Most impressive French spokeswoman on BBC News. It really is time this country rid itself of this quite dreadful Prime Minister and Home Secretary. They are well beyond embarrassing.
Macron and Boris are equally dreadful and both are embarrassing
Thank goodness you could only vote for one of them otherwise the embarrassment would be excruciating.
Just accidentally caught Neil Oliver on GBNews. Rocking the double denim.
Definite whiff of occupant of cult compound under siege by the FBI about him nowadays.
He’s an arse. What is it about historians? Oliver, Sharkey!
Oi!
Are you an historian?
I read a proper history book about the real Merlin by Gordon Strachan, and was a very wise man, but also apparently a bit haughty though could be very light and funny too.
And I have also looked up you name “ydoethur “ in an old book.
I was bottom of the class for punctuation and spalling and gramarye always, and they tested me for dyslexia twice in two different schools and both times said no, not that, you’re just rubbish. And one teacher gave me a book on Venice by Ruskin, do you know it, and said read this and what he is doing with punctuation and gramarye will subconscious sink in. And the first thing I noticed was he would use every punctuation excuse not to use a full stop. But that didn’t work either. Look in this example, whole paragraphs and no full stops. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Two_Paths/Lecture_V
Why the private profile? I've neverseen anyone else on PB elect to have a private profile.
Why did I notice? I was looking to see if it was you that posted the same Ruskin lecture a day or so ago... Assuming it was, why the obsession with this Ruskin lecture?
Yes. Me. Last night before bed. Yesterday we were talking about geology, someone said they come here to talk geology so I posted it. If it wasn’t for rust the landscape wouldn’t look as it does, and paintings wouldn’t look as they do. That’s a bit of geology I know from art. But truth is it is good writing as well as good knowledge isn’t it? Are there any better examples of how to write than Ruskin?
I don’t know about private profile or not when I set up just pressed buttons. Should I go back and unpress it now if it helps?
Well, it feels a bit unfriendly.
It's sometimes nice to be able to look back at an indivudual's previous posts and you markng your profile as private prevents that.
Click on you name where it appears against any post, clikc the settings wheel, edit profile, uncheck the private profile box.
As I say, I have not come across anyone else who has a private profile on PB.
Even £56,496 puts them in the top 10% of earners and most Tory MPs have to work part of the weekend on constituency visits as well as often long days and part of the evening in the House in the week.
Plus 'Transport for London has now admitted that Tube staff are paid up to £100k a year in salary, pension contributions, allowances and perks including season ticket reimbursements' so in total some earn more than Tory MPs do
I dare you to commission Survation to add a question to their next poll (it doesn't cost much): "Who should earn more - Tube drivers or Conservative MPs?"
The country would miss tube drivers. Conservative MPs, not so much.
Would they? I was supposed to go into London today but couldn't because they were on strike while Tory MPs were still working for their constituents in the Commons as they will work in their constituencies tomorrow
You could have taken the bus to Harlow and taken Greater Anglia into Liverpool Street, you know!
The strike included between Liverpool Street and White City and I needed to get to Oxford Circus
Unable to get to where you want by public transport? Welcome to everyday rural life.
Most people in villages now are pensioners or farmers, not commuters
They used to be miners in the villages in County Durham. I don't think many of them turned to farming.
So past tense then, the former miners will be pensioners now if still alive
Evening all. Hope that Arwen isn't treating you too badly - the best/worst storm I can remember. Have only ever heard wind roar on tornado chaser programs until tonight, now I have video of it outside my house.
There is something primal about the power of nature. I have some treasured memories of storms, such as 1987, and also of the best snowfalls. Hope you are well and no damage to your house!
Lost at least one roof slate, will assess the rest in the morning. Its not pretty out there, trees down everywhere and loads of garages with roofs off.
All the best - where are you incidentally?
New Pitsligo
Ah, Aberdeenshire. I was in Aberdeen visiting relatives just before the first lockdown. Managed to do the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
Did you get to The Kyle of Lochalsh?
Sadly, no! And I didn't get to do the Thurso/Wick line either! If it weren't for the pandemic, I would have done those some time during spring or summer 2020.
