Alisdair Calder McGregor

European, Bi, still coming to terms with Disability

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Last Notes

2024-07-03 16:53:20

Final YouGov MRP poll:
Labour 431
Tories 102
LibDems 72
RefUK 3
Greens 2
SNP 18
Plaid 3
#UKPol #UKPolitics #GeneralElection #GE2024

2024-07-03 12:32:49

If you are in *any* of the 83 seats on this list, please vote LibDem: The Tories don't deserve your vote, and Labour don't need it (and mostly don't deserve it either)
Meanwhile a LibDem vote in these could consign the Tories to 3rd party status for the first time ever.
https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/?2024=lib&prediction-type=any
#UKPolitics #UKPol #GeneralElection #GE2024

2024-07-02 10:35:48

Starmer's Labour Party are speedrunning the drift right after the collapse of the Tories, I see. Fucking bathroom panic bills.
LibDems will be happy in Sheffield Hallam. Greens will be overjoyed in Bristol Central and Brighton Pavilion.
A lot of younger people are sufficiently pro-trans that they will consider voting for a different party based on this. And Labour have a big enough lead that the usual refrains of "wasted vote" and "don't let the Tories in" have lost much of their power.

2024-06-30 09:19:47

If the fact that the Murdoch Press is officially endorsing Keir Starmer for PM doesn't make you think twice I don't know what will

2024-06-27 16:18:15

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@npub1psd…9sr7 This is basically Ranked Pairs (Tideman Method)

2024-06-26 20:12:27

So apparently Sunak and Starmer took a break from hating each other to agree that they hated Trans people more. Fuckers. #UKPolitics #UKPol #GeneralElection #GE2024

2024-06-24 00:26:54

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@npub1rv4…ft5j are they all active?

2024-06-17 21:15:53

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@npub1xl5…wsca Ahhh, I see. Perils of a decentralised system, I guess.

2024-06-17 21:12:55

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@npub1xl5…wsca Page fails to load; "error establishing a database connection"

2024-06-11 11:21:08

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@npub1knz…c73p Have you read Derek Lowe''s "things I won't work with" blogs?
Example: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride

2024-06-04 15:22:39

The lass that milkshaked Farage the fascist has been arrested.
How long do you reckon it will take to fill the crowdfunder to pay her fine?
#UKPol #UKPolitics #GeneralElection #GE2024

2024-05-22 17:34:22

We're called a General Election - by mistake! #UKPol #UKPolitics #GeneralElection #FuckTheTories
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/485/933/241/098/011/original/d3972b289888fb1e.jpg

2024-05-22 17:10:57

The Westminster rumour mill has it that the Tories were on the erge of having enough letters of No-Confidence in Sunak sent in to the 1992 Cmte that he was going to suffer a leadership challenge (which he would lose) if he didn't call the General Election. #UKPol #UKPolitics #GE2024 #FuckTheTories

2024-05-18 12:03:26

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@npub1psd…9sr7 I think it's unlikely that dragons will get to the 10km cruising altitude

2024-05-14 13:20:44

Hey UK peoples; sign this:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601
Petition: Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
#TransRights #FuckTheTories

2024-04-13 05:42:18

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@npub1rv4…ft5j The Quickening plays hell with sensitive electronics.

2024-04-01 09:40:34

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@npub1xl5…wsca A dishwasher

2024-04-01 01:00:32

It's the first of April, when you cannot trust anything you read on the internet.
Basically the same as any other day.
#AprilFools

2024-03-26 10:56:27

Reminder: "Julian Assange is a shit" and "The US prison industry is horrifically inhumane" are not mutually exclusive propositions.

2024-03-08 22:40:31

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@npub1xl5…wsca
A suggestion and a question
Suggestion: Include temperatures in Celsius. Nobody anywhere else in the world understands what on earth a "farenheit" is.
Question: Can you recommend a good Moka Pot that works on an *induction* hob?

2024-03-06 18:43:00

Awww, I just got a thank you letter from @npub1qzm…m0h2 ❤️
Printed on their brand new Brother printer xD

2024-03-06 00:51:51

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@npub1rv4…ft5j Ahhh, the classic old design of having all the heaviest parts of the PC at the top of a very tall case.

2024-03-03 13:27:52

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub16u7…uend I'm not sure if there's much difference between that and an LLM making the same suboptimal decisions because it's been trained on an SFPs actions, including their unconscious bias
(Off-Topic: Have you listened to the new Ministry album?)

2024-03-03 13:21:02

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub16u7…uend Although I agree with the general sentiment, there are documented cases of *pure random picks* outperforming Serious Finance People

2024-03-01 08:15:31

Oh god that awful transphobic pro-Russia shithead Galloway won Rochdale. Now we'll have to put up with people who think of themselves as progressive leftists stanning for an authoritarian dickhead for the rest of the parliament.

2024-02-17 19:06:51

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@npub1psd…9sr7 I thought "Turn the Light on" was the standout track, and would fit well in that playlist

2024-02-17 18:16:15

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@npub1psd…9sr7 I assume you've heard the newest KMFDM album?

2024-02-02 15:25:52

Scarlett Jenkinson has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years.
Eddie Ratcliffe has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years.
#BriannaGhey

2024-01-30 13:55:56

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1psu…pkva something something torment nexus
Personally I find the majority of stuff categorised as "Military Sci-Fi" to be nigh unreadable wank.

