Nostr notes by UkeleleEric

and the cat? :)

2026-10-24T13:19:07Z

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and the cat? :)

In the UK, most companies used to pay weekly. Many now do ...

2026-10-16T12:02:28Z

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In the UK, most companies used to pay weekly. Many now do monthly, but this tends to be higher-paid or office jobs, though there is a large variability. I have worked for a company that paid fortnightly (yes, British English has a word for it), and it was better in some ways than monthly, from an employee perspective - you were always paid on the same day of the week, and some months, you had 3 pay packets. My current job is paid weekly, which is fine by me.

there is nothing in international law that says that someone in ...

2026-10-13T09:10:18Z

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there is nothing in international law that says that someone in need of asylum should apply in the first 'safe' country they encounter. This is for several reasons: naturally, people do not feel 'safe' until they are FAR away from danger, also, it might not actually be safe for that person in that country, and there may be good reason (language ability, relatives or friends in the desired country, ease of returning home) why they wish to push on.

whereas, I still think 'superficial intelligence' or ...

2026-10-09T16:21:05Z

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whereas, I still think 'superficial intelligence' or 'artificial incompetence' are nearer the mark.

no, the fact that you have a death sentence at all is the ...

2026-10-09T06:04:04Z

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no, the fact that you have a death sentence at all is the barbaric thing. Livestreaming is not nice, but at least it will be reminding people what they allow the State to do to others.

And that picture shows the Fifth Beetle hiding in plain sight ...

2026-10-04T08:01:20Z

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And that picture shows the Fifth Beetle hiding in plain sight (parked on the left).

What you need to do is make the landlord aware that it is doing ...

2026-10-02T05:37:01Z

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What you need to do is make the landlord aware that it is doing this. State that you are concerned that information on his system may also be compromising HIS privacy and security, as well... Ask for a way that doesn't pass on this information. At the very least, the email address shouldn't be passed on

maybe he thinks AI is intelligent because he's using himself ...

2026-09-26T08:56:49Z

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maybe he thinks AI is intelligent because he's using himself as the baseline?

Also, the space used up per user is greater than almost any other ...

2026-09-13T21:06:36Z

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Also, the space used up per user is greater than almost any other pastime.

really needed a blonde top.

2026-08-26T10:49:15Z

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really needed a blonde top.

I suspect I am in the wrong country to be able to join in, but ...

2026-08-26T08:35:00Z

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I suspect I am in the wrong country to be able to join in, but you've given me an idea - wonder what people would think of a bearded guy posing as Dolly?

And that's exactly what you would say...

2026-08-20T07:37:15Z

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And that's exactly what you would say...

Now Where am I going to get my unbiased news? Al-Jazeera has ...

2026-08-05T06:59:34Z

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Now Where am I going to get my unbiased news? Al-Jazeera has joined the majority of 'news' sites...

you and me both...

2026-08-04T10:21:25Z

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you and me both...

No, we tried a society run by the rich using Christianity as an ...

2026-07-27T20:39:11Z

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No, we tried a society run by the rich using Christianity as an excuse and cover. The established church at the time at its highest levels was in cahoots with the other powerful people of the time, utilising certain interpretations of those parts of the Bible that they could to enforce it. There is a big difference. It went downhill when the Roman Empire established Christianity as an official religion. Originally, Christianity was a counter-culture.

Broken biscuits are diet biscuits - all the calories have escaped ...

2026-07-26T07:43:19Z

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Broken biscuits are diet biscuits - all the calories have escaped out of the break.

Ah, but that depends on the accuracy of your calculator.

2026-07-18T05:37:24Z

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Ah, but that depends on the accuracy of your calculator.

Yeah, there have been the occasional reports on 'electric bus ...

2026-07-14T05:34:50Z

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Yeah, there have been the occasional reports on 'electric bus fires' in the UK, despite the fact that diesel bus fires are 8 times more common, but only reported as 'bus fires'.

Probably explains the Book of Revelation...

2026-07-04T20:05:39Z

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Probably explains the Book of Revelation...

whilst this is better than loads of (probably ...