I’m slightly surprised to have been to a UK station you have missed!
Yes, and with US trading truncated due to the holiday.
If you think this new variant will prove a storm in a teacup - perhaps infectious but not harmful - then buying CCL might be a good play.
But maybe not just yet.
Invest generically enough and you still win even if it's horrific. Anyone buying an S&P 500 tracker after the first sell off has doubled their money now.
We’re hardly in that territory - a 1000 self off with probably the same tomorrow barely takes the US back a few weeks, given how high the market is. Many think a correction overdue and if this variant is more dangerous, who knows…
Oh quite, it's not a buying opportunity yet. Just amused that we hit all time highs within 12 months of the market losing half it's value - leaves you wondering who the mopes are taking part in the sell offs once they've got going.
Evening all. Hope that Arwen isn't treating you too badly - the best/worst storm I can remember. Have only ever heard wind roar on tornado chaser programs until tonight, now I have video of it outside my house.
There is something primal about the power of nature. I have some treasured memories of storms, such as 1987, and also of the best snowfalls. Hope you are well and no damage to your house!
Lost at least one roof slate, will assess the rest in the morning. Its not pretty out there, trees down everywhere and loads of garages with roofs off.
All the best - where are you incidentally?
New Pitsligo
Ah, Aberdeenshire. I was in Aberdeen visiting relatives just before the first lockdown. Managed to do the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
Did you get to The Kyle of Lochalsh?
Sadly, no! And I didn't get to do the Thurso/Wick line either! If it weren't for the pandemic, I would have done those some time during spring or summer 2020.
You'll need to go to Oakhampton now too. Then Portishead. Then Ashington. It never ends!
Trevor Bedford @trvrb There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as @PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, @nextstrain clade 21K and @WHO Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16
"I believe we're looking at a variant that potentially has significant immune evasion and that appears to be spreading rapidly."
Yes, and with US trading truncated due to the holiday.
If you think this new variant will prove a storm in a teacup - perhaps infectious but not harmful - then buying CCL might be a good play.
But maybe not just yet.
Invest generically enough and you still win even if it's horrific. Anyone buying an S&P 500 tracker after the first sell off has doubled their money now.
We’re hardly in that territory - a 1000 self off with probably the same tomorrow barely takes the US back a few weeks, given how high the market is. Many think a correction overdue and if this variant is more dangerous, who knows…
Oh quite, it's not a buying opportunity yet. Just amused that we hit all time highs within 12 months of the market losing half it's value - leaves you wondering who the mopes are taking part in the sell offs once they've got going.
A lot of people are in the market for want of any other way to earn income from their savings, and are ready to pull their money out if there’s a sniff of a downturn. Hence the potential for a big correction is there if the bad virus news continues into next week.
Evening all. Hope that Arwen isn't treating you too badly - the best/worst storm I can remember. Have only ever heard wind roar on tornado chaser programs until tonight, now I have video of it outside my house.
There is something primal about the power of nature. I have some treasured memories of storms, such as 1987, and also of the best snowfalls. Hope you are well and no damage to your house!
Lost at least one roof slate, will assess the rest in the morning. Its not pretty out there, trees down everywhere and loads of garages with roofs off.
All the best - where are you incidentally?
New Pitsligo
Ah, Aberdeenshire. I was in Aberdeen visiting relatives just before the first lockdown. Managed to do the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
Did you get to The Kyle of Lochalsh?
Not from Aberdeenshire I expect.
The one time I went I thought it was via Inverness. I am probably mistaken.
Evening all. Hope that Arwen isn't treating you too badly - the best/worst storm I can remember. Have only ever heard wind roar on tornado chaser programs until tonight, now I have video of it outside my house.
There is something primal about the power of nature. I have some treasured memories of storms, such as 1987, and also of the best snowfalls. Hope you are well and no damage to your house!
Lost at least one roof slate, will assess the rest in the morning. Its not pretty out there, trees down everywhere and loads of garages with roofs off.
All the best - where are you incidentally?
New Pitsligo
Ah, Aberdeenshire. I was in Aberdeen visiting relatives just before the first lockdown. Managed to do the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
Did you get to The Kyle of Lochalsh?
