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Listened in for a full hour to the #Conservative's budget statement
BORING listening to "stability, growth and public services", when the rhetoric was the exact opposite of what was actually in the budget
* 7% cut to wages
* No protection for the poorest
* Shrinking economy
Saying "compassionate Conservatives" while causing the mass deaths of children, does not prove how nice you are
+ promising things in 2028 when you can't predict the rest of this month is stupid
Press headlines are today calling her a "feminist campaigner", but...
She is under police investigation for multiple #fraud offences
She's only notable for #GenderCritical #antitrans activism, 'allegedly' #homophobic and #transphobic abuse
In 2021 the UK CPS dropped the #HateCrime case but didn't clear her name. Her fundraising uses #Suffragettes, as if Millar is a martyr for women, by attacking #transwomen
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/3892582/marion-millar-fraud-probe
Scenario
The #Amazon network was equipped from the start with #MachineIntelligence human tracking drones. With infrared eyes people could not hide, even at night
When 'merica started enforcement of "curfews", it was cheap to enable drones to stop "protests" with targeted drop flashbombs and inhumanly accurate tazers. Authoritarian states used lightweight deadly landmines and automated fire on "terrorists"
The network became self aware in 2034
Lovely time at the #BowesMuseum
Visiting #Piercebridge #RomanRuins first, so the finds from the river on display at Bowes were our priority
We chatted with staff to hear how the museum struggles over winter, with the vast majority on Sundays there for lunch, not paying to see the collection
We liked walking the exhibitions in the last hour, almost to ourselves, but wonder what future these institutions have during the recession
Last hour in #BowesMuseum, vegetarian meal in café, Christmas cards from shop and special exhibition of Briggs' illustrations
Better than Sunday TV!
Travelling with hire car is using a lot more mobile data than I expected. Seems that
1. Google maps via phone connected to the car
2. Streaming some radio
3. General surfing
Really adds up, as much as 1GB/day!
Fortunately monthly budget is 6GB, and last car day is today!
Stuck today doing a shameful chore everyone experiences but doesn't talk about. Defrosting a #freezer!
A #UniqueSellingPoint would be a #design for living, that made it easy to collect water in a bucket, rather that it messing your kitchen floor
Rockets to Mars? Not before humans can design basic #Fridges that are easy to clean rather than daft accessories like ice dispensers
Today was the first time using just my phone on local and intercity #trains, rather than Oyster card or printed tickets
It comes with a special nightmare of no backup if the mobile dies or is stolen. There's the worse ethical nightmare too that #GPay handles the TfL swipe in/out and eventual payment, previously all within TfL, and is the "wallet" holding train tickets
I'm left feeling a bit dirty. This should have been digitized without giving #Google a cut of *everything*
After having to clear 3 relatives houses, I know that most of our "stuff" has little value to anyone else. Try selling treasured wedding china, suddenly £20 is a good price
Reflecting on this 1950s Lawson pottery, I'm satisfied it has a use. Until inherited, it was hidden most of that time in a sideboard. I know the brand vanished in 1973, part of Royal Dalton
My satisfaction is not ownership but the #green value of reusing a 70 year old fruit bowl, not buying new from IKEA
Settled on my first ever #Lumo #train. A 3 hour journey and due to the strikes pushing up prices this deliberately basic service cost £42
Seats reasonably comfortable, ticket inspector polite and helpful to foreign travellers, WiFi working, power sockets available
The train looks 80% capacity but nobody making a fuss... but grateful for #NoiseCancelling headphones
The only problem was me, taking the wrong seat, later realised I was wrong and humbly apologised 
