<br/><br/>It is all religious bigotry. 2025-08-26T08:06:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfc603knwejvpcw70q3nc66lfcf8r3v6e7gapgprzj7j4k8ktqw4czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2u5gee8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspq94xtc9kvv9zy4f68dsfuu2q9efwd8zukc880aklzu29tlz0u9cny9ltg'>nevent1q…9ltg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the idea of helping people who have been in social housing for a long time to buy a property is good - and the properly often has to be the one the person has lived in.<br/><br/>But - and I think this is important - the way it was implemented was utterly wrong. It should have been done so the government pays the whole property price to the council, which should have been required to be spent on new social housing.<br/><br/>It was actually done deliberately to destroy the social housing provision. 2025-08-20T20:41:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9w6lq58uehqstwfgd5dnltgdu9yvamt4wql0c84dlqxzwlc7rm8szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2mapqsq Just watching something on the Lost Gardens of Helligan.<br/><br/>Someone who was early in finding the hiddne gardens says they found a greenhouse with scissors hanging on a nail - untouched for 50 years. And there were so many others around once he knew to look for them.<br/><br/>The gardeners had mostly gone off to the war in 1941. And most did not return.<br/><br/>A really poignant reminder of what is lost in war. Of what is destroyed by the greed of nations. 2025-08-15T15:28:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9re0w7agaukwy33ymxdd24k3hj52d6tk3cm05q2v0fer4klyj3wczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2tcqj8v I grew up in the midlands, the industrial heartlands. My dad was an engineer - skilled manual work.<br/><br/>And what companies did around there in the 1970s-80s was deskill a lot of jobs (eventually including my dads). They got machines that could do them and cheap labour to help the machines.<br/><br/>They designed away the skilled work.<br/><br/>And so people took the work there was for significantly lower wages. This included immigrants, who were always prepared to work for semi-slave wages.<br/><br/>Then they sent the work overseas.<br/><br/>The reason there are no jobs is simple: capitalism. Not immigrants. 2025-08-15T08:28:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszaqh6hknzq5jfjmrtumu3u4j8mn502eqwqycax0gluyqszfzq6jgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u29w49pt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqaw6ta9vejfppt8ssndraxrn8kn3phmq34tzr29rajwd8hnkv9wg56984a'>nevent1q…984a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Polo shirts are good. These days, I have my look - jeans and rugby shirt or shorts and t-shirt. 2025-08-07T11:39:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8vv82regjrqj2u9yf30la8etcx8m0cw7lx44jgnvuhvrtcwyj7czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2szhsnu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggkchj50dfw7phclnse5kl7lqu5e0y00zwafptuhp7t3kthjdqwcqpfr5k'>nevent1q…fr5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really don&#39;t know on this. I hated wearing uniform at school - but we all had to, so it sort of leveled people. But the cost was quite significant (we were not wealthy, but also, not poor. So we managed it for all 3 of us).<br/><br/>But OTOH, I didn&#39;t have much to wear other than uniform. I was a very introvert kid (you would never believe it now, would you). And I never really had a social life outside school. So I have clothes to wear, but I did actually - secretly - like not having to make decisions about what to wear.<br/><br/>I think my parents would have appreciated it if I could have worn jeans, as they might last longer than the uniform trousers. 2025-08-07T11:06:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs87aqe252dumrlfxmsgwcutqhugc0r07zh7sz39syaa2x0aue59qczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2xz6shx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ldf2a45havyczcnux6pszx63zmvlnjp0lph9ul05urq5dzfx30skwkv8p'>nevent1q…kv8p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Be grateful. You probably have encountered them, and they are fucking insane. Basically rampant capitalists who don&#39;t want to pay any tax, or support any form of government.<br/><br/>And they don&#39;t see the contradictions, because they are stupid.<br/><br/>In answer to the OP - yes anarchism - as a whole or part of a description is absolutely genuine, but you need to understand precisely what they believe. I call myself an anarchist/socialist, which is really about anti-authoritarian socialism.<br/><br/>Obviously, some people just use it as a posh way of saying &#34;thug&#34;. 