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localzuk

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localzuk, to random
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I find it outrageous and incredibly offensive how often subtitles are censored.

I've experienced it on broadcast TV. On Amazon. On YouTube. And elsewhere.

Deaf people do not need swear words hidden. Those of us with hearing loss don't suddenly decide, "Ah, yes, because I can't hear fully, I don't want to experience swearing anymore."

Stop censoring our content!

localzuk, to random
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With the media so obsessed with the eventual "waste" from green energy production - end of life solar panels, turbine blades, batteries etc, wouldn't it be great if they provided context?

There are 9000 oil tanker ships on the planet. 10s of thousands of petrol trucks. 10s of thousands of petrol stations. 10s of thousands of miles of pipeline.

All of which are environmentally damaging to dispose of.

Yet, never discussed in the media. Its just the green boogeyman.

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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The only reason the government are so upset about the 4 day week, even when it is proving to be cost effective and efficient, is that their paymasters are worried that it could become a demand from workers that could spread to business.

Can't have the proles enjoying too much of their time, can you? They might get ideas above their station.

Government says four-day working weeks should 'cease immediately' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67232583.amp

localzuk, to random
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I don't understand this one... if the WhatsApp messages are personal, then either he was using private messaging to do government business, or was using a government account to do private messaging. Either one should be a problem.

What happened to the need to maintain secure, recorded communication in government?

COVID inquiry: Government stands by refusal to hand over Boris Johnson's 'private' WhatsApp messages following criticism | Politics News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-inquiry-government-stands-by-refusal-to-hand-over-boris-johnsons-private-whatsapp-messages-following-criticism-12893290

localzuk, to random
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Even with so many solar panels ending their useful lives, even if we scrapped all of them tomorrow, we'd still not be seeing the same amount of waste as its produced by coal mining each and every year worldwide.

400kg of every tonne of coal mined is waste - not byproducts, waste. In 2020, the world mined 7.575 billion tonnes. That's 3 billion tonnes of waste. In a year.

Solar panels - an eco-disaster waiting to happen? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65602519.amp

localzuk, to random
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The joys of modern gaming. Turning on your system for the first time in a short while, and having to download gigabytes of updates.

Turned on my SteamDeck for the first time in about a month. 29GB of updates.

FTTP is becoming a necessity for gaming.

The FTTC I can get at the moment just ain't cutting it. But there's no sign of improvement for a couple more years.

localzuk, to random
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Recycling batteries isn't actually that easy, though. So many people will continue to be lazy and just bin them.

The onus is currently on people to take the batteries somewhere to recycle. Which means they need to store them until they do.

So, instead of bin lorry fires, we'll have house fires instead. Realistically, councils should start collecting them with kerb-side recycling.

Bin fire in Cornwall after batteries not recycled - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-68899020.amp

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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This is horrific. They already have basically nothing, yet these thugs thought it OK to destroy the only possessions and safety they have?

What happened to helping the vulnerable? What happened to compassion?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67392992

localzuk, (edited ) to random
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Why does the BBC give so much airtime to the far right? UKIP, Brexit Party, Reform UK. All seem to get a priority seat on the BBC.

The greens? Barely mentioned.

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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What is it about police and disliking accountability?

The reality is that many of these videos of police actions show misbehaviour by police officers.

When you've got many police under investigation, can you really blame the public for wanting to film?

Rowley is missing the point. I'm general, trust in the police is very low. Having a go at the public for commenting or filming is not going to help improve that. It just shows he isn't listening.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-sir-mark-rowley-online-hatred-violence-officers-palestine-marches-b1144507.html

localzuk, to random
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Random thought... I wonder when will start mining old landfill sites from pre-recycling times. There's gotta be all sorts of metals in them from disposed of electronics.

localzuk, to random
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RAAC is a total failure of government over decades. They knew the material had a limited lifespan a long time ago.

The Tories have known about the extreme risk since 2018.

Yet they've waited until now and have caused massive disruption and worry.

So, to put the cherry on the top, they're saying there's no money to fix it either.

An incompetent govt to the end.