2026-06-27T08:06:51Z

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whilst this is better than loads of (probably electricity-guzzling) air conditioning systems, it will very slightly warm the river water, which will be returning to the river, potentially causing algae blooms at the outlets. More trees and better building design and amelioration will also be needed. But Paris seems to be ahead of London or other cities in the UK on this.

My wife says it was obviously dying for a long while, she can ...

2026-06-18T11:38:38Z

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My wife says it was obviously dying for a long while, she can remember a school trip when you could not only walk right up to it and climb it, and get inside the hollow trunk, but before they put in any of the many branch supports that held up the branches. Oaks that last beyond 1000 years are rare, and, at 1200, despite the myths, this one is too young for Robin Hood to have known it. As it rots in situ, it will continue to be part of the forest.

in that case, you should have found someone on the train to ...

2026-06-13T13:26:29Z

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in that case, you should have found someone on the train to pledge to for the remainder of the journey? 🤠

I wish the need rapidly goes away.

2026-06-11T14:18:13Z

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I wish the need rapidly goes away.

give it a year...

2026-05-30T12:49:13Z

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give it a year...

personal responsibility is at least part of the answer. Also, we ...

2026-05-29T07:51:57Z

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personal responsibility is at least part of the answer. Also, we need to know what we can do that has the greatest impact. So, for most of us, that's 'stop flying', as a bare minimum. Also the idea of using every item you own UNTIL it is worn or breaks, then the following order applies: if possible, REPAIR. We need to also REDUCE what we buy and have, RE-USE things, and then, if we can't do those, RECYCLE, and also REFUSE to accept things, where possible, that don't allow those options.

would also help to know how many assisted living places there are ...

2026-05-24T07:46:07Z

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would also help to know how many assisted living places there are for people of that age - many who can't be released from hospital to their own homes could go to something like that. My mother-in-law has just permanently moved into one, which she chose, but at least she didn't have to be in hospital before making that decision. For those like her, who had several falls in the last year, some causing injury, but mainly meaning she needed someone to help her get back up, it is ideal.

Sorry, I have mislaid my tiny violin again...

2026-05-22T12:21:55Z

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Sorry, I have mislaid my tiny violin again...

whilst I don't like AI, it seems this is as much about the ...

2026-05-19T12:40:50Z

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whilst I don't like AI, it seems this is as much about the poor, overworked, exploited people at the bottom of the chain utilising the increased information they had with the new system to increase their earnings for the same amount of effort, which, in most other cases, businesses would praise as 'efficiency' and 'employee initiative '.

what amazes me is that, even when you explain to someone what ...

2026-05-16T07:31:46Z

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what amazes me is that, even when you explain to someone what LLMs do (basically, statistically-biased random word jumbler), they still insist on using it. Asides from every other reason for not using it, they don't realise that it doesn't 'get things right', 'think', 'argue', 'hallucinate', 'reconsider', it just comes up with a response that statistically would be what a human would come up with next.

Even a millionaire should be heavily taxed so that they do not ...

2026-05-11T11:59:32Z

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Even a millionaire should be heavily taxed so that they do not remain so. No-one deserves more money than they could ever sensibly dispose of in a lifetime.

Surely, by definition, MPs SHOULD know what is going on in the ...

2026-05-08T08:40:23Z

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Surely, by definition, MPs SHOULD know what is going on in the courts? And, passing stuff to them that they should already know would surely be covered by parliamentary privilege, I think.

I thought that's what you did do. Don't we all?

2026-05-06T15:44:26Z

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I thought that's what you did do. Don't we all?

Shome mishstake, shurely?

2026-05-02T18:36:58Z

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Shome mishstake, shurely?

so admitting piracy is another thing that The Trumperine thinks ...

2026-04-20T09:53:44Z

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so admitting piracy is another thing that The Trumperine thinks is okay, to add to rape, child abuse, genocide and genocide-enabling, theft, attacking sovereign nations, kidnapping foreign citizens (including a head of state), ignoring international law, reneging on existing treaties, sometimes before the ink is dry, ignoring his own country's constitution... (Not even a complete list)

Also, golf clubs are such a massive waste of land PER USER, worse ...