2025-07-30T20:21:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdwek88er6stwp4cl9mu22urz0kegettexlk6crcm6pscr37x3dqczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23lwndg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p4vk7ye34m60eeq5qy9rxemwnsgmtnfpr8ejqlddjecg5uf22eqexumtg'>nevent1q…umtg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So - and I get this - those protesting immigrants have legitimate concerns about the way this country is being run. All that you say is legitimate.<br/><br/>And yet Palestine Action do not have legitimate concerns about the treatment of Palestinians? Are they not legitimate too? 2025-07-27T10:26:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxf5jkda2fp3j6cl90v50gneu2cn3ahtjk99wk7yjhecxex4tqq3qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2g6upxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyat3ssxn4phr3vvde5erpqwl2ghfqp07axht3kmth62ckrds9mnqly28z2'>nevent1q…28z2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The only thing he considers &#34;first rate&#34; is any media who licks his arse and panders to his crazed ego.<br/><br/>So being called fourth-rate by such an egotist means it is worth watching. 2025-07-26T20:07:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstxy47ey3xxnlxvd0c283j03pf6nq3nkkr4jzl0srt3r3254cnflqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2vxzcqw Watching Unforgivable - a BBC drama from this week.<br/><br/>It is incredibly hard-hitting, dark, and honest about child sexual abuse.<br/><br/>With a stellar cast, which doesn&#39;t always make a difference. But this is a brilliant drama. I mean, not easy. Not even a little bit.<br/><br/>But wow. Superbly done. Do not even consider it if you might be triggered, because it really doesn&#39;t pull any punches. 2025-07-25T20:48:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxhplnz7qpw7e48l8ee2d9lztmlykmvl4yfzxpas9y9lpqqxtce5gzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2k6dr2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83askxg4jnhy9ajfu5yjk3f5aw58gw7qv8h5fn9n0vr7zkjhek2gd39duy'>nevent1q…9duy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I take a different view - that most of the rich have inherited money, or family wealth or at least security. Meaning they can mess up a few times and it is not a big deal.<br/><br/>That is the &#34;luck&#34; they normally have - the ability to have lost a million on unsuccessful deals, and still be able to carry on.<br/><br/>I think the US and the UK are remarkably similar in this. 2025-07-12T09:56:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv8a9jdznwcx5jxu9x2uaj8gn87afzz6hxl9xgjnv0lxygumts3xgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2hwhp7t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxt20jzgpm3ecmta7zv4h4rehffgzq4rn5xx6tn2fuyp9kj5wfd6g233hmm'>nevent1q…3hmm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it can work when you get used to it. And when it is not used as a gimmick, but it becomes natural.<br/><br/>Cannot think of good examples at the moment. 2025-06-23T07:42:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrgq7z0l6hm33wdyphe4ksmc3gm39dfywm69eudj972js4rusy95czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2v00jy7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08we88ch8ltg5gah0lc3vtwg5qd0k06a88gtezqjqwv4vk84nasskkds5j'>nevent1q…ds5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it is difficult to read, but get why it can work. 2025-06-22T20:20:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05mau73net9jegywpx4sp2hw0879hc2gd6usz485pwcgz4v7skgszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u22fgx0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvvdmcgs7fgfdyj5sk4l6n5639wevkxtgvff3wpe8vsmw834svvcfp9p20'>nevent1q…9p20</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But, of course, they totally believe in the importance of family?<br/><br/>There is a level of hatred in some people (not all the home office, not all the people) that should be classified as unsuitable to work in any people-centred role.<br/><br/>They need treatment, not promotion. 2025-06-18T09:58:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmgdhcph53s22zqhzngtcm5knumfcyuv6aezv76payrrnylkuerczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2hyzn0a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98xnvhp46amlv5lnx5hr3d06lunar7e3w3fxk9768nqtvqdsv2zsztalzk'>nevent1q…alzk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not a hope. I am a reasonably fast reader and I wouldn&#39;t read so much in that time. I would probably get through 200 pages ish in that sort of total time - but I do tend to speed up as I get into a book.<br/><br/>So 336 pages would be a minimum of 10 hours, more like 12.<br/><br/>Also, you are totally a good enough reader. 2025-06-15T20:21:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvqkewlu8hvsm3wnqxmj5alezvrw9vx2fsptpgmyhjm8q58pasjfgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u20rclgx One thing this Musk/Trump is showing us is how ridiculous the utopia from Atlas Shrugged is. This is how it would actually be - all the entitled fuckwits constantly falling out and arguing and bitching. 