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HighlandLawyer

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Law, IT, & other stuff.
North Scotland

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HighlandLawyer, to random
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Duo's been to Eastgate...

_thegeoff, to random
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Cooking some leftover tandoori lamb in a fairly standard onion/tomato curry sauce. This is generally fairly inauthentic in Indian terms, I believe, but is part of the origin story of British Indian Restaurant cooking. And damn it's good.

HighlandLawyer,
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@_thegeoff BIR is now an established British cuisine in its own right, & evidence why more open borders is the right way to go.

HighlandLawyer,
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@_thegeoff There should be a supplementary question for all potential immigrants after the "yes" of the standard questionnaire (attached). That is "What recipe do you bring from your old country for a deep fried food?"

dgar, to random
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I’m writing a song about tortillas - actually, it's more of a rap.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar Presumably in B flat.

RickiTarr, to random
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Soup seems like a breakfast food, I'm going to have some Breakfast Soup.

HighlandLawyer,
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@RickiTarr Most soups* taste better after resting over-night. Ergo breakfast soup is the first opportunity to try it.

*Proper thick ones, not those watery consommé types

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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The Guardian: "Starmer to make defence pledges with ‘bedrock’ of nuclear deterrent."

Hurrah! Rule Britannia!

HighlandLawyer,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious
If we're going to stick with C20th policies, can we also have the well funded NHS, decent benefit payments, free university education with maintainance grants, greater rights for trade unions & protestors, & taxation of the wealthy to pay for it all?

dgar, to random
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Chocolate comes from cocoa, which is a plant.

Therefore, chocolate is salad.

The end.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar
A mocha vanilla soy latte is four bean soup.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Wearing a badge in school makes you a terrorist.

Independent "Pupils wearing pro-Palestinian badges referred to counter-terror scheme – union"

https://archive.is/cpY49

HighlandLawyer,
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@fkamiah17
Portrait of a "dangerous radical" per current govt policy:

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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I got the videos back from my recent keyhole surgery. One was partly a clip of the liver but two were totally clips of the heart.

HighlandLawyer,
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@simonvarwell Glad you've managed to turn around then

dgar, to random
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The “g” in Dgar is pronounced like it is in “garage”.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar I'll just keep pronouncing it in the original Klingon...

FantasticalEconomics, to Economics
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Say it with me folks, inheritance tax.

We are entering into "the great wealth transfer" where about $5.2 trillion (that's the one with more zeros than I can count) is about to pass from the, largely undeserving, super rich to their entirely undeserving heirs.

"Research by Forbes magazine found there were 15 billionaires aged 30 or under but that none had created their own wealth, instead benefitting from huge inheritances."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/03/all-billionaires-under-30-have-inherited-their-wealth-research-finds

HighlandLawyer,
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@FantasticalEconomics @GhostOnTheHalfShell

aral, to threads
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NASA captures stunning photo of mastodon.social federating with Threads.

HighlandLawyer,
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@aral

dgar, to random
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It’s a thin line separating the denominator and numerator.

Only a fraction of people will get this.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar That's pointless

CherylMorgan, to random
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This week in UK news: people who have made a career of stirring up hatred against vulnerable minorities are against a new law in Scotland that will criminalise stirring up hatred against vulnerable minorities.

HighlandLawyer,
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@cstross @CherylMorgan
Ah, but as I understand it the difference is that in England it is an absolute defence per s18(4) of the Public Order Act 1986 as amended that:
"he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used, or the written material displayed, would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling."
Whereas in Scotland it is still an offence even if you do it inside a home! <clutch pearls/>

HighlandLawyer, to random
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The fact that the (Scottish/UK) media is currently full of people criticising the Scottish govt & parliament for making it illegal to organise a pogrom from the comfort of your own home, and not a peep about how the vast majority of people in Scotland have been priced out of being able to enforce their legal rights in the civil courts, tells you everything you need to know about who is driving the agenda.

dgar, to random
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I ate a clock.

It was time consuming.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar
I took a sundial.
It was light, but the point is gnomon knows the solar time.

dgar, to random
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My math teacher called me average, which is mean.

HighlandLawyer,
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@literarypug @dgar That could have been singularity divisive if you had'nt turned it around

HighlandLawyer,
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@literarypug @dgar There's been an increased incidence of that; probably people trying all the angles.

HighlandLawyer,
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@benroyce @dgar It's a sin that you went off at a tangent

dgar, to animals
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Tora Tabby loves climbing. If I move the ladder anywhere, she’s straight up to the top to see if it opens new places to explore.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar Cats gonna cat

pauloldhamsnp, to random
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"We do not agree with the United Kingdom Government that nuclear energy is environmentally sustainable. [It] is not required in Scotland. Our draft energy strategy sets out that the capacity for renewable generation in Scotland could mean that Scotland’s annual electricity capacity generation will be more than double our demand by 2030 and more than treble by 2045. We have a route to net zero through renewables. We do not need nuclear power."

https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/meeting-of-parliament-27-03-2024?meeting=15788&iob=134738#orscontributions_M16215E355P844C2574886

HighlandLawyer,
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@nitpicking @pauloldhamsnp The reasoning is in Scotland we already have a cheaper, safer, alternative using an existing (though still improving) set of renewable technologies.
Dounreay has been closed down, but the specialist clean up of the area will still be decades; how much to remove a wind turbine at end of its life?
Now all we need is for the energy pricing scheme to be altered (at Westminster) to stop Scotland being charged more than England.

dgar, to random
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It’s that time again!
Show me some memes!!

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar

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@dgar

dgar, to random
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Me: Want to grab something to eat?

Them: No thanks, I gestate.

HighlandLawyer,
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@dgar
Read the womb.

RickiTarr, to random
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If the amount of "justice" you receive is based on how good the lawyers you can afford are, then "justice" is only for the rich.

HighlandLawyer,
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@log @Andres @RickiTarr Scotland removed bail for money in 1980. Instead there are standard bail conditions, which include a requirement to turn up at court when required, & if you break that (a) that in itself is a separate offence, & (b) an arrest warrant will be issued. Most people turn up; if there is a problem most people contact the court in advance to explain & get a later attendance time. It works.

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