It’s racism. The media have stoked the populace for years with talk of “illegal immigrants”, “foreigners taking our jobs” and the “country is full”. It’s all reactionary bullshit to sell papers, get clicks, and propel the media’s chosen politicians into power. But ultimately, underneath the headlines it’s all driven by racism not facts. Immigration brings in younger people, increases the workforce, boosts the economy, helps pay for an aging population. But those facts don’t stoke outrage and sell papers.

Personally I blame Gordon Brown. He should have stood up to that “bigoted old woman” during the 2010 election campaign instead of caving in. He legitimised the narrative and we have paid and are still paying the price.

LOL. ID cards are literally one of the toxic New Labour policies that turned the electorate against them last time.

The fact that she blamed the Tory defeat on things like not scrapping the human rights act is spectacularly ignorant. What a useless politician she truly was. Fuckity bye.

I’ve not read any reviews or previews, but the blurb makes this sound lamentable.

I’m shocked, shocked that outsourcing public sector contracts to the lowest bidder results in this scenario.

I mean, it would have been better if they had dropped their ties with the weapons companies.

I cant help but feel this is some sort of password reset question farming…

Anyway,

ZX BASIC SUSE Linux 6.1

Me. I work in video games, and I have kids.

Correct. Avocado ≠ Onion

Let me guess. These are the same people who refuse vaccines with miniscule mortality rates, but are demanding milk infected with a virus that has more than a 50% mortality rate in humans? 🤔

Also, how is intentional getting infected to aquire immunity better than doing nothing at all? I mean, just don’t worry about it. If you get infected then you’re either dead or immune, and if you don’t get infected you didn’t need that immunity anyway. Plus, you’ve saved money by not buying your weirdo raw cow juice.

The whole Internet?

Is this an AI written story? At different points in the article it says in the UK, or Sacramento, or Delhi 🤔

The AAAAA stands for “AAAAA, it’s fucked”

https://www.thepoke.com/2017/09/25/someones-watching-kim-jong-uns-trousers-now-will/

When I was in the office and buying beans for our automatic machine the Lavazza beans were the most reliable, consistent and highest quality “supermarket” beans I could find for a reasonable price. Personally I liked the Rossa. For myself at home I do use a local small batch roaster and get a subscription. It’s about twice as much cost wise but still works out at only 40p (I’m in the UK) for an espresso, which I’m happy with.

Sure. “The Rats”.

Wait, this Sony?

Sony’s profits up thanks to rising sales of music, games, movies and sensors. https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/national/sony-s-profits-up-thanks-to-rising-sales-of-music-games-movies-and-sensors/ar-BB1ifEUl

Personally I wish they just made a bunch more Steamworld Digs. They could keep churning those out and I would lap them up.

I have a cheap set of nylon brushes I bought specifically for this, they are a good compromise. Softer than a toothbrush and get into smaller spaces.

My approach is to start with the least aggressive cleaners and work up if the weak one doesn’t work. So basically start with dish detergent, then window/surface cleaner, alcohol, and WD-40. Acetone is the final solution, but since it melts plastic its only useful on metal or ceramic. The lettering on the NES and Commodore keys will come off with alcohol. You should always test alcohol on a small area first.

For rust, soak in white vinegar and then scrub to neutralise and remove. You should then rinse well and clean to get rid of the vinegar.

Personally I’ve only ever retrobrited plastic, but I tend not to anymore because it really does make it more brittle. Also it can be patchy on anything other than white/beige.