2025-06-06T20:17:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhnmqrmyqt9qy909n30tq9vj6tmc0g3wnh070w9pxvtfcrcwd77qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2s7fjmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdwvx7j73nln2aahlsvxazxdg3zs66fugpucn26efnwvk4kvazlgpkapas'>nevent1q…apas</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, the first time in this set I have voted (the first time I have known the band/music) and you get it wrong.<br/><br/>*Sighs so deeply the sun goes in.* 2025-05-31T13:54:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspu2a6dhsy3qq9a9auq5htxpkq3pgfaa5cflsqqz737y4j4hxz0ygzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2dkp0uv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ee9utdde083d5p39tucu2ac8xc2udvhhweef5yda5c7d7qtqzscaeehdg'>nevent1q…ehdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the divisions, the stranger-ness that people do see - and you see this played on by Reform especially, but other parties as well - is actually this divide from the establishment.<br/><br/>So the establishment has to re-focus it elsewhere.<br/><br/>(and I wasn&#39;t trying to dismiss what you were saying, just building on it, and trying to understand where this comes form.) 2025-05-24T14:56:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8wqn3zszesrzucnqe0jx95t6r52w3ggmmd6zzv5yxt800ndndpczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2cn8vdy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdllnnsqzahykj3twdwy89ag3fw46xhegg3rpeahvw40wslzd5fghn3ax6'>nevent1q…3ax6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we are becoming an island ruled by strangers. That the real strangers are those in power, those in charge.<br/><br/>But most people not in power are not strangers - maybe not all friends, but all together. 2025-05-24T10:26:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstqf32fcvs93vxrscrrmjhmqp0dz84jmw6ymw0tk92687w9u8vyqczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2568sp2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkuegtk7c59l7dqfzkspcsf6uytjz25rnrxkeszplhnkdwseevug967gcu'>nevent1q…7gcu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So they openly acknowledge that his drivel is unpublishable, but still accept than he can stay as President?<br/><br/>That someone who is this unhinged can still be in charge of the country (to the minimal extent that he is). 2025-05-18T10:57:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs86xjpzf7s8haf7ehkujlktyray9nd0tatq9he34m86vx04q6yw7szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u25g8khn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszup80c289cxkey3u4rk3sd5wusykqncuhw75yc9uwmddzenyh5kq7sttm9'>nevent1q…ttm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I joined the Greens decades ago - for a lot of reasons, but because they (we) do not focus policies around financial approaches, as Labour and Tories do.<br/><br/>But it is about a focus on the world, on the environment, on how we can keep our planet running. Not how we can keep our financial systems running. As you say, it is a vote for the planet.<br/><br/>OK, we are socialist in terms of so many policies. But there is still a focus on how we can exist on this planet. that is a different focus, and one I can support. 2025-05-17T09:14:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxw7atpkajt27tp9695a43ksqf2ccn29j5ppjzehreaxpr9a7mpvszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2s8yzme In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp43kna3auf96mz4v3579s8xu632c2px0qf5y3m9r95py2ry7nudcm78ay5'>nevent1q…8ay5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thing is, he is weak against other people who are either strong or at least shouty.<br/><br/>It was Chamberlains problems of appeasement. And it didn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>Not that it is purely Starmer - we haven&#39;t had a proper strong PM for many many years. 2025-05-10T17:01:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqe9xqskpz2xk2nvags9z4ar56j545xspx5ttdm3kem2zjp6tsjgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23nmjve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn3hlr4at8v7y0swqr26fw3kenaxsvlvrrvyyfqlp2gp7drzzhzqhr6hyf'>nevent1q…6hyf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am not entirely with you - I think the elves are really important parts of the story.<br/><br/>But they tend to be arrogant and entitled. I am not sure they are intended to be &#34;liked&#34;, but are intended to be &#34;respected&#34;. 