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OliverNoble

@OliverNoble@mastodon.world

Quite new to mastodon so blundering about - please be kind!!

socialist (ex labour), chilled, always curious and learning xx
GTTO is one thing but inadequate.... need to GTTO wherever they are and GetSocialistsIn

I may boost random stuff that just seems interesting , my comments may be satirical, or sarcastic

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AnthonyFStevens, to random
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@PlaybackMarlowe @Loukas

A spoiled ballot is a vote for the Tories. It's exactly what they want.

Labour's 15% - 20% poll lead is holding firm precisely because #Starmer refuses to throw the Tories a political bone.

As Napoleon once said "Don't disturb the enemy when they're busy making mistakes".

It's more important for the UK to remove these far right Tory crooks from power, than it is to wonder why Starmer isn't spilling his guts policy-wise, when an election hasn't yet been called... ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ

OliverNoble,
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@AnthonyFStevens @MutualityWSDEs @Loukas

Almost every position now takes is against what he said before becoming leader

So that doesnt help your argument

OliverNoble,
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@AnthonyFStevens @MutualityWSDEs @Judeet98 @Loukas

Labour has 29% support
Conservatives have 17%

The other 54% of voters dont want either or dont give a monkeys one way or the other

So, yes, Labour are leading in a race between a Dodo and a turkey


https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2023/08/30/voting-intention-con-24-lab-44-22-23-aug-2023

OliverNoble,
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@AnthonyFStevens @MutualityWSDEs @Judeet98 @Loukas
I dont think i have ever mentioned - I dont understand the labour right's obsession with him

because did offer an alternative and did have policies that would have made a meaningful difference to peoples lives -
anyone?

He then dumped all the policies and allowed the tories to destroy our civil rights, our environment and the prospects for our children by failing to offer any opposition or alternative

OliverNoble,
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@AnthonyFStevens @MutualityWSDEs @Judeet98 @Loukas "who's going to complain if switches back to his original pledges"" ?

All the corpotate donors, the private health lobbyist, the rip-off privatised utilities and .....and all the other bastards that he has been relentlessly courting

So who will he betray, the people of this country or the rich and powerful who "donate" and lobby him

OliverNoble,
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@AnthonyFStevens @MutualityWSDEs @Judeet98 @Loukas

Are you offering an alternative to , privatisation of the or a way to reduce poverty, fallng real wages, and an end to privatised rip-off utilities?

No - you dont offer an alternative, maybe just something slightly less terrible

The alternative that did exist has now been dismantled and there isnt an immediately available alternative via westminster elections
Im not pretending there is

Long term fix is...cont

rhamphorhynchus, to random
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I already have an app for looking at your website, it's called Firefox and is most satisfactory, thanks anyway.

OliverNoble,
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@rhamphorhynchus
I do not want your stupid app
I will not use this siloed crap.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!

Full version here:
https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/03/with-apologies-to-theodor-geisel/?guccounter=1

Would you like them on your phone?
On your waking home screen shown?

No! And no and no and no!
I do not want your stupid app
I do not want these wares of crap.
Your interstitials make me mad!
My ad blockers will make you sad.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not want this mobile spam!

derekalcorn, to random

Starmerโ€™s promise

OliverNoble,
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@harriettmb @derekalcorn @ukpolitics This forthcoming "pivot" cant be blamed on , war in Ukraine, or
I guess will either
1)deny having said it
2)claim that "electoral reform" doesnt mean reforming electoral systems making all votes count ...
3) Or fall back on "now is not the time"

WPalant, (edited ) to chrome

Many people seem still unaware of just how bad Chrome Sync is for your privacy. By default, Chrome will sync all your data โ€“ including e.g. your passwords, bookmarks, browsing history and open tabs. And by default, Chrome will not encrypt any of this data. All of it will be accessible by Google, by anyone who subpoenas Google to turn up your data and whoever else managed to get access to these servers.

