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Is all about New Labour, #nffc, #threelions, #veganism, Brett Anderson, Morrissey, physics, Star Trek, @prodnose, and thinking tea, lovely tea, solves most ills
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It is weird to find myself considered borderline fash-adjacent by some on here, and all-out-commie back on what's left of twitter.
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Knocked on hundreds of doors in a the red wall for Labour last election. The only ones who ever expressed a liking for LBD-ilk nonsense weren't ever on a doorstep, they were some of my fellow doorknockers who thought it was appropriate to turn up in "Never Kissed A Tory" t-shirts and the like.
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Chap, you know how you like making people angry? Like that's not an indication of a pitiful, deeply unhappy human? I hope things look up for you soon duck. Take care.
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The only thing a UK PM can do with such a loathsome president is play him for what he can get. Having a big row and calling him names he deserves might make most of us feel better, but it wouldn't make those whose jobs would be lost with tariffs and trade restrictions feel that great.
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Serious question so serious answer - because Trump is a fucking man baby who responds to these things, and it's definitely related that lower tariffs and trade deals have come our way. When Trump was asked by a US journo why he's treating us favourably he said "because I like them".
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To all the mardy buggers giving it the big'un in the replies and quotes to this, I mean, you do you. But I'll still be down the pub later not giving a fuck what you think, and we'll still have bought down Corbyn from within and got him kicked out the party, so, you know, have fun with it. 🍻
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Well that seems to be lots of very different points, about very different issues, completely unrelated to what I just said. If you want to have a discussion about the merits of those I wish nothing but luck finding someone. Take care.
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"Trump is transactional, Starmer would be well advised to ensure we get bad transactions" is a really weird take. It would put British jobs and interests at risk for what? So folk can feel like they're watching a real life Love Actually? Playground politics.
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It's not Starmer's job to satiate your feelings about Trump, it's his job to do what's best for the British people. *He* won't be happy about all of this either, but he does it anyway. Trump's repulsive, Starmer doing what he needs to do despite that, for us, is nothing but admirable.
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Just make sure you use the 🚨 emoji so we know you're legit telling us what you've heard. Up to 🚨🚨🚨 times for the real serious stuff.
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But wasn't rounders brilliant at school? Shouldn't the question be "Why did we stop having fun playing rounders?" not ""Why are Americans still having fun with rounders?".
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"Of course I think a PM shouldn't tell the media which questions they should ask, let a thousand blossoms bloom, but if you ask that one I ain't spending any time on it, because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north Queensland."
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He wasn't asked to decide who was playing. He was asked to give us his viewpoint. A PM who thinks his viewpoint on such a political matter is none of our business isn't fit to be PM.
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"Of course I think a PM shouldn't tell the media which questions they should ask, let a thousand blossoms bloom, but if you ask that one I ain't spending any time on it, because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north Queensland."
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I see why they shouldn't precisely because I argued that punishing us was wrong when we started and ended a trading window the right side of the line. None of the "problems" these rules were designed to solve were breached by Palace. Principles shouldn't stop and end with out own self-interest.
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Laws have a spirit as well as a letter, and Palace didn't breach the spirt so I think a financial rather than sporting penalty would be appropriate. They should be in the Europa, they earned it.
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In the 90s the public knew that if someone had been accused of saying something racist it was probably quite abhorrent. Now the public know that if someone is accused of being racist it might be the accusation that's insane. How could that not make the lives of actual racists easier?
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Election door knocking it was *astonishing* how often those who were voting Reform were at pains to point out "I'm not racist but...". And I don't think they are, and they certainly don't want to be seen as it. The second a politician goes a µm beyond acceptability they lose them
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From the UK it seems insane that the judiciary is so politicised, with judges chosen because of their political beliefs, with an expectation that those political beliefs will influence how they interpret the law.
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I was convinced once that Channel 4's one was doing this deliberately to mess with folks heads.
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And by extension duck, are Chris and Tom here spewing compassionless prejudice, and should face consequences for their actions spreading bigotry as a scientist and a science journalist?
And if not, what's the principle that makes these things different?
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So if one of your colleagues was a serious, devout, fundamentalist astrologist. And they thought the anti-astrology feeling amongst scientists was bigotry, and expected you to respect their beliefs because compassion - you'd still respect them, and be "cool, nice star sign, happy horoscoping"?
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You invented a hypothesis I didn't posit. I didn't say the religious couldn't do good science, but it's still a flaw. If an astrophysicist believed deeply astrology they wouldn't automatically be a bad astrophysicist. But I'd respect them less for it, and they should feel embarrassed to mention it.
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If a god/gods exist there should in principle be a way of testing for them. Because if *no* test exists, then that's another way of saying "our universe behaves *exactly* like one without god/gods". And that would mean no need for them. Then consider how trite and silly all religions are...
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Oh yes, the long and storied history of religion. One long tale of neighbour loving. To believe in things because you want them to be true, regardless of the evidence, is anathema to science. The work of anyone displaying that trait should be treated sceptically. It's all silly nonsense.
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If you're a scientist your belief in silly fairy tales *should* make you feel uncomfortable. At very least it shows you don't consider the scientific method to be of primary importance.
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The IQ of your followers just increased dramatically
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I must confess, my existential dread at climate change killing us all has really been soothed by the knowledge that AI will almost certainly kill us first. I enjoy the sunny days more is all.
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I must confess, my existential dread at climate change killing us all has really been soothed by the knowledge that AI will almost certainly kill us first. I enjoy the sunny days more is all.
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And people assume being good at physics makes you clever 😂
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "God Ra theory" instead of the widely accepted "ball of hydrogen fusing into helium theory" of the big light in the sky, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "God Ra theory" instead of the widely accepted "ball of hydrogen fusing into helium theory" of the big light in the sky, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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Agreed, absolutely. But if you think all of what someone's done is rubbish, yet they're beloved by many others, then that can only say something about your own (personally reasonable) tastes, not about their intrinsic artistic ability.
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Noel's lyrics are sometimes like a very pleasant dream. Where no single line fits narratively into any other, but time takes you from one to the next and they all sound perfect in the moment. It's not for everyone, nothing is. Some insist on their art being obvious.
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"Don't you know you LEAVE IT STANDING for a minute at least! Let the heat equalise! Then you'll have your tasty feast!"
Elton could make that work no bother.
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"Don't you know you LEAVE IT STANDING for a minute at least! Let the heat equalise! Then you'll have your tasty feast!"
Elton could easily make that work.
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"If I was a sculptor ... but then again no..." Fair play to Bernie Taupin, but what a sweet, easy gig! Writing the lyrics to the music of a genius songwriter and performer who could belt out the contents of a microwave instruction manual and get you on your feet.
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The thing is it *is* approaching magic, and like it or not it will get there. The problem is people are impressed enough by the almost magic at this (possibly very brief) almost magic stage to drop due diligence.
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100%. Copilot is *excellent* at producing code. It is often much, much quicker for me to say "produce a method that does <something>", and to eyeball the result, than it is for me to write the same code. But my eyeballs catch mistakes - skip that stage and bad things happen.