Why Farage might be next out – politicalbetting.com
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Woke Democrats and Russia hawks.bondegezou said:
Yes, we have detailed polling from Pew from a few days ago, although possibly now out of date given the latest developments! https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/14/americans-views-of-the-war-in-ukraine-continue-to-differ-by-party/MattW said:Thanks for the header.
Do we have any US polling broken down by party and faction (ie MAGA, not MAGA for the GOP) on any questions around attitude to Putin / Zelensky, who started the war etc?
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Weirderrottenborough said:
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I agree, *but* the rumours are mounting and aren't from the usual suspectsbondegezou said:
The Dr Who reports have been denied.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
WhoCulture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_X-bq0pwI
Doctor Who Filming Locations: https://xcancel.com/set_dw0 -
I've just had the Best Approach Ever for my YouTube channel.
A company wants to sell a box that plugs into your Tesla, capturing video in all directions. They will then sell this footage to companies to better develop mapping software, AI tools and self-driving.
The box is $279.99 and "will deliver an ROI in 3-6 months". Payment to be made in their Crypto token which is currently valued at $0.0006
"If you're interested, please send us your terms, and we’d love to discuss how we can work together."
I politely declined.2 -
Damn it, I thought I was being clever, but you got their first.rottenborough said:
Camden?Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
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Somewhere in Calabria or NaplesLeon said:
Interesting guessCookie said:
You appear to be inside a shipping contained looking out into a warzone.Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
For no reason whatsoever except that it is the first place which came to mind when I saw the image, I'm going to go for: Turksih occupied North Cyprus.
But wrong (this is quite hard, but also genuinely interesting as an answer)
Clue: you can get excellent bacon here0 -
Much much stranger. Almost impossibly strange. One of the strangest places in the worldboulay said:
Somewhere in Calabria or NaplesLeon said:
Interesting guessCookie said:
You appear to be inside a shipping contained looking out into a warzone.Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
For no reason whatsoever except that it is the first place which came to mind when I saw the image, I'm going to go for: Turksih occupied North Cyprus.
But wrong (this is quite hard, but also genuinely interesting as an answer)
Clue: you can get excellent bacon here
And I’ve been to a lot of freaky places0 -
Somewhere in Syria .Leon said:
Closer but no. Weirder than thatrottenborough said:
I reckon that's a good call.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Gaza?Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius0 -
Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...0 -
JustBuyATrackingDeviceRochdalePioneers said:I've just had the Best Approach Ever for my YouTube channel.
A company wants to sell a box that plugs into your Tesla, capturing video in all directions. They will then sell this footage to companies to better develop mapping software, AI tools and self-driving.
The box is $279.99 and "will deliver an ROI in 3-6 months". Payment to be made in their Crypto token which is currently valued at $0.0006
"If you're interested, please send us your terms, and we’d love to discuss how we can work together."
I politely declined.0 -
Another clue: The metal door is there to protect the people inside from the people outside0
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Suffolk.Leon said:
Much much stranger. Almost impossibly strange. One of the strangest places in the worldboulay said:
Somewhere in Calabria or NaplesLeon said:
Interesting guessCookie said:
You appear to be inside a shipping contained looking out into a warzone.Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
For no reason whatsoever except that it is the first place which came to mind when I saw the image, I'm going to go for: Turksih occupied North Cyprus.
But wrong (this is quite hard, but also genuinely interesting as an answer)
Clue: you can get excellent bacon here
And I’ve been to a lot of freaky places2 -
You know, the UK just might have some plutonium going spare...Malmesbury said:
“Fuck it. Assemble the first ten nuclear weapons.”boulay said:Can you imagine the world of stress Zelensky is under?
People get all excitable about PepGuardiola scratching his head because Man City are losing matches - but Jesus Christ you can imagine Zelensky just sitting there stunned thinking “I’ve got a war to fight to save my country against a murderous psychotic bastard and Do and Trump and his team are treating me like a criminal and at the same time trying to steal my country’s wealth”.
What a man.
