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I wonder what it's like to be a scab nurse right now.
Someone in the Red Wall perhaps, though they often seem more right wing than others, so more likely to simply quit at the next GE rather than switch in an attempt to save their seat.
I would but the job is stressful...
That horrible MP for Stoke...where do they find them?
He’s not an experienced politician.
"If the pre-war dividing line between Ukraine and Russia cannot be achieved by combat or by negotiation, recourse to the principle of self-determination could be explored. Internationally supervised referendums concerning self-determination could be applied to particularly divisive territories".
There's even some AI:
"As the world’s leaders strive to end the war in which two nuclear powers contest a conventionally armed country, they should also reflect on the impact on this conflict and on long-term strategy of incipient high–technology and artificial intelligence. Auto-nomous weapons already exist, capable of defining, assessing and targeting their own perceived threats and thus in a position to start their own war.
Once the line into this realm is crossed and hi-tech becomes standard weaponry – and computers become the principal executors of strategy – the world will find itself in a condition for which as yet it has no established concept. How can leaders exercise control when computers prescribe strategic instructions on a scale and in a manner that inherently limits and threatens human input? How can civilisation be preserved amid such a maelstrom of conflicting information, perceptions and destructive capabilities?
...and a veiled reference to as yet undisclosed "discoveries".
"No theory for this encroaching world yet exists, and consultative efforts on this subject have yet to evolve – perhaps because meaningful negotiations might disclose new discoveries, and that disclosure itself constitutes a risk for the future."
As a great man once said, time is a great healer. Unless you've got a rash, in which case you're better off with ointment.
"This is excruciatingly sad, if true. What is the driver for this? I assumed they would have similar immunity to us?"
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My guess is it is a mixture of a naturally quite introverted people, and also a highly conformist society. Japan is not a nation of rebels. Until they get at least 40% of people unmasking (my random guess) then no one will dare to copy
We saw it in the UK - and we are much more individualistic and bolshy. Recall the clap for carers, and the pressure to follow the crowd. Recall ALL THE BLOODY LOCKDOWNS
It is also certainly true. I have friends in Bangkok who tell me that 100% masking has only now begun to wane in BKK, and they say in HK, Taiwan and Japan it is still dreadful
it is indeed awful sad
Overpaid, workshy, generally obese yobbos who wear Crocs. Fuck em
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64047058
https://twitter.com/calvinrobinson/status/1604546351185813505?s=20&t=h4GcyKRlxGZQeI4TCLLdug
Yet these days he is one of the most rightwing Tories out there.
Zeal of the convert maybe?
A breakthrough in fundamental physics?
One party's intelligence about another party's weapons, R&D, or past actions?
Aliens? :-)
If he meant technologies, he'd probably have said so.
"Return to maskless world still only in realm of fantasy in Japan: While the coronavirus has made masks part of everyday life in Japan, in the reality depicted by recent movies and dramas, office workers, young lovers,…
https://japantoday.com/category/national/feature-return-to-maskless-world-still-only-in-realm-of-fantasy-in-japan?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=dlvr.it #japannews #japantoday"
"From 1547 if a peer or peeress was convicted of a crime, except treason or murder, he or she could claim 'privilege of peerage' to escape punishment if it was their first offence. In all, the privilege was exercised five times, until it was formally abolished in 1841."
The right of a peer to be tried by the HoL was removed in 1948.
Why is the government suing her? Shouldn't they wait until a decision is taken on whether or not to prosecute?
It's much less in the craft/tourist town where I live. Walking around I guess it's more like 70/30 mask/no-mask, but people will put them on when they go indoors. It's more at weekends when the tourists are here. There's just one shop where I go regularly where the owner and her assistant stopped wearing them, so most of the customers did too. I guess the vibe there is kind of creative/hippy/counter-culture: It's the opposite of the US-centred divide where masks have somehow become progressive-coded and your artsy cookie shop would be the place where they still wear them.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/may/17/keir-starmer-rules-himself-out-labour-leadership-contest
Still would have been better than Corbyn though, who was deeply inexperienced despite being an MP for decades.
All I want for Christmas is a 50 year old ASW helicopter replete with stop drilled fatigue cracks.