Sadly, no! And I didn't get to do the Thurso/Wick line either! If it weren't for the pandemic, I would have done those some time during spring or summer 2020.
You'll need to go to Oakhampton now too. Then Portishead. Then Ashington. It never ends!
I've been to Oakhampton on a GWR Class 150. Back in August 2019.
But I also need the Trafford Centre branch on Metrolink!
Yes, and with US trading truncated due to the holiday.
If you think this new variant will prove a storm in a teacup - perhaps infectious but not harmful - then buying CCL might be a good play.
But maybe not just yet.
Invest generically enough and you still win even if it's horrific. Anyone buying an S&P 500 tracker after the first sell off has doubled their money now.
We’re hardly in that territory - a 1000 self off with probably the same tomorrow barely takes the US back a few weeks, given how high the market is. Many think a correction overdue and if this variant is more dangerous, who knows…
Oh quite, it's not a buying opportunity yet. Just amused that we hit all time highs within 12 months of the market losing half it's value - leaves you wondering who the mopes are taking part in the sell offs once they've got going.
A lot of people are in the market for want of any other way to earn income from their savings, and are ready to pull their money out if there’s a sniff of a downturn. Hence the potential for a big correction is there if the bad virus news continues into next week.
Shares are the only things that most people buy dear and sell cheap.
Evening all. Hope that Arwen isn't treating you too badly - the best/worst storm I can remember. Have only ever heard wind roar on tornado chaser programs until tonight, now I have video of it outside my house.
There is something primal about the power of nature. I have some treasured memories of storms, such as 1987, and also of the best snowfalls. Hope you are well and no damage to your house!
Lost at least one roof slate, will assess the rest in the morning. Its not pretty out there, trees down everywhere and loads of garages with roofs off.
All the best - where are you incidentally?
New Pitsligo
Ah, Aberdeenshire. I was in Aberdeen visiting relatives just before the first lockdown. Managed to do the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
Did you get to The Kyle of Lochalsh?
Not from Aberdeenshire I expect.
The one time I went I thought it was via Inverness. I am probably mistaken.
You were not mistaken. Hope you enjoyed it.
I did: I got to go on a boat over the sea to Skye.
Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · 44m ⚠️FIRST #OmicronVariant EUROPE CASE DID **NOT** TRAVEL TO SOUTHERN AFRICA—Tracing details of the Belgium #B11529 case reveals only travel to Egypt🇪🇬 & Turkey 🇹🇷—but not Sub-Saharan Africa at all. I’m concerned #Omicron is global 🌍 already—very worried. 🧵
Already been posted....individual was neither vaccinated nor previously infected...but allowed to travel...shakes head.
It was also 11 days after their return they developed symptoms, so it might not be from their travels.
Unvaccinated person catches Covid. 😱
I was under the misapprehension that you couldn't even go into bars or restaurants without a covid passport in Europe, let alone go jollying off to the Middle East.....
Israel has identified four cases of the B.1.1.529 variant, all recent travellers. One case, a 32-year-old woman returning from South Africa, was triple vaccinated with Pfizer and had her 3rd dose just two months ago.
Another, a hotel worker from Malawi, had her second dose of AZ in mid-July. A third had her second J&J dose two months ago.
No reports yet if these people are suffering from any symptoms at all; all travelers are screened with PCR tests on arrival, which is how they were identified.
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
Haha. But a bit sad. Don’t kids do music these days?
Yes, but most schools aren’t exactly up to putting on a groundbreaking version of The Ring Cycle. Musicals, yes, but actual opera is much harder to do.
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · 44m ⚠️FIRST #OmicronVariant EUROPE CASE DID **NOT** TRAVEL TO SOUTHERN AFRICA—Tracing details of the Belgium #B11529 case reveals only travel to Egypt🇪🇬 & Turkey 🇹🇷—but not Sub-Saharan Africa at all. I’m concerned #Omicron is global 🌍 already—very worried. 🧵
Already been posted....individual was neither vaccinated nor previously infected...but allowed to travel...shakes head.
It was also 11 days after their return they developed symptoms, so it might not be from their travels.
