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London-based writer. Often climbing.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • I think you probably understand why it's ridiculous when right wingers say that socialised healthcare = Stalinism, and so on an identical basis you should see it's ridiculous to describe the people of the UK as oppressed slaves.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Touché.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Ironically, your statement lacks nuance.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • There is quite a range of options between continuing as you say we are and shooting people in the street. Again, enacting arbitrary violence against perceived enemies is literally what Trump is doing. This is not the path to take. Like all people calling for this kind of violence, you are assuming it won't be inflicted on you or anyone you like, but that is not what history suggests will happen.

    Incidentally, another way the UK is not like the US is that carbon emissions are falling in the UK.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Okay, this isn't a court and it's absolutely fine for people in casual conversation to say he did something when there's strong evidence that he did.

    Strictly speaking if he yelled 'I did it and I'd do it again' at the cameras on his way into court, he'd still be 'innocent till proven guilty' but no one would insist that actually meant he 'hadn't done it'. EDIT: Actually, strictly speaking, he'd still be 'innocent' under a strict definition after pleading guilty but before the jury pronounced him so.

    In any case, as to our wider discussion, you'd then be disagreeing with many of the people here and arguing that people painted his face on a wall because he didn't do anything.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Fictional characters and real people are not actually the same kind of thing, and how people read them are not equivalent.

  • Is there some school to learn how to be a sycophant?

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  • Any MBA?

  • It's like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up hill

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  • Each to their own! I feel like you're describing what the show wanted to be quite accurately, but for me it didn't manifest much on screen.

    Granted my memories may be a bit on the negative side because I've been doing this rewatch order and the last episode I watched just so happens to be 'These Are the Voyages' which, uh, yeah.

  • It's like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up hill

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  • You didn't miss much. A confused and confusing mess.

  • It's like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up hill

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  • 'We've had air date order, yes. What about stardate order?'

  • It's like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up hill

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  • You mean Enterprise.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Brian Thompson was not a billionaire. As for the 'unaccountable' class our side of the pond, just yesterday a prominent political megadonor and former hedge fund manager was banned from working in financial services, so neither side of your analogy stands up to very much scrutiny.

    EDIT: I mean, guys, you could try the path of 'You can't trust the systems any more! The only choice is to ignore the law and inflict arbitrary punishments on people we dislike!' but it is not one that leads to leftist utopia.

  • Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural

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  • Honestly, aside from what Mangione did and whether it can be justified, I just think this shows how America-brained so much of the UK is. The guy lives and committed his crime on the other side of the ocean in a context which does not exist in this country. I would personally prefer for him not to be executed but I don't understand what anyone's thinking when they use him as an icon over here.

  • The worst part about finishing a book is trying to decide what to read next. It sometimes takes me DAYS to decide on something to read. Anyone else?

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  • I have this whole system where I alternate between poetry/non-fiction/fiction and contemporary/classic, so I always have about fifty books on my shelf and there's always an obvious next one to read. Like right now I'm reading some classic prose fiction so my next read is contemporary poetry.

  • Was Nietzsche MAGA?

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  • His politics were idiosyncratic. His beliefs in aristocracy would fit in well with the antidemocratic side of MAGA thought. However he also greatly valued art and, of course, philisophy, so I think he'd be turned off by the philistinism of MAGA.

    Overall, he was probably too independent minded to slot in with the cultishness of it all, but I think he'd be MAGA-sympathetic and certainly more critical of the Democrats than of the Republicans.

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    Why there is no photos of earth from space?

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  • /s indeed, but you did remind me of a cool image, above: the Earth (and the Moon) not only from space, but from the orbit of Mars!

    And, below, the Earth as seen from Mars' surface:

    It's the the tiny white dot, just left and up from centre.

  • Lessons for Britain from Milton Keynes

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  • Build houses on the mountain peaks and treehouses in the forests, all linked together with a series of zip wires. I see no downsides to my plan.

  • Lessons for Britain from Milton Keynes

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  • Yeah, it was very much built in the car-is-king era, which has left its scars. I've never lived there but I visit fairly regularly. It's not perfect but it's got a lot going for it. Cycle provision seems to be getting a lot better, for one thing!

  • Labour is wilfully ignoring that the climate crisis is at a crunch point.

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  • This is a weird experience for me. Normally when I demonstrate that things are, in fact, the case, people just go very quiet. This is the first time I've had 'that's too much proof' used against me, so you at least get some marks for originality.

    I do indeed get my information about the news from the news; again, it hadn't previously occurred to me to do it another way, so I guess I'm learning a lot! I'm not learning things like 'Why does this person I'm talking to on a website think websites are objects of scorn?' or 'Where do they get their news if not from the news?' but, still. It's not nothing.

    Nevertheless, you're straying into 'not even wrong' territory, here. The things I said are happening, are happening, and while you can believe anything you like, including that things that are happening, aren't happening, that doesn't change the fact that they are, actually, happening. Since you're not amenable to things like evidence (about the news... from the news), I hope you'll forgive me for ending this conversation. Feel free to get in one last shot, but I don't intend to reply.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net
    former transport adviser to Boris Johnson in Downing Street and cycling commissioner for London 2013-16

    Labour is right about LTNs – the Tories need to learn the same lesson | Andrew Gilligan

    www.theguardian.com /environment/bike-blog/article/2024/aug/23/labour-is-right-about-ltns-the-tories-need-to-learn-the-same-lesson
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net
    former transport adviser to Boris Johnson in Downing Street and cycling commissioner for London 2013-16

    Labour is right about LTNs – the Tories need to learn the same lesson | Andrew Gilligan

    www.theguardian.com /environment/bike-blog/article/2024/aug/23/labour-is-right-about-ltns-the-tories-need-to-learn-the-same-lesson
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Mosque leaders find moments of hope after violent disorder

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c84jjv7kp1wo
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net

    Five ways to catapult the UK towards solar energy success - Positive News

    www.positive.news /economics/good-business/how-catapult-uk-towards-solar-energy/
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Every new school being built in England is in unsafe air pollution area, study says

    www.theguardian.com /society/2024/mar/19/every-new-school-being-built-in-england-is-in-unsafe-air-pollution-area-study-says
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net

    Every new school being built in England is in unsafe air pollution area, study says

    www.theguardian.com /society/2024/mar/19/every-new-school-being-built-in-england-is-in-unsafe-air-pollution-area-study-says
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net

    Study Finds Cyclists Are Better People Than Drivers | Jalopnik

    jalopnik.com /study-finds-cyclists-are-better-people-than-drivers-1850964103
  • Books @lemmy.ml
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    First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student

    scrollprize.org /firstletters
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net

    Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

    www.forbes.com /sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    frankPodmore @slrpnk.net

    Is there a reason I should donate a kidney to a stranger now, rather than just waiting till I die, at which point both kidneys will probably be donated to strangers anyway?

  • Food @slrpnk.net
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    How to build a solar oven with cardboard boxes, tin foil and plexiglass

    solarcooking.fandom.com /wiki/Minimum_Solar_Box_Cooker