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zleap, 7 days ago

@augieray

If you don't't vote you can't complain about the outcome, every vote is important

Even if people think it is not worth voting.

zleap, 5 days ago

@Huntn00 @underpantsgnome @augieray

I was just saying it is important to vote even if you feel there is little point.

zleap, 8 days ago

@MLE_online

Same for those who leave their pets in hot cars, usually fatal, they could listen as their dog boils to death.

zleap, 9 days ago

@appassionato @palestine

Looks like the old British stiff upper lip and desire to carry on regardless is alive and well in Gaza, it was partly this that saw the Brits through the dark times of early world war 2, when we stood alone

zleap, 9 days ago

@rbreich

His words also resulted in the Jan 6 attempted insurrection, what worries me is the innocent people who get caught up, his supporters hardly care if they kill or injure people.

zleap, 9 days ago

@MadeyeTheCarnaptious

Yes, but some rivers such as the river Wye cross borders, so the why goes from England to Wales,l so if hte outflow is in England flows in to Wales, does the Wye then become a welsh river (on the Welsh side of the border). So in which case it becomes a British river.

I do see your point, however it would be interesting how this works cross border as described.

zleap, 10 days ago

@xtaldave

If they do, they will have the opportunity to vote things through and will hopefully get a lot done in a short space of time.

zleap, 10 days ago

@xtaldave

The problem that I see is that change takes time to take effect,. Education for example takes a long time before we see results and those results are usually benchmarked with exam grades. Early years is key to a childs education outcomes much later (e.g GCSEs at 16) so any changes won't take effect or be seen immediately

Gettting more medical professionals means we need to perhaps invest in STEM in primary, secondary and at higher levels, so thoses who are interested can be taught to a high level with fully resourced classrooms / labs etc. But that could be a 20 year plan if you take in to account a doctor needs to do graducate, then post graduate study (even if going the apprentice route still takes a long time).

In 5 years time, if people have not seen immediate change they will say LabM our have failed even if they have succeeded in laying a foundation for the future.

Perhaps the Tories are right in that we need to get rid of so called Mickey Mouse courses and focus university on acaemic topics such as STEM or it is STEAM as the A is arts. I fail to see a benefit in a degree in the Beatles or Taylor Swift for yexample.

We also need to teach critical thinking at all levels, good reserch skills, yes embrace AI but in a beneficial way. If a student can't write without the use of AI to write it for them, we have failed them. AI is a tool to help, not a tool to replace you doing the work.

I just hope who ever gets in is not the Tories and can, as you said make bold decisions and be honest about the time scale they need to say this is going to be a 10-15 year plan, we hope to carry on in 5 years and how we perform over 5 will determine the long term outcomes.

zleap, 10 days ago

@pvonhellermannn

W

zleap, 10 days ago

@touaregtweet

If this happens to Biden then Kamala harris takes over.

if Trump somehow did win, would the vice president be a person of integrity and competence?

zleap, 10 days ago

@gratefuldread

My local american football team went to a pride event last year. Great day, weather was great too and lots of people there having a really good time. Didn't pick up any new players but we did make some useful contacts.l These events are great and fun for everyone.

zleap, 11 days ago

@verdantsquare

How much does it cost to take a sample of water, transfer to a lab and run a series of what are pretty much standard tests.

zleap, 11 days ago

@br00t4c

He did say he will end non Dom status which means people who live in the UK pay the taxes they owe.

zleap, 11 days ago

@br00t4c

Should have started 4 years ago when he decided a democratic election was won by him.

zleap, 11 days ago

@DrALJONES

"You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family."

That could easily be interpreted as a THREAT to the ICC.

zleap, 11 days ago

@sellathechemist

If I understand history properly. it was trade and taxes that caused the war of independence.

zleap, 12 days ago

@MartinVeart

So did Baldrick on black adder ( well a cunning plan ), only I would currently have more faith with him as PM.

zleap, 12 days ago

@benschwarz

Agreed, we do have hosts.allow and hosts.deny lists on a firewall. It is just more descriptive.

zleap, 12 days ago

@QasimRashid

We are up to 47 now I think

zleap, 13 days ago

@Roadwarrior29

There are many young people out there who DO make positive contributions,, work, volunteering, sports or other activities or do have good social skills. This is just a gimmick by a government facing annihilation at the GE

zleap, 13 days ago

@therightarticle

I remember back in 2003, prior to the UK / US illegal invasion of Iraq, there were protests in schools, inc the school I worked at. There seemed to have been two camps, lsome schools took a an approach to discuss and debate the issue at hand, other schools punished those protesting.

Nothing that much seems to have changed, I wonder if those making the desicion to come down hard on protests are the same people who were treated that way at school ? on a similar note how did your school handle protests.

With Gaza we do need to draw a line between supporting the people of palestine and supporting HAMAS, and in a simiar way draw a line between protesting against Israel / Jews and protesting against the actions of the Israeli government.

zleap, 11 days ago

@lmemsm

We were installing Windows 95 a while back. I have freeDOS on an external hdd, which i use with a netbook

zleap, 13 days ago

@KimSJ @Simon318ppm @ChrisMayLA6

Report in paper today abiout some TikTok trend where people go around sucker punching (iow assault) people.

Time TinkTok was fined, those who carry out those finds are sued and ordered to pay crippling lawsuits and told to blame their own stupidity, oh and the person starting the trend should also be sued.and ordered to pay costs of BOTH sides.

If regulators can't deal with the, platforms, those causing problems should be dealt with through the civil courts.

These platforms can be a force for good, and we should

zleap, 12 days ago

@tbaldauf Areas are starting to become uninhabitable now,l I am not a climate expert but feel that by 2035 or 2040 we may have what he describes.