2026-04-16T09:09:50Z

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Also, golf clubs are such a massive waste of land PER USER, worse than almost any other sporting activity. And the deliberate grassing of what could be otherwise diverse areas, together with the common use of pesticides, and artificial layout and control of the land, leads to an environmental disaster.

Anyone in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, or nearby, who wants to join ...

2026-04-12T12:14:10Z

Anyone in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, or nearby, who wants to join in with our flashmob next Saturday? #ManchesterRambler #Hucknall #Nottinghamshire #ukulele #protest Please boost this for reach: https://www.hucknallukes.com/home/song-competition

except our government hasn't stopped making pennies, and ...

2026-04-08T16:21:22Z

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except our government hasn't stopped making pennies, and that's what our currency is called, unlike you Americans who insist on calling several of your coins odd names that don't directly tell you what they are (penny for central, dime for ...?) When my brother moved there years ago, he got quite confused that the dime doesn't even say ON IT what it's actually worth - he has to ask someone else.

I always thought that we should have not been in the EU in 1974, ...

2026-03-23T13:36:38Z

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I always thought that we should have not been in the EU in 1974, and then there would have been two roughly-equal sized blocks in Europe, the EU and EFTA, which would have worked better for all. As it was, by not leaving then, we made it so that, over time, the only sensible thing for other European countries, especially the former Soviet bloc countries, to do was to try to get into the EU, or, at the very least, come to a formal agreement, like Norway did.

BBC have started seeing the writing on the wall and trying to ...

2026-03-20T09:44:18Z

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BBC have started seeing the writing on the wall and trying to pander to the Greens?

Why doesn't the country with the largest navy in the world go ...

2026-03-16T09:41:59Z

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Why doesn't the country with the largest navy in the world go instead? Oh, sorry, I forgot - they only started the war without asking anyone else.

probably because of reading this poll.

2026-03-08T18:12:52Z

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probably because of reading this poll.

but that situation has lasted longer than you think - I remember ...

2026-03-05T10:15:10Z

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but that situation has lasted longer than you think - I remember a drama called 'Kathy' many decades ago...

The trouble is, the dictator should have died in prison at the ...

2026-03-01T08:54:16Z

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The trouble is, the dictator should have died in prison at the Hague, having answered for his crime, or during an uprising by his people, not bombed by another dictator who will now impose yet another puppet regime that the people will rise against, leading to another dictator regime, and so on...

I didn't know walnuts had beaks!

2026-02-23T17:19:18Z

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I didn't know walnuts had beaks!

I disagree. Whilst there can be small amounts of growth in parts ...

2026-01-31T10:40:03Z

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I disagree. Whilst there can be small amounts of growth in parts of the economy, I don't believe that our climate really will cope with constant growth (however you define that). We have been taking and taking for far too long. We need Degrowth now.

I have little sympathy for someone who is supposed to keep some ...

2026-01-27T09:53:33Z

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I have little sympathy for someone who is supposed to keep some of this data for accountability reasons trusting to an online AI system (someone else's computer) let alone not understanding the implications of turning off consent on his account. But then, if he really was a reliable academic, he'd know he shouldn't be using AI at all.

or even concerns about Trump being in charge...

2026-01-22T12:09:41Z

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or even concerns about Trump being in charge...

The problem is that we should never allow anyone to do this to ...

2026-01-14T19:39:41Z

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The problem is that we should never allow anyone to do this to anyone, the fact that he is a US citizen should have been irrelevant. Too many people have been fine with this being done to 'others' (people not my colour, not my belief, not my nationality) for too long.

The daft thing is that they always try to do it the wrong way ...

2026-01-14T06:26:06Z

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The daft thing is that they always try to do it the wrong way round. Even the way they talk about it ( 'illegal workers' rather than 'illegal employers') shows how they are framing it. Most workers don't want to work illegally, as they know they're more likely to be exploited, so a scheme whereby people who are migrants CAN work (rather than sitting for years not being permitted) would remove most illegal working overnight. Then concentrate on punishing illegal employers.

Seriously? They think that negotiation is the way to go? They are ...

2026-01-13T13:35:31Z

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Seriously? They think that negotiation is the way to go? They are still thinking that Trump is a normal politician.

