@realDonaldTrump needs to threaten to pull US troops out of Europe. That'll shit'em up. ๐คฃ
politico.eu/article/eu-slams-dโฆ
In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and Antรณnio Costa said the U.S. presidentโs move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.Aitor Hernรกndez-Morales (POLITICO)
Before I say anything, let me make one thing clear: ๐ โค๏ธ ๐ฌ.๐.๐.
This is yet another reason why Opensource and Linux are not more mainstream. I've been playing ALPHA 27 for a few days now. The only thing is, I'm playing on a Windows machine! According to the attached post, if you want it (On Linux), compile it yourself. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
One thing that annoys me about the Internet is the volume of keyboard warriors who proclaim themselves to be the champions of morals and "Doing the right thing" Yet when Labour announces a third runway, a deafening silence descends regarding Climate Change.
๐๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐:
๐ซ If Heathrow's total airport emissions (Scope 3 included) are around 20 million tonnes COโe per year, and the two runways handle all flight activity, A single runway could account for roughly 10 million tonnes COโe per year (very rough estimate). Thus increasing the total to 30 Million tonnes.๐ฌ
If the Conservatives had announced this, the web would have gone into meltdown!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql1wโฆ
Heathrow airport's expansion and a Bank of England bullion shortage feature in Thursday's papers.BBC News
Dunno where you're getting the idea the left is silent about it, I've seen constant mockery disgust and alarm. The very post above yours in my timeline is linking to the Guardian [ theguardian.com/commentisfree/โฆ ]. Even the Guardian!
I agree it'll probably just waste billions and then get cancelled before completion.
Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP โ and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot (The Guardian)
And I have discovered a new level of stupidity for IT Support.
A guy calls saying he cannot receive emails from a contact in India, and the emails are going to spam.
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ: "It's not in spam; it's the other one."
๐ ๐ฒ: "Junk folder?"
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ: "That's the one, but it's not in there."
๐ ๐ฒ: "Wait, do you mean our quarantine?"
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ: "Yes."
๐ ๐ฒ: "OK, send us the email address, and we will have a look."
He promptly sends a phone screenshot of the IM conversation with the guy in India who has attached a photo of his desktop with his rejection message (and his email address). The phone screenshot is too small to read, let alone the picture from the IM conversation.
JUST GIVE US THE BLOODY EMAIL ADDRESS!
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There's the story I've told a few times before.
We used to use another program for remote support, I forget its name now but it began with A and had a red icon.
So one of the lads got this woman to download it and run the executable.
๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "Right, can you see that red icon on your desktop? Click on that, please."
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: "There's no red icon."
๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง "๐๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต. ๐๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด."
๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "OK, What DO you have on your desktop?"
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: "I've got a mouse, a keyboard, my coffee mug....."
I shit you not.
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.Nick Triggle (BBC News)
Episode to be broadcast at 9pm tonight (Monday, January 13)By Stephen Briggs (Peterborough Telegraph)
Pastry giant Greggs has yet again hiked up its prices, with the nation's favourite sausage roll now costing ยฃ1.30 at most sites across the country.ยwww.expressandstar.com
Metaโs lurch to the Right tees social media giant up for a clash with WestminsterMatthew Field (The Telegraph)
The government will be hoping the plans - with promises of billions of pounds and thousands of jobs - can help stymie the claims they are mismanaging the economy and stunting growth in the UK.Tim Baker (Sky News)
Hold on a minute, @HastingsDirect, how do I know I'm not entitled? I mean, you sent me an email saying that if, as I do, pay by instalments, you'll pay not only the higher rate difference but interest, too. I mean, you even list the date I renewed!
So are you saying not only did you 'mistakenly' overcharge, but you've now mistakenly offered a refund? Are you sure you haven't made another mistake, and I should be refunded?
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Forty minutes of light, sugar-coating snow this morning. The roads are just wet now.
People are driving like there are ten-foot drifts, and the road surface is like Streatham ice rink. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
We will never win another war; we're weak and feckless. 
#UKSnow
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๐๐ข๐๐: "I'm so glad you're back at work today!"
๐๐: "I'm so glad I'm back at work today!"
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ
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Now that the dust has settled, #CastleCannon was incredibly underwhelmed with the final Gavin & Stacey. The cast seemed to be working extra hard to create comedy; it didn't come across naturally. The 'party' that led to Smithy oversleeping was a prime example, with the cast acting like they were having a good time rather than looking like they were having a good time. Pam (Alison Steadman) seemed wooden in her (stressed) performances, plus it didn't help that many loved characters were missing. Yeah, yeah. I know Doris is dead in real life.
Favourite bits:
Nessa - Mouth organ
Pete & Dawn
Gwen - Who's coming down the stairs?
Other than that, for me, meh.
#Shrug
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Just stop for a second, put down that nice coffee you're drinking in your secure Western country and think for a minute. Russia believes Ukraine is full of terrorists; Ukraine kills one of Russia's Generals on Russian soil in a bomb attack. Doesn't that sound like a terrorist attack to you? It's undoubtedly an assassination of foreign soil. Imagine if the roles were reversed and it was a Ukrainian General blown up; I bet you'd be ranting and raving then.
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202โฆ
A man arrested over the killing of a senior Russian general in Moscow was offered $100,000 by Ukraine, authorities have claimed.The Telegraph
Campaigners say they were not properly informed of a pension age rise to bring them in line with men.Kevin Peachey (BBC News)
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This is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm convinced Israel is simply taking advantage of events. I find it hard to believe that with the leading intelligence service in the world, they were unaware of the terrorist attack about to happen on their soil. It gave them, in their view, the mandate to invade and eradicate Palestine "๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ!" the opportunity to provide Lebanon with a bloody nose and with the current invasion of Syria and access to Eygipt Israel has managed to almost double its landmass without the West batting an eyelid.
