I read the news today, oh boy

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Immigrant. Status: Un-bloody-settled. Unit cost of deportation. Have actually used punchcards to program those computer thingies. @10dam on the birdsite
Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/hospital-admissions-for-waterborne-diseases-in-england-up-60-report-shows just obscene what has been done to our rives and seas by tories...
Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows

Labour party analysis of figures since 2010 shows raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours last year

The Guardian

Heads up UK citizens overseas! The disgraceful ‘15 year rule’ which disenfranchised you is being binned TODAY! From 16 January you can now at long last register to vote, which you should do ASAP in view of in the upcoming general election, because *gestures at everything*

https://mailchi.mp/a6cd97a73d7e/3mn-brits-abroad-regain-right-to-vote-in-uk-elections?e=897c54e3ba

We're still doing this? Really? I swear to god, these techbros are out here jamming every prejudicially biased technology of the last 20 years together at the face, making it all go extra fast, and then acting surprised when it causes a fiery goddam wreck. I'm gonna flip a table.
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Attached: 1 image So Meta, you’ve got some biases happening and might wanna not do that. #ai #gai #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #bias #gigo

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Yorkshire rivers polluted by over one billion litres of sewage in two years

Another Cabinet reshuffle will not stop water companies from poisoning our rivers

Yorkshire Bylines
Here’s a poem called ‘As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle’.
I have the best conversations with my mom. I try my best at a translation of the call I just had with her:

phone ringing
Me: Hello m...
Her: Eʟᴅᴇʀ Sᴘᴀᴡɴ.
Me: ...
Me: Yᴇs Gʀᴀɴᴅ Mᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜ.
Her: I sʜᴀʟʟ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇs ʟᴀɪᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴜs ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ sᴜɴ. Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇᴇᴅ ᴍʏ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴs?
Me:
checks calendar
Me: Tʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs ᴀʟɪɢɴ, ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. I sʜᴀʟʟ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 12ᴛʜ ʜᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴠɪɴᴄɪʙʟᴇ.
Her: Tʜᴜs ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴛʜᴜs ɪᴛ sʜᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ.
Me: Great, see you on sunday.
Her: Try to be punctual.

I always refer to her when people ask me "why are you like this?".

It's November 5th!

Your annual reminder that us Catholics tried to burn down parliament and y'all stopped us.

Bet you regret that now.

MacBook Pro in space black. This is a very unfortunate and regrettable announcement, because I need this immediately.
I'm probably not the first to notice that Bob from #TwinPeaks also appeared in #doctorwho