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- 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. 1 day 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 1 day 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 4 days ago:
Arseholes.
- Comment on 4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales 4 days 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 5 days 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 5 days 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 5 days 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?
- Comment on Royal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal 5 days ago:
“But you know the launcher that Elon Musk is responsible for, where they grab the rocket fuel engine thingies and reuse them? The hair on my arms stood up on end when I saw that. It’s spectacular.”
Elon Musk is responsible for is he? Did he design it? Did he build it? Fucking hell.
- Comment on St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed 5 days ago:
Oh honey, don’t you see the irony of posting the BBC and the government’s cyber security centre to refute claims of propaganda?
Do you believe the most technologically advanced country in the world, with the power of silicon valley, an unlimited budget for the military and CIA, currently being run by an outright fascist, is innocent?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games
independent.co.uk/…/donald-trump-us-hacking-china…
“We have stated our position many times regarding such groundless accusations that lack evidence,” ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the US, Liu Pengyu, denied the department’s allegations. “We hope that relevant parties will adopt a professional and responsible attitude when characterising cyber-incidents, basing their conclusions on sufficient evidence rather than unfounded speculation and accusations,” he said, according to a BBC report.
“The US needs to stop using cybersecurity to smear and slander China and stop spreading all kinds of disinformation about the so-called Chinese hacking threats.”
aljazeera.com/…/us-treasury-hacked-are-china-and-…
It’s always China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran that is jumped to because that is the main adversaries of the west. Never India, or Brazil, or Israel, or Saudi Arabia, all capable countries. With not a shred of evidence it’s always China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran that are speculated.
No speculation that perhaps Mexico and Canada, two countries currently having beef with the US could be to blame. No speculation that it’s a false flag by the US federal government. No, straight to China.
When the Spanish power grid went down straight away the speculation was to Russian or Chinese hacking, investigations aren’t finished yet but it appears to have been nothing of the sort, but instead frequency oscillations in the power lines.
en.wikipedia.org/…/2025_Iberian_Peninsula_blackou…
It could very well be China etc but straight away with no evidence there’s comments like “What are the chances this took place during working hours in China?”.
At best it’s bigoted, at worst it’s U.S. sponsored Lemmy propaganda.
- Comment on St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed 5 days ago:
Loving the completely unfounded speculation that it must be
EurasiaRussia orEastasiaChina in this thread.Y’all are so deep in propaganda you don’t even know it.
- Comment on Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester 1 week ago:
Unfortunately your anecdotal evidence doesn’t change history. My experience has been very mixed bag. Some have been despicable bastards and some, as you said, have gone above and beyond. But their history, and government inquiries confirming institutional racism etc cements them still in the bastard category.
I do believe they’re improving, the force isn’t just 6ft+ white, straight, cis, British men any more. It’s diverse enough that homophobia, racism, etc are challenged and not tolerated like they once were, but it still happens. They’re still not good enough to throw off the badge of ACAB.
- Comment on Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester 1 week ago:
ACAB is legitimate here. It’s not a Trumpism. Day to day community policing, yes, you can have good interactions with them. But they also have no qualms smashing a peaceful protestor over the head with a baton if they’re allowed as well. There’s been enough stories of corruption and abuse within multiple UK police forces, throughout its history and in modern times, to say ACAB.
Also, is it fuck a fair kingdom.
- Comment on Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester 1 week ago:
But you can be surprised when the police don’t let you go after realising the thing is mostly blunt. What looks like a knife edge on the right hand side of that picture isn’t sharpened like a knife, it’s more like how a spade has a keened edge, because it’s a fancy type of trowel. The saw edge is sharp though, but again, not as sharp as a wood saw.
Plus, the law allows for the carrying of a knife for a reasonable legitimate purpose. The accused was carrying a basket of vegetables, having just harvested them using the “knife”. It’s a legitimate purpose, and it wasn’t even a knife.
Add on that it was also sheathed, and we have a clear case of moron cops being heavy handed and abusing the law.
- Comment on Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester 1 week ago:
When he was arrested, Rowe said, the officer pulled the trowel out of its sheath, and said: “That’s not a garden tool.”
“I said it is, because it was in the Niwaki-branded pouch that you get at garden centres,” Rowe said.
Rowe said police had questioned him on whether he was “planning on doing something” with the tools, and he said he was also asked to explain what an allotment was.
“I had to explain in very basic terms what an allotment is to this guy,” he said. “So it didn’t fill me with a lot of confidence that I was going to be let off.”
Manchester’s brightest at work. Experts enough to know what is and isn’t a garden tool but don’t know what an allotment is 🙄 ACAB
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 2 weeks ago:
In the past, yes, certainly. And I’m of the view ACAB. However, the Equality Act passed years ago, LGBTQ people are legally not to be discriminated against. The police showing support is therefore a good thing. It solidifies their commitment to uphold this law and treat LGBTQ people as equals in a country that still has a discrimination problem amongst the populace. It reminds both bigots and police officers which side police forces are now on and that there will be consequences for acts of discrimination.
To push them away will not help the cause.