Just think of when you’ve been stressed them more shot cones. And multiply it by millions.0 -
It would have to be a person with amazing eyesight. Literally all I can make out from the streetscene is:Leon said:There are actually sufficient clues in that photo that an amazing person - perhaps Margaret Drabble or Niall Ferguson on a really good day - could get it
child figure looking through doorway
adult figure looking towards doorway
possibly some litter and/or bags of rubbish
possibly some fire escapes
it's sunny0 -
Bacon. You can get the best bacon beyond that door0
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Mitch McConnell retiring0
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There’s also what looks like a goat and a dog .Cookie said:
It would have to be a person with amazing eyesight. Literally all I can make out from the streetscene is:Leon said:There are actually sufficient clues in that photo that an amazing person - perhaps Margaret Drabble or Niall Ferguson on a really good day - could get it
child figure looking through doorway
adult figure looking towards doorway
possibly some litter and/or bags of rubbish
possibly some fire escapes
it's sunny0 -
So you pay for the kit & they get all the data?RochdalePioneers said:I've just had the Best Approach Ever for my YouTube channel.
A company wants to sell a box that plugs into your Tesla, capturing video in all directions. They will then sell this footage to companies to better develop mapping software, AI tools and self-driving.
The box is $279.99 and "will deliver an ROI in 3-6 months". Payment to be made in their Crypto token which is currently valued at $0.0006
"If you're interested, please send us your terms, and we’d love to discuss how we can work together."
I politely declined.0 -
Wonderfully, the answer is in what you’ve just saldCookie said:
It would have to be a person with amazing eyesight. Literally all I can make out from the streetscene is:Leon said:There are actually sufficient clues in that photo that an amazing person - perhaps Margaret Drabble or Niall Ferguson on a really good day - could get it
child figure looking through doorway
adult figure looking towards doorway
possibly some litter and/or bags of rubbish
possibly some fire escapes
it's sunny
Literally. You’ve just given the answer - or identified the crucial evidence - without realising0 -
@ForecasterEnten
The last day has been the worst polling day for Trump during his entire 2nd term.
-4 polls show his net approval rating underwater like The Little Mermaid.
-The 3 polls with a trend line show his ratings going down.
-His one time strength (the economy) is now a weakness.
https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/18926002124404534750 -
Farage comes out in favour of Trump and kinda against Zelenskyy:
“Nigel Farage has just broken his silence and given his view on his friend Donald Trump's attacks on the Ukrainian president.
The Reform UK leader told GB News "you should always take everything Donald Trump says seriously" - but not "absolutely literally".
"Let's be clear - Zelenskyy is not a dictator," he said. "But it's only right and proper that Ukrainians have a timeline for elections."
He also rejected the notion the UK did not hold any elections during the Second World War, saying one was held in the summer of 1945.
Of course, that took place after Nazi Germany had surrendered to the allies, and victory in Europe had been achieved - although the war with Japan continued.
Both Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson made the point yesterday that it was perfectly reasonable for Ukraine not to hold elections during a war, citing that the UK hadn't during the Second World War.”
From Sky News feed0 -
The next series of Dr Who if the Disney funding falls through?Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius0 -
You are now inches away!0
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Oh Christ not some AI picture and that was your prompt?Leon said:
Wonderfully, the answer is in what you’ve just saldCookie said:
It would have to be a person with amazing eyesight. Literally all I can make out from the streetscene is:Leon said:There are actually sufficient clues in that photo that an amazing person - perhaps Margaret Drabble or Niall Ferguson on a really good day - could get it
child figure looking through doorway
adult figure looking towards doorway
possibly some litter and/or bags of rubbish
possibly some fire escapes
it's sunny
Literally. You’ve just given the answer - or identified the crucial evidence - without realising0 -
FranceLeon said:
Interesting guessCookie said:
You appear to be inside a shipping contained looking out into a warzone.Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
For no reason whatsoever except that it is the first place which came to mind when I saw the image, I'm going to go for: Turksih occupied North Cyprus.
