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09-Aug-26 09:25
# · Mastodon
Your GP surgery is an 8am phone lottery, so you pay £40 to an app to speak to a doctor in a different time zone. CAMHS has a two year waiting list, so parents remortgage for private assessments. Your child’s SEN provision is a legal entitlement, so you hire a solicitor to sue the council for it. The council spends more fighting you than the support would have cost. Physio is a forty week wait. Your back does not have forty weeks.
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Our roads are littered with potholes nobody fills. Your privately funded tyres and suspension are the collateral. You are forced under threat of criminal prosecution to fund the BBC, and it’s so bad you pay for streaming to get news or entertainment anyway. Your bins are collected fortnightly, so you drive to the tip. The tip now requires a booking, a permit and proof you live in the county. Garden waste is a separate annual subscription. On top of the council tax that used to cover it.
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Seen on x-fka-twitter THE SLOW DEATH OF BRITAIN: We have shit water companies so we buy bottled water. We have rubbish police so we hire private security. We have terrible healthcare so we pay private hospitals instead. Airbnbs in Cornwall pay council tax but get no rubbish collection, so they pay Biffa on top. An awful lot of firemen are now volunteers. NHS dentists don’t really work anymore, so you go private or you pull it out yourself.
20-Aug-26 15:55
One Dove - Morning Dove White - White Love (Guitar Paradise mix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
One Dove - Morning Dove White - White Love (Guitar Paradise mix)
08-Aug-26 19:10
Madonna - Ray of Light - Ray of Light · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Madonna - Ray of Light - Ray of Light
19-Aug-26 16:40
# · Mastodon
#Cocktail - Trader Vic's Grog 60ml Jamaican, 20ml Lemon, 20ml Passionfruit, 20ml Pineapple, dash Angostura, short hard shake, rocks, Mint sprig
08-Aug-26 17:40
One Dove - Breakdown - Breakdown (William Orbit Stereo Odyssey) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
One Dove - Breakdown - Breakdown (William Orbit Stereo Odyssey)
20-Aug-26 15:55
Kettama - Archangel - Yosemite (feat. Interplanetary Criminal) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Kettama - Archangel - Yosemite (feat. Interplanetary Criminal)
Mall Grab - What I Breathe - I Can Remember It So Vividly · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Mall Grab - What I Breathe - I Can Remember It So Vividly
18-Aug-26 19:55
# · Mastodon
Inspired by this.
17-Aug-26 16:10
# · Mastodon
Old enough to remember the Vietnam war, Afghan invasions, Berlin wall and all the rest. But it still seems strange for both the USA and Russia to be stuck in unwinnable wars, simultaneously.
16-Aug-26 07:40
# · Mastodon
MAGA assault on some science. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/07/trump-scientific-research-universities If you think scientists are conspiring against you, then no iPhone, GPS, TV, A/C, etc etc for you. Would you rather be Amish?
# · Mastodon
Last night there was a really strong smell of smoke outside. Scanned the horizon and no sign of blaze or sirens. So probably just a firepit in someone's garden. Too many big field fires around here lately. So it scares the hell out of me. Meanwhile my local flytip, rubbish, fire, illegal landfill is still gently smouldering underground. Running out of people to complain to. The council told the landowner to fix it but he claims to have sold it on.
07-Aug-26 13:55
Alex Virgo - Don't Buy The Sun - Gale Force · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Alex Virgo - Don't Buy The Sun - Gale Force
11-Aug-26 06:55
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This increase in UK terrorism reporting. Is it LASIT[1] or Extreme Right Wing driving it? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/06/record-high-referrals-prevent-anti-terror-scheme-rise-rightwing-extremism [1] LASIT = extreme Left-Wing, Anarchist, Single-issue, Terrorism.
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While we wait for the EU Copernicus summary of July weather. NOAA OISST V2.1 Sea surface temperature, daily average, 60S-60N just hit a record high of 21.2C above the previous record of 21.17C 24-Apr-24 0.99C above the 1989-2010 average. El Nino continues to climb. https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=world2 https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=nino3.4 https://climate.copernicus.eu/press-releases #climate
10-Aug-26 19:25
# · Mastodon
#Cocktail - Canadian Daisy 50ml Jamaican Rum, 20ml Lemon, 20ml Curacao, 15ml soda float, lemon twist. So a rum Sidecar, lengthened with a soda float. Not sure why it's Canadian. Should be Canada Club, no?
19-Aug-26 16:10
James Blake - Trying Times - Didn’t Come To Argue (feat. Monica Martin) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
James Blake - Trying Times - Didn’t Come To Argue (feat. Monica Martin)
SlothBoogie - 15 Years of SlothBoogie - Demuir - Fool In the Mirror · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
SlothBoogie - 15 Years of SlothBoogie - Demuir - Fool In the Mirror
18-Aug-26 19:25
Tom Esselle - Evolutions & Revolutions - One Of These Days · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tom Esselle - Evolutions & Revolutions - One Of These Days
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Janeret - Shaw · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Janeret - Shaw
06-Aug-26 17:25
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Janeret - Shaw · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Janeret - Shaw
Ali Berger - Serious - Rhythm & Simplicity · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Ali Berger - Serious - Rhythm & Simplicity
18-Aug-26 11:25
Felipe Gordon - Wait on Me - El Meloncito · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Wait on Me - El Meloncito
06-Aug-26 12:55
Kapote - Para Mytho Disco - Doyum · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Kapote - Para Mytho Disco - Doyum
17-Aug-26 19:25
Jon Hopkins & Biggi Hilmars - Wilding (Original Soundtrack) - The Dove - Jon Hopkins · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jon Hopkins & Biggi Hilmars - Wilding (Original Soundtrack) - The Dove - Jon Hopkins
Peaky Beats - The Ishtar Gate - Hanging Gardens · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Peaky Beats - The Ishtar Gate - Hanging Gardens
Kassian - Channels - Spring · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Kassian - Channels - Spring
Marius Acke - Happiness Therapy Crucial Traxx 02 - Musik! (Move Your Ass!) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Marius Acke - Happiness Therapy Crucial Traxx 02 - Musik! (Move Your Ass!)
