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Ok, no more DMs now. There's a small percentage that are normal but the rest are a mixture of spam and just plain weird.
Our local gym used to have a feature on its app during COVID that let you know how busy it was.
I really wish they'd have kept it.
I really wish they'd have kept it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our local gym used to have a feature on its app during COVID that let you know how busy it was.
I really wish they'd have kept it.
I really wish they'd have kept it.
There doesn't seem to be an alternative plan for when jobs are lost in this completely new way. We always hear 'but it's expensive' but never, 'here's a different thing that would solve it' or that losing a ton of jobs with no plan B is going to be incredibly expensive.
Greed like this is parasitic
Greed like this is parasitic
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There doesn't seem to be an alternative plan for when jobs are lost in this completely new way. We always hear 'but it's expensive' but never, 'here's a different thing that would solve it' or that losing a ton of jobs with no plan B is going to be incredibly expensive.
Greed like this is parasitic
Greed like this is parasitic
Concepts of a plan
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Concepts of a plan
We're seeing in real time how easily wealth can become addictively parasitic.
It demands more with relentless gluttony, despite any risk of harming the host that facilitated its growth.
It demands more with relentless gluttony, despite any risk of harming the host that facilitated its growth.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We're seeing in real time how easily wealth can become addictively parasitic.
It demands more with relentless gluttony, despite any risk of harming the host that facilitated its growth.
It demands more with relentless gluttony, despite any risk of harming the host that facilitated its growth.
People throw it out there rather thoughtlessly as a concept, but its effects are much further reaching than they could imagine.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
People throw it out there rather thoughtlessly as a concept, but its effects are much further reaching than they could imagine.
My mum remembers when we still had the death penalty. She was a child but was very much aware of when someone was going to be killed & it was traumatising for her.
That people were scheduling someone's death at a specific time. She'd be watching the clock & felt very uneasy as the time got closer.
That people were scheduling someone's death at a specific time. She'd be watching the clock & felt very uneasy as the time got closer.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My mum remembers when we still had the death penalty. She was a child but was very much aware of when someone was going to be killed & it was traumatising for her.
That people were scheduling someone's death at a specific time. She'd be watching the clock & felt very uneasy as the time got closer.
That people were scheduling someone's death at a specific time. She'd be watching the clock & felt very uneasy as the time got closer.
Cue the trumpian amnesia & distancing, combined with the rehearsed shock that this came out of nowhere & it's in no way connected with the party or who it attracts.
Just another of many isolated incidents that just so happen to occur within the reform party.
Poor Nigel just can't catch a break.
Just another of many isolated incidents that just so happen to occur within the reform party.
Poor Nigel just can't catch a break.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cue the trumpian amnesia & distancing, combined with the rehearsed shock that this came out of nowhere & it's in no way connected with the party or who it attracts.
Just another of many isolated incidents that just so happen to occur within the reform party.
Poor Nigel just can't catch a break.
Just another of many isolated incidents that just so happen to occur within the reform party.
Poor Nigel just can't catch a break.
That was quite the segment to put to the public wasn't it. A guy who made so much money, is now sad after he sold his business for the crazy amount.
Sad rich guy now wants to go full Smaug on his giant stacks of cash while the infrastructure that facilitated that huge profit can go f itself.
Sad rich guy now wants to go full Smaug on his giant stacks of cash while the infrastructure that facilitated that huge profit can go f itself.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
That was quite the segment to put to the public wasn't it. A guy who made so much money, is now sad after he sold his business for the crazy amount.
Sad rich guy now wants to go full Smaug on his giant stacks of cash while the infrastructure that facilitated that huge profit can go f itself.
Sad rich guy now wants to go full Smaug on his giant stacks of cash while the infrastructure that facilitated that huge profit can go f itself.
After which time I'm sure she'll have thought very hard about her ways and return a reformed character.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
After which time I'm sure she'll have thought very hard about her ways and return a reformed character.
This suits reform well because they can pretend that MH issues are mild because they're not being treated by the MH services. But there are virtually no MH services to go to.
An absence of help is being used as evidence that people don't need help essentially. It's equal parts ghoulish and stupid.
An absence of help is being used as evidence that people don't need help essentially. It's equal parts ghoulish and stupid.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This suits reform well because they can pretend that MH issues are mild because they're not being treated by the MH services. But there are virtually no MH services to go to.
An absence of help is being used as evidence that people don't need help essentially. It's equal parts ghoulish and stupid.
An absence of help is being used as evidence that people don't need help essentially. It's equal parts ghoulish and stupid.
Since austerity we've had such little help for MH issues it's become incredibly difficult to obtain an accurate diagnosis.
Instead, GPs are made to deal with the symptoms in the only way they're able & can only treat & diagnose the side effects of serious mental illness. The cause remains untreated
Instead, GPs are made to deal with the symptoms in the only way they're able & can only treat & diagnose the side effects of serious mental illness. The cause remains untreated
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Since austerity we've had such little help for MH issues it's become incredibly difficult to obtain an accurate diagnosis.
Instead, GPs are made to deal with the symptoms in the only way they're able & can only treat & diagnose the side effects of serious mental illness. The cause remains untreated
Instead, GPs are made to deal with the symptoms in the only way they're able & can only treat & diagnose the side effects of serious mental illness. The cause remains untreated
The truth being opposite from what Farage said. The original post is correct just to clarify my meaning because I realised it could be read differently to how I meant it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The truth being opposite from what Farage said. The original post is correct just to clarify my meaning because I realised it could be read differently to how I meant it.
