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Thebratdragon

@Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot

Dragon, LGBTQIA advocate, defender and member.

Wargamer, Roleplayer, board gamer, reader of books and seeker of knowledge.

Sense of Humour active, you are warned.
Loves Independence, hates Alba and its white wing

¡No Pasarán!

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StillIRise1963, to random
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How many motherfucking articles are going to be written feigning surprise that Elon Musk is a total fucking racist. Only white people are “surprised."🙄

Thebratdragon,
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@StillIRise1963 apartheid, emerald mine nepo baby is racist, colour me shocked!

RickiTarr, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

Thebratdragon,
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@sennoma @RickiTarr the, sometimes the perp tries to insinuate themselves into theinvestigation, is not actually a TV trope. It really happens, especially if they think they were clever and not getting the attention they are after.

This is one (of many) reasons polis are so guarded with information.

Thebratdragon,
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@Sophie @RickiTarr I knew a detective whose rule of thumb was suspect the person who could instantly recall where they were at a given moment, rather than the vague, ummm errr, I might have been doing x type answer.

Thebratdragon,
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@Sophie @RickiTarr he also noted, that by the time the Police want an alibi from you, they already know the answer, unlike tv shows, alibis and motive are very low on their list of ways to track the criminal, He always phrased it as, they are the CPS problem, we just find out who was their and how, why, only comes into play in special cases, mostly when trying to catch someone before they do it again, rather like MO.

RickiTarr, to random
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WHAT IS HIS CRIME?!

Thebratdragon,
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@RickiTarr or perhaps, don't kinkshame the kitty.

DrALJONES, to Israel
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Just a bunch of plutocrats utilising their free-speech rights..

Report

Pro-Israel billionaires pushed NYC Mayor to use police on pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University.

They donated to him & offered to pay for private investigators to help break up the demonstrations.

The group included Howard Schultz, Michael Dell, Bill Ackman & Joshua Kushner, with Daniel Lubetzky, Daniel Loeb, Len Blavatnik & Joseph Sitt also associated.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/16/pro-israel-billionaires-urged-new-york-crackdown-on-gaza-protests-report

#Plutocracy #Israel ..

Thebratdragon,
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@DrALJONES rephrase that headline.

Pro zionist oligarch blackmails NY mayor into paramilitary action against peaceful protesters for personal outlook.

fkamiah17, to random
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Remembering Rachel Corrie, who was murdered by the Israeli Occupation Force 21 years ago yesterday. 💔 🕯️

Thebratdragon,
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@fkamiah17 now Israel will not leave standing in Gaza a wall big enough for the names of the people they have murdered.

RickiTarr, to random
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How much alone time vs socializing do you need?

For me there are a few people who are usually equalizing, and I can just be around them, so I won't count that. But generally, I find about 3 times a week, I'm game for socializing. A day in between to rest is usually nice, but the larger the gathering or if we go somewhere particularly noisy or I'm meeting new people that involves more effort, and my social battery empties sooner. I'm very curious where everyone else falls on this!

Thebratdragon,
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@dan613 @AnhedoniaIsReal @RickiTarr I am not lonely, I talk to strange people on social media, my cats, my stuffies, the birds, squirrels and hedgepigs in the garden....

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all, I like all the Treks, I can't deal with your fighting, please think of the children.

Thebratdragon,
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@RickiTarr @autolycos I preferred the Boston Legal holodeck series.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Again, the DWP have been found by a coroner to have hounded a vulnerable claimant into the grave;

an un-named claimant (reports the Observer) begged the to deal with her via her daughter, was not (despite six opportunities) registered as 'vulnerable' & found her debt in 'overpaid' soaring.

In the end seeking escape she overdosed (and subsequently dies).

The UK state's institutions operate at a level of callousness than is inhumane & life threatening... it comes from the top!

Thebratdragon,
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@ChrisMayLA6 it is a feature not a bug, as anyone who has had to deal with the DWP will tell you.

even if you get a helpful person, the systems hurdles are set up to make it as hard as possible and as grudging as possible.

AnthonyFStevens, to random
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

IT'S ON!

4th July - Lest we forget

Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis, Scandals, Cover ups.

Enough is Enough! It's time for change.

Vote 🌹 ❎️ 🗳

Thebratdragon,
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@AnthonyFStevens no.

If the only candidate that can unseat a tory is labour, vote labour, otherwise anyone but.

If you can avoid the following 3, do so.

Reform
Tory
Labour

RickiTarr, to random
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What is your dream road trip? Where would you start? Where would you end up? What stops would you make along the way? It can be short or long, whatever interests you!

Thebratdragon,
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@Tattooed_Mummy @Shanmonster @RickiTarr

Or, and hear me out, by a life sized animatronic dinosaur and let it fight the council for you...

Thebratdragon,
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@RickiTarr passport, money in the wallet, no ties and just wander, the world is my mollusc.

RickiTarr, to random
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I used to babysit a lot, and I was kind of famous for getting kids to try foods they normally wouldn't. I was never pushy about it, just included them in the shopping/harvesting/cooking process, and asked them to try a little bite of everything, and to remember that your tastebuds change as you age, so keep on trying stuff.

