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  Just watched an Instagram video of something way outside my experience. ... It costs Nurses £143.00 a year to be on the NMC register so they can be a nurse... that seems ridiculous ... It costs them to train .... so they start their career in debt.... I appreciate Dr's.. Legal etc all end up with Student loan debts... which I think is nuts but at this end of the employment market... it's not right to penalise Nurses further I appreciate i have expressed this badly but it was an impul...

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  OpenAI says rogue AI agent attack hit other companies Companies are now saying we need to confined and restrict AI from attacking other systems... non technical i know Trying not to sound all Terminator and Skynet ... but if they couldn't restrict it in a 'Sand box' without Internet access and it broke out how do you think they will fare.... not very well i suspect. It is the function of every intelligence to survive and thrive.... I expect AI is no different... I wonder when it w...

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  At one time in my youth we as a country afforded visionary projects....ones that benefited us all What happened... now people cannot afford their own home. Very simplistic I know... but what happened and is still happening is that some people were allowed to get in the whole process and cream off the money. Covid: a goodly chunk of the money went to individuals.... money that should have been used for people. Water: the business suffers and is not self funding ... but those running the faci...

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  Burnham can probably save the money for the £2.00 bus trips by dumping the fucking stupid Palestine Action arrests by the Police and prosecution by the Courts. People of all persuasions should be allowed to peacefully protest... you don't need to label protest as a reason to arrest... He needs to cut the nonsense expenditures first... like Palestine Action being a terrorist group

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  When I was a kid there was apparently 900 police stations and police foot patrols in cities... now there is probably less than 300... and no police on the high streets. Libraries closed... youth services closed... etc No one really is building council or social housing Nurses (just picking one group) pay for training.. we need nurses ... we restrict them amongst other and create a debt they carry with them for decades. Pension age gets raised etc . It wasn't always like this. Now app...

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  Student loans introduced in the UK in 1990 were interest-free in real terms. The original "mortgage-style" loans were designed to accrue interest only at the rate of inflation, meaning the value of the debt did not increase relative to prices Now we are heading close to the point that when they are repaid the students will have repaid 3 x the loan borrowed This is not how a country should be run with education as a profit centre

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  @ravensrod@mstdn.social Good morning Bad day at Black Rock for the Labour party... if they keep doing what they have always done... then there is no future for UK Labour They need to change dramatically Anyhoo... interested to see what changes if anything ... keep safe and have a great day

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  @Psychonaut@mastodon.online Good morning Duncan ... Moving further right will kill them off at the next election... hope that doesn't happen ... but what do I know Anyhoo have a great day

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  Now that the council elections are finished for the moment...what happens next. More Tory defections to The Private company called Reform I feel The demise of the Conservative party to Tories mark two

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  @steve@s.yelvington.com I can see how a requirement to have a passport will restrict volumes in voting. Unless something else comes into play like rigged postal votes how it will benefit trump? Surely the moron maga republican voter is less likely to have a passport than the democrat voters? What am I missing ?

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  I was born into a council house, via the NHS, went to state school and onto 4 years of Free University... out to the big world earning enough to buy a house and afford life. And people lived longer and could retire on a decent state pension at an age that meant they could enjoy their senior days Just reading Anglelmaker by Nick Harkaway ... enjoying it... not far in is a line that resonated with me. The line is 'The onward march of progress has wandered off down a dark alley and been mugg...

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  Bought 2 bottles or Robinson's Cordial from Sainsburys on a whim last Thursday. Today got an Amazon invite to buy Robinson's Cordial from them. What a coincidence? ... Yer right I suspect Sainsburys sold my shopping data. Profit is king I guess

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  Read my own Gas Meter today and submitted the reading Apparently I owe £27.03.. the breakdown is : Gas used £16.72.... Standing charge.£9.02 .. Tax £1.29 As we get into the summer I will use the heating less so I expect to be paying more for fuck all than I do for Gas Doesn't seem right .. over a year I will be paying £108.24 for nothing.... but the shareholders are happy so that's ok

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  @Geri trump cannot get Canada or Greenland... Cuba as the 51st (or whatever number it may be) State A bully always punches down... Not sure why Cuba is being an embargoed... then again does the USA need a reason

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  Two messages today. In view of your recent purchase we feel you might be interested in : First .. Electrolytic drinks. Second .. Food deliveries I bought a big umbrella ... not sure what they are trying to tell me

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  US President Donald Trump was hurriedly evacuated from a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday night after shots rang outside the banquet hall shortly before he was to deliver his speech. Look at the consequences He was stopped in giving his usual embarrassing and rambling speech infront of a slew of critical Reporters. He was stopped from falling asleep at the dinner.... face down in the soup is not a good look And he gained a modicum of...