2025-05-10T10:27:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vrm0y3lxw5lsj3tsvw7dyhf25d8d9w40tgmx09uv7fm63u96ptqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2u48k8k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7el5uv80sp242putvh3zfw8a7emdszswn7f43ry8lp5plt77xjqq05y2s'>nevent1q…5y2s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What strikes me is that, because it is not caused by an industry or market having problems, it is caused by self-inflicted damage to the trade routes, it will not just be a gentle recession, or a mild one - it will be incredibly harsh and deep.<br/><br/>And it will continue to deepen, as the whole supply line dries up, from more and more places.<br/><br/>And it will take years to recover. Not least because Trump has destroyed all trust in the US. 2025-04-28T21:07:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspz952gjm9mpt8wjlynd5cmpvn5f68qjyz2dm2mdn37r8f6teyvkqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2w83x5r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7yqhx6y2sz54tpppe0amhwjfax0ef4l2346xcx0t8wacd6ehvkgh8pxxw'>nevent1q…pxxw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Prompted by you, of course, pointing out that winning is not the sole aim.<br/><br/>That binary Win or Lose is the trick of the main parties - they are all doing the &#34;xxx can&#39;t win here, so vote for us instead&#34; shtick. Because for them it is all about win or nothing. 2025-04-27T15:11:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv262vgn678atsyarxzd2z9ew7gxkfk4q7upusdszf5t3lm6s4nzczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2l7ham2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs867lcy5sa242t0ana9v6xhv9m5sm336vn0j9s46ly48sjgwr035s4afz67'>nevent1q…fz67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Doesn&#39;t matter if they are not 100% right. No party is.<br/><br/>The Greens have the only right direction. And voting for them tells everyone that the move to the right is not wanted.<br/><br/>Politics is a dirty horrible business. Supporting a party or candidate that you have 50% agreement with is better than allowing the ones you really don&#39;t want have a say. 2025-04-27T14:17:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlgy39zk0w30lxelexajk69s3wx5uyuz4mlug2wy63yx4v309tsszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2fha3lu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs052q3zea3z2p3raujeehfpxld4dcemetm0l787a2h2w3t74vu53q4038rt'>nevent1q…38rt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t sell through Amazon at all - only on Lulu. Which is a pain, but I am not supporting that monster. 2025-04-21T15:10:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2se5zvfsat46mym952tdc57vr85snjlye64u73yz7ehq0lqymsgszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u25l2lxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j245yv53n8vnj7q82jfsnuv8rk5p732pdlhjxgneh2klfy0exeszazckj'>nevent1q…zckj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! Hope you enjoy. 2025-04-21T11:11:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswlakl236vp72d7nltcy7zqj38x4f30fcre3dte2w4zl33jl798sszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23rvr6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmrq6atfltuv87682myq5qysxqgmrvxaepmsq2ql9e3pgux30vacd6ljlr'>nevent1q…ljlr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You clearly need my books (see my pinned toot). Real world magic. Ordinary people. lots of cynicism and humour. 2025-04-21T10:45:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs02ugt8g6prlh0sfl48afucefyewz0qwpvqfc9wap483u5twjsmjgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2xce8sn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqqjm4jvyeyth5jynj4facllykpqa9uyu4vzwvfle0kcuqajhjsq8guap5'>nevent1q…uap5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But were there any zombies? 2025-04-19T19:15:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstemt0vxrutl8pa2fuulr4eswn85tmws0p2cezre39wm3xdn8e87szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u272na5y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswu2l6t0fdj0zq3fprwpvl38majnka6a3sqqvhduse52eqadln9yspu2eme'>nevent1q…2eme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have read stuff that is just poorly written. I would probably just ignore that and move on.<br/><br/>But I think books that are not working for me, books that are OK, but not my cup of tea at a specific time I am reading them - well, I might explain why they didn&#39;t hit the mark for me, so others can decide.<br/><br/>And I might have a rant if something is trite and totally un-novel. Because usually there are better examples for people to read.<br/><br/>But it is like music (or other creative exploits). I will discuss something, explain my personal reaction, without suggesting that my reaction is universal.