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Wen

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I am a climber, runner, cyclist and swimmer. In between that I run a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company, splitting my time between Edinburgh, The Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art.

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Lazarou, to UKpolitics
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A grown up country would know when the next election is so folk can make plans, this is just Brexit all over again, incompetent boobs bumbling around and pulling dates out of their arses.

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #GE2024

Wen,
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@Lazarou @paulhutchinson it is just another route to manipulation. It reduces people’s view of the medium-long term.

Wen, to art
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At least 1,000 Damien Hirst artworks were painted years later than claimed

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/22/damien-hirst-artworks-painted-years-later-currency-artist

If it moves you and you think it is worthwhile, get it. Being mugged for an ‘investment’ potential is another matter. Provenance is the elusive art work here. Nice work if you can get away with it.

TheSwiv, to UKpolitics
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We want it to be made unlawful for Members of Parliament to make false statements or misrepresent facts in any form or context, with offenders being removed from Parliament, and a by-election held in their constituency

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659862

Wen,
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@TheSwiv it would be a difficult thing to police. But I urge everyone to sign it, the response will tie the bar stewards up in knots.

Wen, to random
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The disturbing new sex education curriculum, as written by Tory MPs

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/the-disturbing-new-sex-education-curriculum-as-written-by-tory-mps-20240516247805

Not as disturbing as their other. Education curricula, designed to keep the masses productive but for nothing more.

Ok it is a spoof - but do you really believe the author did not have the inside track?

vanitarium, to random
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It makes me feel sick that England’s elite has become a heartless, greedy and cynical band of hyenas chasing innocent victims for their lives and earnings: now it’s students turn too

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/22/nigerian-students-teesside-university-ordered-to-leave-uk-naira-currency-crash?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Wen,
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@vanitarium Become? When did it change?

jbenjamint, to random
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There's part of me that thinks potentially Paula Vennells wasn't malicious, simply grossly incompetent, because that tallies with a lot of the business leaders I've come across.

Good at climbing the ladder, rubbish at actually running anything.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/may/22/paula-vennells-post-office-horizon-it-inquiry-alan-bates-live-updates#top-of-blog

Wen,
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@jbenjamint malicious by omission? Certainly uncaring by design.

scotlit, to literature
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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born #OTD, 22 May, at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh – a 🎂 🧵

Bridget Kendall on BBC Sounds explores the life & work of the doctor & literary superstar who changed #CrimeFiction forever

1/11

#Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thcentury #SherlockHolmes #SherlockHolmesDay

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054419v

Wen,
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@scotlit glad you did it - Conan Doyle must be spinning in his grave 🙄

Geri, to random
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Out of the blue hypothesises that Martin Griffiths, the Sub-postmaster who took his own life, had mental health issues.

Wen,
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@JackTheCat @Geri an appropriate jail term will suffice.

Wen,
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@JackTheCat @Geri I think the chances are slight. Mone is an eejit and will get thrown to the wolves in time (at a profit), Vennels has become a liability to Westminster politicians. She is mince imho.

I won’t regret it, but she will just represent a wee bit of the corruption berg being top sliced.

Wen,
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@Geri @JackTheCat plus fines

Wen,
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@JackTheCat @Geri she’ll have the inside line on direct government corruption. Mone is a simple beneficiary and Vennels is at arms length.

Wen,
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@Geri @JackTheCat that’s the CoE - establishment ar prayer (or something)

Geri, to random
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Beer tells that she lied to parliament when she informed that at every occasion, the Post Office had successfully prosecuted postmasters for shortfalls. He informs her that there were at least three that she knew about.

She starts crying.

Not because of the injustuce the postmasters faced but because she knows she has committed perjury and is going to go to jail.

Wen,
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@Lazarou @Geri @Bwasscher people waving ‘Holy Books’ around are always a worry.

Wen,
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@Geri @Lazarou @Bwasscher them too

Wen,
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@Geri @Lazarou @Bwasscher we forgive you 🫣

JackTheCat, to random
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I said years ago that Scotland would end up like Florida but with added midges.

‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/22/never-ending-uk-rain-10-times-more-likely-climate-crisis-study?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Wen,
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@JackTheCat We don't have mosquitos or alligators or pythons (not native, but…) though - yet 🤞🏻

jbond, to random
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A study in the UK has found that electric cars hit more pedestrians than petrol cars. Mostly because the pedestrians can't hear them. Without victim blaming, perhaps the pedestrians should pay more attention when entering the cars space? That space also contains bicycles and e-scooters which are similarly silent.

As a cyclist it's common to have to avoid a ped who stepped of the pavement into the road without looking. Presumably because they couldn't hear any danger.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/electric-cars-more-likely-to-hit-pedestrians-than-petrol-vehicles-study-finds

Wen,
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@jbond @JackTheCat It would still not be a bad idea for both electric cars to have a sound maker (many do not - out 4 year old BMW doesn’t) and cyclists to use a bell. We drive carefully, knowing the car can be quiet under 20mph and our bikes have usable bells (very lightweight).

Wen,
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@raymierussell @jbond @JackTheCat

I know. And many are sold with a very small, very lightweight pinger - which is effective. Most road bikes I see have had them removed! It is not a weight thing - just unthinking behaviour.

Wen,
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@raymierussell @jbond @JackTheCat I haven't had that problem. Although my recumbent has a rather remarkable ‘Air Zound’

https://www.airzound.co.uk

which gets HGVs wondering…

theplaguedoc, to random

Just listened to John Cage's 4'33".

Perfect.

No notes.

Wen,
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@theplaguedoc it was the last 33’ that really moved me

Wen,
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@Thebratdragon @theplaguedoc I was looking forward to the album.

alanferrier, to random
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Fixed that for you, New Statesman.

Fun fact: England is the only country in the world to have fully privatised its water and sewerage systems.

Via the Financial Times: "Scotland—which has its own state-owned water company—massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia."

Wen,
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@JimmyB @Thebratdragon @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier Some regulation over their investments would be useful. A ‘too big to fail' monopoly was always a blinkered investment.

Wen,
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@Thebratdragon @JimmyB @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier Not necessarily a Ponzi scheme even if the belief that they will be protected no matter what the managers of the fund get up to might be similar.

Wen,
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@JimmyB @Thebratdragon @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier The current political and legal system allows them to get away with it scot free.

Wen,
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@JimmyB @Thebratdragon @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier I quite agree. However what is actually going to ensure a maladministration hits the guilty hard where it hurts? Pissed off, organised, voting pensioners are a start.

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