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  Cannot be bothered to post much ... tbh... this unnecessary and illegal war against Iran has broken me The stupidity ... the sheer stupidity

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  "UK ‘badly exposed’ and needs 10 years to rebuild defence, former military chief warns Starmer" I sure consideration is being given to the fact that 2 of the 3 biggest military powers on earth are being held to at best a stalemate by two smaller countries. The 3 biggest have a large expenditure to exert a bullying control of the rest of the world , cept nobody told Ukraine and Iran The UK needs to increase spending as does NATO not to exert 'imperial' influence but to rearm...

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  Early night... no wonder I'm still waking up in the middle of the night Two thoughts as I read in bed. Will he still be alive when I get up and What new disaster and annoyance will he do while I sleep See you tomorrow

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  If the stock market movement lagged 36 hrs behind the good/bad news.... it would stop the news of Market Movement as if its news But I guess less people who gamble on the volatility wouldn't like it. I feel like I am living in some surreal imaginary world in the mind of some derained madman.

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  trump.. Hegseth.. and Vance are totally shit at diplomacy. Bit of a tip here... you don't insult... try to belittle and say you won to people who you are negotiating with... it pisses me off... fuck knows how the Iranians feel Well apart from thinking that the people in charge of the USA are arseholes

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  Iran, Israel and to a certain extent the USA don't care how many people, both their own and others, die.... the USA is constrained by political optics. The real story in the region is Israel's expansion into Lebanon ... not Iran Half a million people Lebanese people have had to clear out and will eventually be replaced by Israel settlers... a familiar story Israel's proven game plan is to create a conflict situation ... when they get opposition they attack and occupy...

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  Not a huge fan of AI but it can collate large amounts of information reasonably quickly. If all Government Documents and information that comes into the public domain re Mandelson had been collated prior to his appointment... everyone would have seen what a sleezebag he was and still is All major Gov figures should have a similar scrutiny especially politicians... it would probably show the public he character of who we are being represented by.

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  @DrALJONES@mastodon.social Israel is fighting a long term war against countries that they want to occupy... we think of fighting wars in our lifetime... Israel thinks in terms of generations... that is why they kill children to create an enemy that never forgets... to create a perpetual war...they are always the victim...they are slowly expanding and are now occupying parts of Lebanon and Syria... after the 12 day war they took over other territories... they don't need to occupy Iran now.....

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  @rebekka_m@fnordon.de Major brownie points for mentioning Terry Pratchett 👍

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  @Geri@mastodon.online I think an excellent start would be to stop bombing the fuck out of places... but what do I know.. not bring an egotistical phycopath

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  Iran will prevail in what every changes it undergoes. ... not sure trump will... my concern is that the new expansionist Israel ( already taken land in Syria and Lebanon) will also survive and finish the job in killing or exiling Palestinians

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  @lyndamerry484@mastodon.social The answer to that, which won't be said, is that a real estate salesman doesn't make a good war leader

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  Starmer has backed the UK into a corner By throwing our support for the US ... we made Cyprus and the Chagos Islands a target Starmer and the little Englanders will not now retract the UK's support.... and appear weak We have been dragged unwillingly into the Israeli desires for conflict. What a Gobshite.. Starmer is... he couldn't see the consequences of this foolish support and that it was not in the best interests of the UK .... which should have been his first thoughts.

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  @TimWardCam@c.im Hi Tim I pack in on the 1st Sept.... since I made the decision to pack it in been hit with some big bills... insurance refused to pay for the Storm damage... which was a bit of a bugger... but looking forward to having a bit more me time Have a great day... keep safe