Dave M, Prole 4th class.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 09:15 UTC

- Labour's vote spread was way more efficient than under Corbyn. Brilliant groundgame - Tory vote was cannibilized by Reform - soft tories stayed at home, unlike with Corbyn - Labour will need to win back the votes lost due to terrible trans and gaza policies ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:00 UTC

Thing is, if he was asked, Capaldi would have materialised the Tardis in any social function you asked for (complete with the Pope), because it'd be polite. Smith might do it as well, but it'd be all about himself. Tennant (mk1) wouldn't and would hate themselves for not doing it. Capaldi rules!

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:01 UTC

I'm imagining Penny later "So I met this cute girl and we went back to her place and I thought, she's kind, maybe try it out? And then theirs this grinding sound and the Pope storms in and starts shouting in Italian! No really, I swear!". Being on the wake of the doctor's presence must be troubling

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:36 UTC

If you'll pardon an observation from this far end of the world, RefUk seems very like OneNation down this way. In both cases just policies based on hate and fear, especially on asylum seekers who "must be, and we will stop" with no details how. They're a political cancer to be excised.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:10 UTC

Yeah, it's completely over the top. And points out that if you let the Doctor into your life then stuff like this is going to happen and all you can do is deal with it. If memory serves the lass that Bill bought home was implied to be a lapsed Catholic as well, or am I wrong? I could be.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 10:42 UTC

It's like music, your taste and mine in bands may differ, but that doesn't mean either of us are wrong. It just means we like different stuff.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 08:13 UTC

And a sign that this twist would not necessarily be better legally or politically, but oh it would be better in profits. And ultimately in the battle between truth and profits, well, profits are more profitable.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 08:01 UTC

It's an ancient name going back millennia, but yeah for a modern kid, it's basically "Hi, we've given you a name that's going to get you picked on for most of your life." Not my first choice is all I'm saying.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 07:23 UTC

I'm thinking of the moment when David as the doctor looks at a self obsessed billionaire and says "It's been a long time since anyone said 'no' to you, hasn't it?". Just seems relevant somehow.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:58 UTC

British politics still has a sense of the absurd about it. I mourn that for all we former colonies took from them politically, we failed to recognise this as an important part. And so we all forgot that an important part of maintaining democracy was having a system that allowed you to openly mock it

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:50 UTC

For realms that were 'forgotten', there seems to be an inordinate amount of documentation, maps, stories, legends, and lore. Just saying... 😄

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 01:22 UTC

The Great smog of London (1952) outright killed 10,000-12,000 people and left about 100,000 ill. It happened again in 1956 (1,000 dead), 1957 (750 dead), 1959 (over 200 dead), and 1962 (300-700 dead). And in all cases the industrial polluters got off scot free. We never learn.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:41 UTC

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in trains."

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 09:36 UTC

The Murdoch press in Australia has been known to support Labor on rare occasions. Because the only thing they hate more than "lefties" is backing a loser.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:35 UTC

I just rewatched that very episode. I read both those stories when they were released so many years ago, and steeled myself that the live action versions would be a lesser beast. I have never been happier to be totally utterly wrong.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:28 UTC

Why does the wizarding populous keep themselves hidden? Why don't they show magic to the rest of the world and take control? The only thing stopping them from wiping out us "muggles" if we dissent would be their own rules (which could be easily changed as is shown in the books).

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:21 UTC

No it doesn't. Whatever accolades you may want to bestow on her, "historically accurate worldbuilding" is one I would have to decline to promote (amongst others).

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 12:36 UTC

They had to have some sort of transfer with the real economy, or Hermione's school fees couldn't have been paid. Honestly, worse economy than Skyrim. And it's ok to call a normal a Muggle, but calling a wizard a Mudblood is rude. It's ok to be exclusionary provided it's outside your group.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:41 UTC

And the wizard world's financial system (which is somehow based on the gold standard), is managed by a race of short skinny hunched over beings who are secretive, obsessed with finance, and somewhat unpleasant. Oh, and they have long hooked noses just in case you hadn't gotten the stereotype yet.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:32 UTC

Yeah, good point.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:25 UTC

With a dollop of Narnia (minus the Christian allegory).

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 03:59 UTC

I kind of understand where he's coming from, but do feel (despite a quarter of a century of Aus politics not showing it much), that there are other options than this duality.

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 03:39 UTC

And soon, "Oh the wolves won't eat my face, I'm on their side after all."

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Dave M, Prole 4th class. @davem3393.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 09:56 UTC

What I'm wondering, is what's stopping our high court from going down this path (apart from some legalistic principles and a basic sense of decency). Yes the the High Court of Australia Act 1979 restrains it, but not in any ways that couldn't be [possibly] overcome. Fun times my friend, fun times.

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