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| 27-Jul-26 02:10 | |
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Into the 22nd week of the Israel-US-Iran war. Non stop bombing until the weekend pause and "peace talks". Netanyahu, White House, on Tuesday. Get Your War On. Peace or Body-bags | |
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If you find yourself in need of some shoegaze Neo-Psychedelia, can I recommend some Grumbling Fur. Quietus fav around 2015. | |
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OMG! It's raining and the road is wet. Oh. It's stopped. Is that it? | |
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It's a long read but well worth reading. Craig Murray on the ICC, and secondly on the state of Venezuela. | |
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https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/seaice_daily/?nhsh=nh The daily Jaxa Arctic Ice melting is out of the cinch where all the years converge and into the summer-autumn end game where the weather defines the final minimum. 4th lowest, lots of ice rubble. Who knows. But probably not a record minimum or BOE this year. | |
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Hu's on third base? Yes. | |
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Given Odysseus, I think we should all use more Greek and Roman Myth metaphors instead of Corner Shop finance metaphors. "Telemachus Sneezed" instead of "Atlas Shrugged". | |
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Meet the new boss. Same old, Same old. LFI all over Burnham and his cabinet. | |
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#Cocktail - Presidente Machado 60ml Gold rum, 20ml Dry Vermouth, 5ml Curacao, 5ml Grenadine, Stir, Orange twist. Machado liked his El Presidente with Gold Rum. It says here. It also says that the cocktail was never actually drunk in Cuba. And was actually just a marketing story from the Bacardi group. | |
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Dear Lazyweb I'm looking for a complete transcription of the Tony Benn speech sampled in DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell - Fresh Google's AI and search suggests there is no transcription and can't seem to help with creating one. Even some details of the specific speech or youtube of it, might help. | |
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Article about middle aged women going to raves. The letter replies are all from middle and old aged men going to raves. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/23/no-matter-your-age-you-can-always-enjoy-a-rave Nobody cares how old you are. Just do it. But if you're a man of a certain age, don't be "that guy" and start hitting on the younger women, consciously or unconsciously. It's creepy. | |
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If you took all the people with an IQ over say 140, in each of the major powers, who were actively using their intelligence, and added all the IQ points, which country would have the most? I have this sneaking suspicion that China is the most intelligent adult in the room. | |
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Word of the day : Feckless For when you have no more fecks to give. | |
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Bookmark post. From the very wonderful @spellingmistakescostlives This is going to get quite a work out as New Burnham Labour and their critics try and explain Treasury finances using the corner shop / household finances metaphor. | |
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VAT is a regressive tax. It penalises people who spend a high proportion of their disposable income on taxable goods. Increasing their marginal tax rate. We should have a long term goal of reducing it. But is removing vat on energy also regressive? The more you spend, the more you save. | |
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https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/2079796940468851121 > There is not one single change in Burnham's policy towards Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon or Iran: or towards the outlawing of protest at home. Friends of Israel in the Cabinet? Still large numbers of them. https://x.com/alexwickham/status/2079643036154249417 > Andy Burnham has approved the use of British military bases by the US for what the UK calls defensive strikes against Iran, in a continuation of Keir Starmer’s policy even as Trump ramps up his war. | |
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Indoor air quality and temperature is a Workplace, Employee and Public Health issue. Especially important in public run institutions like Schools, Hospitals, Prisons. We need to build now, not just when legislation is complete. A perfect time to introduce air filtration and UVC infection control. | |
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> The company argues that it’s for individuals to ensure they don’t ‘actively exploit’ this technology. That won’t keep children safe | |
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There's a huge Google datacentre almost complete near the M25-A10 junction. I've been told it's air-cooled and won't take any water from the New River just the other side of the fence. Not sure I believe this, but don't have the facts to challenge it. There are some major National Grid hubs very near so electricity connection was fairly easy. I think with new pylons. | |
| 26-Jul-26 13:40 | |
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> The UK’s highest concentration of datacentres is in Slough, which is served by Affinity Water. About 125 datacentres are proposed or under construction in Affinity’s region, much of which is subject to a hosepipe ban. Slough? Then I looked at the Affinity map. And it's weird that Broxbourne is not included. And apparently supplied by Thames. With water that actually comes from the Affinity area. AI is a monster we've given birth to, that will eat us all. | |
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Something happened in Salisbury in 2018. But what exactly that was, is not at all clear. https://propagandainfocus.com/did-uk-intelligence-stage-the-salisbury-novichok-attack/ | |
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Recommend this guy. Excellent photo-journalist. https://www.thecanary.co/author/guy-smallman-author/ Especially this recent report from Lebanon. | |
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Facebook is down. Oh Noes! How am I going to catch up on all the ultra-local politics and doom? | |
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At the start of the 21st week of the Israel-US-Iran war. Israel-US have got their war on again. Multiple strikes on multiple targets. Ceasefire, what ceasefire? Second [huh?] week of renewed conflict. The Gaza Board of Peace plan turns out to be a sick joke. Lebanon? We haz bombs for them too. Get Your War On. For the Mid-terms | |
| 25-Jul-26 18:40 | |
