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30-Oct-24 08:55
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Keith's mum used to like Wild Side. Especially the bit that goes doo-do-doo-do-doo. She said it was about Sinatra. But you can't always trust your mother. Some people, they like to go out dancing And other peoples, they have to work, I put on the radio in Berlin but There was nothin' goin' down at all And certainly not Metal Machine Music. (with a nod to) e.j.thribb (19)
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11 years ago today. So farewell then, Lou Reed. You were never early. You were always late. First thing we learnt at your gigs was we always gotta wait. Twenty-six dollars in my hand. Just waiting for me mam, To get back from the shops with the steaks. We put them on the grill, till Keith said, "Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"
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Recent interview with Fauci about a recent paper. There's no herd immunity possible for #Covid. Not via infection and not via vax. So there's no hybrid immunity possible either. Just like with flu, rapid mutation means rapid immune escape and evasion. Which is a shame as prior immunity is part of the justification for JVCI only giving the vax to >65, HCW & immunosuppressed. Which means we really need NPIs (Non Pharma Mitigations) like air filters, masks and voluntary isolation when sick.
29-Oct-24 21:40
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> "If you are showing symptoms of flu or Covid-19 such as a high temperature, cough, and feeling tired and achy, try to limit your contact with others, especially those who are vulnerable," Dr. Jamie Lopez Bernal, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told reporters. Even without the ongoing pandemic, this should be basic common sense and social responsibility. If you feel unwell and have a temperature, cough, sneezes, achy, try not to give it to anyone else. Easy to say, harder to do.
# · Mastodon
#Cocktail - Alcazar: 45ml Rye, 15ml Benedictine, Orange Bitters, Lemon twist, rocks
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As we return to GMT, welcome to the dark times. Don't fear them, enjoy them.
# · Mastodon
TFW somebody on your street's whatsapp group announces that they've got Covid. And is staying inside while they get over it. BTW. The whatsapp group was started in 2020 and is called ------- Road Lockdown. Specifically as a mutual help group for those stricken by the plague.
Felipe Gordon & Cody Currie - Atlantic Exchanges, Vol. 1 - Cold Nights (feat. Ally McMahon) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon & Cody Currie - Atlantic Exchanges, Vol. 1 - Cold Nights (feat. Ally McMahon)
NTHNG - It Never Ends - Last · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
NTHNG - It Never Ends - Last
Skalpel - Konfusion - Shivers · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Skalpel - Konfusion - Shivers
Len Lewis - Black Label Series 06 - Tik Tok · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Len Lewis - Black Label Series 06 - Tik Tok
Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché - A Ou Ni Sou · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché - A Ou Ni Sou
Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo - So Nice (Summer Samba) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo - So Nice (Summer Samba)
Ibiza Chillout - Ibiza chillout - Femi Kuti - Beng Beng (Mateo & Matos Vocal Mix) - Barclay · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Ibiza Chillout - Ibiza chillout - Femi Kuti - Beng Beng (Mateo & Matos Vocal Mix) - Barclay
27-Oct-24 00:10
Felipe Gordon - Azucena Malagón - Broken Piano · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Azucena Malagón - Broken Piano
29-Oct-24 11:25
Felipe Gordon - Azucena Malagón - Broken Piano · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Azucena Malagón - Broken Piano
Felipe Gordon - Sincopa Liquida - Evolving Textures · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Sincopa Liquida - Evolving Textures
30/70 - Tastes Like Freedom: Remixed - Tastes Like Freedom · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
30/70 - Tastes Like Freedom: Remixed - Tastes Like Freedom
Space Ghost - Private Paradise - Heal · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Space Ghost - Private Paradise - Heal
Summers Sons - Nostalgia (Beat Edits) - Songbird (Beat Edit) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Summers Sons - Nostalgia (Beat Edits) - Songbird (Beat Edit)
Summers Sons - Nostalgia (Beat Edits) - Nostalgia Pt. 2 (Beat Edit) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Summers Sons - Nostalgia (Beat Edits) - Nostalgia Pt. 2 (Beat Edit)
26-Oct-24 23:40
Ramu - Yesterday, Tomorrow - You Went Quiet · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Ramu - Yesterday, Tomorrow - You Went Quiet
29-Oct-24 11:25
Ramu - Yesterday, Tomorrow - You Went Quiet · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Ramu - Yesterday, Tomorrow - You Went Quiet
NTHNG - Unfinished - Only A Flash Of Light · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
NTHNG - Unfinished - Only A Flash Of Light
Pugilist - Banoffee Pies Beats 04 - Creme · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Pugilist - Banoffee Pies Beats 04 - Creme
28-Oct-24 18:10
Tour-Maubourg - Spaces of Silence - Why (Life) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tour-Maubourg - Spaces of Silence - Why (Life)
29-Oct-24 14:40
# · Mastodon
#Cocktail - Banana Daiquiri 40ml Light Rum, 20ml Wray, 20ml Lime, 12ml Creme De Banane, 5ml dbl syrup An old fav. First, shot of Fernet. Then this. Then a small beer. Happy Meal! To celebrate the last sunset before the clocks change. Next week. Samhain and the budget. Gert lush, innit.