Unvaccinated person catches Covid. 😱
I was under the misapprehension that you couldn't even go into bars or restaurants without a covid passport in Europe, let alone go jollying off to the Middle East.....
Some people even say "Europe" is made up of several different countries.
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
Haha. But a bit sad. Don’t kids do music these days?
Yes, but most schools aren’t exactly up to putting on a groundbreaking version of The Ring Cycle. Musicals, yes, but actual opera is much harder to do.
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
Which in some ways isn't odd at all, but also maybe is when you consider that music and its generation is all physics.
A couple of decades back I worked with a guy who won a science communication competition, using guitar to explain waves, I think. His surname was Looney or similar spelling, so one of the papers (or maybe ch4 website, they sponsored it, I think) had the immortal headline "Axe wielding Looney cleans up at science contest", or something like that
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
Haha. But a bit sad. Don’t kids do music these days?
Yes, but most schools aren’t exactly up to putting on a groundbreaking version of The Ring Cycle. Musicals, yes, but actual opera is much harder to do.
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
Which in some ways isn't odd at all, but also maybe is when you consider that music and its generation is all physics.
A couple of decades back I worked with a guy who won a science communication competition, using guitar to explain waves, I think. His surname was Looney or similar spelling, so one of the papers (or maybe ch4 website, they sponsored it, I think) had the immortal headline "Axe wielding Looney cleans up at science contest", or something like that
The Brian Cox Brian May crossover. Wasn't Borodin a professor of chemistry? Or didn't I dream that?
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
Haha. But a bit sad. Don’t kids do music these days?
Yes, but most schools aren’t exactly up to putting on a groundbreaking version of The Ring Cycle. Musicals, yes, but actual opera is much harder to do.
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
Which in some ways isn't odd at all, but also maybe is when you consider that music and its generation is all physics.
A couple of decades back I worked with a guy who won a science communication competition, using guitar to explain waves, I think. His surname was Looney or similar spelling, so one of the papers (or maybe ch4 website, they sponsored it, I think) had the immortal headline "Axe wielding Looney cleans up at science contest", or something like that
There are alway some that do both (though maths is a more common addition to music than physics, with a few doing both).
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
Haha. But a bit sad. Don’t kids do music these days?
Yes, but most schools aren’t exactly up to putting on a groundbreaking version of The Ring Cycle. Musicals, yes, but actual opera is much harder to do.
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
Which in some ways isn't odd at all, but also maybe is when you consider that music and its generation is all physics.
A couple of decades back I worked with a guy who won a science communication competition, using guitar to explain waves, I think. His surname was Looney or similar spelling, so one of the papers (or maybe ch4 website, they sponsored it, I think) had the immortal headline "Axe wielding Looney cleans up at science contest", or something like that
The Brian Cox Brian May crossover. Wasn't Borodin a professor of chemistry? Or didn't I dream that?
He's talking about the mutations on the virus. So maybe we will be ok if vax still deals with them. Maybe even t-cells alone will be enough.
This is my optimistic mode.
I just told a friend that I wobble between fragile optimism, frank despair, and drunken fuck-it nihilism
She said she was similar. Everyone has been so battered by 2 years of this shit, the prospect of another 2 years (or more? a decade?) pushes us all to the edge. At some point we will just say to hell with it, let it kill, the rest of us need to live. I reckon Europeans are quite close to that
Israel has identified four cases of the B.1.1.529 variant, all recent travellers. One case, a 32-year-old woman returning from South Africa, was triple vaccinated with Pfizer and had her 3rd dose just two months ago.
Another, a hotel worker from Malawi, had her second dose of AZ in mid-July. A third had her second J&J dose two months ago.
No reports yet if these people are suffering from any symptoms at all; all travelers are screened with PCR tests on arrival, which is how they were identified.
Yes, and with US trading truncated due to the holiday.
If you think this new variant will prove a storm in a teacup - perhaps infectious but not harmful - then buying CCL might be a good play.
But maybe not just yet.
Invest generically enough and you still win even if it's horrific. Anyone buying an S&P 500 tracker after the first sell off has doubled their money now.
