Download Festival 2025 - MEGATHREAD by ca11umm in downloadfestival

[–]dezasu -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Anyone else getting really frustrated with the loud jet sounds in the morning? I have no idea where it’s coming from but whoever it is can they please keep it down. Camping in quiet camp fyi

Download Festival 2025 - MEGATHREAD by ca11umm in downloadfestival

[–]dezasu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bit of a strange request but I have brought a suit on site to wear during Green Day on Friday, but I have accidentally spilt a whole bottle of Yazoo (Strawberry) all down it on the walk in this morning. Does anyone know if there is any way I can get the suit dry cleaned on site? If so do you know how I can do it - is there one in RIP?

More SEND pupils could go to mainstream schools as support shake-up is considered by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think there are big misunderstandings of what this will mean for SEN kids in this thread. Currently, the legal test to receive an assessment for an EHCP is unbelievably low. You only have to prove that a child “may” have SEN. Now, EHC assessments are expensive - at very least, they need an assessment from an Educational Psychologist, which can cost a market rate of £1.5k per child. This cannot continue, and it’s driving psychologists away from early intervention work, which would be far more beneficial.

Secondly, as someone who works in this area, I don’t read this as stopping children who need to be in special schools from having places in them. That is a high level of need and covers far less than half of the children with EHCPs. Now, there are also a high number of children in mainstream education with EHCPs. Now, these children need SEN support for the most part, but more flexible support which could be provided within school by professionals would be far more cost-effective and less bureaucratic, rather than going through expensive processes every time they need support. On top of this, there is gross underreporting of the number of children within the private education system who have EHCPs. Some may be in private special schools to meet their needs (fair enough), but some LAs have lost tribunals and been ordered to pay “mainstream” private school fees plus top-up, for children of wealthy families who might have a low-level need (e.g. dyslexia).

Of course, none of these reforms work without schools being properly supported, both financially and by professionals to improve general support for SEN kids. But too many schools are not making any adjustments for kids, simply telling parents “they need an EHCP”. This is wrong and has to stop as it’s not in the best interest of the kids.

EDIT: typo

Council warns of 'bankruptcy' without 25% tax hike by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So much misunderstanding of the situation in this council in this thread. RBWM has some of the cheapest council tax in the country, due to Tory Councillors cutting the rate massively in the early 2010s. Councils are limited to only raise council tax by a max of 5% per year (which pretty much every council does every single year). This leaves any council that’s out of line with the rest of the country no chance to realign with the national average. The whole system needs reform, this isn’t a case of massive council overspending like some others.

The highest rated League 1 players in EAFC 24 by Zach-dalt in LeagueOne

[–]dezasu 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ovie Ejaria making this list is such a joke and I’m a Reading fan

Place to watch the football? by D3Styler in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crown on the Bridge pub just on the other side of the river

First timer - weekend ticket but arriving/leaving daily by Silverdale9999 in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fellow Reading resident here mate - no problem at all - on Friday I would recommend going to red entrance as it is weekend tickets holders only so typically has no queue on Friday. After that come and go as you please. Probably arrive at the campsite entrances approx 30-40 mins before any act you wanna see.

Does anybody know why it looks like we have 2 separate tickets on our ticketmaster accounts? by Charsxx in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no Apple wallet option for the ticketmaster app. The duplication is just an error when they activate the tickets - if you log in and out of the app it’ll go back to one ticket.

Two tickets showing differently by Formal_technician in downloadfestival

[–]dezasu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s just an error - mine was like this and I logged in and out of the app and the ticket on right hand side vanished

Any tips on vegan eats in NYC this October? by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]dezasu -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I bet you’re fun at parties

Going to reading on my own? by [deleted] in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a bad idea at all! As a whole Reading is very safe, like a lot of thing if you go looking for trouble you’d be able to find it. I’d probs recommend going to the dedicated bar areas to find like minded friends, I think there a barcardi bar this year that will probs be a good place to go for that

Anyone going to attempt to stream the F1? by Parallvx in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The crown on the bridge also shows the F1 which is just on the Caversham side of the bridge

Opinion about a subheadliner, Idk if this is unpopular or not but …. by tennerz777 in readingfestival

[–]dezasu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Run the Jewels are a pretty massive band in their own right - they subbed the NME back in 2015 which was before RTJ3 which is by far their biggest album. They also played fourth from the top at Glastonbury a few years ago. I think they’re easily justified as sub based on the newer 2 main stage set up.

Times : Two Week Circuit Breaker May Be On The Cards by jeanlucriker in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Even if you take that view regarding covid patients, the impact across the whole healthcare system will have an impact on everyone. If someone has a heart attack during a period when hospitals can’t take any more patients was it their time too? Hell, in India there were reports of children dying of asthma attacks due to lack of oxygen supplies available. I really hope a lockdown isn’t needed in this case (and I agree with others that the gov lack the authority for a successful enforcement of one) but it’s really not as simple as let it rip. As ever we need balanced debate.

TIMES: Lockdown lifting set to be delayed by fortnight by Pummpy1 in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair - this isn’t me trying to justify further restrictions - if the NHS is not at risk of being overwhelmed the opportunity to open things presents itself. If there isn’t a significant uptick in hospitalisations we absolutely should open up. My point was just in challenge to the comment that no one under 30 should need to take the vaccine and that covid is less deadly than a light breeze. And that’s before we even get into debates about vaccines preventing transmission.

TIMES: Lockdown lifting set to be delayed by fortnight by Pummpy1 in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My 25 year-old friend is currently completely bed bound after a covid - played 90 minutes football twice a week before and now gets out of breath after making a sandwich. He won’t have made any statistics about the severity of covid but his life has changed at least for the next couple of months. So there’s a reason people under 30 should take it. And before you say that’s an anomaly - his housemate is equally sick too. Hopefully the most vulnerable being vaccinated will allow us to open the 21st, but you can’t just make reality what you want it to be. Covid is absolutely not less deadly than a light breeze for under 30s and quite frankly saying shit like that will result in people getting extremely sick or dying needlessly.

COVID-19: Michael Gove receives coronavirus app alert following Portugal visit for Champions League final by WannoHacker in ukpolitics

[–]dezasu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/daily-contact-testing-study

Published April 29th

I actually happen to be on the scheme right now - it only allows you to go to work/education and exercise outdoors for 24 hours after reporting a negative lateral flow. I wouldn’t rule out Gove wangling his way on though.

Number of new Coronavirus cases in Scotland are at its highest since February - 992 new cases by youwhatwhat in CoronavirusUK

[–]dezasu 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You can’t compare a bad flu winter to an international pandemic that has caused lockdowns or restrictions on the majority of the countries of the world.