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Bonus video link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fcy3CuTsYE Bonus link: "Voters don't care about the #NationalDebt : that's a problem for politicians. They were elected to mend the #NHS and stop #sewage in the rivers, that's what the government is for." https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pecksniffs-diary-26-10-24/
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But however it's done, Labour has to freeze the disaster capitalists and the "buy, strip, flip" private equity grifters out of the system. Especially in essential natural monopoly infrastructure like health, transport, energy, water, sewage, education, social housing, care. And again. Reversing and unwinding 40-50 years of neo-con, neo-liberalism can't be done overnight. It's going to be a long hard slog.
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You can't just " Let Thames Water go bust and re-nationalise it". Not within the current legal and contract framework. Similarly you can't just " re-nationalise the railways" or "cap and control energy companies". There's too much history around the way they were privatised and current agreements. That doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be done. It just has to be done within the rule of law and parliamentary process.
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Trying to reduce these thoughts to the bare minimum and most succinct. The NHS spending £4b a year on contracted out services to private suppliers is absurd. If they could spend £4b once on bringing it in house. And ploughing the reduced costs and profit savings back into new infrastructure. But that can't be done overnight. And in the mean time they have to keep paying the premium just to survive.
# · Mastodon
And let's not forget that Norway is in the Single Market, and Schengen free movement area and has a customs union with the EU for most goods. Making all of those a red line means "A custom relationship with the EU, like Norway" is impossible.
28-Oct-24 15:10
# · Mastodon
Labour needs a 10 year project to sort out the UK. - Renationalise essential infrastructure - Remove privatised health service in the NHS - Revitalise public health - Implement the Norway option for relations with the EU Some of that is a minefield of contracts and vested interests. Some will require primary legislation. None of it has easy, quick answers. But they also have to get through the next 6-12 months. The challenge is to do the tactical stuff without ruining the strategic stuff.
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 1 - Grant - Hopes Die Slowly · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 1 - Grant - Hopes Die Slowly
31-Oct-24 15:40
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 2 - The Stop / Gable & Grant · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 2 - The Stop / Gable & Grant
28-Oct-24 18:10
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 2 - The Stop / Gable & Grant · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Gable & Grant - The Diaries Vol. 2 - The Stop / Gable & Grant
Elsa Hewitt - Quilt Jams - Special · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Elsa Hewitt - Quilt Jams - Special
Hidden Spheres - Waiting - Upsn Down · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Hidden Spheres - Waiting - Upsn Down
NTHNG - Sub-Sonar - 1 2 Butterfly · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
NTHNG - Sub-Sonar - 1 2 Butterfly
DJ Central & Erika Casier - Drive - Drive (Club Mix by DJ Sports) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
DJ Central & Erika Casier - Drive - Drive (Club Mix by DJ Sports)
Felipe Gordon - Jambalaya - I'm Mr Senor Love Daddy · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Jambalaya - I'm Mr Senor Love Daddy
Tom Jarmey - Amber Glass - Bees in Meadow · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tom Jarmey - Amber Glass - Bees in Meadow
Summers Sons - Summers Sons - Summers Sons · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Summers Sons - Summers Sons - Summers Sons
Summers Sons - Summers Sons - Summers Sons · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Summers Sons - Summers Sons - Summers Sons
NTHNG - Earthseed - Sunshine In My Eyes · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
NTHNG - Earthseed - Sunshine In My Eyes
Banoffee Pies - BPRDIGI01 - Pistachios / Contours & Yadava · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Banoffee Pies - BPRDIGI01 - Pistachios / Contours & Yadava
Tilman - Tales And Reactions - Broken Dreams · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tilman - Tales And Reactions - Broken Dreams
26-Oct-24 17:25
Tilman - Tales And Reactions - Broken Dreams · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tilman - Tales And Reactions - Broken Dreams
28-Oct-24 16:40
1800Haightstreet - Age - Age · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
1800Haightstreet - Age - Age
Desert Sound Colony - Synthetic Nixon - Oda · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Desert Sound Colony - Synthetic Nixon - Oda

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