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BashStKid

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“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done”

Various permutations of rugby, music, history, farming, rare breeds, food. With a bit of earth sciences, physics, and energy.

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StillIRise1963, to random
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“ 'According to some estimates, 40% of money laundering around the world – this is money often stolen from Africa and Africans by corrupt businessmen, bent politicians and war lords and so on – 40% of that money comes through London and overseas territories and crown dependencies.’ ”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/nearly-40-of-dirty-money-is-laundered-in-london-and-uk-crown-dependenies

BashStKid,
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@StillIRise1963 London has spent a long time perfecting being a corrupt arranger and fixer for dirty money that needs cleaning.

fkamiah17, to Life
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A man just delivered 240ltrs of compost. Now I have to move it to the shed.
sobs

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 I bet the tidying spell from Fantasia never looked so attractive.

fkamiah17, (edited ) to random
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I thought it was Palestinian parents who indoctrinated their children to hate Israelis 🤔
I should say these images (stills from a video clip) were taken at Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron yesterday. The police protected the "activists".

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 That is disturbing.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Sadly, I think we all know how keen kids are to copy their family and gain approval. I’m sure this is normative behaviour wherever they live.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 33: 🚨

Back to dystopia, this time at NYU. These "reflection papers" form part of an "ethos integrity module", which is compulsory.
And WTF is "behavioural intervention management"?!??
An unusal example where Orwellian is the correct description.

Reflection Paper Instructions In order to complete the sanction, it is expected that you will take time to reflect on the selected topics (as indicated below), and write a clear, well-developed response that demonstrates that you have thought abou tall aspects of the issue/decision/behaviour that resulted in your involvement with the Office of Student Conduct. While this is intended to be a reflective assignment, be advised that your paper cannot serve to justify your actions, evaluate the actions of others, or challenge a conduct regulation.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Frankly that sounds more aggressive than Cultural Revolution political reeducation.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Victory in Cambridge 🥳

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cambridges-wealthiest-college-divest-arms-companies

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Oxford next then.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Quite possibly so, depending on background Congregation politics. If they end up keeping that bloody bust of Rhodes but quietly push through what would be called a ‘rebalancing of the investment portfolio’, that’s ok by me.

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

BashStKid,
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@RickiTarr Late to this, but Nina Simone, and Sinnerman, is still as relevant as it was sixty years ago.

fkamiah17, to Life
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I never really imagined myself as someone who would own a nail gun.
I now have all the guns.
Except the actual ones, obvs.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Go on then, which one did you end up choosing?

fkamiah17, to Life
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It is with great regret that I must announce that my coffee bowl is now empty 😫

mournfully retrieves spade from shed

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Candide would never have been so enthusiastic about going to work in the garden if he hadn’t had a big bowl of coffee first.

fkamiah17, to Life
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I must say I don't like laying paving slabs, and I haven't even started doing it yet 🤣
I'll just linger another five minutes with this bowl of coffee, I think ..

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 @TheSwiv you could have another 5 or 6 kg of water along for the ride?

junesim63, (edited ) to Cats
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Has anyone had experience of a cat with hay fever?
For a week now, Copper has been intermittently sneezing, with red eyes, runny but dry nose, wheezing and lethargic. He's still eating heartily, doesn't have a temperature, and everything else is normal.
He improves overnight when I keep him in, which makes me think it's an external stimulus.
He loves being outdoors so I don't want to deprive him.

Edit: Muting as thread has been hijacked. Thanks to all who offered genuine advice.

BashStKid,
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@Wen @Henrysbridge @TomSwirly @junesim63
Your stats look similar to our experience. However all our cats are belled in the hope of protecting the water voles and bats, and touch wood, that’s worked so far.
Also, none of ours bother squirrels, possibly because they think they’re French loir.

BashStKid,
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@Wen @Henrysbridge @junesim63
Don’t worry, I wasn’t intending to be prescriptive, lots of cats do indeed not like collars.

Anyway, I fear we’ve somewhat diverted June’s original thread here.

jon, to random
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Not spot the 🐸

But listen to toads, Ravières edition

A video of the canal de Bourgogne - turn on sound!

BashStKid,
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@jon How they avoid herons while making that racket I don’t know.

sundogplanets, to random
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Incredible auroras all night, doesn't seem like we're in Kessler Syndrome yet (yay) but apparently GPS and Starlink internet aren't working for people.

A goat got into chicken food and I had to force feed him baking soda to try to save his life (we'll see how that goes ☹️ ).

I emailed the CNN reporter who interviewed me about satellite pollution a couple years ago to see if she's interested in the space junk story.

And it's Vaisakhi/Khalsa Day, so I'm going to get amazing free food!

BashStKid,
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@sundogplanets Hope the goat’s ok.
Slightly confused, is Vaisakhi on a different day in Canada?

DreadShips, to random
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Tech bros love to boast about moving fast and breaking things, so it comes as some relief to find an instance where they've moved at a more stately 17 knots and yet still utterly fucked it.

In this case the "it" being carpool vehicles. Programmed to treat movement without the engine being switched on as either theft or witchcraft, they instantly bricked themselves in response.

What happened when these vehicles travelled by ferry was perhaps predictable...

BashStKid,
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@DreadShips Programming industrial hardware for a wide range of use cases when you live in a clueless ivory tower is, unsurprisingly, a disaster.

BashStKid, to random
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And farmers wonder why there’s not much public support for the many problems in farming:

Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/farmers-union-lobbied-to-increase-pesticide-limit-in-uk-drinking-water?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

fkamiah17, to Life
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The Cheltenham Activities Committee has declared that today's agenda will consist of laying in the garden eating.
Warm croissants are brilliant for mopping up any residual ice-cream sundae, in case you're interested 😂 🍨

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 this is what we suffered through the winter for. Go for it.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Adil Ray: "Are you going to open more safe and legal routes for refugees [to tackle boat crossings]?"
Yvette Cooper: "No."

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 As someone pointed out to me, where is this policy being launched? Literally in Dover, with a pre-planned speech.
I’m thinking Elphicke was not a mere coincidence of timing, but part of a larger cynical PR plan.

junesim63, to random
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"Keir Starmer will promise to rip up the government’s Rwanda scheme and divert £75m to fund hundreds of new specialist officers to tackle people-smuggling with new counter-terror powers"

Oh FFS. Divert £75m into safe routes, and THAT will stop the people smugglers, you sad power fetishist.
Whatever you think of them, people smugglers are not terrorists. They are organised criminals who will move on to the next opportunity when this income dries up.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/09/starmer-pledges-to-rip-up-rwanda-scheme-and-tackle-people-smuggling?CMP=firstedition_email

BashStKid,
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@junesim63 But what would Natalie Elphicke say?

BashStKid, to random
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‘It’s a Boeing, I’m not going’ part 47

Boeing cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/08/boeing-cargo-plane-forced-to-land-at-istanbul-without-front-landing-gear?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

BashStKid, to random
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I’m a British farmer. Here’s the scary truth about what’s happening to our crops https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/08/british-farmer-food-climate-crisis-business?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Don’t apologise, I have the same reaction (so, punching yourself in the face wasn’t such a good idea, was it). But we can’t change the past, etc etc.

Ultimately, those folks who want to stand around Rishi will soon be gone.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Fuck sake. Natalie Elphicke?!??

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 next stop Braverman.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 I did have my sarcastic hat on. I suppose that shows what a rank opportunist Elphicke is.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Elphicke’s constituency is being merged, so maybe she won’t be standing as the Labour candidate in Dover anyway? Which makes me wonder why she’s doing this.

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