<br/><br/>Unless it is completely crap music or books 2025-04-08T08:07:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8zd9vprdxawwvw0smg5wzdgstvvm56czupjzfaxs3wutkxpd2mqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2zrtwpg Oh no, of course politicians are not out of touch:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkngrv14myo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkngrv14myo</a> 2025-03-27T10:33:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpzfgeevy0e9ve8ylfylzedsd7unr269ulkp8rq0hlq8e2760ukqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2jgtxk6 Good on Zelensky walking out. But then he knows about dealing with untrustworthy dictators.<br/><br/>And all decent people are behind him and against Putin. 2025-02-28T21:24:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0j3tpw4puh7mse86ugevmtdun4v84tc9yk6awzeeuygws9f7mkxszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u28gpnyg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn5h8crdd8xrymvqj783pnuwluhrsnwwr77akhu663qt87pjzy2gpwvt36'>nevent1q…vt36</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it is really improtant that these names are made public.<br/><br/>So they can be held to account when the reckoning comes.<br/><br/>And it will come. 2025-02-12T11:55:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswz85532sqj2hywt2uh5dxhpfw5kwwq3enn2t6qtcejgfqevj3sfgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2y6qz6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtareeht7ymyx9cfwe4thdsj5te7w0d0w7xff3ejvyx2wxpz696qtcul3g'>nevent1q…ul3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always resisted, but a few years ago, my companies rewards scheme enabled me to get a kindle for nothing, so I did. I love it.<br/><br/>Yes, I wish it was not an Amazon product, but I do try to get non-kindle books (as epub instead). 2025-01-31T21:10:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf3jd20haa6v48twa0vp63y7m8vjsnrpcstmcn9fhrj3h7u6rlu5szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2y6kh9v I am reading about Cognative Dissonance at the moment. From a psychological perspective.<br/><br/>What strikes me, and I cannot yet express it in simple terms, is that this is very relevant to the Trump election.<br/><br/>What it is saying clearly is that if your actions and your beliefs/ideas do not match, we tend to change our beliefs and ideas, rather than accept that our actions were wrong. And we do this without realising it or thinking about it. 2025-01-30T22:09:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsre0edplh2gtk2gajmdmggz5xpsqaleufq4md2uv63kg4vqj2fd6qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2h9er2v Aparently, on an android phone, if you tell Gemini to &#34;Fuck right off and take any other fucking AI off my fucking phone you pointelss piece of shit&#34; it doesn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>And some of you have now tried it just to see, haven&#39;t you? 2025-01-29T14:58:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0snc2hmwcptg7skf68x2aj7fw3wn0u3lex0dus9hfe02xmummhqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2dmsxr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspns6wsft2uj46pauke5e26cnuayex922dwktqujuuamxyazng3sqgyk0nt'>nevent1q…k0nt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The point is that it has all of the problems of any other LLM system.<br/><br/>But it totally exposes the real reason behind all of the AI hype - to raise money. That is all it ever has been. 2025-01-27T22:09:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcumd2xcqwfhnzwer2wch33njn3mzs4zc7kujave896df544gxgqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2ntjkkl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztlqsau0jcaddg76kekx98l0y6dns67rmx8lnjfuzwkqn8psqymgkf4p28'>nevent1q…4p28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The terminology is confusing, not least becuase it is often cross-used (including by me).<br/><br/>AI models of various sorts would be needed for diagnosis. But they are all, in truth, models utilising large daabases of information to make appropriate (or otherwise) matches.<br/><br/>SO the concept does apply. They are not actually &#34;intelligent&#34; in any real sense. 2025-01-14T15:24:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxm5p6w0h8t38n6v02wu5htz08xwf8p7pdpzssl63hvg7yqz5vuuqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2vjd807 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn6s7zt599x83tw7p0adnrt9k3mf0x5njaqlgadjqfcst7xeu9qg4h8vh7'>nevent1q…8vh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the UK at least - where this discussion started - there is quite enough pressure on the NHS.<br/><br/>All I am saying is that LLMs will not help the actual real problems that are currently being faced. the money that is being spent on these should go to front line services instead, and THAT would improve outcomes. 