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- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 12 hours ago:
Google aren’t opposed to evil any more though, they removed their motto of “Don’t Be Evil”.
- Comment on A UK government program to address obesity gets major funding from Eli Lilly, the maker of weight loss drug Mounjaro 4 days ago:
Why put in effort educating people on nutrition and healthy eating when we can just pump them with drugs?
Why put in effort growing nutritious food when we can just feed them the usual slop and then pump them with drugs to make sure they don’t get too plump?
Who cares that long term this will be detrimental for health, because instead of eating a balanced healthy diet and exercising to stay a healthy weight, we instead allow the eating of shit and no exercise as long as there’s a steady supply of weight loss drugs?
What could possibly go wrong?
- Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 4 days ago:
Join the IWW
Join the Scottish Greens
Discuss these things with your friends and family. Get them on board. Don’t be combative, ask questions, provide information, suggest solutions. Let them think and mull things over, changing views takes time and self reflection
Speak up when you see injustice. Many people are scared to be the first voice to speak up, but it’s surprising the support you can get once you do.
- Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 4 days ago:
Fuck that! The Lib Dems sold out all of their principles between 2010 and 2015, Nick Clegg is now a goon for Facebook, and Ed Davey is a walking joke.
The English/Welsh Greens are ineffective and TERFs, the Scottish Greens have formally unaffiliated from them because they’re so bad.
The only real hope is the Corbyn/Sultana party, whatever name it ends up going by. It is gaining traction, with genuine socialists, and even the major unions like Unite and UNISON are considering endorsing them.
The Lib Dems and Greens have existed for decades and achieved fuck all. Don’t waste your time with them, don’t split the left vote with them, support genuine socialists. Support real change.
- Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 4 days ago:
Even more miserable being Scottish knowing we could have escaped all this in 2014.
…wikipedia.org/…/2014_Scottish_independence_refer…
Our devolved parliament is more left wing than Westminster but it has limited powers so our sanctuary is minimal.
There’s also the times where Westminster has ruled on things that should be devolved and when it has overruled Scotland.
It’s shite being Scottish!
We’re the lowest of the low!
The scum of the fucking Earth!
The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash, that was shat into civilisation!
Some people hate the English, I don’t! They’re just wankers!
We, on the other hand, are colonised by wankers!
Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonised by!
We’re ruled by effete assholes!
It’s a shite state of affairs to be in Tommy, and all the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference! - Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 4 days ago:
(New) New Labour got back in power.
Labour are meant to be the left wing workers party. Old school Labour are socialists that brought in such things as the NHS (free healthcare) and The Open University (non-elitist university education open to anybody) in the mid-1900s.
New Labour first came into power in 1997 and left in 2010, they got back in last year (2024). They are not socialist by any means. They pretend at times to be socialist because of the image and reputation of Labour but in reality they’re capitalists. These are the people that introduced privatisation into the NHS (so you can only get healthcare for certain things if you are rich enough) and started the Iraq War 2 with Bush. They have always had an authoritarian streak but the socialists still within the party generally managed to hold them off. They had plans for mass surveillance and mandatory ID cards, but never managed to implement it by the time they lost the 2010 election.
Now they’re back, and the socialist elements of the party have been shunned ot kicked out, so the authoritarians can near do as they wish now.
In one year they have:
- cut winter fuel payments for the elderly
- cut disability benefits
- continued with austerity for public services, making everyone poorer
- cosied up to banks by saying red tape needs cut
- declared nature protections to be in the way
- helped Israel commit genocide by providing equipment and intel
- proscribed a protest group that spray painted 2 planes as terrorist organisations
- given a racist speech to pander to the far right
- brought in draconian restrictions on the internet
- want a vast increase in facial recognition cameras
- announced plans to implement a mandatory digital ID
I’ve been sitting on the toilet too long writing this now so that’ll do, but here’s some more reading if you wish:
tribunemag.co.uk/…/new-labours-authoritarianism-i…
scotsman.com/…/palestine-action-ban-reveals-labou…
- Comment on Nicolas Sturgeon book reignites trans row with JK Rowling 1 week ago:
This reads like a Rowling hit piece on Sturgeon.
Where’s the impartiality BBC?
Oh wait, I forgot, it doesn’t exist.
opendemocracy.net/…/bbc-bias-and-scots-referendum…
- Comment on Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip 1 week ago:
I agree with HumanPenguin but your stance is a bit silly.
You don’t need to be an expert to know you need a licence, everyone else and their dog is expected to know to get one. Ignorance of the law is never accepted as an excuse by councils, police, or courts.