We’re hardly in that territory - a 1000 self off with probably the same tomorrow barely takes the US back a few weeks, given how high the market is. Many think a correction overdue and if this variant is more dangerous, who knows…
Oh quite, it's not a buying opportunity yet. Just amused that we hit all time highs within 12 months of the market losing half it's value - leaves you wondering who the mopes are taking part in the sell offs once they've got going.
A lot of people are in the market for want of any other way to earn income from their savings, and are ready to pull their money out if there’s a sniff of a downturn. Hence the potential for a big correction is there if the bad virus news continues into next week.
Probably an upwards bounce on Monday. My portfolio down about 4% today. Ouch.
I do still have a good whack in cash in the portfolio, so may look out for some bargains.
He's talking about the mutations on the virus. So maybe we will be ok if vax still deals with them. Maybe even t-cells alone will be enough.
This is my optimistic mode.
I just told a friend that I wobble between fragile optimism, frank despair, and drunken fuck-it nihilism
She said she was similar. Everyone has been so battered by 2 years of this shit, the prospect of another 2 years (or more? a decade?) pushes us all to the edge. At some point we will just say to hell with it, let it kill, the rest of us need to live. I reckon Europeans are quite close to that
No need to seek it out. Vaccines probably give some protection even with spike mutations, but also the protease and other drugs are on their way. Their mechanism of action makes resistance very difficult.
He's talking about the mutations on the virus. So maybe we will be ok if vax still deals with them. Maybe even t-cells alone will be enough.
This is my optimistic mode.
I just told a friend that I wobble between fragile optimism, frank despair, and drunken fuck-it nihilism
She said she was similar. Everyone has been so battered by 2 years of this shit, the prospect of another 2 years (or more? a decade?) pushes us all to the edge. At some point we will just say to hell with it, let it kill, the rest of us need to live. I reckon Europeans are quite close to that
I'm the same. However many continue to insist it hasn't affected them much. Are people with a history of acknowledged mental health issues weirdly more able to cope? Just a little theory of mine which would explain the suicide figures.
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Edit: I have sent you a private message.
Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is out at Xmas.
But 50k feels like a milestone to me.
With this and Omicron will be fascinating to see how folk react.
@trvrb There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as
@PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, @nextstrain clade 21K and @WHO
Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16
"I believe we're looking at a variant that potentially has significant immune evasion and that appears to be spreading rapidly."
I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner.
They said “what’s an opera?”
THE CHORONZON MUTATION
Frankly unlikely. Though I wouldn't put it past the blighter.
But I also need the Trafford Centre branch on Metrolink!
https://twitter.com/bbcnewsnight/status/1464367575471644678?s=21
Another, a hotel worker from Malawi, had her second dose of AZ in mid-July. A third had her second J&J dose two months ago.
No reports yet if these people are suffering from any symptoms at all; all travelers are screened with PCR tests on arrival, which is how they were identified.
https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1464190991204859919?s=20
Having said that when I was their age I had been to three or four operas via school trips (including one at the Bolshoi), something this lot have not had the chance to do for the last couple of years. I’m sure if there had been any A-level music students in the class they would have known a few (or at last what an opera is) but we don’t get more than a dozen or so each year and not many of them also do Physics.
A couple of decades back I worked with a guy who won a science communication competition, using guitar to explain waves, I think. His surname was Looney or similar spelling, so one of the papers (or maybe ch4 website, they sponsored it, I think) had the immortal headline "Axe wielding Looney cleans up at science contest", or something like that
Or didn't I dream that?
This is my optimistic mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkui_uQqFWQ
Everyone knows this.
She said she was similar. Everyone has been so battered by 2 years of this shit, the prospect of another 2 years (or more? a decade?) pushes us all to the edge. At some point we will just say to hell with it, let it kill, the rest of us need to live. I reckon Europeans are quite close to that
(Or not ?)
I do still have a good whack in cash in the portfolio, so may look out for some bargains.
I’m moderately optimistic - though that was probably me pre-pandemic, too.
Seeing a pattern here….
Restaurants in Leicester looked busy tonight.
Are people with a history of acknowledged mental health issues weirdly more able to cope?
Just a little theory of mine which would explain the suicide figures.