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Doing something new. Previously the Charity Engine guy. Over 1.5 billion CPU-hours donated to science and medicine so far www.charityengine.com/grants

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They'd just deny it. Sex toys are not illegal either. Whatever it was, they could not let it be found by a third party.

Puts Levendowski's weird rage-firing of the pilot in context too

04.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Brevity is the soul of wit, dude. Not every reply requires a PhD thesis

04.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grapevine saying it wasn't a blanket. It was her and Corey's bag of sex toys and cocaine

04.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Justice does not need to be mild. It only needs to be fair, correct, and public. Eg. Nuremberg.

You are dangerously close to arguing for the exact same lawlessness that you claim to despise. Please don't fall into that trap.

"Kill all the extremists" is, by definition, an extremist thing to say...

04.03.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is really unfair framing.

UK didn't want this and is not participating. Witness Trump's meltdown over Starmer saying no.

Iran hasn't hit back at just the USA though.

So if Iran threatens or attacks UK interests, of course UK govt has a duty to keep them safe.

It's literally their job

04.03.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Careful what you wish for, martyrs cannot be killed twice.

Bringing them to justice and humiliation, exposing their crimes for all to see, is what moves future generations to recognise and reject such evil.

I'll raise a glass when these people are gone. I'll raise two if they die in jail though

04.03.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

Bigotry and persecution for something you were born as, and cannot change, covers many things.

And again, to a native English speaker, some of these are "racist" because we have no other word. Best example is hating a nationality.

"I hate Germans" is, to any Brit, a racist statement

04.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: β€˜Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

β€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: β€˜Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: β€œI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3909    πŸ” 1220    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 39

This may be getting lost in translation. Many people in this conversation are not native English speakers.

We use individual or singular interchangeably. Both mean "just one thing".

Singular also means "one thing that is unique or special", but that part is often ignored.

Consider them the same

04.03.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He thinks you are pro Orban. I have pointed out the error

04.03.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Being Hungarian doesn't mean pro-Orban.

That person is very anti-Orban

04.03.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Preaching to the choir, my friend. That is indeed an abomination and Musk and Trump should be in the Hague for it.

Doesn't let Iran or Putin off the hook tho. Nor dear Mr Corbyn, whose problematic remarks started many years earlier bsky.app/profile/mark...

04.03.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Somehow, Iran's nuclear program returned"

04.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only one of those has nukes aimed at my country.

They are not the same

04.03.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why is Jeremy Corbyn so willing to overlook human rights abuses in Iran? For almost forty years, Iran has been a bastion of anti-Americanism, a sentiment which, for a certain type of leftist, almost no price can be too high

I'd argue Iran is insanely racist, sectarian and all the rest. Torture and hanging of gay people, dissidents, blasphemers, etc.

Point was that Corbyn is not consistent. Iran may not be an existential threat, but Putin is.

And Corbyn's record on both is abysmal www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

03.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The point being made is the striking difference in language and tone.

Not his first offence either

03.03.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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a soccer field with a stadium in the background that says the day radio stand Alt: Comedy moving goalposts

I believe these are yours

03.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Moving goalposts and juvenile insults, always the best way to win friends and influence people.

Perhaps they did cheat. But if so, you're doing a fine job of making it sound like just another baseless conspiracy theory with ranting proponents who should be ignored.

The GOP would be proud. Adios

03.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I read it. Absolute load of paranoid shite.

No, a UPS cannot hack a computer via the frikkin power cable (!).

If that vector was remotely feasible you wouldnt even need a UPS. You could just use the mains electricity line.

Very clear you haven't a clue how any of this tech actually works

03.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That may be.

But if part of your presented evidence is total sci-fi fiction, which your tech "explanation" most certainly is, then you make it very easy for people to dismiss the rest.

Assumptions are not evidence. Stick to the facts

03.03.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Corbyn, as the principled man that he is, has tweeted just as often about Russia and Ukraine as Israel.

Unfortunately a big boy stole all those tweets and ran away

03.03.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Answer the question.

You can't just magically reach into an electronic device and precisely rearrange its innards. At best you can fry it using EMP, but that's it.

Nothing you've described comes even close to being technically feasible or possible. It's word salad that would embarrass Star Trek

03.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It's perfectly simple. Musk is clearly using alien technology which can hack any electronic device from orbit using hyperspace, micro wormholes, and very thin tweezers. Fool!

03.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Comparison from comrade @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Iran.
-Russian forces "enter" Ukraine, US & Israel make "illegal attack"
-Russia excused cos of NATO. US & Israel are "rogue states"
-Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. US & Israel "endanger us all"

28.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 919    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 18
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From the ukpolitics community on Reddit: Corbyn's Stop The War sparks furious backlash after telling Ukraine to get out of Russia Explore this post and more from the ukpolitics community

Stop The War Coalition, which Corbyn led for years, ran a headline article titled "If one side must win, let it be Russia".

He argued Putin might not be behind Salisbury attacks.

He blamed NATO for Ukraine, and called for NATO to be disbanded.

Man is a fruitloop:

www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

03.03.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That doesn't track either.

He got 49.8% of the vote, just 0.2% off a majority.

You're telling me his massive ego was okay with that

03.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two men in front of a blackboard full of equations, one saying, "I think you should be more explicit here in step two" while pointing to a part that reads THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS

Two men in front of a blackboard full of equations, one saying, "I think you should be more explicit here in step two" while pointing to a part that reads THEN A MIRACLE OCCURS

It goes against basic physics too

03.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that was the context, apologies.

Stingrays are just micro cell towers. They use radio same as any other tower, not lasers, otherwise phones couldn't connect to them. Their range is ~500 metres. Starlinks are 550km up.

Lasers are line of sight only, btw. Voting machines are indoors...

03.03.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why cheat in a place you have no chance of losing though?

You gain literally nothing, and risk everything.

If they were cheating, that's the kind of place that they'd leave well alone. Utterly pointless to cheat wherever you're guaranteed a legit win anyway

03.03.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those lasers are for tight-beam communication between Starlink satellites, creating a mesh network.

They are ultra-low power and utterly useless as weapons. They'd struggle to pop a balloon

03.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0