2025-01-14T14:50:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprpwgaafhzsyh746plaq69qck83sg37gf2ku4smhhqeu4yqkt40qzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2jg45x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgpguv5danzwsne4x8hyk07xldjy2gawpepyx7w69td5z5ps37txce4u4t6'>nevent1q…u4t6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am not saying it is a problem. I am saying including LLM assessment will not help with reducing clinical costs. In fact, it will do quite the opposite. 2025-01-14T14:41:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvacn7f9u6auumhuuqdjh7dwj69kehvhpt73x2mhz02j94gm20x0czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u22uds2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8k6v7pmdw4z2kasyeeta3hysv2gpnzvv7y86l52hluplyvsdy34cazlaea'>nevent1q…laea</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem is, an LLM could, say, identify some tumours from x-rays better than a person.<br/><br/>But that just means there will be more people needing treatment. So the pressure on the services will increase. Costing more money.<br/><br/>The only way it would reduce costs is if this medical data was used to deny people coverage for insurance (health or life). 2025-01-14T14:33:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2vq67qazx2xudpawvejv75939vn0673jr3qw98dfgdve3jd2faqqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2fuhedw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3jqqsqmayw9str5sw6pqvw8yrfgjp8meuqwq7kas5etqj53jjfgmszy7p'>nevent1q…zy7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting - in the UK, it was a fairly common thing for families to do, so for us, it may just be a more traditional family. 2024-12-28T11:35:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84d8g6vlpntqsy9yrhvhv6slv90th974a9qcga6fek2s09fkrcvgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2pfgeju In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ueqwsuu8jatltux5xjgwnkq3ykwtt73wvv4n8cwl0zphx3t0nns9er9y5'>nevent1q…r9y5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The kind that we come to expect.<br/><br/>It means nothing. 2024-12-05T14:49:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspk3acpgt7ac7gmdfzvuy487rg0nac6tp8p8u02sg88dd38arjvhgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2n8f2j4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlqew7n3h3xmcrv6rpg4fxheu8sc09uu9fd99xrmg35ktwjeurqsee4g28'>nevent1q…4g28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perfectly. 2024-12-03T20:20:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2urjhz7kj2g7x99sn7nr2vy0x8jpy6um7rvnd2hc28vser9r6hmgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2xp8thp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphmxwac9687402vzvlfhj2rut8lzcmx53suk8m56mrx27zm7vjqcscfdgc'>nevent1q…fdgc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is a tricky one, because for smaller parties, if they can attract one or two larger donations - of the 100K level - it can make a huge difference.<br/><br/>I do think they should only be allowed to take donations from UK residents. And that means where the money originates in the UK - so a donation form a UK company that happens to be the same as a donation made to that company form abroad not allowed.<br/><br/>I totally agree that they should be very strongly policed. <br/><br/>But there is a bigger question of the whole role that money is playing in our politics. We need to get it out, but that is not going to happen. 2024-12-03T11:54:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgajhxlv0wyjqu0apwss727sv7k73nr6lyezfjfxc86fx5jl8nmeczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u29flykw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhlnpq4e5sxj9r7v258j0v4v8ur0jpdeuwl0p09phvk7zr56qcucr3fgxq'>nevent1q…fgxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Strictly, objects are only really classified as UFOs, not identified. 2024-11-23T15:26:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy4vxp7p3dszdsngqwc3ccdtg87zy2fw450ge3qacpy43d8l4xwvqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u26qdcnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsta6y4njutnj36y5e2lkekk8f5fwmcvndx75xad8y0ljglvgcmejqr3333s'>nevent1q…333s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Was it a c-list celebrity? They seem to do al lth eturning on of lights these days. 2024-11-10T17:12:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxjnsjwptjrfhf30x808y4dlrtt8gklajq8qp09tsgcph2jpfdddgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2angfsc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve0nqvdss92ful3h27t32ta3wlncne22kcqlvnn43h3vfqmmr6agg8dqcx'>nevent1q…dqcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, well, I had better die with my asbestos clothing then. 2024-11-06T20:13:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0fydtfsmf70zg5uus4ja7p0ayuun0qmwvmepkann82yk9u6n0gqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u23x7cts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0esysx9gz92el74fkzfj950ppxenz06nxxc5rrzr6l0lc4jrmwtsgfk4wl'>nevent1q…k4wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We do have velux windows, so I might be OK.