If you want this data encrypted before it is first uploaded, you need to click โ€œSettingsโ€ instead of confirming sync, then expand โ€œEncryption optionsโ€ and set up a sync passphrase. The default option โ€œEncrypt synced passwords with your Google Accountโ€ is essentially a disguised โ€œWe can access all your data but we promise not to look. Donโ€™t you trust us?โ€

The only positive aspect here: Chrome Sync used to be a lot worse. It used to enable automatically when you signed into Chrome. It used to encrypt only passwords and none of the other data even if you set up a passphrase. It used to warn you when setting a passphrase because Googleโ€™s web services would no longer be able to access your passwords. It used to upload data without encryption first, only allowing to enable encryption after the fact. And its encryption used to be horribly broken. I wrote about that five years ago: https://palant.info/2018/03/13/can-chrome-sync-or-firefox-sync-be-trusted-with-sensitive-data/#chrome-sync

But even now, Chrome Sync requires you to take action in order to get privacy. Because Google knows that you wonโ€™t. Compare that to Firefox Sync which has always been encrypting all data by default. I criticized the implementation here as well, but that was really a minor issue compared to the mess which is Chrome Sync.

Edit: Removed link to a post claiming that Google is censoring synced bookmarks. This claim appears to be incorrect, the message there referring to a different Google service.

OliverNoble,
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@WPalant @deborahh whats the odds that every update turns sync back on...

Certainly my experience with google android was that most of the setting that may have helped privacy got reset regularly

GottaLaff, to twitter
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๐Ÿค” Via Josh Barro:

The Apple App Store TOS requires that apps have a block function, so, will have a block function

OliverNoble,
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@GottaLaff apples app store also required app names to have more than one character....

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Things I have been told to do on Mastodon:

-follow more people

-follow less people

-put content warnings on anything related to politics

-put content warnings on anything related to dogs (seriously)

-use alt text to translate my posts into French

-delete my Patreon because I don't deserve to make money

-sell merch with my facts on them because I deserve to make more money

-stop doing satire because it is enabling fascism and will get Trump reelected

Moral of the story: I have no idea.

OliverNoble,
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@lowqualityfacts keep doing 'you'

autoerot1ca, to random
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Welcome to my party. You have volunteered to play my game.

OliverNoble,
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@autoerot1ca i thought it was karaoke at first!
So innocent

TheEuropeanNetwork, to Bulgaria

Gas storage across Europe is now filled at just under 90% capacity, reaching a mandatory target to ensure the continent can power itself through winter with months to spare.

The target to fill gas storage to 90% capacity by 1 November 2023 was set last year, weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, as energy prices were starting their climb to new record levels and over fears Moscow could turn off the gas tap.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/08/17/eu-to-reach-gas-storage-target-months-ahead-of-deadline

OliverNoble,
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@TheEuropeanNetwork guess what happened to the UKs gas storage?

"First opened in 1985, it was closed by Centrica Storage Ltd in 2017 because of the need for costly maintenance, the UK government declining to subsidise repairs......it was partly reopened on 28 October 2022."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_(facility)
Btw it only holds about 9days worth of Gas

X31Andy, to solar
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Octopus energy no longer require MCS approval for PV installs in the UK. See clause 5.8 of their T&C.

https://octopus.energy/policies/export-tariffs-terms-conditions/

This now means you can get export payments on a self-installed system. A self installed system will be half the price of the current install quotes even if you pay a sparky to sign it off.

OliverNoble,
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@X31Andy very interesting re self-install for many reasons
Including how many "professional" installs are overpriced and shoddy - seen inverters in loft spaces that cut out on a sunny day because of over-temp -

thanks

Stoat, to random

Even the client journalism for Starmer is lacklustre. Just want some honest UK press polling.

"Shock Sun Poll: 91% said they'd happily kick Richkid Sunak in the balls, but only 89% wanted to biff lightweight Sir Kid Starver's bollix. Sir Starver told The Sun "Obviously I'm very pleased with my results, it shows I have the will of the people behind my scrotum." A spokesperson for Number 10 refused to describe Sunak's happysacks stating "they're under examination by boffins"."