But wrong (this is quite hard, but also genuinely interesting as an answer)
Clue: you can get excellent bacon here
Moldova
Colombia0 -
Specifically, I think it’s that path that runs near the canal to the new food court. Water Lane, is it called? I can’t remember, what with being repeatedly stabbed the last time I was there.rcs1000 said:
That's the urban hellscape of Camden. Just outside that door lie two Christians, stabbed to death for their beliefs. Sharia law is enforced by roving gangs of Imams, free speech is non-existent, and the whole area is a no go zone for the police, who have retreated to the Essex borders.Leon said:
Closer but no. Weirder than thatrottenborough said:
I reckon that's a good call.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Gaza?Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius0 -
No this is a real place and if you look at @cookies prior answers - and add it to yours - you’re thereboulay said:
Oh Christ not some AI picture and that was your prompt?Leon said:
Wonderfully, the answer is in what you’ve just saldCookie said:
It would have to be a person with amazing eyesight. Literally all I can make out from the streetscene is:Leon said:There are actually sufficient clues in that photo that an amazing person - perhaps Margaret Drabble or Niall Ferguson on a really good day - could get it
child figure looking through doorway
adult figure looking towards doorway
possibly some litter and/or bags of rubbish
possibly some fire escapes
it's sunny
Literally. You’ve just given the answer - or identified the crucial evidence - without realising0 -
Nagorno Karabahk? Keeping Armenians and Azeris apart?Leon said:
Much much stranger. Almost impossibly strange. One of the strangest places in the worldboulay said:
Somewhere in Calabria or NaplesLeon said:
Interesting guessCookie said:
You appear to be inside a shipping contained looking out into a warzone.Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
For no reason whatsoever except that it is the first place which came to mind when I saw the image, I'm going to go for: Turksih occupied North Cyprus.
But wrong (this is quite hard, but also genuinely interesting as an answer)
Clue: you can get excellent bacon here
And I’ve been to a lot of freaky places0 -
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...0 -
Ok one more clue. This should do it
This place is so scary even the people that live in the tombs in the nearby City of the Dead won’t come here0 -
What a total whopperbondegezou said:Farage comes out in favour of Trump and kinda against Zelenskyy:
“Nigel Farage has just broken his silence and given his view on his friend Donald Trump's attacks on the Ukrainian president.
The Reform UK leader told GB News "you should always take everything Donald Trump says seriously" - but not "absolutely literally".
"Let's be clear - Zelenskyy is not a dictator," he said. "But it's only right and proper that Ukrainians have a timeline for elections."
He also rejected the notion the UK did not hold any elections during the Second World War, saying one was held in the summer of 1945.
Of course, that took place after Nazi Germany had surrendered to the allies, and victory in Europe had been achieved - although the war with Japan continued.
Both Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson made the point yesterday that it was perfectly reasonable for Ukraine not to hold elections during a war, citing that the UK hadn't during the Second World War.”
From Sky News feed0 -
As voters peel away from Reform, the Lib Dem’s will be the first polling beneficiaries.0
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Leon is in the scariest place on earth.
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More Farage:
“Farage also defended Trump's conduct so far, saying he promised to "bring Putin to the negotiating table", and "that is exactly what he's done".
"Is it right to try to seek a peace in a war that has now seen one million battle casualties? Yes," he said, and claimed European allies are upset because "they have shown themselves to be pretty irrelevant".
Later in the interview, Farage said: "Russia is to blame for the invasion - of that there is no doubt."
He said Ukraine "needs to get proper security guarantees", which he argued is a key element of any potential peace deal holding.”
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-labour-starmer-ukraine-war-russia-paris-us-trump-europe-zelenskyy-12593360
Can Farage continue to split these hairs? Trump is right, but Russia invaded Ukraine, etc.0 -
Bond can't be that far off entering the public domain.viewcode said:
Oh bugger. Yes they have. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3moScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
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Ed Davey on Farage:
“Lib Dem Davey, the most vocal critic of Farage and Trump among the UK's political leaders, accused him of trying to "explain away" the "outrageous remarks" rather than "condemning them".
"Deeply disappointing but not at all surprising," he said, adding: "He sounds like a spokesman for Trump."
"He certainly doesn't speak for Britain," he said.”2 -
And Snake Plisken has been tasked to recover the stranded Leon within 24 hours...rcs1000 said:
That's the urban hellscape of Camden. Just outside that door lie two Christians, stabbed to death for their beliefs. Sharia law is enforced by roving gangs of Imams, free speech is non-existent, and the whole area is a no go zone for the police, who have retreated to the Essex borders.Leon said:
Closer but no. Weirder than thatrottenborough said:
I reckon that's a good call.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Gaza?Leon said:My photo of the day
If anyone can guess where this is they are an absolute fucking genius
Shit remake.0 -
Oooft. Sorry Nige, that’s not a good look.bondegezou said:Farage comes out in favour of Trump and kinda against Zelenskyy:
“Nigel Farage has just broken his silence and given his view on his friend Donald Trump's attacks on the Ukrainian president.