Jeremy Hunt under fire after Treasury says no new cash to fix Raac in schools | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/03/jeremy-hunt-under-fire-after-treasury-says-no-new-cash-to-fix-raac-in-schools

localzuk, to politics
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For all the constant attacks on the "woke" by the extremist right, we have to remember they are just a very loud minority who happen to have bought and control the media.

Most of the people buy into the language of calling people "woke" actually agree with liberal/moderate values. They've just been convinced that there's a bunch of people who are somehow more extreme for wanting human rights, etc...

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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Is the road outside Parliament "key national infrastructure" then?

Would their slow match have disrupted it for more than a brief period of time? Doubt it.

I suspect those who were arrested have a fairly strong case here.

Regardless of draconian new laws, the Human Rights Act still exists, and all other laws must be read within the context of it.

Met uses new anti-protest powers to arrest climate protesters for first time | UK news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/30/met-arrest-more-than-60-climate-activists-just-stop-oil-protest-first-use-powers-public-order-act

localzuk, (edited ) to Titanic
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Today, I learned that apparently, one of the biggest contentious issues in the amateur Titanic historian community appears to be the answer to the question "how many blades did the central propeller have?".

It looks to be a dispute similar in scale and ferocity as the discussion as to whether you should use spaces or tabs to indent your code when programming... 😂

Such passion! Love it.

localzuk, to random
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Looks like racism won in Australia.

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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So, Labour spends years ejecting and upsetting anyone who dare express left wing views that go against the leader's ideals, and then run polls of the remaining members and say "see, the members agree with him".

They wouldn't understand bias if it hit them in the face.

Labour grassroots back Starmer’s new stance on gender, allies claim after poll
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/26/labour-grassroots-back-starmer-gender-self-identification?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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I have come to the conclusion that the problem with the right-wing is how they think about people.

On the left, people are generally considered to be equal. We strive for equality, and if there is inequality, that is seem as a failure of society and the state.

On the right, people doing well think they are better than everyone else. If you're suffering at the bottom, that's a personal failing and you need to fix it yourself. And your children are failures because of you.

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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This law is abhorrent. The idea that the govt can just decide that a certain group of people no longer have human rights goes against the very point of human rights. It goes against the very idea of the rule of law.

This bill should die at the first stage, and anyone who supports it should lose their seat.

This is how fascism progresses.

New Rwanda bill gives ministers power to disregard some human rights law - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67641805

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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Moronic squabbling. The reason the Tories will be obliterated is incompetence. Not how far right they are or aren't. The fact they can't understand this is just another nail in their coffin.

They're already an extreme right party as it is.

Centrist Tories reject MP’s claim party must shift to the right | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/08/centrist-tories-reject-mps-claim-party-must-shift-to-the-right

localzuk, to random
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May he be Charles The Last, and we join modern countries as a republic.

localzuk, to UKpolitics
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Total and utter incompetence from our government.

They've ruined our military.

The Tories need to go, and stay gone for 20 years at least, so the adults can clean up their mess.

Britain has zero active naval supply ships for first time
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-has-zero-active-naval-supply-ships-for-first-time/

revk, to random
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I hate to link to X [changed to nitter.net now], but the video really does say it how it is.

Very very worrying state of affairs in the UK

https://nitter.net/PeterStefanovi2/status/1733066928111968346

localzuk,
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@revk @trink_uk what makes it even less understandable? It's reciprocal. They send us people each time we send them.

So, we don't actually end up with fewer people coming to the country.

fkamiah17, to random
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From the National Security mastermind, John Bolton, in the Telegraph.

localzuk,
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@fkamiah17 his record never changes. He has been consistent in pushing for war with Iran for years. That's his thing.

What's ridiculous is the Telegraph publishing his drivel.

Free_Press, to news
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Chinese Social Media Video: The Wars in Gaza, Ukraine Present an Opportune Moment for China to Take Over Taiwan While The U.S. Is Distracted.

video/mp4

localzuk,
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@Free_Press China doesn't have the economy to support a war. They're more worried about the 65-80 million vacant homes that no one can afford, propping up an economic bubble through false optimism.

It will eventually pop, and China will have catastrophic problems. On the scale of the collapse and breakup of the USSR.

China is the quintessential paper tiger.

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