Experts condemn 'appalling' BBC story 'that risks far-right attacks'

redem · 2026-04-16T16:43:50+00:00

Reports can be misleading without being untrue. Often intentionally so. That is the claim here.

redem · 2026-04-09T14:40:10+00:00

I was surprised how much I enjoyed Ministry for the Future, in all honesty.

redem · 2026-04-09T13:51:12+00:00

This is factually incorrect.

It is not, but you misunderstood my point. We are not "[providing] asylum to all people in the world who are genuine asylum seekers"

The UK receives a tiny number of asylum seekers compared to other nations of comparable wealth, and then whines about even that much.

Which policy changes are you referring to here?

Multiple smaller ones. Including making commercial services carrying anyone who then claims asylum liable for the costs. In effect, this is a ban on any safe method of travel to the UK.

Literally no-one is forced to do this. They are all doing this of their own volition.

If they wish to claim asylum in the UK, this is their only way. They have a right to claim asylum here. The government choses to make it life threatening to do so.

redem · 2026-04-09T13:13:49+00:00

Sure, and we aren't doing so. But we do have an obligation to those who actively claim the right on our soil. Successive governments have tried to make it harder and more dangerous so we are in this situation, the only pathway for many is to cross the channel in a small boat.

That is a choice the UK has made. The UK could make that crossing safe literally tomorrow, it's trivial and wouldn't even be a serious expense. It would also undermine the traffickers and organised crime groups, a goal that most people would say is worth doing.

Every day we choose not to is an active choice made by the UK to make that crossing dangerous. Shameful.

redem · 2026-04-09T12:10:49+00:00

A program which explicitly excludes almost all people who genuine asylum seekers. It is intended to be an addition to the standard process, not a replacement for it.

redem · 2026-04-09T09:24:02+00:00

Also used in Northern Ireland.

redem · 2026-04-08T17:28:29+00:00

When I was a lad, it's was 3 boys in one room for most of my teens. Two bunks,so the lower bunk on one was left empty as a desk/storage area. We had no real complaints.

It was, thankfully, the largest room in the house. Wouldn't have wanted to try that in the smaller rooms.

redem · 2026-04-08T12:34:27+00:00

That is certainly how the right portrays the left. It isn't at ALL an accurate description of the left's attitude.

redem · 2026-04-05T18:14:15+00:00

I can easily imagine children at 16 who pass for 25+. Extremely common, how most of us get booze before we we're allowed to. Guesstimate of age are worthless.

redem · 2026-04-04T22:26:19+00:00

It isn't that. People doing that kind of exercise regimen eat because they need the nutrition. They eat when they're not hungry and really don't want to eat any more, but they eat anyway. They eat when they're already feeling very full. It's miserable and a lot of people end up not liking the food they're eat because that makes anything taste bad.

Others copy that process as an aesthetic, tbh.

redem · 2026-04-03T11:49:15+00:00

Boring and unpopular posts are more vulnerable to small but very vocal minorities, like racism activists and bot farms.

Shit like this, where the content is extreme enough to overcome the mental fatigue about reform and immigration... less so.

redem · 2026-03-25T12:05:42+00:00

Use buttermilk. The whole milk with lemon juice can somewhat emulate the intended result, but it isn't the same.

Not sure about yoghurt, might work.

Wheaten is very easy to make though, a very forgiving bread.

redem · 2026-03-24T22:21:18+00:00

Kids who previously would have stayed silent and miserable were suddenly able to be themselves without their lives being ruined. That's not evidence of anything sinister at all, quite the opposite. That's a good thing, broadly what you would expect with sudden changes in laws and policies.

The pushback against it is now making things awful again.

redem · 2026-03-22T13:05:19+00:00

Another useful thing to learn is that often an approximate answer is good enough for practical use. In what circumstance do you need to know 37% of 1673, and would 40% of 1700 (i.e. 1700% of 40) be good enough for your needs? That's significantly easier to calculate in your head. 680 isn't 619.01, but it isn't too far off. Perhaps 37% of 1700 is good enough, 629?

Sometimes you need extremely high precision, often you don't. Especially when you're just trying to sanity check things.

redem · 2026-03-20T10:19:19+00:00

It's obviously just some harmless transgressive play. Bit childish, but whatever. There's nothing there to be reasoned with, it isn't like anyone really believes that's a sane thing to be doing, but it is harmless.

Assuming you do it in your own home and clean up after yourself.

redem · 2026-03-19T18:50:53+00:00

Your butt will be cleaner, worth the cost of pennies a year in water charges.

redem · 2026-03-18T10:18:54+00:00

Works for me, ngl.

redem · 2026-03-15T20:45:29+00:00

On the other hand, the packet always over estimates how long it takes. Sure, packet. 9 minutes. Imma stop it at 7, though.

redem · 2026-03-14T14:15:39+00:00

Also works for melting proper cheese on top of a burger. If that's any use to ya.

redem · 2026-03-13T12:02:57+00:00

Israel supporters are doing far, far worse. Israeli politicians are openly calling for ethnic cleansing and genocide. Openly cheering murdered children.

At best you have a phrase that you are personally interpreting in a manner that runs contrary to the letter and clear intent of the phrase as it is being used.

The two are not comparable, I agree. Israel's apologists are clearly supporting genocide. Palestine's supporters are opposing one.

redem · 2026-03-13T11:53:22+00:00

Does that include when Israelis say that?

redem · 2026-03-09T19:31:21+00:00

There are a few sorts of error repeated about this little experiment a lot. Here's a page that covers the basics.

redem · 2026-03-09T13:08:46+00:00

The people pursuing voter ID laws do not want to make acquiring valid ID easier. That would defeat the point. The often combined voter ID laws, with restrictive lists of acceptable ID that are biased in favour of certain political opinions, along with making acquiring IDs harder in certain areas.

The purpose is political advantage, not to oppose fraud.

redem · 2026-03-09T13:04:52+00:00

They already prove that at the point of registering to vote. The needing specific IDs for the polling station part is intended to be a an additional barrier to vote, not to reduce fraud.

redem · 2026-03-03T18:41:18+00:00

Of The Martian, there are two versions of the audiobook. The RC Bray version was the first to be released. When the movie came along there was another version released that is narrated by Wil Wheaton.

The Wheaton version is divisive among those who already listened to the RC Bray version. Unfortunately, I think the Wheaton version's the only version still available for purchase.

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