The Reform UK leader told GB News "you should always take everything Donald Trump says seriously" - but not "absolutely literally".
"Let's be clear - Zelenskyy is not a dictator," he said. "But it's only right and proper that Ukrainians have a timeline for elections."
He also rejected the notion the UK did not hold any elections during the Second World War, saying one was held in the summer of 1945.
Of course, that took place after Nazi Germany had surrendered to the allies, and victory in Europe had been achieved - although the war with Japan continued.
Both Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson made the point yesterday that it was perfectly reasonable for Ukraine not to hold elections during a war, citing that the UK hadn't during the Second World War.”
From Sky News feed1 -
I 'liked', but Barnsley is just old and sad and grey.RochdalePioneers said:Leon is in the scariest place on earth.
BARNSLEY0 -
I hope the Lords of Silicon Valley are beginning to realise that hitching their wagons to someone intent on burning all bridges with Europe is not going to end up well for them.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...
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An intention to vote for him is a vote for Putin.bondegezou said:Farage comes out in favour of Trump and kinda against Zelenskyy:
“Nigel Farage has just broken his silence and given his view on his friend Donald Trump's attacks on the Ukrainian president.
The Reform UK leader told GB News "you should always take everything Donald Trump says seriously" - but not "absolutely literally".
"Let's be clear - Zelenskyy is not a dictator," he said. "But it's only right and proper that Ukrainians have a timeline for elections."
He also rejected the notion the UK did not hold any elections during the Second World War, saying one was held in the summer of 1945.
Of course, that took place after Nazi Germany had surrendered to the allies, and victory in Europe had been achieved - although the war with Japan continued.
Both Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson made the point yesterday that it was perfectly reasonable for Ukraine not to hold elections during a war, citing that the UK hadn't during the Second World War.”
From Sky News feed2 -
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Musk just tweeted that he is going to censor community notes nowSouthamObserver said:
I hope the Lords of Silicon Valley are beginning to realise that hitching their wagons to someone intent on burning all bridges with Europe is not going to end up well for them.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...0 -
Supposedly Disney is committed to 26 episodes and have only filmed 13 of themMarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....0 -
When you hear Trump or Vance talk about Europe, the dislike just isn’t rational. It’s bizarre.SouthamObserver said:
I hope the Lords of Silicon Valley are beginning to realise that hitching their wagons to someone intent on burning all bridges with Europe is not going to end up well for them.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...
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Trump is doing to America what the Americans did to Iraq: dismantling all the power structures.1
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@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
(original in Finnish)
@garvanwalshe.org
1 Considering there’s no chance Trump would defend us even if we forced Ukraine’s surrender, it’s better to defend ourselves with Ukraine than without it.
2 A US that cuts out EUROCOM and CENTCOM (see today’s WAPO) wouldn’t be able to defend us even if it wanted.1 -
It’s also worth noting that Russell Davis is doing a show for C4. He wouldn’t be doing that if Dr Who required his attentionviewcode said:
I agree, *but* the rumours are mounting and aren't from the usual suspectsbondegezou said:
The Dr Who reports have been denied.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
WhoCulture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_X-bq0pwI
Doctor Who Filming Locations: https://xcancel.com/set_dw1 -
Trump has treated NATO abominably, with very little domestic opposition, and who knows what other rubbish he has planned. This will have long term consequences. I don't think most of America's traditional allies will trust it again for a very long time, irrespective of whether he's eventually succeeded by someone more palatable.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...0 -
Don't let that door bang your arse.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
(original in Finnish)
@garvanwalshe.org
1 Considering there’s no chance Trump would defend us even if we forced Ukraine’s surrender, it’s better to defend ourselves with Ukraine than without it.
2 A US that cuts out EUROCOM and CENTCOM (see today’s WAPO) wouldn’t be able to defend us even if it wanted.
I presume Zelenskyy has revealed the terms he was offered.0 -
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
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This is a pretty enormous claim.
