timblue.bsky.social
He/They. Another member of the Xodus, living near London.
Wants to believe as few false things and as many true things as possible.
Life is complicated. Let's start by trying to be kind to each other.
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I do have some sympathy for that argument, but considering the one and only time Article 5 has been invoked it was by the USA...
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While I get his point, there's a clear category error when comparing the impact of a species vs. the impacts of individuals.
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And now I can properly appreciate it... what an epic sequence. 😀
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Yes. I think you're right. It makes a lot more sense now!
And a great choice to show it instead of having it off screen.
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My mistake. I think I was confusing Liandrin and some other people's plot arcs. It's been a while!
I don't remember the big fight scene (pretty sure that was invented for the show?) and that then confused me as to who we were watching and where we were in the plot.
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The major plot/characterisation changes are throwing me, since until now the core allegiance of the characters has been consistent with the books.
Is this some sort of vision, either from the Redstone Doorway or from the accepted trials? If not then basically all the book plot from here on is gone.
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My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
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Trump probably wants to impregnate her too, we all heard how he talked about Ivanka.
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Yeah. The UK is letting the side down. Hopefully its just a reporting lag or something due to different systems.
I did my part. New EV last year, not a Tesla. (Was still considering one 3 years ago. Not a chance in hell now).
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Go be clear. You are acusing Kim Leadbeater of lying about the cases she described?
Was this invented too, or is a man taking 8 hours to suffocate is a good thing in your eyes?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl....
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So you believe that people faced with an agonizing end choking on their own faeces should have no choice but to go through months of suffering? And that what they really need is treatment for "mental distress"?
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So people throwing themselves in front of trains is an acceptable cost for you?
Taking your own life is not a crime, but anything that makes it more comfortable (such as friends and family, painless medication, etc) is. People risk prosecution just for accompanying loved ones to Dignatis.
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Just a shame about all the transphobia.
How about you go a while without platforming bigotry, and I'll think about resuming my support?
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It's a backbench bill. That's to be expected, I'd have thought. It isn't like there would have been a vast team of government lawyers deployed to help draft it.
Let's hope the committee stage can find and fix such problems.
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Are there a huge number of people just looking for the chance to bump someone off?
And does their number and potential suffering outweigh the known and real suffering of people living and dying in agony right now?
Trade-offs like this are never easy and I hope we end up in a good place on it.
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My concern is that many people who have an (often religiously motivated) outright objection instead will frame it as concerns about process when their true goal is to make the process so onerous that it is effectively a ban... Or bog everything down in procedural wrangling so nothing ever passes.
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Most people can agree on that, I expect.
A process that takes so long it becomes a moot point by the time it is completed is cruel and useless.
Whereas one that allows people to legally murder their grandparents to claim their inheritance is just as bad.
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That's always true for every decision.
Far better to have a legal process through which people can seek the help they need and pass through checks and balances than to force it underground or force people to suffer needlessly.
Why do animals get to die in more comfort than humans?
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But I don't want to turn this into another person shouting at you on the Internet. I genuinely do wish you well and hope you prove me wrong. I'll drop the subject here.
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I want Labour to be a success, I really do. I know you're doing a bunch of stuff that never gets reported and I genuinely believe that most of you are trying your best.
But we also need to see energy and vision, and so far there's been very little of either on display.
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We all know the only thing that even has a chance at improving the economy at the level needed is reversing Brexit and you're not going to do that.
4 years of Labour telling us what they can't do while Reform snipes from sycophantic media and we'll end up with the nightmare of a Reform government.
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That's fair.
Although on the NHS front the government should be able to do more than 1 thing at once.
The thing everyone I know is disappointed about in this labour government (other than the pandering to tranphobes) is the lack of ambition... not that you are trying to do too much.
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I don't think there's really an argument about whether this is something leftists do online. It is.
The question is why this minor annoyance is considered a more consequential liability for Democrats than, say, stochastic terrorism is for Republicans.
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The analysis seems pretty accurate to me, the problem (as always) is what to do about it.
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I'd be interested to know your reason for opposition.
This bill is already so watered down that I see "it doesn't go far enough" as a stronger reason to oppose it than anything else.
For me, it comes down to bodily autonomy. Everyone should have the right to decide their fate.
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McCain was bad. Trump is worse.
When faced with "worse", it is reasonable to want to return to only "bad".
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There is a consistent policy.
AP is an international organisation publishing internationally.
For a geographical feature outside the USA it is using the internationally recognised name.
Trump would have picked this fight anyway soon enough. He was just looking for an excuse.