Far be it from me to suggest that the UK, America, France, and a few others are lining up to restock Israel's dwindling arms
#Gaza #Lebanon #Syria #israel
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15โฆ
This is the executive summary of the report โYou Feel Like You Are Subhumanโ: Israelโs Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza (Index: MDE 15/8668/2024).Amnesty International
So Labour's 'quick fix' of halving prisoners' sentences hasn't worked then; it just bought a bit of time. Of course, far be it from me to point out that any political party could have done that!
#politics
independent.co.uk/news/uk/poliโฆ
The Ministry of Justice has announced plans for four new prisons, but Shabana Mahmood said it is โstill not enoughโMillie Cooke (The Independent)
I'm starting to change my mind about #GreggWallce. I'm now thinking this is political correctness going too far yet again, and the so-called "distress" is exaggerated for media consumption.
Jim Davidson hit the nail on the head.
๐๐๐: "Did he touch your bum?"
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: "No."
๐๐๐: "Did he touch your breast?"
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: "No."
๐๐๐: "What did he do?"
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: "Well, I'm still too traumatised to tell you; I haven't slept since he told me the joke.
Old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get poor Rover a bone, and when she bent over, up jumped Rover and gave her a bone of his own."
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FEMALE celebrities are said to be keen to appear on MasterChef after having previously turned it down in the past. In the wake of Gregg Wallace stepping down from his role as a host on the hit cookโฆOliver Grady (The Sun)
๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐme ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต '๐๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต' ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง.
We have a local cafe and sandwich shop that was very successful, although owned by a woman who was so large she could barely walk and her husband, who wore one of those medical boots you see a lot these days. I wanted a poached egg sandwich, but every time I phoned the cafe both on a mobile and landline, it immediately cut off, so I walked down the road to the cafe, where I was presented with a guy who had one arm and a stressed-looking young girl. "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ" I said. The guy told me they had purchased the cafe, but the original owners didn't know the passwords to the Google account, and BT are being arseholes about giving him the original number. So, no telephone orders, then?
While my poached egg was cooked, it was probably the worst, pointless sandwich I've ever had. The yoke was everywhere inside the kitchen foil. It was slightly upsetting to watch him chase the fast-moving egg around the plate with his drainer spoon in an attempt to scoop it up onto the toast.
I await the business to go up for sale or to go under. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Yet another #Raspberrypi CM module you wont be able to buy.
#CM5
Every year, they do this. Christmas is only four weeks away, and it's an ideal gift for yourself or your geek friend. All the 'influencers' are raving about it, and yet again, it's on pre-order. Do me a favour, Pi Foundation, and announce new stuff in the spring so you can have stock on the shelves by winter.
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Oh, I fully understand the technique. It's about raising desire. Many moons ago, when I was selling mobile phones, the ones that you had to carry the battery around in a suitcase. There was a ploy of handing the prospect the phone and letting them fondle it for a few minutes, and then I'd reach across and almost snatch it from their hands. You'd be amazed at their response, it was like you'd taken something from them and they wanted it back even though they didn't own it. You could see it in their eyes. I'd mess for a few seconds and hand it back, then hit them with the price. 99% of the time, they'd sign right away in case you snatched it from them again, even though I was going to because they hadn't bought my demo phone.
I think the Pi Foundation should do what most of the mobile guys do: talk about it, loan out a few presale models and then announce a release date.
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The Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2025 will be the first time the conference has a track dedicated entirely to ActivityPub servers, Fediverse clients, libraries, apps, toolkits, services, etc.
If you work on Fediverse software that is Free and Open Source, please consider submitting a proposal: pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025โฆ
The deadline is December 1, 2024, so not much time remains. But proposals are very easy and quick!
More info:
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The Social Web Foundation is pleased to announce the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2025, and invite participants to submit proposals for talks for the event. FOSDEM is an exciting free and open sourโฆSocial Web Foundation
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European equities slip as investors digest vow from president-electArjun Neil Alim (Financial Times)
MPs on the right of the Conservative Party and from Reform UK have been sharing the petition - with Elon Musk also commenting on its launch.Alix Culbertson (Sky News)
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We can only hope. Interestingly, I see from the news this morning that teenagers, the very people who voted #Labour in, will be forced to find work or lose their benefits, which will be difficult given Labour has ensured there are fewer jobs by raising business NI. You've gotta laugh.
๐๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ?
If you think it's OK for Israel to fire missiles at Lebanon and Iran because those countries fired rockets at Israel, then Russia has every right to fire missiles at the UK and US targets in Europe, given they fired on Russia via their proxy #Ukraine.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j1gโฆ
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg assesses the Russian leader's next move.Steve Rosenberg (BBC News)
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That's a cop-out. The US supplied the missiles, and the US (The same as the UK) had to give permission to fire them, so your argument is it's the one who pushed the button or pulled the trigger is to blame.
By your definition, if we or the US, for that matter, give Zelenskyy Trident II SLBM and he fires them, it wouldn't it be our fault?
If you give someone a weapon and they go out and wound or kill someone, even in self-defence, you are complicit.
I thought #Labour had a magic wand to make everything better?
Inflation is on the rise. Pensioners are forced to use their life savings to keep warm, farmers are being squeezed out of business, and energy prices are on the rise.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6jvlโฆ
I loved the biased BBC presenter trying to put a positive spin on it by telling us that the rise isn't as high as when Ukraine was invaded, But it's getting there, you moron!
#politics
It means someone paying by direct debit and using a typical amount of energy will pay ยฃ21 more a year.Kevin Peachey (BBC News)
The fundraiser's family damaged public trust by not donating any money from his books, a report finds.Jon Ironmonger (BBC News)
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