This backfired on me occasionally though. Once as an adventure, we went to a Japanese restaurant, and I ordered the kiddos some Katsu (who doesn't love something fried with dippy sauce), and got myself a plate of sushi rolls and sashimi. Well, since I always asked them to try one bite of something new, they looked at me expectantly, so I let them try a bit of each. Turns out they were all in for sushi, and those little nerds ate most of my plate, and then they always wanted to go. Kids, I don't have sushi money every day!

Thebratdragon,
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@kelvin0mql @RickiTarr my first experience with sushi was 1985'ish. Employer funded office lunch at a very posh place back of covent garden. I was 18/19.

Group of slightly rowdy blokes knowing what they wanted (despite not having a clue).

Me I politely the asked japanese server what he recommended as I had no clue. Rest of the table got what they asked for, I kept getting taster plates of all kinds of things, and a topped up saki jug.

Fave was the saki marinated salmon....

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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"RAF shot down Iranian drones heading for Israel, Sunak confirms."

So the RAF is now in combat defending ISRAEL against Iran, which is responding to Israel destroying Iran's consulate in Damascus.

This is what the Tories and "Labour" define as the "defence of the realm".

Any questions?

Thebratdragon,
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@fkamiah17 @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @duckwhistle Cameron is right, Israel did exactly that....

Oh he wasn't talking about Israel...

The US/UK then?

no...

Ohhhh....

Thebratdragon, to random
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Status:

I fell asleep last night while reading old magazines and woke up this morning with back issues.

fkamiah17, to random
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😂 😂🙄
Woman whose only claim to fame is an affair with Spaffer dissects women's politics.

Thebratdragon,
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@fkamiah17 how are her life choices feminisms fault?

Not least as without feminism and its fight for equality, she would not have a newspaper coloumn to bemoan it in as a woman would not have been given one except under exceptional circumstances.

golgaloth, to writing
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I've been writing for so many years and I still get caught up on Discrete vs Discreet. Do any of you have words you struggle with?

https://www.dictionary.com/e/discreet-vs-discrete/

Thebratdragon,
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@golgaloth when I autopilot write, there and their get mixed up, I know the difference but my brain doesn't care until I edit.

Thebratdragon, to Rugby
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A loss to the world.

I had dinner (along with 30 odd other people) with this great man to raise money and celebrate the Barbarians Rugby Club.

And Tony, Guiness boilermakers do give you hangovers, no matter what you claim.

#RFU #Rugby #Barbarians

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7225dy596eo

DrALJONES, to random
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1

Opinion

On apartheid Israel

When apartheid South Africa came under growing international pressure at the UN, the General Assembly initiated boycotts.

It suspended South Africa, stripping it of its Member State rights & privileges.

The apartheid regime "could no longer be seated, speak or vote at the General Assembly & other UN organs.

"Apartheid South Africa changed course because it became a pariah & isolated regime"

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/20/ostracising-israel-at-the-un-should-be-a-priority

....2..

Thebratdragon,
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@DrALJONES biggest ally and sanction breaker of the SA sanctions, Israel....

fkamiah17, to anime_titties
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Australia joins the US, the UK, the EU and Canada on the wrong side of history 🤬

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/15/albanese-australia-un-icj-genocide-trial-israel-south-africa-wont-participate?CMP=share_btn_tw

Thebratdragon,
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@fkamiah17 just seen the nastiest of all headlines, yesterdays pro Palestine Rally in London under the headline, Hamas support rally.....

the fact there were 10 times the number at it than the pro israel rally of the day before may have triggered this.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Abandon hope of choosing your own path in life (or your children having that option), all ye who vote for Labour.

GPLB: "[Y]oung people have a responsibility to take up the work or training that’s on offer."

Liz Kendall, Shadow DWP Minister, this morning.

Thebratdragon,
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@fkamiah17 yep, you are young and poor, work till you drop for the rich and young who had free rides to further education and family inheritance that makes them better than you.

Youth, I want to be an actor/engineer/artist/writer/whatever but no way I can afford the training/study fees.

rich shits in tory/labout party, shut up and give me my burger and fries, and a receipt so I can reclaim it on expenses.

SubtleBlade, to random
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Why is #RishiSunak calling a #GeneralElection now and what happens next? - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/22/why-is-rishi-sunak-calling-a-general-election-now-and-what-happens-next #GTTO

Thebratdragon,
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@SubtleBlade good inflation figures, terrible news from po enquiry, avoids palestine as a country recognition calls etc.

See also losing flagship anti protest bill in high court and further rwanda disasters.

And his own party is circling with daggers.

It was jump or be pushed, so ye jumped to shit on all the backstabbers who won't retain seats.

tompearce49, to random
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So it's to be 4th July. Let the countdown to the long-awaited and earnestly desired annihilation of the Tory Party commence.

Thebratdragon,
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@tompearce49 excellent GE announced the same day that the Daily Mail says that all Britains should have 3 days fresh water and food due to the sheer incompetence of the current gov in dealing with anything vaguely unexpected.

cstross, to random
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Welp, @Menhit has caught a mouse in my office but we now discover the inconvenient fact that she doesn't know how to kill a mouse, so when I startled her she let it go and it ran behind my bureau desk.

(This is the second confirmed mouse in the house since late 2007. Driven indoors by the weather, I guess, because only a madmouse would court her feline attention.)

Thebratdragon,
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@drgeraint @cstross I tried Humane traps, but ran out of room for the humans I caught.

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