Pacific Coliseum - Voice Wave - Voice Wave · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Pacific Coliseum - Voice Wave - Voice Wave
15-Aug-26 18:25
Bob Moses - BLINK - Waiting On The World · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Bob Moses - BLINK - Waiting On The World
Rhythm Section International - Presents: SHOUTS 2025 Summer Sampler - Compiled by Bradley Zero - X & Ivy - Say Something Sick · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rhythm Section International - Presents: SHOUTS 2025 Summer Sampler - Compiled by Bradley Zero - X & Ivy - Say Something Sick
06-Aug-26 12:25
Rhythm Section International - Presents: SHOUTS 2025 Summer Sampler - Compiled by Bradley Zero - X & Ivy - Say Something Sick · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rhythm Section International - Presents: SHOUTS 2025 Summer Sampler - Compiled by Bradley Zero - X & Ivy - Say Something Sick
14-Aug-26 15:55
Musicentrydelete - Selfless - Sub AM · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Musicentrydelete - Selfless - Sub AM
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Wigs - Late Nite Visions · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Haŵs - Club Unity Vol. 2 - Wigs - Late Nite Visions
13-Aug-26 12:55
Demuja - Dubmuja 001 - Wine And Cigarettes · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Demuja - Dubmuja 001 - Wine And Cigarettes
12-Aug-26 16:40
B From E - Saṃsāra Cycles: Space Day - The Pop · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
B From E - Saṃsāra Cycles: Space Day - The Pop
11-Aug-26 20:40
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix)
Rhode & Brown - Underwater Bounce - Underwater Bounce (DJ Popup Remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rhode & Brown - Underwater Bounce - Underwater Bounce (DJ Popup Remix)
10-Aug-26 09:40
# · Mastodon
There's maybe 1/3 (made up number) of people who really shouldn't be in the prison system. Focus on getting them out and providing the probation system to help them. Instead of blanket changes which means the 1/3 who absolutely should be in prison get an option of early release.
# · Mastodon
Years and years of "get tough on crime" from successive Home Secs combined with Austerity from their Chancellors mean the prison service and probation service is overloaded. - Stop treating Prison as punishment. Switch to protecting society. - Reduce sentencing guidelines - Shift more guidelines from custodial to non-custodial - Apply those retrospectively - Fund the probation service - Fund the court system - Move the now non-custodial crimes to magistrates courts.
# · Mastodon
The current furore around early release from UK prisons is classic Labour, copying the England football team. They were so busy thinking about the rewards of the high press, they forgot about the totally open goal behind them. When the opposing team went for the break, they panicked and started running around in every direction just outside their own penalty box. It's so depressing that even really worthwhile initiatives get hijacked by the incredibly obvious response.
# · Mastodon
Remember all those patriotic flags on UK lamp posts? They were always a temporary thing, now they're in tatters. That just created work for the councils to remove them from unauthorised locations. And this is what the council workers now have to deal with.
# · Mastodon
Bonus 2 month old link from May 2026. It's not like they don't know. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/uk-built-for-climate-that-no-longer-exists-and-needs-urgent-changes-to-survive-global-heating-report-warns
# · Mastodon
When the NHS updates their buildings to have aircon instead of just windows that open 10cm, it's a perfect time to do air filtration as well as a infection control mechanism. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/05/nhs-must-prepare-for-annual-summer-heat-pressures-says-yvette-cooper > all hospitals and care homes to have air conditioning within the next decade, with all schools to follow by 2050. Gah! Same with schools, but I guess there's not enough money to do both at once.
09-Aug-26 22:10
# · Mastodon
Gianni Infantino at FIFA. They think it's all over. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/thursday-briefing-is-this-the-final-whistle-for-gianni-infantino-at-fifa Just waiting for "It is now".
# · Mastodon
One good thing about this extended heat wave and dry weather in SE England. No storm overflows from the sewage treatment works. https://www.thameswater.co.uk/edm-map
# · Mastodon
If anyone was expecting an updated revision from the UN World Population group in July, it's been delayed a year. https://population.un.org/wpp/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/
# · Mastodon
Covid Stats. Lots of graphs out there of a huge range of diseases increasing since 2020. But this is a weird one. Who told you in 2022 that repeat Covid infections would have the biggest impact on elite sports coaches? A 6 year drop in the average age of premier league managers since 2022. This is the 3yr rolling average - older managers can't keep up the pace any more.
11-Aug-26 08:40
Adelphi Music Factory - Believe In You - Believe In You (AMF New Yorkshire Extended Remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Adelphi Music Factory - Believe In You - Believe In You (AMF New Yorkshire Extended Remix)

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