But maybe I have it wrong
Anyway, Japan needs to drop this because it will KILL the tourism industry. People will not return to a country where they are met with blank, masked, smile-less faces. It is too depressing and rude
This is another example. It won't KILL the tourism industry. What'll happen is that tourists will show up and not wear them and be around other tourists and not feel self-conscious about it. Most people will continue to be impressed by the whizzy trains and the clean streets and the combination of hi-tech and old-fashioned stuff and not be overly perturbed by the need to see the mouths of people in shops. A few people who are deep into western culture wars may feel annoyed, so maybe they should wait another year or so before they come.
Maybe it'll be a problem for Thailand if they're still doing it, since the smiles are their whole thing.
Also bear in mind that the big market for tourism in Japan before the pandemic was China/South Korea/Taiwan, and those guys are used to the masks and don't have a culture war over them.
But matters are even worse here, so much worse that some of you may want to sit down for this: In the summer it is not unusual to see East Asian women, especially older women, wearing hats to protect their faces from the sun!
(Full disclosure: This morning started with freezing rain and turned to snow. When I went out to get a newspaper about an hour ago I put on a red (for Christmas) balaclava -- and pulled the bottom part up over my mouth and nose! I hope that confession didn't shock too many of you.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/taliban-ban-afghan-women-university-education
Let all these bright Afghan women into the UK. They would be an adornment. The men can do one
Germany has really played this badly. They are giving a lot of kit, but the deliveries get overshadowed by the internal arguments on deliveries and stuff they're not sending.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/elon-musk-is-the-latest-victim-of
They decided to let me work from home.
Unbelievable we're still having the mask debate three years in when 99% of the population doesn't wear them and the world hasn't ended...
At least during lockdown we could drink as much as we liked.
None of my neighbours are carers or nurses in my street - so it was entirely performative. It then became something you had to do or be perceived as a bit suspect which made me dislike it even more.
I'm not sure anyone was still doing it by the end.
I keep told my wife that doing it that way round, if they do have it, will make virtually no difference- it's better to just quietly change seats.
But then we have a newborn and my wife is on maternity leave.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64037136
However, you do concede you made a false step yesterday, trying to smear the English for the theft of relics around the world when it was so quickly called out by Leon the Scottish were up to their eyebrows with the English, and other European colonial powers, in the era of all that? A Scot stole some marbles, and then sold them on for profit, does that not sound criminal to you? My advice to all ScotNats on this sort of thing is not to stir it but use the line “not all the shared history is good.” You see what I mean?
But as MP, he is less impressive; he appears to be fighting a culture war that exists mainly in his imagination; and ends up looking like a clown a lot of the time, he somehow ends up defining himself by flag waving for stupid initiatives like the Rwanda plan. He is also very confrontational and divisive, a bit like Suella Braverman and Priti Patel.
The elder has a job in a stables shoveling horseshit which she loves for some reason.
The younger has a part time job in a shop (which I have to drive her to and from lol). I have told her that stealing from her employer is an essential act of militancy to fuck the capital owning class. This guidance was rejected by the recipient and then bitterly condemned by Mrs DA. She has made stellar progress in English (full credit to the teacher) and is going to try some GCSEs next year. Successfully deprogrammed her from wanting to be a cop, thank fuck.
We do care about the reports of a growing number of Ukrainian refugees now homeless on the streets of Britain - yet more Tory Party shame. If you gave up on what you are doing, citing cost of living or whatever excuse, what would happen to them? 🥺
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferry_fiasco
And one of the people accused is John Swinney, deputy First Minister, Minister for Education (in which role he makes Williamson look capable) and acting Minister of Finance.
Strangely, I haven’t seen much call from Stuart for him to be taken into police custody.
I mean, she lets you drive her?
One thing is for sure, they wouldn't be going back to Ukraine. Even if we had a they think it's all over, it is now moment and the war ended this weekend. Like many Ukrainian refugees in the UK (might be different elsewhere) they are from the eastern most parts of Ukraine because they were the parts that got totally fucked up first. So ours (from Kharkov) and many others like them are culturally and linguistically Russian so they are concerned about what their status will be in post-war Ukraine. The assumption is 'not good'. Do not confuse that trepidation with any desire to be part of VVP's Rysskiy Mir because it's not. They (amorphous group of Ukrainians I've got to know) like the EU, NATO, etc and want to be part of. Just not in Ukraine.