Definitely for slicing tomatoes. Sometimes whilst the aristocrat ...

2026-01-10T23:11:57Z

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Definitely for slicing tomatoes. Sometimes whilst the aristocrat was still eating them.

And the question is WHY are you still using them? LLMs are just ...

2025-12-31T20:31:08Z

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And the question is WHY are you still using them? LLMs are just complex guessing models, designed to give something that sounds like an answer. It's like trying to tell the time from a stopped clock. The only way you can tell if it's right, is if you find another clock.

I think that there's a perception that people go rightwing as ...

2025-12-15T05:08:18Z

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I think that there's a perception that people go rightwing as they get older. I don't think so, I think that people go rightwing due to it being advantageous to them and their lifestyle as they get older, if they are fortunate to be well-off enough. Whereas those who struggle, or see others struggle, keep a common humanity, and tend to go left.

look a bit too phallic to me...

2025-11-12T16:56:39Z

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look a bit too phallic to me...

yes, but a sovereign wealth fund was never created - many ...

2025-11-04T07:24:20Z

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yes, but a sovereign wealth fund was never created - many governments just used the proceeds from BP as a boost to enable them to bribe the electorate with political decisions.

Currently sat in Chesterfield station, on the first leg of travel ...

2025-10-21T09:52:35Z

Currently sat in Chesterfield station, on the first leg of travel of our holiday (okay, we've already taken two buses to get her). Train is to Newcastle, then shuttle bus to ferry terminal, overnight to Amsterdam, then train to Amiens (via Paris), where we are spending 6 nights, before returning via Lille and Eurostar, then back to Mansfield. Anyone fancy meeting up in France?

Dunno where an immigrant working in the NHS up to 80 hours a week ...

2025-10-20T07:12:34Z

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Dunno where an immigrant working in the NHS up to 80 hours a week is going to find the time for voluntary work...

So, if someone who AGREES with the government stance on this ...

2025-10-09T05:32:09Z

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So, if someone who AGREES with the government stance on this picks up this magazine to complain about it, will they get arrested too?

I wish more people would read this. Whenever someone mentions ...

2025-10-07T09:17:44Z

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I wish more people would read this. Whenever someone mentions that they used AI for something, I usually switch off, and try to remember never to interact with that person again. I DON'T want to hear what a word-jumbler came up with when you switched it on.

As someone who has read and studied the Bible, I'm afraid to ...

2025-09-12T17:33:35Z

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As someone who has read and studied the Bible, I'm afraid to say I have to concur. Ever since Constantine, it has been obvious that the establishment tries to pervert the church by bringing a few people up to believe that they are standing up for 'good government ' or 'stability' or 'peace' and leading most of the rest of the church to be compliant. Our job should be to comfort the uncomfortable, and discomfort the comfortable.

And how Zionists started out...

2025-09-10T13:27:24Z

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And how Zionists started out...

yeah, it's a conspiracy that there's only the one to give ...

2025-09-09T16:37:32Z

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yeah, it's a conspiracy that there's only the one to give it extra attention.

Taxing private as well as corporate landlords is definitely the ...

2025-08-29T07:56:11Z

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Taxing private as well as corporate landlords is definitely the way to go. The idea that anyone should profit out of someone needing a house over their head is immoral. I'm sorry that you thought that the best way to save was by exploiting others. (As a fair rent would be LESS than what it costs you to run the property, as you still have the property at the end)

I always remember my mum telling me, when my first son was born, ...

2025-08-22T07:03:25Z

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I always remember my mum telling me, when my first son was born, to remember that he is an individual, not just 'the baby'. She explained that numerous people would give 'advice', well-meant, about what to do for various situations (eg. How to treat colic) that wouldn't work for our child, because he was an individual (and likewise what worked with one child wouldn't necessarily work for a sibling). Without realising, this was the best piece of advice she gave.

you really think it started on October 7th and not in 1948, ...

2025-08-20T21:05:58Z

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you really think it started on October 7th and not in 1948, don't you?

if someone puts that response to a non-specific sign like that, ...