It sounds like he’s done right and remedied it, but again, ignorance of the law is never accepted as an excuse for breaching the law. Lammy doesn’t work alone, he has a team of people, and not one of them organised a licence. It’s either a case of incompetence or a case of thinking he’s above the rules and got caught. Both are bad optics for an already struggling government.
Don’t they look tired?
- Comment on UK cases of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus more than double 1 week ago:
Agreed. 3 is more than double 1. Not putting numbers in the headline is stupid.
For reference, it’s 73 cases versus 27 last year.
- Comment on Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip 1 week ago:
You’re not a government minister setting laws and determining who can be jailed for what. The hypocrisy is the issue, not how minor the infraction.
- Comment on Under-22s in England should get free bus travel to access work and training, MPs say 1 week ago:
Scotland has had this since 2022 and it’s been a great success from what I can gather. There’s been some trouble with “hooligans” taking advantage and messing up buses or traveling to other towns to vandalise or pick fights but I think the press and gossips have blown it out of proportion.
Overall, freedom of movement is a good thing, even if there is a small bit of trouble due to it. Young’ns are young’ns and a percentage will cause trouble in some manner regardless of whether they can get about or not.
- Comment on Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules 2 weeks ago:
To download Wikipedia to your computer for offline use, see here: kiwix.org/en/
- Comment on Average private rent in Great Britain falls for first time in five years 2 weeks ago:
the average rent on a newly let property fell by 0.2% year on year in July. It was the first annual decline since August 2020
Fuck all. This isn’t a win.
For sitting tenants it is a different story. Average rents on renewed tenancies continued to rise: up 4.5% year on year in July.
An increase for being a loyal customer though.
Despite the small annual decline, the average monthly rent for a new let of £1,373 remains £350 – or 34% – higher than in August 2020.
34% increase in rent since 2020?! Have wages risen by 34%?
This month, Barclays said that, typically, housing accounts for close to a third (30.8%) of renters’ take-home pay, whereas homeowners report spending just over a quarter (26.6%) of their earnings on their mortgage.
1/4 to 1/3 of your labour, just to have a roof over your head. A basic requirement of life. And unlike food, housing isn’t perishable. Many houses could be rented out for over a century by now. And each month they pull in 1/3 of someone’s labour, for what? To pay a parasitic landlord.
- Comment on Jeremy Corbyn attacks Angela Rayner for selling off allotments 2 weeks ago:
It’s not like he brought it up out of the blue though, is it?
Maybe work on your own reading comprehension.
It’s in direct response to Angela Rayner selling off allotment land. Land that is deemed so important to the nation that it’s protected by law, and only sellable via ministerial sign off. Not even the scumbag Tories did this.
Plus, our primary source of food may well have to be allotments again soon. With farms failing due to years of monoculture and pesticides, coupled with climate change and a loss in biodiversity.
unsustainablemagazine.com/home-gardens-vs-farms-e…
It is normal in politics for opposition politicians to attack the actions of governing politicians. That is what Corbyn has done, he’s not suddenly got out of bed and decided today’s topic of conversation is allotments because he’s away down to his in the afternoon.
- Comment on Jeremy Corbyn attacks Angela Rayner for selling off allotments 2 weeks ago:
Almost as if he’s tackling multiple concerns at once.
youtube.com/shorts/HuOP2vEEz6Q
Allotments are fundamental for the feeding of our people and in tackling biodiversity loss. If you don’t have green fingers you may not be aware, but we’re currently in the midst of the largest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs.
Currently, human activities are driving a rapid decline in biodiversity, often referred to as the Holocene extinction or the sixth mass extinction. It was estimated in 2007 that up to 30% of all species could be extinct by 2050.[4] Habitat destruction—particularly for agriculture—is a primary driver of this decline.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
This video from the WWF drives home the point.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ufiiFGdAl5E
But even if you don’t care about biodiversity loss, it is a necessary means for many people to feed themselves. About 1/3 of my fruit and veg intake is homegrown. Without it I would struggle to pay my bills, not to mention the mental health benefits of being out in the sun playing in the dirt.
Rayner can get to fuck. She’s a fucking liar who pretends to stand for the left of the Labour party and since getting into power has acted like a Tory. There’s a reason she’s been suspended from Unite.
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- Comment on Dubious UK local news websites with Russian links are receiving cash for coverage 2 weeks ago:
Only if there’s not legitimate reason to have it revoked.
- Comment on California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries 2 weeks ago:
They should just lie down and give up then I guess?
Just transfer every cent they own into the hands of the Trumps/Musks/Cooks/Zuckerbergs/Bezos/Pichais of the world and get it over with, why bother trying?