Will it pan out ?
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
...The Nature paper marks peer-reviewed confirmation that Microsoft has not only been able to create Majorana particles, which help protect quantum information from random disturbance, but can also reliably measure that information from them using microwaves...
Anyone read the paper ?
If eventually confirmed, the question of a Nobel would be something of a sideshow.
See also:
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What are you looking at it is one of the few entrances to Mokkatam, the “City of Garbage” in Cairo, inhabited by a tribe of Coptic Christians known as the Zabbaleen
They live in houses basically made out of trash - which @Cookie spotted - and spend their lives recycling Cairo’s refuse, which they bring back to their illegal shanty town (in fairly central Cairo, carved out of old quarries) on donkey carts, daily. The women then spend the day sorting the trash and recycling it. The whole place is intense and insane and surrounded by hostile Muslim communities, hence the few roads in and metal barriers
They keep pigs which are allowed to roam free throughout the burb - doing what pigs SHOULD do, eating random crap - so the bacon they make is sublime. And it really is. I’ve had it many times, when I lived in Cairo for a few months it was known as the best bacon in the world
But it is a terrifying place. They drink and fight. So the people of the City of the Dead are scared to go there
It is also home to some weirdly ancient Bibilical or pre Biblical ruins
It’s amazing. I recommend it. I was there on assignment. The guy in the photo is a photographer friend carrying a bulky camera
But if you go take security or a local or both
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabbaleen4 -
"free-speech absolutist".Scott_xP said:
Musk just tweeted that he is going to censor community notes nowSouthamObserver said:
I hope the Lords of Silicon Valley are beginning to realise that hitching their wagons to someone intent on burning all bridges with Europe is not going to end up well for them.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...
The faster he claimed to be in favour of free-speech, the faster they counted the spoons...0 -
Hang on , I called it at 4:37.Leon said:What are you looking at it is one of the few entrances to Mokkatam, the “City of Garbage” in Cairo, inhabited by a tribe of Coptic Christians known as the Zabbaleen
They live in houses basically made out of trash - which @Cookie spotted - and spend their lives recycling Cairo’s refuse, which they bring back to their illegal shanty town (in fairly central Cairo, carved out of old quarries) on donkey carts, daily. The women then spend the day sorting the trash and recycling it. The whole place is intense and insane and surrounded by hostile Muslim communities, hence the few roads in and metal barriers
They keep pigs which are allowed to roam free throughout the burb - doing what pigs SHOULD do, eating random crap - so the bacon they make is sublime. And it really is. I’ve had it many times, when I lived in Cairo for a few months it was known as the best bacon in the world
But it is a terrifying place. They drink and fight. So the people of the City of the Dead are scared to go there
It is also home to some weirdly ancient Bibilical or pre Biblical ruins
It’s amazing. I recommend it. I was there on assignment. The guy in the photo is a photographer friend carrying a bulky camera
But if you go take security or a local or both
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabbaleen1 -
Pretty well irrefutable.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
(original in Finnish)
@garvanwalshe.org
1 Considering there’s no chance Trump would defend us even if we forced Ukraine’s surrender, it’s better to defend ourselves with Ukraine than without it.
2 A US that cuts out EUROCOM and CENTCOM (see today’s WAPO) wouldn’t be able to defend us even if it wanted.
There's also the potential danger that a conquered Ukraine's resources would add to the Russian threat.
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Phoebe.
Oh, Phoebe.0 -
Apologies, so you did! There were so many answers I missed itJonathan said:
Hang on , I called it at 4:37.Leon said:What are you looking at it is one of the few entrances to Mokkatam, the “City of Garbage” in Cairo, inhabited by a tribe of Coptic Christians known as the Zabbaleen
They live in houses basically made out of trash - which @Cookie spotted - and spend their lives recycling Cairo’s refuse, which they bring back to their illegal shanty town (in fairly central Cairo, carved out of old quarries) on donkey carts, daily. The women then spend the day sorting the trash and recycling it. The whole place is intense and insane and surrounded by hostile Muslim communities, hence the few roads in and metal barriers
They keep pigs which are allowed to roam free throughout the burb - doing what pigs SHOULD do, eating random crap - so the bacon they make is sublime. And it really is. I’ve had it many times, when I lived in Cairo for a few months it was known as the best bacon in the world
But it is a terrifying place. They drink and fight. So the people of the City of the Dead are scared to go there
It is also home to some weirdly ancient Bibilical or pre Biblical ruins
It’s amazing. I recommend it. I was there on assignment. The guy in the photo is a photographer friend carrying a bulky camera
But if you go take security or a local or both
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabbaleen
The Honorary Zabbaleen Bacon Sarnie of Margaret Drabble-esque Brilliance is Hereby Awarded To:
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I think Barbara Broccoli has had enough.Scott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
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For now, we really don't.PoodleInASlipstream said:
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
That would be counterproductive.