The one segment I recall on GBeebies was a debate they set up regarding climate change. They brought on a climate scientist who had to argue with a guy who worked for a water company. The water co guy was given the same expertise status as the actual scientist & the host took the water guy's side.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The one segment I recall on GBeebies was a debate they set up regarding climate change. They brought on a climate scientist who had to argue with a guy who worked for a water company. The water co guy was given the same expertise status as the actual scientist & the host took the water guy's side.
Like the Brexit referendum, the choice will be vague and open to interpretation after the fact.
There won't likely be any important follow up questions or any semblance of nuance that prevents abuse.
There'd be a huge influx of disinformation to cause disproportionate fear to drive decision making.
There won't likely be any important follow up questions or any semblance of nuance that prevents abuse.
There'd be a huge influx of disinformation to cause disproportionate fear to drive decision making.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Like the Brexit referendum, the choice will be vague and open to interpretation after the fact.
There won't likely be any important follow up questions or any semblance of nuance that prevents abuse.
There'd be a huge influx of disinformation to cause disproportionate fear to drive decision making.
There won't likely be any important follow up questions or any semblance of nuance that prevents abuse.
There'd be a huge influx of disinformation to cause disproportionate fear to drive decision making.
Same vibes as our reform mayor who thinks he can simultaneously oversee an area with significant financial ties to renewable energy, while under the badge of a party that openly wants to scrap it as a main priority.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Same vibes as our reform mayor who thinks he can simultaneously oversee an area with significant financial ties to renewable energy, while under the badge of a party that openly wants to scrap it as a main priority.
I wish I had done so earlier tbh. Glad to be done with them now though.
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I wish I had done so earlier tbh. Glad to be done with them now though.
A reform gov would look insane in parliament. Think benches lined with Gullis duplicates & Widdecombes flinging poop & shrieking about 'woke' every time another new scandal emerged of which there'll be plenty.
Farage is the open gate to astonishing incompetence, stupidity & uninhibited corruption.
Farage is the open gate to astonishing incompetence, stupidity & uninhibited corruption.
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A reform gov would look insane in parliament. Think benches lined with Gullis duplicates & Widdecombes flinging poop & shrieking about 'woke' every time another new scandal emerged of which there'll be plenty.
Farage is the open gate to astonishing incompetence, stupidity & uninhibited corruption.
Farage is the open gate to astonishing incompetence, stupidity & uninhibited corruption.
Even if people have immense trust in Farage, he's just a tiny fraction of what a reform-led government would be. Which is exactly why people need to refer to this council for a preview of how things would be.
Candidates either have had misplaced trust in reform, or are attracted to power & status.
Candidates either have had misplaced trust in reform, or are attracted to power & status.
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Even if people have immense trust in Farage, he's just a tiny fraction of what a reform-led government would be. Which is exactly why people need to refer to this council for a preview of how things would be.
Candidates either have had misplaced trust in reform, or are attracted to power & status.
Candidates either have had misplaced trust in reform, or are attracted to power & status.
I quit using Amazon as soon as bezos caved in to Trump. I honestly didn't realise how dependent I was on it until I did.
I have however found some fantastic independent sellers since. I also saw how intrusive Amazon is when trying to avoid it.
I have however found some fantastic independent sellers since. I also saw how intrusive Amazon is when trying to avoid it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I quit using Amazon as soon as bezos caved in to Trump. I honestly didn't realise how dependent I was on it until I did.
I have however found some fantastic independent sellers since. I also saw how intrusive Amazon is when trying to avoid it.
I have however found some fantastic independent sellers since. I also saw how intrusive Amazon is when trying to avoid it.
If a company that is succeeding, especially this much, lays off a load of people, it should lose any tax breaks it got. In fact it needs taxing more to offset the damage it did.
Those tax breaks were sold to society as being so that they could become bigger employers and improve their impact.
Those tax breaks were sold to society as being so that they could become bigger employers and improve their impact.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If a company that is succeeding, especially this much, lays off a load of people, it should lose any tax breaks it got. In fact it needs taxing more to offset the damage it did.
Those tax breaks were sold to society as being so that they could become bigger employers and improve their impact.
Those tax breaks were sold to society as being so that they could become bigger employers and improve their impact.
He's going to hate someone other than him getting photographed with other leaders on a public stage.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
He's going to hate someone other than him getting photographed with other leaders on a public stage.
And if governments can insist that these large companies can affect society positively & be rewarded, it follows that they can also act in ways that are detrimental to society & be penalised. UBI should be funded by removing tax breaks that were given to them allegedly for them to 'give back'.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
And if governments can insist that these large companies can affect society positively & be rewarded, it follows that they can also act in ways that are detrimental to society & be penalised. UBI should be funded by removing tax breaks that were given to them allegedly for them to 'give back'.
The benefits would be fast acting, as a major issue with MH services is that sufferers have been neglected for so long that any sort of monitoring would provide hope & give a sense of connection to care.
I cannot understate how important that sense of hope & care is to someone with MH issues.
I cannot understate how important that sense of hope & care is to someone with MH issues.
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The benefits would be fast acting, as a major issue with MH services is that sufferers have been neglected for so long that any sort of monitoring would provide hope & give a sense of connection to care.
I cannot understate how important that sense of hope & care is to someone with MH issues.
I cannot understate how important that sense of hope & care is to someone with MH issues.