It is the nature of migration that people plan to go for a year or two, but the desire to go back fades as both migrant and home have changed. We cannot go back in time.
One of my best friends came here 30 years ago to lay low for a year until things calmed down after the first Gulf War.
The issue at the moment is that the economy is really a story of two halves. You have those who don’t have much money and find it impossible to pay for everything they need (hence food banks in hospitals for nurses and other low pay staff - just as an example).
You then have the other half who may be retired ‘ working from home and can’t see what the fuss is about as while some costs have gone up they still have a £1000 (or way more) spending money left over after the bills.
Appreciate the opportunity, but didn’t think there was any real impact I could make there. Besides, it was sad to see my GitHub withering. Back to coding!
https://mobile.twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/1605341207109939201
Meanwhile Musk says he thinks they'll be cash flow break even in 2023.
Though his forecasting record isn't the best, that is interesting.
World Cup - Winner
jointly Canada/Mexico/US
June – July 2026
Brazil 7
France 8
England 10
Argentina 11
Germany 11
Spain 12
Portugal 17
Netherlands 21
Italy 26
Belgium 34
Sweden?
So ultimately the government will back down and will lose. And in all the time it sit there sniffily attacking the perfidious NHS heroes it provides succour to the unions who really are trying to bring down the country.
What they should have done was agreed to negotiate, avoided the strikes completely, and quietly reached a compromise whilst contrasting the heroic nurses against the evil train people. Instead we have this. Sunak is a spanner.
The obvious move would be to hang on to your cash.
Strange? Via NYT: "House Democrats revealed that the materials they obtained showed that the I.R.S. had failed to audit Mr. Trump’s tax filings during his first two years in office, despite having a program that makes audits of sitting presidents mandatory."
https://mobile.twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/1605377339809988608
I mean Italy are a great lay given their recent World Cup qualification record.
The last time they won a World Cup knock out match was 2006.
I suppose an analogy would be if a global outbreak of head lice led us in the west all to start wearing hijabs. Then when the nits had dispersed we removed them but they remained ubiquitous in the Middle East.
But then that's not the answer you wanted you anti-English arse.
Relatedly - I know wfh is not equal lockdown, but this is quite interesting in offering some polling data on how much money people are willing to forego in order not to have to go out to work in an office:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/jacob-rees-mogg-alan-sugar-daily-mail-home-working-woke
This isn't the way everyone feels, but I do wonder if wfh isn't going to gradually become the norm for office work, incidentally easing the shortage of job applicants (because you can recruit internationally). Anecdotally I know several organisations who are both struggling to recruit and losing staff because of a rigid policy requiring attendance in the office at least one day a week. It's only partly the appeal of being in your chosen home surroundings and not having to commute, but also the opportunity to move somewhere cheaper so your perhaps spartan home surroundings actually get BETTER.
I suspect he's perfectly pleasant and normal in real life, after all he teaches teenage girls languages and gives talks in the Red Wall on military aircraft.
There's so much going on here and, at the same time, so little.
"But but but England has 11 times the population"
SPOT THE LAY
Population & World cup odds (Top price)
Uruguay 3.485 Million 50-1
Croatia 3.899 Million 66-1
Norway 5.408 Million 100-1
North Macedonia 2.065 Million 150-1
Scotland 5.454 Million 500-1
(Call it a forty hour week to make the sums easy. Ten percent is four hours. There are plenty of people whose home to work journey is an hour each way. One of the problems with having an economy that depends so much on money earned in London is the travel time that imposes on people.)
As to the rest, workers might relish the chance for London salaries with red wall living costs, but employers will be looking to pay red wall salaries or lower. Long before Covid, British and American companies outsourced to India, the Philippines or Eastern Europe in order to pay their workforce less (a lot less) not so their existing employees could move to more exotic locations.
These are not militant, politically motivated actions, they are a cry for help. I just don't see any way that Sunak wins, all the more so if he does 'win' in the dispute. Not least because he will draw exactly the wrong conclusion from such a 'victory'.