But we can't treat it as a reliable ally, or even a particularly reliable neutral.
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IIRC it seems that they have created a few q-bits with this approach, which is different to the ones being pursued by other research teams, which shows that the idea works.Nigelb said:This is a pretty enormous claim.
Will it pan out ?
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
...The Nature paper marks peer-reviewed confirmation that Microsoft has not only been able to create Majorana particles, which help protect quantum information from random disturbance, but can also reliably measure that information from them using microwaves...
Anyone read the paper ?
If eventually confirmed, the question of a Nobel would be something of a sideshow.
See also:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorana_fermion
However, they are something like twenty years behind the other approaches right now - they claim to have made a few q-bits. Their competitors have chips with 80-100 q-bits.
/If/ Microsoft’s approach can be made to scale and /if/ once scaled the q-bits can be kept coherent then they will have a device that can do useful QC calculations.
Right now, no quantum computer has managed to factor a number larger than 21 without having it’s hand held by researchers who already know the right answer. QC has great promise and the theory is sound but the practical implementation of that theory has been very hard to scale.
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I couldn't see a way forward for Bond without it being ruined. And I think Wilson/Broccoli had had enough.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
It had become a prime battleground for identity politics.0 -
@mikeysmith
Liz Truss tells US MAGA conference CPAC that Britain is becoming a "failed state" - and says it is entering a "dark age."0 -
America has sizeable problems itself. If Vance can poison American minds into thinking it's a relative paradise compared to the Woke hell of Europe then so much the better for his presidential bid. There's probably not much more to it than that. Trump is just potty.numbertwelve said:
When you hear Trump or Vance talk about Europe, the dislike just isn’t rational. It’s bizarre.SouthamObserver said:
I hope the Lords of Silicon Valley are beginning to realise that hitching their wagons to someone intent on burning all bridges with Europe is not going to end up well for them.RochdalePioneers said:
This is where the fun begins. He's going to leave the US as a pariah state with few allies left that aren't Russia or other despots.Scott_xP said:Has Trump fucked himself with the Ukraine batshit?
@bpolitics
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is rallying fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza as an alternative to proposals put forward by Trump
https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1892607785340223596
If nobody in the World either respects him or fears him it's going to be a lonely 4 years...0 -
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Microsoft claim not only to have solved quantum computing, but to have created a hitherto only theoretical state of matter (theorised by a mad Italian who disappeared mysteriously before WWII).
Trump is busy destroying the foundations of western civilisation.
... and PB is fully engaged only with the latest pop quiz from Leon.0 -
After the fall of the Berlin Wall it was the policy of both the UK and US to help keep the USSR together.PoodleInASlipstream said:
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
You can condemn Putin's invasion on moral grounds without treating the location of the border between Russia and Ukraine as a core national interest of ours.0 -
It's an extremely dangerous potential adversary. The speed with which our security structures are unraveling is terrifying.Nigelb said:
For now, we really don't.PoodleInASlipstream said:
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
That would be counterproductive.
But we can't treat it as a reliable ally, or even a particularly reliable neutral.
Britain will have to rearm. Every other consideration is secondary.1 -
All those people who criticised the ending of No Time To Die should be eating their words today, the franchise is as dead as the character now. Good send off in the end. Amazon are going to ruin it.0
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There's your reboot:Casino_Royale said:
I couldn't see a way forward for Bond without it being ruined. And I think Wilson/Broccoli had had enough.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
It had become a prime battleground for identity politics.