2024-01-25 10:16:43

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@npub15zu…s7lx @npub1pxk…sxqy "Unique" - writer must have missed the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and South Africa

2024-01-20 10:28:40

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@npub18p3…03wh Oh yeah, I used to have similar issues with family and political spheres overlapping, I feel ya

2024-01-15 10:31:04

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@npub18p3…03wh Anything that warms the soul is worth doing for its own sake :)
Music, poetry, singing... comedy :)

2024-01-15 10:25:10

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@npub18p3…03wh It's a quote from a poem by Joan Walsh Anglund; it's often misattributed to Maya Angelou though, because the US postal service used it on a stamp with her on it

2024-01-06 17:37:45

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@npub1u0q…n5vm Like this old post said:
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/111/710/208/622/440/418/original/9e4f17e9fccfd95b.jpg

2023-12-24 00:47:24

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@npub18p3…03wh Happy Birthday!

2023-12-21 20:39:49

Substack is a Nazi Bar. Leave.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie

2023-12-14 00:22:20

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@npub18p3…03wh I bet you would. Remember this?
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/111/575/911/177/734/972/original/9181339ce02980e8.png

2023-12-13 22:50:58

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@npub18p3…03wh Best Car review I've seen in a while. If only they'd let you present Top Gear.

2023-12-01 10:24:14

Dear Amazon
If I have *just purchased* a mobile phone, it is extremely unlikely that I want another one.
If you're going to use algorithmic sales techniques, at least make them not be so fucking dumb FGS

2023-11-21 12:59:58

It is 10 years to the day since Yanukovych's refusal to sign the original EU Association Agreement sparked the first Euromaidan protests in Kyiv.
Those protests led to the Revolution of Dignity, as the people of Ukraine expressed their will - to move closer to the EU.
10 years later, many of those protesters are still fighting for their future - on the battlefields of their homeland, against the Russian aggressors.
#Ukraine #Euromaidan #Euromaidan10

2023-11-17 10:13:18

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@npub18p3…03wh Ever tried the same joke in Cambridge? I'd be interested to know if you get a different reaction.

2023-11-13 14:09:04

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Starmer is never going to do anything to fix Brexit regardless

2023-11-11 12:38:24

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@npub1psd…9sr7 interesting alt text typo 🤣

2023-10-24 10:31:17

This is both hilarious and evil (seen elsewhere, no idea where it's from; the sqword.com game is fun though)
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/111/289/526/888/842/866/original/ced079ba6fc24e5d.jpg

2023-10-16 22:06:43

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@npub1xl5…wsca The link to the previous half of the list in that article is broken

2023-10-11 18:02:02

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@npub1jc0…sldg £3 on various book selling websites

2023-10-01 12:08:07

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@npub1etx…df45 @npub1mxu…3edu
The really fun thing with these is that they are EVEN BRIGHTER to each other, because their plumage is very UV-reflective and they can see into the UV range
https://theconversation.com/roses-are-red-ultraviolets-look-blue-why-fairy-wrens-have-eyes-for-each-other-not-you-10566

2023-09-21 17:44:47

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@npub1w6e…53tn @npub1psd…9sr7 the crossover fic between Lovecraft, Tentacle Hentai and My Little Pony was one of the most genuinely horrific things I've read in the past decade.

2023-09-21 17:19:07

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@npub18p3…03wh is it just me, or has Starmer turned into an avatar of Morrissey?

2023-08-30 16:00:46

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@npub1hvz…mle9 In British usage, we generally say "off sick" for taking a day off due to illness.
"On Sick" (or more often "On the sick") means that you're either permanently or long-term ill, disabled or otherwise not able to work.
"Calling in sick" is the actual act of ringing your boss up (or nowadays, emailing them) and telling him you're not going to be in work today

2023-08-28 20:48:17

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@npub1w30…dh68 @npub1psd…9sr7 Those are going to end up as lunch for the first conscript unit they deliver anything to.

2023-08-18 11:53:51

@npub1hvz…mle9 I have a question, and you're the only person on Mastodon I know of who might have a serious answer
Why do we always say it as "Scissors, Paper, Stone", but "Rock, Paper, Scissors"?

2023-08-02 14:43:08

This picture is the perfect explanation of what it feels like to be British right now.
The Prime Minister giving a short measure and half a pint of froth. The expression of horror on the barmaid's face as she realises she's trapped in shot as he cocks up the most basic of her everyday tasks.
The fact that it was taken on Yorkshire Day, and that that pint is basically an executable offence in Yorkshire.
100% accurate British experience in a single photo
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/110/820/544/433/094/758/original/5c761bc6fc577671.jpg

2023-07-04 00:09:29

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@npub1h4y…4srl I believe this is the information that you require: https://mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/110586343942660169

2023-07-03 09:10:19

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@npub1h4y…4srl the reason the Terven are so insistent on "Basic Biology" as an argument is that they failed Advanced Biology.

2023-06-26 13:21:49

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1fp9…wpyl I was struck by the inversion of old secret service logic (in the second or third book I think) with Brains being dragged along to Pride on the basis that if he's out there's no potential blackmail material.

2023-06-23 20:19:12

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1cda…ud3k Because "Hero" in fiction tends to be synonymous with "Lawful Stupid"

2023-06-19 07:24:53

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@npub1wvw…4puk It tells us that the Conservative Party is a coalition of numerous factions, which are currently at war with each other.
It also tells us that the oft-promoted "benefit" of FPTP providing strong government is a complete myth.

2023-05-06 10:28:23

I'm not watching the bloody coronation, but the (carefully hidden by the BBC) stories of the police massively overreaching their powers are entirely unsurprising. This country is descending into fascism and this disgusting pageant of privilege and expected servility is the perfect opportunity for the met's lust for power over the people.