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xtaldave, to random
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If Labour wins a 1945-style landslide, it will have no excuse for playing it safe | Larry Elliott | The Guardian

Yes yes and yes. A massive mandate requires a bold program. PR. Renationalisation of key infrastructure. Wealth taxes. All that good shit.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/30/labour-1945-tories-fiscal-rules-election

zleap,
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@xtaldave

If they do, they will have the opportunity to vote things through and will hopefully get a lot done in a short space of time.

zleap,
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@xtaldave

The problem that I see is that change takes time to take effect,. Education for example takes a long time before we see results and those results are usually benchmarked with exam grades. Early years is key to a childs education outcomes much later (e.g GCSEs at 16) so any changes won't take effect or be seen immediately

Gettting more medical professionals means we need to perhaps invest in STEM in primary, secondary and at higher levels, so thoses who are interested can be taught to a high level with fully resourced classrooms / labs etc. But that could be a 20 year plan if you take in to account a doctor needs to do graducate, then post graduate study (even if going the apprentice route still takes a long time).

In 5 years time, if people have not seen immediate change they will say LabM our have failed even if they have succeeded in laying a foundation for the future.

Perhaps the Tories are right in that we need to get rid of so called Mickey Mouse courses and focus university on acaemic topics such as STEM or it is STEAM as the A is arts. I fail to see a benefit in a degree in the Beatles or Taylor Swift for yexample.

We also need to teach critical thinking at all levels, good reserch skills, yes embrace AI but in a beneficial way. If a student can't write without the use of AI to write it for them, we have failed them. AI is a tool to help, not a tool to replace you doing the work.

I just hope who ever gets in is not the Tories and can, as you said make bold decisions and be honest about the time scale they need to say this is going to be a 10-15 year plan, we hope to carry on in 5 years and how we perform over 5 will determine the long term outcomes.

pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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What have Labour done in their first campaign week? Deselected left-wing (not Israel supporting) candidates!! Diane Abbott (not sure but looks like it), now Doctor Faiza Shaheen, in Chingford, and more. This is appalling. Really angry.

EDIT: it’s become a bit of a 🧵 because i am so angry. But honestly: everyone should be very angry about this, on Faiza’s behalf and for us all.

zleap,
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@pvonhellermannn

W

touaregtweet, to random Dutch
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"Typical of patients, he repeats himself and overuses superlatives and filler words," Gartner said. "Based on his current accelerating rate of decline, it seems very unlikely that could see out a second term without falling off the cliff and becoming totally incapacitated."

https://www.alternet.org/dementia-trump-decline/

Trump’s Brain Is Not Okay
An expert’s view of Trump’s mental slide into dementia.

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/john-gartner-trump-cognitive-decline

zleap,
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@touaregtweet

If this happens to Biden then Kamala harris takes over.

if Trump somehow did win, would the vice president be a person of integrity and competence?

gratefuldread, to LGBTQ
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I spent a lifetime hiding who I am. Then I got to go to Pride. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/i-spent-a-lifetime-hiding-who-i-am-then-i-got-to-go-to-pride/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

zleap,
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@gratefuldread

My local american football team went to a pride event last year. Great day, weather was great too and lots of people there having a really good time. Didn't pick up any new players but we did make some useful contacts.l These events are great and fun for everyone.

verdantsquare, to worldnews
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Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/29/thames-water-urged-to-test-supply-urgently-after-reported-illnesses?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

zleap,
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@verdantsquare

How much does it cost to take a sample of water, transfer to a lab and run a series of what are pretty much standard tests.

br00t4c, to Youtube
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▶ Starmer Admits He Will NOT Tax The Rich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqT4WWyAvHw

zleap,
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@br00t4c

He did say he will end non Dom status which means people who live in the UK pay the taxes they owe.

br00t4c, to random
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▶ Secret weapon to STOP TRUMP starts here... | PoliticsGirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXA_wKANVjU

zleap,
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@br00t4c

Should have started 4 years ago when he decided a democratic election was won by him.

DrALJONES, to random
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Report

You wouldn't want to compromise your family's security now, would you?

Fmr head of Israel's Mossad, Yossi Cohen, allegedly told ICC chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda:

"You should help us & let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family."

The Guardian, +972 Magazine & Local Call reveal how Israel intelligence agencies ran a 9-yr covert war against the ICC.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry

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zleap,
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@DrALJONES

"You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family."

That could easily be interpreted as a THREAT to the ICC.

sellathechemist, to random
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Janan Ganesh from the FT nails the Tories' (and not only) misunderstanding of "The Special Relationship" which remains anchored in the last century and the one before that. No, free trade does not lie at the heart of American psyche. Quite the reverse. And that means that the leap to "free trade" by the Brexiters, Truss and the rest was the equivalent of putting your life's savings into DVD manufacturing in 2009. (Paywall $$$) https://www.ft.com/content/8f229e15-9842-46ce-a828-19647a48f6d6

zleap,
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@sellathechemist

If I understand history properly. it was trade and taxes that caused the war of independence.

zleap, to random
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Trojans Training 2/6/024

Torbay Trojans AFC Training

Date : Sunday 2nd June 2024
Time : 10am to 13:00
Location; Foxhole Field, Bellfield Road, Paignton

MartinVeart, to random
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The Conservative campaign message can be summed up as “The car is off the bridge, upside down and underwater. But stick with us: we have a plan.”

zleap,
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@MartinVeart

So did Baldrick on black adder ( well a cunning plan ), only I would currently have more faith with him as PM.

benschwarz, to random
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💁‍♂️ instead of whitelist/blacklist, use allow list & block list.