The Bond Identity.1 -
Worldview. MAGA and Trump genuinely believe that Europe in general, and UK in particular, underspend on armed forces, freeload on American protection, and imprison/fine people for free speech. They are entirely correct in this. They wish to alter our behaviour by the power of the purse, funding things they like and tariffing or even taxing those they don't like. The only question is what do we do about it.Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
Liz Truss tells US MAGA conference CPAC that Britain is becoming a "failed state" - and says it is entering a "dark age."
I went thru the three options yesterday (fight, run/hide, kneel). I hope that we will fight but fear we will kneel. And central to this submission will be Brits who have transferred their loyalty from the UK to things like CANZUK, the Anglosphere, the Republicans, or the endless tribes of Twitter. They will see nothing wrong with kneeling to the dictates of Trump and will simply blame those who it affects, provided it's not them. There are always capos.1 -
@mikeysmith
Laughter from the audience as Liz Truss tells CPAC she was the only UK PM to back fracking, but "sadly wasn't in office long enough to see it happen"1 -
Amazon will treat it about as well as Merlin Entertainment would treat a cultural visit to the Canary Islands.MaxPB said:All those people who criticised the ending of No Time To Die should be eating their words today, the franchise is as dead as the character now. Good send off in the end. Amazon are going to ruin it.
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They're not claiming a Marjorana fermion particle. They're claiming a Marjorana fermion quasiparticle. Which is great, but not quite as immediately Nobel prize worthy.Nigelb said:This is a pretty enormous claim.
Will it pan out ?
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
...The Nature paper marks peer-reviewed confirmation that Microsoft has not only been able to create Majorana particles, which help protect quantum information from random disturbance, but can also reliably measure that information from them using microwaves...
Anyone read the paper ?
If eventually confirmed, the question of a Nobel would be something of a sideshow.
See also:
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I went off Daniel Craig.MaxPB said:All those people who criticised the ending of No Time To Die should be eating their words today, the franchise is as dead as the character now. Good send off in the end. Amazon are going to ruin it.
He effectively became the franchise, got inside Barbara's head, and then blew it up from the inside.0 -
As others have noted, this is one of those days when we must truly thank our deity of choice that Starmer is the man in the job.viewcode said:
Worldview. MAGA and Trump genuinely believe that Europe in general, and UK in particular, underspend on armed forces, freeload on American protection, and imprison/fine people for free speech. They are entirely correct in this. They wish to alter our behaviour by the power of the purse, funding things they like and tariffing or even taxing those they don't like. The only question is what do we do about it.Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
Liz Truss tells US MAGA conference CPAC that Britain is becoming a "failed state" - and says it is entering a "dark age."
I went thru the three options yesterday (fight, run/hide, kneel). I hope that we will fight but fear we will kneel. And central to this submission will be Brits who have transferred their loyalty from the UK to things like CANZUK, the Anglosphere, the Republicans, or the endless tribes of Twitter. They will see nothing wrong with kneeling to the dictates of Trump and will simply blame those who it affects, provided it's not them. There are always capos.
Imagine BoZo, or Richi, or Truss1 -
Microsoft has claimed a lot of things in the past that turned out not to be entirely true. Best to wait and see on this one.Nigelb said:Microsoft claim not only to have solved quantum computing, but to have created a hitherto only theoretical state of matter (theorised by a mad Italian who disappeared mysteriously before WWII).
Trump is busy destroying the foundations of western civilisation.
... and PB is fully engaged only with the latest pop quiz from Leon.0 -
You hope we will fight for what?viewcode said:
Worldview. MAGA and Trump genuinely believe that Europe in general, and UK in particular, underspend on armed forces, freeload on American protection, and imprison/fine people for free speech. They are entirely correct in this. They wish to alter our behaviour by the power of the purse, funding things they like and tariffing or even taxing those they don't like. The only question is what do we do about it.Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
Liz Truss tells US MAGA conference CPAC that Britain is becoming a "failed state" - and says it is entering a "dark age."
