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Richard Blogger

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Patient advocate, activist, campaigner. Pragmatically left of centre. Considering all the autoimmune conditions I have, I am clearly allergic to me

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Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 12h

I bought a new hard disk and put it in - a few screws, the only tricky bit was that there are three wifi antennas connected to the motherboard with snap connectors which may get dislodged. Works so far, but will have to so some scheduled recordings

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 2d

Do I spend £250 to buy a new PVR, or do I spend £30 to get a new hard disk and fit it myself? Bear in mind my eyesight is so bad that I cannot read books and I cannot drive. Oh I'll give it a try.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 17h

I'm a fan of the Richard Jones series

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

That's probably true, my point is profits in farming is not a good measure. A better measure would be, say, tenant farmer bankruptcy, or sale of land

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

Do "family farmers" ever make a profit? More important is their personal income and their disposable income.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

That's the way to change things! My point is that bloke who heckled the King (fully in his rights to do that) will have zero effect and his heckles are wasting his time.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

I was joking. Anyway is he Catholic? If so, then that would *really* complicate things.

Parliament decides of course, and noisy Republicans will have no effect outside of it. You're welcome to stand to be an MP, of course.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Rylan would be fun.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

Not at all. Since the 1701 (?) Act of Settlement it was clear that Parliament decided who was monarch. See also Parliament's reaction to Charles I.

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Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

The reason why Brits are not armed is *because* we are polite. Politeness at the end if a gun us not Politeness

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how long it will be when people will drop the "so much" when they say "thank you"?

It appears people cannot just say "thank you" these days.

Oh and if they say "thank you so much" it would be helpful if they could articulate with their hands exactly *how* much.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, that's bollocks. With an aging population the health budget will always go up.

Plus Trump's demand that we pay inflated prices for drugs like the US does. (NICE is world renowned for its fist cutting ability)

Dont lash out

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 2d

In which case, it didn't achieve much

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 2d

I see that the hapless Kemi Badenoch says nothing about austerity cuts to public services including the police force when she says that "something is going wrong..." in the country.

Own your own shit Badenoch

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 2d

Do I spend £250 to buy a new PVR, or do I spend £30 to get a new hard disk and fit it myself? Bear in mind my eyesight is so bad that I cannot read books and I cannot drive. Oh I'll give it a try.

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Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 3d

And in the UK we've controlled prices for years. But Trump is using tariff threats to change it. He's a gangster

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 3d

Betting companies are lovely people aren't they? I'm sure they are begging to have their enormous profits taxed to pay for mental health supporters. Begging for it.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that the bonfire is to burn a Catholic effigy is a clue.

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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 3d

Under Trump America is racing away from UHC www.bbc.com/news/article...

ACA open enrollment begins with spike in healthcare premiums

The monthly cost of health insurance could rise by 114% on average, according to health research nonprofit KFF.

www.bbc.com

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 3d

And, umm, the town where I live has one of England's largest castles, which has all sorts of nooks and crannies!

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, it feels like that g,d,r! (My daughter lives in Truss's former constituency, so i had better be careful what I say)

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't that known as "being banished to Norfolk"?

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Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 4d

The Test Ban is a lynchpin policy. Nuclear warheads need conventional explosives to work, there are bans on making them. Stocks are dwindling, limiting the new ones that can be made. So if you want to tuse a different explosive that isn't banned you have to test it in an actual bomb.

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 4d

Good. I've written 10 books and maybe 200 articles using Word so I've years of fond memories, but why do they add stuff you don't need, don't want, and cannot disable?

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 4d

Stranger things have happened...

Richard Blogger @richardblogger.bsky.social · 4d

Basic rule in our house: everything is improved with cheese

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