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2024-07-08 11:39:51

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Ladybird larva?

2024-03-05 13:06:02

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@npub1psd…9sr7
How about a Drag Hunt? A group of drag queens, equipped with modes of transport & weapons of their choice, plus nets & dogs, chase Tories through the streets, catch them, & cull them. Could make a public holiday of it.
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2024-02-29 21:04:44

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Stopped clock & all. However it's also in line with more a traditional view eg Lord Haw-haw, was effectively told he'd claimed to be British so that was good enough to treat him as such & hang him.

2024-01-31 13:19:04

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Evil Sturgeon is from the timeline where she joined the (locally dominant) Labour party & worked her way up through its ranks as a staunch unionist, while building up her wealth as a corporate lawyer; then as leader of the Labour party eradicated all traces of socialism while adopting Thatcherite (& further right) policies; now being poised to become PM with a massive majority of Labour-in-name-only MPs.
We're fortunate that there's no-one like that in our timeline...

2024-01-23 12:49:16

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@npub1qfw…eatg @npub10ld…5nj4 @npub1psd…9sr7
Smaller, fluffy, gorgeous colours, snuggly, with murder talons...
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2023-12-31 14:36:57

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@npub1psd…9sr7 As noted by Hon. Member for Haltemprice, if you saw him in the street on fire it would of course be your civic duty to cross the road and piss on him.

2023-12-07 12:59:09

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 Of course for businesses, the banks also skim off a percentage for cash deposits too. OTOH for rural businesses, the cost of travelling to a bank, plus those fees, give a disincentive to bank cash anyway. And then there is a raft of "anti-money laundering" red tape which causes problems if such businesses save the cash until it is a large enough sum to be cost effective to bank.

2023-11-28 17:45:38

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@npub1psd…9sr7 "Moschus" might sail closer to the wind.

2023-11-12 16:29:48

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@npub1ccn…czwu @npub1u5l…8d8e @npub1wsj…swju I will confess my personal thoughts between atheists & theists are (a) why does it (objectively) matter*; and (b) why do so many on both sides have such a limited conception of "God" as giant-sky-human; an "immanent & transcendent" entity capable of creating the space-time we call the universe is literally beyond the capability of a human brain to be able to, or need to, comprehend the full nature of.
*Primate social ranking competition, I suspect

2023-11-12 15:54:20

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@npub1ccn…czwu @npub1u5l…8d8e @npub1wsj…swju
Saying there is evidence within mathematics for square root of -1 is like saying there is evidence for god(s) within theology. Mathematics is a wholly mental construct of logical deduction, all be it containing certain premises based on observation of the physical universe, and therefore having no guarantee of matching anything within the physical universe.
(Your second sentence as written is a non-sequitur between the clauses; your third completely correct)

2023-11-12 15:24:58

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@npub1ccn…czwu @npub1u5l…8d8e @npub1wsj…swju In response I give you the square root of -1. It is a concept; it is used by humans to achieve practical ends; whether or not it has any form of objective reality in (or outwith) the universe, it has sense within a human thought framework.
The difference is we don't really have tribal divisions fighting over the existence or nature of the square root of -1.

2023-11-01 12:18:47

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@npub1psd…9sr7 It's not a bad idea per se, once we've got decent ferries* & tunnels (a la Faroe Islands).
*Which are not designed in a Central Belt HQ based on how big one can make them at least cost, but actually fit the needs of the population served by them, with sufficient redundant capacity; ideally in pairs so they can run in the opposition directions at the same time and... <1 of 427>

2023-10-11 10:05:26

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1r2s…aygz @npub1g0t…tvm4 The simple solution (because it's a govt) is to pay for all fees & a subsistance grant for everyone going for qualification as medical staff (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc) in exchange for signing up for say a minimum of 10 years service in the NHS.