PeanutButter

I don't care if Starmer is boring. John Major was boring, and now he's rebranded as a sensible voice of the real conservatives. But we do get the leaders we deserve. USA deserved Trump. UK deserves Johnson. We're in that particular phase of masochism; deliberately making ourselves poorer, less relevant, less important on the world stage while fielding a floppy fat wind-up toy to wheeze out nationalistic platitudes and placating lies. The entire world views us as a laughing stock - and we like it that way.

Indeed. And it's inevitable. But no one really wants to talk about it, and in some quarters you're deemed racist/eugenicist/Malthusian for even raising the topic. Which is why I keep reiterating on here that when talking and planning our housing needs we should be looking at 20/30/40 years ahead (unless you have no children and no plans for any, in which case crack on). Your point about liberal democracy is spot on. When the special, self-absorbed, purple haired theybies have a choice of maintaining their own comfy lifestyle or lowering it dramatically to accommodate others, I expect some tantrums.

He's very similar to Trump, psychologically. Sons of wealth and power but crucially missing the real affection of their fathers.

🤣 yeah people are just moving for no reason cool story bro keep it up

Quick, someone tell me whose boots I am still safe to lick? It's so terribly difficult for a dumb peasant who abides by the rules to know for sure.

Carrie: Shall we have a nice evening together? I can order Nandos. Johnson: Ah haroohms. Fuzzle. Groak. I have to attend the ahrm PARTY yes the PARTY! Sorry swibbit, can't get out of it. LATER... Johnson, fumbling with the zipper on an as yet unknown 25-35 year old woman's dress. By hornswoggle!

Good find. More of this as the changes ramp up. And ramp up, and ramp up. And continue to ramp up for the rest of our lives.

Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study shows Harm included cell death and occurred at levels of plastic eaten by people via their food At last. I've been suspicious of these man made chemicals for years. It's too much of a coincidence that every second child has ADD, ADHD, BPD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ODD, Crohns, coeliac disease etc etc. Microplastics are in human foetuses. They're in our food, water, air, soil, animals, children, all our organs, the highest mountains, every waterway. We've completely contaminated our planet and food chain and now it's time to see what we've sown. I'd love to know if Big Oil (aka Big Plastic) have secretly worked out the connection. Allergic reactions should be the key - the proliferation of autoimmune response diseases could well be related to this. Children shouldn't die from being touched by a peanut. https://www.autoimmuneinstitute.org/resources/autoimmune-disease-list/

I mean, there's a video of JRM making jokes AT the party... https://twitter.com/AnonCitizenUK/status/1468237276387942407?s=20

There’s a FOI request for the invite list already

As we turn away, Boris Johnson is grabbing more power. Where is the opposition? In the previous batch of post-debate amendments, the bill sought, among other measures, to criminalise any protest that might interfere with the construction of new infrastructure. This most recent amendment will apply to existing infrastructure, potentially banning all effective protests, pickets or any other kind of action in places “such as” roads, railways, ports, airports, oil refineries and printing presses. The named infrastructure is bad enough, greatly limiting the scope of protest, but what does “such as” mean? Well, if printing presses are considered key infrastructure – an offering to the Murdoch empire, whose presses were targeted by Extinction Rebellion – this might apply to any corporate or government premises, as well as any public spaces. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/08/boris-johnson-grabbing-more-power-amendments-to-oppressive-legislation-uk

The trouble is, feeding 8 billion humans is bad for the planet. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/07/disastrous-plastic-use-in-farming-threatens-food-safety-un The “disastrous” way in which plastic is used in farming across the world is threatening food safety and potentially human health, according to a report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. It says soils contain more microplastic pollution than the oceans and that there is “irrefutable” evidence of the need for better management of the millions of tonnes of plastics used in the food and farming system each year.

Awesome, can’t wait for county lines children to be paid minimum wage via zero hours contract.

OH work suggesting substituting bonus for pay rise. Pitiful. 2% Pay reviews still happening in April but expect they’ll cop out then citing pandemic once again.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/07/not-great-news-us-boss-fires-900-employees-on-a-zoom-call The mortgage lender startup reportedly received a $750m (£564m) cash infusion from investors last week and was recently valued at around $7bn, according to Forbes. The company, which says it uses technology to make homeownership “faster and more efficient”, is backed by Japanese conglomerate Softbank.

More coverage Scottish islanders launch Airbnb rival in fight against second homes crisis https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/05/scottish-islanders-launch-airbnb-rival-in-fight-against-second-homes-crisis

Thanks. I rarely listen to podcasts - my brain does not really absorb information from audio sources. Much prefer succinct tweets! Question: Who here saw this coming? If you know it’s going to happen can you warn people?

Can someone explain why it's fallen? I'm assuming Omicron.

Bit down today eh?

What is SWPRS? This SWPRS? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Policy_Research Who funds them? Who are they? What interest and links do they have to disinfo? Finally, please go ahead and link to research showing masks are ineffective from well known and openly named research bodies, thanks.

Sure they’ll be the people delivering the packages, making the coffee, but the ones running the country will be the children of Rees-Mogg, 8 Sprogs Johnson and their privately educated brethren. Same as it ever was. Can’t have a wealthy landed class without a poverty stricken underclass.

I’ve said it before but I know a teacher who provides socks and muesli bars for kids in his class. It’s not even a deprived area. We are failing our children horrendously.

Boom chica wow wow 😎