I’m still seeing the former in plenty of tech content, it’s almost like y’all aren’t even trying to evolve

zleap,
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@benschwarz

Agreed, we do have hosts.allow and hosts.deny lists on a firewall. It is just more descriptive.

QasimRashid, to random
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Just to be explicitly clear.

After Israel condemned the ICC for accusing them of deliberately targeting civilians, Israel forced Palestinians into a safe zone where they wouldn't be bombed—then Israel bombed & killed 32 children in that safe zone.

They burned Palestinians alive. On purpose.

ICC: Prosecute these war crimes.

zleap,
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@QasimRashid

We are up to 47 now I think

Roadwarrior29, to random
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Shapps, talks about "toughening up" teenagers...FFS, Shapps 🤣🤣🤣
I doubt he'd pass the fitness test for the Rosebuds ! (Nae disrespect intended tae the Rosebuds) 👍⚘

zleap,
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@Roadwarrior29

There are many young people out there who DO make positive contributions,, work, volunteering, sports or other activities or do have good social skills. This is just a gimmick by a government facing annihilation at the GE

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I run a university – people like me should be backing students' right to protest over Gaza | Patrizia Nanz

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/27/university-student-protests-gaza-right

zleap,
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@therightarticle

I remember back in 2003, prior to the UK / US illegal invasion of Iraq, there were protests in schools, inc the school I worked at. There seemed to have been two camps, lsome schools took a an approach to discuss and debate the issue at hand, other schools punished those protesting.

Nothing that much seems to have changed, I wonder if those making the desicion to come down hard on protests are the same people who were treated that way at school ? on a similar note how did your school handle protests.

With Gaza we do need to draw a line between supporting the people of palestine and supporting HAMAS, and in a simiar way draw a line between protesting against Israel / Jews and protesting against the actions of the Israeli government.

lmemsm, to retrogaming
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Wondering if anyone's interested in for older systems like and ? I really liked the distribution based on and -x with FreeDOS. I know the lead developer of XFDOS is no longer active, but it would be nice to see some development continue on this project. Is anyone else besides me interested in this sort of thing?

zleap,
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@lmemsm

We were installing Windows 95 a while back. I have freeDOS on an external hdd, which i use with a netbook

eunews, to random
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Von der Leyen backs Polish, Greek calls for EU air defense shield

“We have to have a common air defense shield for all of Europe, like it was proposed by Mitsotakis and Tusk,” the Commission chief said.

https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-president-von-der-leyen-greek-eu-air-defense-shield-donald-tusk/

zleap,
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@eunews

I agree with this, we just need to improve our military capability, we should also look i quickly and we can set up defence posts too.

even if this means building them NOW so they are ready to use.

zleap,
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@unnameduser @eunews

We need to build our own, Typhoons seem to be more than capable.

Shivviness, to random
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This is staggeringly depressing.

"Most lawn equipment is gasoline powered, typically being one of two types: two-stroke or four-stroke engines. To fuel this equipment, it takes about 800 million gallons of gasoline annually, with 17 million additional gallons spilled in the process."

"EPA data has found that gas-powered lawn mowers make up five percent of total air pollution in the United States, amounting to even more in urban areas."

https://psci.princeton.edu/tips/2020/5/11/law-maintenance-and-climate-change

zleap,
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@Shivviness

Given the dangers of battery powered devices catching fire how much pollution is released by these fires in comparision to useing gasoline powered devices such as mowers?

ChrisMayLA6, to environment
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So the Environmental Agency, is embarrassed to reveal the true state of our environment...

They find it difficult to answer prescient questions from NGOs with significant expertise (the implications being, better informed that the EA staff) & (it would seem) would like the NGO's Q.s to be more simply put to help EA staff offer better answers?

If you wanted a picture of a failing regulatory agency this would be it....

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/24/uks-environment-agency-chief-admits-regulator-buries-freedom-of-information-requests

zleap,
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@ChrisMayLA6

Ofcom and ofwat are equally useless

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@Simon318ppm @ChrisMayLA6

Indeed I guess one example is Meta saying they are committed to user safety then reducing the age a person can join instagram from 16 to 13, despite what has happened with children such as Molly Russell who killed herself after seeing self harm / suicide content.

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@KimSJ @Simon318ppm @ChrisMayLA6

Report in paper today abiout some TikTok trend where people go around sucker punching (iow assault) people.

Time TinkTok was fined, those who carry out those finds are sued and ordered to pay crippling lawsuits and told to blame their own stupidity, oh and the person starting the trend should also be sued.and ordered to pay costs of BOTH sides.

If regulators can't deal with the, platforms, those causing problems should be dealt with through the civil courts.

These platforms can be a force for good, and we should

appassionato, to palestine
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“The city of Rafah is now comprised of three entirely different worlds: the east is an archetypal war zone, the middle is a ghost town, and the west is a congested mass of people living in deplorable conditions.”

“People have no choice but to put their faith in so-called ‘humanitarian safe zones’ designated by the forces that have killed their family members and destroyed their homes.”

Norwegian Refugee Council

@palestine

zleap,
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@appassionato @palestine

It must be difficult to have humanitarian safe zones when the people bombing you call you animals and don't see you as human.

tbaldauf, to random
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Journalist: "So what do you think long-distance air travel is going to look like in 2050?"

Climate Scientist laughs derisively: "By 2050, most long-distance holiday destinations will be uninhabitable, so I expect the majority of long-distance air traffic to be non-existent by 2050."

Phew. Hadn't heard it THAT bleakly during a live interview yet.

zleap,
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@tbaldauf Areas are starting to become uninhabitable now,l I am not a climate expert but feel that by 2035 or 2040 we may have what he describes.

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