2025-08-14T15:45:58Z

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if someone puts that response to a non-specific sign like that, he's saying that he supports anyone who kills children or civilians.

BUT the real issue is that there is an easier way for the line ...

2025-08-11T08:01:16Z

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BUT the real issue is that there is an easier way for the line (which is required to connect offshore wind farms to the Grid) to go - underwater along the coast. The reason that the government and companies don't want to do it that way is solely down to cost.

methinks Rachel Reeves is looking for a nice little job in the ...

2025-08-01T18:23:51Z

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methinks Rachel Reeves is looking for a nice little job in the financial sector when she leaves politics, so is doing what she can to keep them sweet.

symbolic token measures to make it look like they're serious ...

2025-07-29T08:33:05Z

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symbolic token measures to make it look like they're serious about the situation until the majority have moved on. By this point, all the Israeli cabinet, and most Israeli tourists, should be persona non grata.

Always has done. My dad can recall when they first proposed ...

2025-07-22T16:13:50Z

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Always has done. My dad can recall when they first proposed nuclear power stations in this country, and promised that, 'within a generation, electricity will be too cheap to meter'. My brother had a friend who used to go sea fishing off Size well, and my brother asked him if the fish glowed in the dark...

Now here's a radical thought- how about those countries ...

2025-07-22T11:21:03Z

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Now here's a radical thought- how about those countries actually start following international law themselves? Can't see it happening - people like Starmer are too in-hock to pro-Zionist lobbies and military financial profiteers.

Trump didn't create the monster, it has been created and ...

2025-07-21T12:14:27Z

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Trump didn't create the monster, it has been created and nurtured for about 100 years by Western governments, including the US and UK, but not just them.

Although there is something to be said for putting solar on ...

2025-07-09T16:19:31Z

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Although there is something to be said for putting solar on already-used land if there is a requirement for power there, that car park is probably half the problem - people really need to think about alternative means of travel, and if they need to travel in the first place. Would much prefer it if every public building had solar panels on their rooves.

What sort of enquiries about a plot not for sale could you make, ...

2025-07-07T05:29:13Z

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What sort of enquiries about a plot not for sale could you make, I wonder?

this is what many indigenous peoples always found difficult to ...

2025-07-05T13:18:41Z

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this is what many indigenous peoples always found difficult to believe, that, just by claiming a place where you happen to be, you reduce the rights of anyone who steps there in future.

I don't believe that this is really what it's about. No ...

2025-07-02T06:11:09Z

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I don't believe that this is really what it's about. No company or organisation recruits non-locally if they have enough local staff applying. And sorting out the training first will naturally reduce the distance recruitment. So, we have to ask why is the government not dealing with the cause first.

I do think that marathon runners shouldn't just stop at ...

2025-07-01T16:18:15Z

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I do think that marathon runners shouldn't just stop at eyebrows....

whilst not agreeing with the fatwah, I do agree with him that ...

2025-06-30T12:33:36Z

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whilst not agreeing with the fatwah, I do agree with him that those two are enemies of God.

These 'well you must have something to hide' people ...

2025-06-27T15:53:42Z

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These 'well you must have something to hide' people presumably don't close the cubicle door in toilets, or close their curtains, and have transparent walls on their houses, no doors or locks...

Possible, but maybe not practical - you would need each phone to ...

2025-06-19T16:26:39Z

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Possible, but maybe not practical - you would need each phone to negotiate connection with the next one, and the interference from all the other phones would be horrific. Would probably need something like Bluetooth, as NFC tends to be too low power. If someone is jamming mobile signals and WiFi, then the Bluetooth frequency will also be easy to jam at the same time. Probably better for some of the people to have older tech like walkie-talkies.

Easy - the one on the right is slightly better suited to put ...

2025-06-16T12:23:06Z

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Easy - the one on the right is slightly better suited to put rubbish in, whereas the one on the left has been driven by rubbish...

Well, if Netanyahu can get away with this sort of thing, Putin ...

2025-06-10T12:24:29Z

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Well, if Netanyahu can get away with this sort of thing, Putin thinks he can.

so, despite how it's been reported as a 'u-turn', it ...

