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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 22

It runs deeper. On the Thursday or Friday before, a series of often misinformed posts appear on social media that get amplified. Over the weekend, one of the loony-right posts a viral tweet saying action is needed.

Then on the Monday, Reform make an announcement that they have the silver bullet.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 18

Democracies are like any civilisation. They fail due to Unsustainable complexity; Socioeconomic inequality; Economic collapse; Elite mismanagement; or Cognitive decline.

Join the dots.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 16

Ah, but they might help him locate the... right buttons.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 12

Utah Governor Spencer Cox addresses young people and says: "You are inheriting a country where politics feels like rage is the only option."

Golly, no shit Sherlock?

Do you want to address why?

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this….

You, Sir, are expendable.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Sep 1

Storm Bram promises to be a doozy. A storm that promises a proper gothic night of horrors.

Storm Wubbo on the other hand suggests that we will all be knee deep in cuddly toys by morning.

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 27

You have to give some credit here.

I didn’t think it was possible to push the Trump Gold Sneakers out of last place.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

But that isn't what I'm saying.

Are you saying that no white boys are ever victims?

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's not gone away, human decency, the idea of fair play is still there, it is just that there are those who put a lot of time and money into trying to drown it out to suit their narrative that Britain is broken.

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

They key word in your reply is 'belonging' which was the point I was rather clumsily trying to make.

There are those who are taking their sense of injustice and exclusion and exploiting it. Conveniently pointing the finger away from the real issues.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

Having grown up in a town where there were Polish social clubs, and festivals to celebrate Polish culture were common place, I would be as appalled as if someone painted a red cross or 'Subhan Allah'.

I would still ask myself why before calling for their flogging.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

There are parallels in the way that Islamists recruit new members, the way that gangs recruit new recruits, so no, this is not a race thing.

This is deflection as an excuse not to tackle the issues.

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

No. I am saying that they have been failed. They are one group among many groups that have been failed.

Our inability to tackle redistribution of wealth over successive governments and to properly regulate capitalism has made them ripe for exploitation by extremists.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

We won't get to the root cause of the issues behind these behaviours if we decide to leap to the decision that they do not deserve to be saved because they have the temerity to decide to believe what they read in the murkier parts of social media or indeed what exploitative politicians feed them.

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

No, we are enjoying a sunny Bank Holiday by playing the game of 'I am more deserving of victimhood because...'

Stereotyping is what we do when we meet strangers, it is the stereotype you choose to apply that can be the problem.

Large numbers of HUMANS in this country have been failed,

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

There are many who prefer not to be reminded of the inequality that remains in this country.

It isn’t a comment about skin colour. Those lads would be stereotyped as yobs and gang members, to avoid being forced to consider that they had been failed by consecutive governments.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

I'm not sure I understand your point.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

The 'nationalism bandwagon' offers them a place where they are accepted and get some attention.

If you can't get fame, then infamy is a good substitute, especially if you are bombarded by messages in the media and some in the political elite that kind of support your world view of injustice.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yu have spent some time in Oundle this weekend. I hope you enjoyed it and you felt comfortable and welcomed.

Now imagine the reaction should one of those lads visited.

The same reaction they've had all their lives from those with the potential to make their lives better.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 25

Otto, you miss the point.

It isn't about the country, preserving a particular view of its culture, or making it great again.

It's much more personal, it is about the opportunity to feel you belong and that you are noticed.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 18

If Trump wishes to hand this region to Russia, then the European defence industries would be further hamstrung by logistics and availability.

The US also relies on the same minerals.

My fear is that Trump has made a short sighted deal with Putin on access to these minerals.

red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 18

It cannot be underestimated how important the Donbas region of Ukraine would be to the European defence industry. The Donbas has many of the minerals that the European defence industry currently sources from China.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 17

The trick would be to actually reuse the heat generated by the data centre, for example, using it to heat ovens.

Just building sheds and stuffing them with computers isn’t particularly innovative or providing competitive advantage.

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 15

Google have had a datacentre in Finland that is cooled by seawater for some years.

www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/goog...

Google's Finland data center pioneers new seawater cooling

“It was the intake system for the original mill building and is carved out of solid granite,” Google's Kava said.

www.datacenterdynamics.com

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red1hols.bsky.social @red1hols.bsky.social · Aug 15

It should not be beyond the wit of science to use heat exchangers to enable the recirculation of the water in the cooling systems and then use the heat exchanged to generate electricity.

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