<br/><br/>But also, a divine being who is blocked by a roof does not have a lot of my respect. 2024-11-06T19:21:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsffhrhk639ye3vz2rj5nlahrlg3jpux6vfn3xmapz3sf44gfcczkczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2dv3vyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjj5hmct4g68l287wnyva6vlm9f5nhrms3ejadxjcqzwp5uw3edgdakfw3'>nevent1q…kfw3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hang on, he is to rule for &#34;time, times and half a time&#34;. Maybe he has had time. So it might be less.<br/><br/>He should be doing time, of course. 2024-11-06T19:18:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfgzwa3jsp0jv6e6575cezcuq3udsgl56m38s94n4h0amdc3defvszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u25gftz9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrq4qhy8az7rdq9g3qnfvxq6mvu7vnd4lgzt2lgku25t3ym58xs9gt3uwtv'>nevent1q…uwtv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We can always hope the next season has to be cut short.<br/><br/>Like Good Omens. 2024-11-06T19:12:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkvdy7tjvwl48n7qwvh0j3mwvu926w8hueaadc0enzrded7d557czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2pczxhn #AhooDaryaei - the woman who protested in Iran and may have been executed - is a rock star.<br/><br/>Her incredibly brave stand - which she must have known would not be tolerated - makes a point. Iran is an oppresive, abusive, regime. Who should be opposed.<br/><br/>I long for a free world. Where no nation oppresses its people.<br/><br/>[ETA - I had heard that she had been executed, but also cannot substantiate this, so have updated my post] 2024-11-03T18:30:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq95ap77paulyuy4v90mt3elggq98mlye6qae93s0e2kd84ycqhuqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2wals4a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkyvzkz5qx9k9nu0zyq257g6r550zr8npy0tw60rnjnklnqum2jq4s33v7'>nevent1q…33v7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf.<br/>Since I Left You - Avalanches. 2024-11-03T12:21:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkkycwgmu3657n5clecsc3ey6ekcytvkunfjtfq9eej5r4fmj0tqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2luurjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvue9ndcler770vuksw4h7ecraq3k4w5gpsnrz0k8wyqq5r8k2gmqds7p4c'>nevent1q…7p4c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hancock was a little before my time. And he was always - sad. Given what happened, I think that was showing in his work.<br/><br/>The Goodies were always my favourite from those years. 2024-10-14T20:22:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2y83smv0yyuhlpskf8h5m4u2q34ny643urzq0ar0y8cq0wkryctczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u239asdu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc30240nw23y4m5h23pgzar7nc3c5cl4m3a3mmvqllw50ucsx39snadvca'>nevent1q…dvca</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I should also point out that some of the other mensans, who all have high IQ results, are absolute pricks. I would far rather spend my time with you lot. 2024-10-09T18:27:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfc30240nw23y4m5h23pgzar7nc3c5cl4m3a3mmvqllw50ucsx39szyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u22h6hsm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qkktjlf7rj854v4wgfewkndgnu8yzvy5zpnk0n7cjhn0az5udpcc02m9t'>nevent1q…2m9t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I took one many years ago and it showed I was (and still am) a genius. As I knew.<br/><br/>Yes I am a Mensan.<br/><br/>BUT also, they are a specific type of test that gives you a score compared to others similar to yourself. They are about how you process information and how you solve problems. So they can be useful.<br/><br/>But they are not an indication of how clever you are. Also, you are not an idiot. I know that from your postings.<br/><br/>I strongly suspect that most people I interact with will come up with a figure that is in the 90-120 range - i.e. most of you are broadly normal intelligence. 2024-10-09T18:24:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd23lmauyz9jt2gjevkwxptcgll20nu8yfaqz42e6q73s7h5axpdgzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u20ytc67 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyknl735y0exhd7t5kqfa57g0at50dfufypjwxsu5keqeqelg2c5gscxdj6'>nevent1q…xdj6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is what I was going to say. They are both expressions of the same hate-filled belief. 2024-10-09T18:14:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0f6ekl9jv0akj7shw7kgdrkva0860gd8gx33nsmq4fz2lvx8hf8czyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2kvrp3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs7dqxz99w3g7k2gyz6t8hcp6xcre7w3463dd0hysymqg9j84d4qk76mvu'>nevent1q…6mvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. No private healthcare, no private schools. 