These rights took decades, many people fighting tirelessly, and sadly many deaths and injuries to achieve. Why would you want to throw all that away? Just because you dislike cops? They’re finally on the right side with this. Yes, they’re twats for a myriad of reasons, but in this regard they’re in the right. This is very important support to have, because there are people in society who are doing what they can to overturn this progress. The cops being on side helps prevent that.
Also, remember, that just because something is illegal doesn’t mean that law will be enforced. Police forces have previously chosen to decriminalise things like personal amounts of cannabis by just refusing to bother enforcing it. It’s still illegal but if no cop arrests you, is it really? They could do the same with regard to the Equality Act if they choose, decriminalising discrimination again. It’s harder for them to justify doing that if their vans are covered in Pride livery. It’s harder for individual officers to tolerate discrimination if they have a personal positive view of LGBTQ people.
This isn’t America, Peelian principles are still at least vaguely adhered to. Community policing is still a thing here.
- Comment on UK's most powerful supercomputer comes online 2 weeks ago:
What’s the admin password? Is it *******?
- Comment on Don't mess with me bro 3 weeks ago:
Nazi in Chief was a vegetarian, so there’s that. Whether there’s anything beyond that I dunno, I’m not OP nor German
- Comment on Scottish University agreed to 'monitor' students for weapons company supplying IDF, emails reveal 3 weeks ago:
What’s with the obscurity in the title?
Heriot Watt University.
Call them by their name. Name and shame them.
Heriot Watt University care more for weapons manufacturers, whose weapons are used to commit genocide, than they do their own students.
Heriot Watt University are therefore pro genocide.
Heriot Watt University.
- Comment on Gregg Wallace fired from MasterChef as 50 people tell BBC of fresh allegations 4 weeks ago:
I can, mental health services in this country are shit and taboo. But being autistic doesn’t excuse being a deviant arsehole.
Pulling down a colleague’s trousers and then going “it’s because I’m autistic!” only solidifies that he’s an arsehole, trying to hide his actions behind a label that he thinks now makes him untouchable.
Concessions and understanding should be shown to autistic people. Sudden changes in plans, for example, may cause a strong emotional reaction that “neurotypicals” wouldn’t experience, but it doesn’t mean autistic are free to completely do as they wish without repercussions
Actually, what am I saying? Yes, it should allow autistic people to be above the law! Brb, I’ve got a left wing government to install, nobody can stop me!
- Comment on Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice 4 weeks ago:
Nextcloud Office is just Libre Office via Collabora though…
- Comment on It was inevitable 4 weeks ago:
Never thought I’d be on the side of the redcoats, but alas you make a good point.
I understand now why so many traitorous Scots put on the coat.
- Comment on Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England. 4 weeks ago:
How have the Conservatives done on key issues? Slow progress has been made on social housing. From 2013 to 2023, the number of social rented homes fell from 4.0 million to 3.8 million, according to an estimate by the UK parliament. By 2022/23, just 15% of new affordable homes were for social rent. Before 2011 it was over half. In the 13 years before the Conservatives came to power, 362,000 new socially rented homes were built. In the 13 years from 2010 to 2023, this fell to 171,000.
All this combines to create an acute housing shortage. The National Housing Federation estimates there are 4.2m households in England with unmet housing needs.
bigissue.com/…/tories-lost-election-result-politi…
The number of social homes being built has fallen by almost 90 per cent since the Conservatives came to power in 2010, new official figures have revealed.
Just 1,409 of the lowest-cost homes were started in England in the 2017/18 financial year - down from 39,402 in 2009/10.
independent.co.uk/…/social-housing-uk-labour-tori…
Not to mention a revolving door for housing minister, with 16 people being minister within a 14 year period.
- Comment on Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England. 4 weeks ago:
Hmm… Why would the party of private interests and profit result in a downturn in building and higher profits for private interests?
That’s a tough one.
- Comment on Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England. 4 weeks ago:
Notice that drop between 2010 and 2020. Fucking Tories.
- Comment on Bank of England to redesign banknotes - and wants your help 5 weeks ago:
The important tasks are being prioritised I see.
- Comment on We live wasted lives 5 weeks ago:
Aye that’s fair. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” and all that.
Just to clarify though, owning your own car and stereo falls under personal property, not private property. See my comment here for a brief distinction of the two: feddit.uk/comment/18187961
- Comment on We live wasted lives 5 weeks ago:
Communism (from Latin communis ‘common, universal’)[1][2] is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement,[1] whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.[3][4][5] A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes,[1] and ultimately money[6] and the state.[7][8][9]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Let’s see how the USSR performed against this definition of communism.
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Common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.
Kind of, the state owned most means of production and distributed products. Arguably based on Russian need rather than any other Soviet republic’s need. Let’s be generous and say partial pass for this one. -
Absence of private property and social classes
Presumably this is private property as in the distinction between personal and private property set out by Proudhon. In that regard, as the state owned most all private property, in a way it was absent. But the state still owned it, and the state is counter to communism. Social classes still remained. -
Ultimately money
Still existed. -
The state.
That definitely still existed.
So what part of the USSR was real communism? Kind of common ownership of the means of production and kind of the absence of private property. All other criteria were failed.
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- Comment on An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England 5 weeks ago:
Join the club, our communities have never recovered from it, but the lords made plenty of money