sci-fi author: in my book i invented the torment nexus as a cautionary tale

ukgov: at long last, we have created the torment nexus

(me making fun of your crop rotation idea and thereby holding our people back another 5000 years) jeff thinks the beans have to take turns lmao

BBC News headline: "BP set to scale back green investments as profits drop sharply"

BBC News headline: "BP scales back climate targets as profits hit record"

Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.
Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.

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"legitimate concerns" have an overwhelming media presence

meanwhile the same is not afforded to asylum seekers

(or immigrants for that matter but I know this isn't about me)

NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM National Coal Mining Museum for En... ••• X 53m・ We are saddened to announce that, following further negotiations with UNISON, industrial action, largely affecting our Underground tours, is confirmed to take place from Wednesday 20 August to Sunday 14 September. During this period, the Museum will remain open and continue to share the important history of coal mining with our visitors. The majority of our workforce of over 100 people are not in UNISON and do not support the industrial action. It is largely made up of the museum guides who deliver our underground tours. Only 28 UNISON members out of the 39 who voted in the original ballot, did so in favour of industrial action. After further negotiations and serious consideration, mindful of the wellbeing of our wider workforce and our visitors, the museum proposed an increased offer to all staff of 80p per hour or 5%, whichever is the greater. This would have equated to a pay rise of over 6% for many and is much higher than pay settlements in the public sector including police, local government, schools and other museums. Including last year's pay rise as well, this would have made a cumulative increase of 15% over two years. That increased offer was rejected by UNISON, who refused to share our revised offer with their members to see if they wished to accept it. As a charitable organisation, the museum, which relies on external funding and donations, continues to face considerable financial pressures. As a Charity our Trustees feel this offer is fair and the counter claim by Unison, which equates to over 8%, for many, as simply unaffordable. It would jeopardise people's jobs across the organisation and threaten the long-term sustainability of the museum. That counter claim was suggested by UNISON as part of the negotiation process and was at no point agreed. It is our intention to keep an open dialogue with UNISON, with the sincere hope that this offer along with the many additional benef…

You have to say, helmets-off to the lads at the Mining Museum for their approach to the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike

Flags put up by the far right aren't intended to be patriotic. They are intended to intimidate. Seem some reporting of this implying the end justifies the means. It does not.

As always, if your business model is "there is only room for profit if we wildly underpay our staff" then you do not have a business model. If people won't pay airfares that will cover real wages, shrink or get government subsidies as the service you are. Why should FAs carry this "public good"?

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as if it was okay if they were really asylum seekers

This is what it looks like when a spineless @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government is more focused on addressing ‘legitimate concerns’ by racist knuckleheads than doing the morally right thing.

Craven voter chasing validates racists.

@andraswf.bsky.social

Human beings are not dirt to be "cleaned up". Irrespective of their immigration status.

People of colour throughout this country have to live with the social consequences of this hateful, dehumanising language. Irrespective of our immigration status.

We had nationwide racist riots 12 months ago.

Abolish the Minimum Income Requirement

Abolish the Home Office

Here's the thing

I think they mean it. They themselves are racists too

the humble shade of a small tree wins three more victories over the $100k greenhouse designed by folks who have never had to wait for a bus in the heat

It's not the Death Star, it's a very naughty Mimas.

CW2: Show me Enceladus.
Me: My favourite is Mimas.
CW1: Favourite? Who has a favourite moon of Saturn?
Me: It looks like the Death Star
CW2: Sure.
Me: No, seriously... <posts>

v cool how everyone told the home office this would suck, and they did it anyway and scrapped the physical residency cards as a bonus

well now, this is very timely

proud member of Gen Z, indistinguishable from Boomers

i read things like this and feel like i'm going mad. we had them! we had biometric cards! my wife had 3 of them! they charged you to renew them! or if you lost them! actual plastic cards, that people had! in the material plane of existence!!

I feel it's not discussed enough but I suppose really everything is the fault of immigrants

/S

the beatings will continue until etc etc etc

FYI: I can’t find any mention of this in Portuguese media. There have been a few bits of information that quickly show up “everywhere” but that have no proper sourcing (the BBC here is not helping) attached and are nowhere that people can check

A large Sainsbury’s Store Front with the signs for the other shops laid out underneath. They are Argos Habitat Tu. sounds a bit Latin dunnit. lol eh The fact they left out Specsavers leads me to think they knew what they were doing, and I’m probably just explaining their own joke to them

Oooh, look at Sainsbury’s, with their fancy new Latin motto like they’re bleedin hogwarts

Grow up