I went thru the three options yesterday (fight, run/hide, kneel). I hope that we will fight but fear we will kneel. And central to this submission will be Brits who have transferred their loyalty from the UK to things like CANZUK, the Anglosphere, the Republicans, or the endless tribes of Twitter. They will see nothing wrong with kneeling to the dictates of Trump and will simply blame those who it affects, provided it's not them. There are always capos.0 -
What do you have against Sunak and why the silly name?Scott_xP said:
As others have noted, this is one of those days when we must truly thank our deity of choice that Starmer is the man in the job.viewcode said:
Worldview. MAGA and Trump genuinely believe that Europe in general, and UK in particular, underspend on armed forces, freeload on American protection, and imprison/fine people for free speech. They are entirely correct in this. They wish to alter our behaviour by the power of the purse, funding things they like and tariffing or even taxing those they don't like. The only question is what do we do about it.Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
Liz Truss tells US MAGA conference CPAC that Britain is becoming a "failed state" - and says it is entering a "dark age."
I went thru the three options yesterday (fight, run/hide, kneel). I hope that we will fight but fear we will kneel. And central to this submission will be Brits who have transferred their loyalty from the UK to things like CANZUK, the Anglosphere, the Republicans, or the endless tribes of Twitter. They will see nothing wrong with kneeling to the dictates of Trump and will simply blame those who it affects, provided it's not them. There are always capos.
Imagine BoZo, or Richi, or Truss0 -
A psychotic gangster rampaging across the continent at will is a very serious concern for us though.williamglenn said:
After the fall of the Berlin Wall it was the policy of both the UK and US to help keep the USSR together.PoodleInASlipstream said:
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
You can condemn Putin's invasion on moral grounds without treating the location of the border between Russia and Ukraine as a core national interest of ours.
If Putin gets to claim a victory then it won't be long before he's back to finish Ukraine off, and then he'll come after the Eastern flank of the EU.
Russians are basically animals. We need to figure out how to cage them.0 -
The worst aspect of the last 2 Bonds was the bizarre sibling rivalry explanation for Blofeld and SPECTRE. It is a bit ironic that just at a time where malevolent billionaire oligarchs with ambitions really are a threat to the world that such a pathetic bit of plot was used.Casino_Royale said:
I couldn't see a way forward for Bond without it being ruined. And I think Wilson/Broccoli had had enough.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
It had become a prime battleground for identity politics.
If Bond is to revive then they need to get back to decent writing. Bond was a bit of a throwback even in his Fifties and Sixties heyday with his snobbery and chauvinism. That's just part of the character. Taking that out of him would be like making Arthur Daley a straight dealer.1 -
The name's Group. Focus Group.Nigelb said:
There's your reboot:Casino_Royale said:
I couldn't see a way forward for Bond without it being ruined. And I think Wilson/Broccoli had had enough.MarqueeMark said:
Star Wars - fuckedScott_xP said:I know there's a lot of really terrible stuff happening in the World right now but Eon productions have just ceded artistic control of the Bond franchise to the same people that brought us Rings of Power...
Bond - fucked
Dr Who - apparently put in deep freeze for a decade....
It had become a prime battleground for identity politics.
The Bond Identity.2 -
The report from Marianne Faithfull's funeral, in a small church at Aldworth, near Goring and Streetly.
Very tightly policed by stewards - no paps got the location.
Mostly close freinds and family. The big sleb send-off will be later in the year. Bob Geldorf and Nick Cave were there.
The Wifey got a lift to the wake sat on Courtney Love's lap....
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Is the EU incapable of defending itself? If so, why is it our job to do it?pigeon said:
A psychotic gangster rampaging across the continent at will is a very serious concern for us though.williamglenn said:
After the fall of the Berlin Wall it was the policy of both the UK and US to help keep the USSR together.PoodleInASlipstream said:
Trump's United States is a hostile power and we need to start treating it as such, painful as that may be.Scott_xP said:@akihheikkinen.bsky.social
Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola:
"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe."
You can condemn Putin's invasion on moral grounds without treating the location of the border between Russia and Ukraine as a core national interest of ours.
If Putin gets to claim a victory then it won't be long before he's back to finish Ukraine off, and then he'll come after the Eastern flank of the EU.
Russians are basically animals. We need to figure out how to cage them.0 -
One audience member for each day of her premiership.Scott_xP said:Sadly used up my image quota...
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/18926198216756227431 -
Maybe Amazon should just remake some of the old Bonds. Like Goldfinger.
In other news, Trump and Musk are intending to visit Fort Knox, to "check on the gold"1