2025-05-25T07:12:15Z

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so, despite how it's been reported as a 'u-turn', it isn't (again), but something different. The advantage of universal benefits is that they go to everyone who needs it, and have a lower administrative cost than any other scheme.

Especially Red Kites - they're vicious predators...

2025-04-30T16:29:29Z

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Especially Red Kites - they're vicious predators...

It also means that you could find yourself in one country but ...

2025-04-27T21:13:01Z

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It also means that you could find yourself in one country but facing extradition to one of the other two for something you did not know was/has become an offence, and countries cannot protect you from another country that you also have a citizenship of.

similar happening in the UK - the only area with increased budget ...

2025-04-11T07:23:37Z

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similar happening in the UK - the only area with increased budget is 'defence', which in true Orwellian style, actually means 'attack'.

It's patently clear that this a short-term money-saving ...

2025-03-19T10:24:52Z

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It's patently clear that this a short-term money-saving exercise. If disabled people were really the focus, you wouldn't start from an amount of money to save and work backwards. My wife receives PIP because she is unable to work. She has an incurable, untreatable condition, which means there is nothing we can do, but it costs us more money. IF this PIP was cut, we would be better off with me leaving my job and claiming benefits until I retire in just over 5 years.

yes, but I can't see that solar panels are really an eyesore ...

2025-03-08T17:42:48Z

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yes, but I can't see that solar panels are really an eyesore any more than those newfangled chimneys were a few thousand years ago...

The simple rule is: if Trump says it, it MUST be false. If Trump ...

2025-02-21T13:14:03Z

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The simple rule is: if Trump says it, it MUST be false. If Trump accuses someone of something, that's what HE is doing, not the other person.

There's also another reason why new student housing is being ...

2025-02-12T07:14:00Z

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There's also another reason why new student housing is being built in cities that need normal housing - developers can evade requirements for certain other facilities, and house people more intensely, thus making even more money. When, after a few years, they prove that there's too much student accommodation for demand, it is then 'converted' into housing.

which, presumably, makes them unenforceable in law?

2025-02-12T06:09:56Z

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which, presumably, makes them unenforceable in law?

Boosted for visibility.

2025-02-03T09:43:46Z

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Boosted for visibility.

my dad said the rot set in when the government (believe it was ...

2025-01-31T09:54:04Z

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my dad said the rot set in when the government (believe it was the 70s) allowed building societies to take more than one income into account for mortgages. Together with the selling of council housing, previously providing a decent source of reliable rental properties, and thus keeping rents down in the private sector, and the promotion of home-ownership as a form of wealth, we are now in a situation where unproductive landlords sit on the commonwealth of the country.

we really need to look at flow storage batteries, and more pumped ...

2025-01-28T09:43:17Z

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we really need to look at flow storage batteries, and more pumped storage.

Definitely an underestimate.

2025-01-16T19:21:01Z

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Definitely an underestimate.

Not everyone has access to decent public transport and local ...

2025-01-14T12:59:13Z

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Not everyone has access to decent public transport and local facilities, for various reasons, but, the more people rely on cars, the less incentive there is for other options to be made available.

Yeah, we need to stop most people from having cars; and, for ...

2025-01-14T11:36:16Z

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Yeah, we need to stop most people from having cars; and, for those who have them, to use them less, and to have the best sort of car. Many of my neighbours have cars. We live a few minutes' walk from several small shops and frequent bus services (including into town, where there is a railway station, and buses to other places). Most of them COULD do without cars (I am the exception, being a bus driver going to the depot).

the brakes are not like new, nor are the tyres - they are ...

2025-01-13T21:42:44Z

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the brakes are not like new, nor are the tyres - they are shedding micro-particles all the time.

Not sure that that is legal. If each individual booking is being ...

2025-01-12T12:15:01Z

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Not sure that that is legal. If each individual booking is being defined as a separate contract, then deducting something from their wages is not right. The only way they could do that would be for the app company to be acting as an agency, employing them, surely? Then they would be permitted to pay them on a set frequency, and any fees for getting the money earlier would be as an advance on their wages.

You have a separate grater for small cheeses? ;)

2025-01-08T17:44:37Z

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You have a separate grater for small cheeses? ;)