OliverNoble,
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@Stoat Survey reveals Harold Shipman was a better doctor than Doctor Crippen

OliverNoble,
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@Stoat
:""And when it comes to anti-poverty strategies I genuinely believe we have to be more ambitious than simply saying it is about a particular welfare payment."....

Being " more ambitious" by not saying anything ........
being starmer

Christo, to random

There's an annoying ad on TV about a phone aimed at 17/18 year olds. That that age group would not see as they don't watch the programme.

OliverNoble,
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@hollybrigstocke @Christo every time i see tv, i am very happy not to have that source of crap in my life

I have zero tolerance for ads - someone interrupting and shouting at me to buy shit - no thanks - all blocked

w7voa, to ai
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Another horror/humor moment -- a musician here in has used the technology to resurrect Johnny Cash and have him sing a version of 'Barbie Girl.' https://youtu.be/HyfQVZHmArA

image/png

OliverNoble,
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@w7voa i will probably get lots of hate for this,
I Love It

Always like interesting covers of songs and this is great

Obvs there are issues around singers controlling their work and legacy....but the song itself, fab

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Hoarding the wealth created by the working class is reason enough to hate the rich

OliverNoble,
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@Radical_EgoCom
"Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk do a ton of objectively bad stuff, but | just want to be clear that the mere act of holding onto that much money in a world with this much inequality is in itself a brutally evil action, and alone makes them bad people."

GrrlScientist, to random
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    OliverNoble,
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    @markusl Thanks for marcisl, i have ok eyesight but struggled on a small screen

    OliverNoble,
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    @markusl Thanks for marcisl, i have ok eyesight but struggled on a small screen
    (Full of hayfever atm)

    ChrisMayLA6, to mastodon
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    More evidence that don't understand nor are willing to acknowledge - in the paragraph below that starts 'Other Twitter rivals have also experienced rapid growth in recent days....' the only real actually discussed is in the following paragraphs....

    So, there we are with 13m users, yet somehow invisible to the Guardian! Mind you, its their loss not ours....

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/04/threads-v-twitter-is-this-main-bout-musk-v-zuckerberg

    OliverNoble,
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    @MattMastodon @fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6 there are people here that annoy me and i disagree with them , but i havent had to block anyone and disagreements havent descended into stupid abuse - i welcome a challenge to my views and understanding if its in good faith

    I still remember (elsewhere) an american threatening me with his "45" - i told him that wasnt an IQ to boast about -it degenerated to that level after about 3 replies

    professorhank, to random
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    OliverNoble,
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    @astronomywriter @professorhank there were 12 pennies in a shilling not 5 pennies

    The confusion with 5p comes from the fact the shilling was still circulated after decimalisation and used interchangeably as a 5 new pennies coin

    Sophie, to random
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    Why hasn't anybody made an epicycle clock yet? (yes there are clocks with epicyclic mechanisms, but I mean the display!)

    For your consideration, one with just an hour and a minute epicycle, and also one with a seconds epicycle just for fun.

    Another version of the clock, this time with a little second hand that maks the day's spiral more interesting - essentially turning it into a long coil

    OliverNoble,
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    @aral @Sophie i thought the same, the creativity behind the animation is lovely, - made real would be fantastic

    Radical_EgoCom, (edited ) to random

    "What is Communist Anarchism?", by Alexander Berkman
    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-berkman-what-is-communist-anarchism

    OliverNoble,
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    @avantgeared @Radical_EgoCom I dont have a dog in this idealogical spat

    But "look at china"..
    China has lifted a billion people out of poverty in a few decades - compare that with india or south africa or anywhere else

    China is also authoritarian, and intolerant and brutal towards dissenters especially from some minorities ...but to suggest that the chinese system has been only harmful to its people is simplistic

    OliverNoble,
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    @Radical_EgoCom @avantgeared counterfactuals are always interesting as are facts

    The narrative around china is increasingly one of hostility and selective facts and that irritates me - china's ability to raise the material conditions of its population has been world-beating

    Their oppression, surveillance and brutality has also been considerable - though sadly not unique

    Also their are considerations about whether peoples lives have actually got better or just more financialised....cont

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