The Norfolk Lion account is constantly sharing xenophobic, anti-Islam, and racist content.

Go and look at the video on Twitter/X. It is not genuine. I explained why in a previous reply.

The video is so obviously fake. Would police officers question a rape suspect on the street, on phone video? Would they ask questions about the effect on the victim? And allow it to be posted on random Instagram account? It would be a massive breach of procedure, of confidentiality & a data breach.

That video is so obviously fake. Would police officers question a rape suspect on the street, on phone video? Would they ask questions about the effect on the victim? And allow it to be posted on random Instagram account? It would be a massive breach of procedure, of confidentiality & a data breach.

Muslims like cats.
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Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie Follow We have lost the plot completely! God Save Great Britain @GSGB01.21h WOW: The NHS has ordered staff not to use the phrase 'It's raining cats & dogs' in fear of upsetting people from other cultures and religion. NHS Rate proposed Community Notes 20:13 19 Apr 26 51.5K Views 277 Reposts 17 Quotes 2,304 Likes Post your reply 70 →

Cultural Sensitivity Be aware of cultural differences and avoid idioms (Idioms are phrases that are common in a language or culture that means something different from how it literally sounds such as "the early bird catches the worm") or phrases that may not translate well across cultures. It adds: "English phrases or sayings like 'it's raining cats and dogs' may need to be explained to international colleagues or patients."

Susan Hall, yet again, shares a fake news story. This time, it is about an alleged NHS ban on phrases like "raining cats and dogs" due to "cultural sensitivity". The truth is much simpler: idioms are not universally known and understood, and misunderstandings in health matters are best avoided.

Thank you!

Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie Follow We have lost the plot completely! God Save Great Britain @GSGB01.21h WOW: The NHS has ordered staff not to use the phrase 'It's raining cats & dogs' in fear of upsetting people from other cultures and religion. NHS Rate proposed Community Notes 20:13 19 Apr 26 51.5K Views 277 Reposts 17 Quotes 2,304 Likes Post your reply 70 →

It will not surprise you that Tory leader of the London Assembly Susan Hall has shared this without engaging her critical faculties.

NHS claims 'it's raining cats and dogs'is culturally insensitive Doctors and nurses in Lancashire told some idioms risk offending 'international colleagues or patients' Doctors and nurses have been ordered not to say "it's raining cats and dogs" and "the early bird catches the worm" to avoid offending foreign patients. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust instructed staff against using the phrases in its diversity and inclusion training, claiming that the terms were not culturally sensitive. It warned that the terms "may not translate well across other cultures" and may need to be explained to international colleagues or patients.

No, the NHS didn’t do anything of the sort.

The evidence the NHS didn’t do that is the third paragraph in the hit piece.

Any decent paper would have trashed the piece during the pitch phase, but the Telegraph runs dozens of these articles every single day. The Telegraph must be destroyed

Yes, please, make the Snapchat smart glasses look *exactly* like this. Visible from a distance so we can avoid the douches wearing them.

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

I checked this too.

*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.

*No other* party logo displayed.

In local election purdah.

This is not normal. At all.

Peter Bucklitsch is standing for Reform in Meads, Eastbourne. Former UKIP.

Bucklitsch once Tweeted this about 3 year old Aylan Kurdi, found lying dead on a beach in Turkey.

A comment Douglas Carswell called ‘grotesque’:

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Good grief, what a ghoul he is.

Archaeologists Find Homer’s Iliad Papyrus Inside a Mummy in Egypt - GreekReporter.com Archaeologists found a rare Iliad papyrus inside a Roman-era mummy in Egypt, highlighting the spread of Greek culture.

Gold and copper tongues found in mummies, also gold leaf, and Book 2 of the Iliad. These Roman era Egyptian mummies are historically and culturally significant themselves, but also show the sharing of cultures in the Roman period in Egypt.
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New movie pitch. 'Cocaine Salmon'.

I am very much saddened to report that my friend, @nearlylegal.co.uk passed away this weekend.

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Giles was a brilliant man. So sorry to hear of his passing.

Wrote a justification of Boris Johnson's lockdown breaking parties too.

Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar Subscribe You can only push Hobbits so far. Eventually We push back. 23:50 01 Nov 25 8,280 Views 101 Reposts 3 Quotes 917 Likes 4 Bookmarks

Ditto his literary criticism.

As James Baldwin put it: "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist." Students should be entitled to protest that far right parties who threaten their very existence should be banned from campus.

Reform would review all asylum claims from the last five years The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs.

So not only are people who have come to the UK seeking safety placed in fear and limbo by the current government, but also with the potential of Reform winning the next election.
Not only is this proposed policy utterly racist and inhumane, it is also batshit crazy.

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Great restaurant - glad you enjoyed it!!

Me wearing Hokusai fan art t-shirt next to Hokusai great wave print

Hokusai wave manhole cover and my feet

Temple in Obuse

Sake brewery tasting

NEW TRAVEL POST: A Postcard from Obuse (Nagano, Japan)
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#travelsky #japan #obuse #hokusai

Personally don't recommend these. As the article notes, these properties are typically achieved through PFAS, which can shed carcinogens in your home (which you then inhale) or come out in the wash (polluting waterways for decades). Will try to do a thread on how to treat stains in the wash.

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

More research is necessary but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalised vaccine are still alive six years later.

Congratulations, Andrew!

Steven Barrett (a right leaning barrister and Conservative activist) post on Twitter. @SBarrettBar Where are the raves and the dancing? Where are the flags and the Spice Girls? Where are the fags and the drinking? Where are the laughing and the sitcoms? Where are the honoured and respected? They have passed They have passed like rain on the mountain They have passed like wind in the meadow The sun has gone down in the West In to shadow.

I dunno about you, but I think Rutger Hauer's soliloquy in Bladerunner was much better.

Don't apologise - you've nailed it.