2024-10-09T12:04:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw75qzmmlg0h3t20jd40rkmu2e6qppv705aq0dhpd6azrruzqxg0gzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2xzl53y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6dlny0gngmxpvl7spx2h6xz9rvzuv70c6mtpx7u0hczmnyeqakcvgd7fx'>nevent1q…d7fx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>She rocks. If you get a chance to see her, her talks are very visual and really engaging.<br/><br/>And yes, her ideas - doughnut economics - are so clever, and so important. Not because they are &#34;right&#34; but because they provide an alternative approach to economics. 2024-10-07T13:48:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspazwcqvdh5zx6xysqfs29uscujy5qne6m2j67zldcj9lh4e0zlaszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2pxm35v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2g2q0muw6jfcllcf229qd7dg4ezs8u6plp80rhz6sewywx4zaslgpfahhp'>nevent1q…ahhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The film (IIRC - it was a long time ago) was the same humour style as the series, but darker, as befitted a film that was never expected to be on TV.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think I liked the film. The theme music was brilliant though. It got to #1. Despite the incredibly dark lyrics. 2024-09-24T07:55:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf5c60f5tjqmcpt9an20573arzp8vlqkdjjcgev3v5zl9lzuyc5nczyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2r7u3p5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfzwqrccvc7l5f6mm7xs855jz3fjrrht0y7xepufw50zjxy0lglc2kgcgd'>nevent1q…gcgd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the rest of the troop showed how to deal with him. Just accept him as he is.<br/><br/>And they loved him partly beause he irritated the senior officers.<br/><br/>I am not sure I ever really saw him as a cross dresser. He was just someone who was rebelling. So many of them rebelled in their own ways. And that was important. 2024-09-23T14:13:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvtktm0sem2vexyga0dyr46jcgz7xmwathr4a3jv0daug70c9vqszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2xu3g7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0yaadljmgdteejk0q22jxmnhu3n50fj36c9mm7yyn7ug3wmxvlqfh4rwh'>nevent1q…4rwh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thing is, from what I recall, Klinger was neither mentally ill or a transvestite from the start. He came to enjoy the dressing up, the whole thing, and so probably was converted to it.<br/><br/>But he was never mentally ill. He was the sanest of them all. He did something that he thought would get him sent home. If it wasn&#39;t for Colonel Potter refusing to send him home because it was obviously a ploy (i.e. Klinger was never mentally ill), it would have worked.<br/><br/>ETA: I can&#39;t spell. Sorry. 2024-09-23T10:39:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrapht95wzl7d2ezswks5djew6nk2p0mqsxz6cvg8407zfkgp5ckqzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u260ngfz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgg6kkl4usd97an98qnyaqwe9vs8frhpfr7g84lk20f0qwc64x3uc0c9pmw'>nevent1q…9pmw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agree of course. And yet the political classes are still refusing to accept this. And so cannot fix some of this countries woes because they refuse to see the root problem.<br/><br/>It is like an A&amp;E doctor ignore a pulsating wound and wondering why the patients blood pressure is decreasing. 2024-09-17T07:47:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrhq3jl4mckg9e0nde20xcj9uqjzkxx8rynx9lvpc00w4j037dagzyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u22drllg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrsx69ma4ma3sku8jeumjx2l6qtsenzugmrsd692nqjeu6vqxznfsuaf34y'>nevent1q…f34y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think a lot of the &#34;deeper forces&#34; are also tory corruption - at a much deeper level. Not the politcial party - the ruling classes.<br/><br/>The class divides in the country have changed. And the divisions in our society - also racist divisions and wealth divisions - are rife and stoked always by those in power.<br/><br/>We need to sort it, or we will continue to collapse as a nation. 2024-09-07T09:20:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5ntywwhprlxnpsr24nvqpfp7c9fxr0ehxycelrqss5sjn7ynjdszyz6kgpe9kq5cknz7qqfv8pew7quu2a6d8hxashrlxa97gwmlk48u2zw7usa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyzp2h6mdj5f8dv24n8hn0mz84l5dy3uwz9c58jvzntj2h4vhezncs4mga2'>nevent1q…mga2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The West have decided that genocide is the better option.<br/><br/>QUite some turn around. 2024-08-11T16:34:13Z