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I missed this. It seems the UN Population Revision 2026 is being delayed till July 2027 due to lack of funding and resources. https://www.reddit.com/r/Natalism/comments/1uew6t1/un_population_prospects_report_is_delayed_until/ https://population.un.org/wpp/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ 8,305,319,706 estimated global population right now. | |
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Daily global average sea surface temperature has been #1 in the records above and then well above the previous record since 1-June. The Nino 3.4 area is still heading way off the charts. Still a little way to go to match the Nov-2015 record. So it goes. | |
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I guess the Right Wing just didn't play well enough. | |
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Old enough to remember when HUD Augmented Reality was going to be really cool. And not some Meta, Panoptikon Dystopia for The Perv State. | |
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A reply re LASIT. > Please keep in mind that Robin Simcox, the UK's "Commissioner For Countering Extremism", is actually a Heritage Foundation Fellow and specifically worked for the American Christian right wing, not just generic "think tanks." | |
| 24-Jul-26 07:55 | |
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Just came across a new acronym from UK Policing. Left-wing, Anarchist and Single-issue Terrorism (LASIT) WTF? Is there a corresponding RASIT? What actual examples are there of LASIT? Is this an umbrella term for groups like BLM, JSO, XR and PA? In connection with the recent politician death. | |
| 23-Jul-26 21:25 | |
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UK Child health. Graphs of indicators that show a spike in 2020 and a more gradual worsening since. What could it be that's not mentioned in the article at all? Mostly about 11 year olds in year 6. | |
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Quatorze Juillet! Aux barricades, mon braves! Sous les pavés, la plage! Allez Les Bleus! Kick off 8pm BST. | |
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Start of the 20th week of the Israel-US-Iran war. All the ceasefires and MOUs have been blown out of the water. What was the point? The Strait of Hormuz is again closed. Did it ever open? Lebanon, Gaza continues to be flattened. Missile strikes are exchanged. Did all that ever stop? Get Your War On | |
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#Cocktail - Remember the Alimony 25ml Gin, 40ml Cynar, 40ml Fino, rocks, Orange Twist Not sure what to make of this. Texas, NY humour, Mediterranean? Not unpleasant. Just a bit strange. | |
| 22-Jul-26 10:25 | |
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So, farewell then, Is about all I've got to say Keith's mum always said | |
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Cocktail in the garden. Shade and breeze. Pleasantly hot. There's an ant in the salty snacks, damn-nabbit! It's not a picnic FFS! Waves fist at the sky. Well at least it's not wasp season yet. What's next, Neck Oil stubby? Who's playing soccer tonight? Do I care? The orb spider in the mint is getting bigger. Oh look. A tiger moth. | |
| 21-Jul-26 08:10 | |
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A Grauniad interview with Robyn Hitchcock has led me into a deep dive into proto and modern indie. Soft Boys - Moonlight Underwater Contemporary of Robyn at Cambridge but a couple of years younger. | |
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My EU maximalism wants a long term goal of Sahara to Arctic, Atlantic to Urals, including all the Med countries. The problem is that Article 49 specifies European continent only so that would have to change. That's a big deal! Arguably Morocco to Egypt to Lebanon are European. But the Europe-Asia border is also difficult. Caspian, Volga? If Russia broke up would European Russia be in Asia or Europe? if Ukraine, then Georgia? | |
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What happened to https://wsocial.news/ ? Applied ages ago, reserved a handle, and then nothing. | |
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Climate change is a real and near term UK national security issue. Not least because of it's effect on food security. No mention of Brexit in the article. Better off inside the EU or outside? When the EU faces all the same security issues. | |
| 20-Jul-26 20:25 | |
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Covers a lot of other June climate issues like wildfires. Still annoys me when they don't link to the primary source at Copernicus. | |
| 19-Jul-26 11:10 | |
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And the Israel-US-Iran war is on again. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/08/us-carries-out-another-wave-of-strikes-on-iran > Trump says agreement to end the war is ‘over’ | |
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New policy announced today. 99p price cap on a cone with a 99 flake, in Clacton. A fair local price for fair local people. | |
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https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=world2 Record SST (60°S–60°N) since 1-June-2026 Nino 3.4 area 2nd only to the 2015 peak. Heading towards it. Predicted to go way past it. | |
| 18-Jul-26 06:10 | |
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Arctic Sea Ice low, but unremarkable for the last 15 years. > Arctic, Monthly average sea ice extent in June was about 5% below average, ranking sixth-lowest for the month. Currently dropping in line with the pack for this time of year, Around 2nd to 4th lowest. Predictions from the community of an extent minimum around 4m km^2 > Antarctic, monthly average sea ice extent in June was about 8% below average, ranking sixth lowest. | |
| 17-Jul-26 06:10 | |
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#Climate Copernicus June update > June-26 2nd warmest behind June 2024, 16.54°C, 0.56°C above the 1991-2020 avg, 1.39°C above pre-industrial. > Sea Surface temp (60°S–60°N) highest for the month at 20.86°C, 0.01°C above June 2024. > El Nino has begun, forecast to strengthen rapidly > Europe very dry, record hot. All time Records broken. | |
| 16-Jul-26 05:55 | |
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Follow the Bin. 7/2 is worth a cheeky each way bet, surely. https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/clacton-by-election | |
| 15-Jul-26 07:40 | |
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#Cocktail - Royal Bermuda Yacht Club 50ml Light Rum, 15ml Falernum, 15ml Cointreau, 20ml Lime, Lime wedge A superior Daiquiri. Good with a funky Jamaican rum or a dash of Wray & Neph. | |
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Farridge is now Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead and so no longer an MP. So does he still get to appear on BBC Question Time and Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg? Along with a mention in every appearance of Chris Mason and Nick Robinson. The Green Party and Reform UK now have the same number of MPs (7) So will they get equal air time? | |