tenebrisnox

Nothing wrong with DNF-ing. If a book doesn't suit you, move on. If I watch a tv show that everyone raves about I give it a maximum of 3 episodes and then move on if I don't like it (eg. Andor Season 2). Not for me at this point and maybe come back some point in the future. Same with books. If a book hasn't held my interest in 30ish pages I put it aside for something that will. Sometimes I go back. Too many books and too little life to spend time fretting.

To counter that: we need to stay in NATO and fulfil our commitment to increasing spending on the military and nuclear weapons to 5% of GDP. That's something like £140-150 billion a year. A massive increase that everyone important says we need because war is coming. What's more we need to further cut services, spending on education and NHS, social security and increase taxes. Why? War is coming. We can't have the threat of China and Russia driving tanks, sailing boats and submarines all the way to our little country, can we? Do we want to live in Little Beijing-on-the-Thames or St Petersberg-on-Tyne or what?

Until Your Party nails down some policies it's only a coalition of well-intentioned individuals. Nothing wrong with that but they could probably win the same sort of support by forming a broad popular front with the Greens, current Labour local branches and even some Lib Dems. With the rise of Reform and the fascist far-right it may even need that. Why, after all these wranglings, fallings out and rallies, they haven't issues a short statement of fundamental beliefs, I don't know.

I was a long-time user of One Note and about 8 years ago tried to export some of my notes - which was nigh-on impossible to do regardless of whatever MS says. I realised that I didn't like feeing I didn't have full control or ownership and that set me off on a course if self-hosting and linux. I'm not completely there but certainly further on than I was then. I like using linux much more than OSX and certainly Windows (which I stopped using about 2012).

I wanted to do the same so I used an AI to help me write a python script that does that and publishes a static site. It was really useful and introduced me to Jinja2 in the process.

I read them from time to time. Can you give an example of where they "straight up lie or spread conspiracy theories"? They report on rumours or gossip - but that's little different than a mainstream journalist citing "sources". I take into account their political slant when I read them, though.

I watched Jones' report and Michael Gove of all people there was the person who seemed to speak to Jones without running away!

In our ward they don't even bother turning out. I think the LibDem who usually wins - and doesn't even live here! - gets about 900 votes.

Councilors often go on about being busy but what do they actually DO? I live in an area where councillors can earn £17k a year. I have yet to see a councillor in real life or see anything happen in our local area as a direct response of the councillor's actions. Our councillor doesn't even live here (in the countryside outside of our town.

From what I understand, they sit through a lot of meetings where council officials tell them what they are doing. The more meetings they sit through, the more cash they earn.

Why does Tommy and other right-wing goons all have Turkey Teeth? Do you need Turkey Teeth to join their club - bearing in mind lots of Tommy's followers seem to have missing teeth?

Teeth and proto-fascists.

That politicians on the left are quick to announce that they will use the bourgeois courts on each other is pretty dispiriting.

My (irrational) feeling about this is that there's more going on than just what we're seeing. And I'm pretty sure some of it involves state intelligence operatives.

One of the big issues is that some of those involved in the discussions wouldn't call themselves socialists in any way and are aligned through support for Gaza. I guess Corbyn is trying to win them over and there are those looking at the rise of the far right and starting to realise they need to get a move on.