- Comment on Record UK wildfires have burned an area twice the size of Glasgow in 2025 2 weeks ago:
The city that stops racist immigration raids?
The city that stood up to apartheid when others wouldn’t?
Nah, I think we should maybe keep Glasgow.
Instead, focus our anger on those who glibly call for the burning and destruction of thousands of peoples homes. That includes “humorous” comments like yours but also the capitalists, politicians, and oil execs who have known for decades about the destruction climate change brings and have cared not a bit. As long as they make some dough they don’t care if the planet burns.
- Comment on Three people charged with supporting Palestine Action 2 weeks ago:
This direct action made national news and has brought Palestine further into the public consciousness.
It has not tarnished the movement, and has resulted in multiple protests all over the country, many being attended by retired professionals that likely wouldn’t attend protests otherwise. There’s even one organised for this weekend in London which has already gained national headlines due to the response from Downing Street and the Met.
Canada and America are different countries with different politics to the UK.
You clearly know fuck all about the views held in the UK so why are you even commenting in this community?
- Comment on Three people charged with supporting Palestine Action 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on YSK the United Kingdom has the most corrupt real estate market in the Western World. A famous Bangladesh politician bought 350 properties in England. 3 weeks ago:
Why should I know this?
- Comment on UK lawmaker for life urged urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US company 3 weeks ago:
…wikipedia.org/…/Political_geography_of_Nineteen_…
You mean Airstrip One?
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 3 weeks ago:
We turn various online educational contents (such as Wikipedia, for example) into ZIM files, and these can be opened by Kiwix even if you have no connectivity whatsoever.
flathub.org/apps/org.kiwix.desktop
The ZIM file format is an open file format that stores website content for offline usage.[1] The format is defined by the openZIM project, which also supports an open-source ZIM reader called Kiwix. The format is primarily used to store the contents of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, including articles, full-text search indices and auxiliary files.[2][3]
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 3 weeks ago:
Here’s one way to help: kiwix.org/en/about-us/#our-story
Download Wikipedia to your own device. If it’s ever blocked or taken down you still have access and can help share information with others.
You can download different versions (e.g. without images) and different languages based on your needs.
There’s other resources available via kiwix as well but I’ve not really explored them to be honest
- Comment on Bus company’s urgent probe after driver called for wheelchair-user who reported discrimination to be shot 3 weeks ago:
Arseholes.
- Comment on 4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales 3 weeks ago:
In normal times I would agree.
But this “Labour” party have shown themselves to care not one jot for liberalism.
From the arming of a genocidal state, to making their membership numbers a secret, to proscribing non-terrorist organisations, vastly increasing the surveillance of the internet, and now threatening crackdowns on VPNs.
According to this, the minimum and maximum a teacher can make is roughly the same as a fresh recruit officer to an officer in post for 6 years. A teaching job requires a degree, has an incredibly high turnover rate, and doesn’t get extra pay boosts like the police.
An increase in social care, education, and the welfare state reduces crime better than extra heavies on the street, and yet those things are not being funded. Instead 3,000 extra officers will be locking up retired priests, teachers, and magistrates.
- Comment on 4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales 3 weeks ago:
The typical salary for a constable who has been in post 6 years will be £50,257 and the average earning for a chief superintendent will be £98,500. In addition to the headline pay rise, the government is also increasing on-call, away from home, and hardship allowances by £10.
The pay boost reflects the bravery, professionalism and tireless dedication of officers who protect the public, and will be supported by £120 million from the Home Office to help protect police force budgets
Buckle up. Keir’s authoritarians are bribing the police to get them on side.
Pay disputes with bin men and doctors. No money to help the disabled. But a fat wad of cash for the police.
- Comment on Places of worship warned by regulator over “inflammatory and divisive” language 3 weeks ago:
The Commission opened a case into the charity after concerns were raised about posts on the charity’s social media platform in October and November 2023.
The posts commented on the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East. One provided information on what to do if arrested at a protest and advertised the services of a specific private solicitor’s firm. Another featured a graphic cartoon which seemed to criticise media reporting of the conflict. A third post included another cartoon suggesting the media misrepresents the situation in Palestine.
Hmm…
- Comment on St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed 3 weeks ago:
How long does it take you to put on your clown make up every morning? Attack was made possible with info stolen by doge, which was handed over to Russia, at that point they probably worked with North Korea for the operation
- DrFistington@lemmy.world
Saving this for posterity. Hahahaha. And I’m the supposed clown!
Fucking hell.
Can I see your evidence or do you just telepathically know these things?