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@neil NEIL! That was nearly a week ago. Stop time-travelling! // @blumenkraft
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@blumenkraft I'm a bit "Ah… er… no" on that last point. I can think of one economic sector that has a large proportion of the lowest paid workers and it's absolutely not essential.
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Between Brexit, the pandemic, and the vastly different views of the devolved nations—compared to those of England—I think the future of UK as a union is really under threat.

It’s clear England’s views no longer represent the rest of the UK.
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Boris Johnson announces a “national lockdown” and all the Anglo-centric nut-jobs start calling it a “UK lockdown”.

Meanwhile, Wales (also part of the UK) is half way through its latest lockdown and yesterday’s announcement does not apply here.

🤷‍♂️
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@blumenkraft That’s a dream of an idealist right there. To be honest, this revelation about him isn’t that surprising, given the company he keeps.
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I recently watched a BBC documentary about Trump where Rudy Giuliani joked he "better [his] hands above the table". Today that clip took a sinister turn [theguardian.com].
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@lechindianer Well, I’m not unisex... Nudge, nudge. Say no more, say no more. A nod is as good as wink to a blind bat [montypython.net].
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The whole "non-male identifying people can use this too _because it's unisex_" tone is just so unbelievably toxic and patronising.
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Amazon has a real sexism problem. Why do these things need to be labelled unisex?! There are a myriad of other listings like these.
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cookie jar (i)
In other news: I did something uncharacteristically bold the other day. And it seemed to have a positive outcome. I guess I'll know for sure on the other side of the pending lockdown.
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It's taken a while, but I'm glad we finally have the granular data.
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Rolling 7-day positive COVID-19 cases per 100K across Wales (I'm based where the red dot is). Unsurprisingly, most are clustered around the English border.
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cookie jar (i)
Just found out a friend—an academic at the local university—has lost his job as the result of a huge funding gap caused by the lack of overseas students due to COVID-19. Most UK universities are facing a similar situation. But where is the gov't help?!
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Dear Arachis,

Stop this nonsense.

That is all.
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cookie jar (i)
@33MHz Das ist kein Walisisch, mein Freund.
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Meanwhile, in Berlin: Wie halten die Corona-Regeln ein [bbc.co.uk].
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People from parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland that have high rates of coronavirus will be banned from travelling to Wales from Friday. [bbc.co.uk]

It's good to see the devolved nations taking the lead over central gov't. Tough decision, but needed.
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Instagram has a feature gap. You can upload:

- Portrait vids of 1-15 mins to IGTV
- Landscape vids of up to 1 min to your feed
- Vertical vids of up to 15 secs to Stories

Where do you upload vertical vids that are under 1 min but over 15 secs?

TikTok.
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Alrighty. Mars is just above the horizon in my constellation (Pisces). I’m off to get chilly and stare at the twinkles.
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HDR video recording in your pocket?! Holy guacamole.
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Anything old?