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17 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112452679274729208 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112452675957361681 | |
It's Thursday so it must be UK Covid Stats day. I can't do this any more. It's meaningless. What little data there is, is still going up. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112451067386656619 | |
Not now, Zombie Raccoons. https://twitter.com/CTVToronto/status/1790846015949414836?t=BN_NPOQFhgJLdAKc_B8IjQ&s=19 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112450108376470770 | |
Not Tufton St but smacks of it. Instant company created 7 May by Farage and his mates. "ACTION ON WORLD HEALTH LLP" https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC452205 Attacking the WHO future pandemic response. Claiming lockdowns, Tedros, vax, etc etc etc taking away UK Sovereignty. All over the right wing press. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112450045118627876 | |
Not now, UK BSE Mad Cow Disease. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112443845362900189 | |
And here we are today. A Vance & Hines bike does 6.627-seconds at 204.16 mph on petrol. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112443761683461787 | |
One for the petrol heads. Terry Vance on the Mid-70s Twin Honda Gas drag bike from Russ Collins. This was the sister bike to RC's Atchison-Topeka-Santa Fe triple Honda top fuel bike. Which damn near killed him in a high speed get off. The engine block was later turned into a coffee table. Those were the days. https://americanmotorcyclist.com/fun-facts-about-the-atchison-topeka-santa-fe-drag-bike/ | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112439632664542496 | |
Peters Watts & Dan Brooks talking about Brooks' new book. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse-is-coming-will-humanity-adapt/ Reminds me of Alex Steffen (@AlexSteffen@x.com) talking about building for resilience. And a favourite question of mine. "What's the minimum viable civilisation that can support a chip foundry.". Some lessons here for this sub-reddit and the near term extinctionists. > Homo sapiens of some form or another is going to survive no matter what we do, short of blowing up the planet with nuclear weapons. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112438088774322650 | |
About 5 years ago I had to visit a major England NHS Hospital. I was surprised to see posters around the building aimed at staff encouraging them to get their seasonal flu jab. You would think this would be organised and promoted by the administration, not something that relied on individual choice and effort. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112438056027798645 | |
But then the flu jab for the same cohort was 43% You have to ask. If you're a frontline HCW involved with direct patient care, why would you not get all the vax that's available? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112438046316728242 | |
A Covid Vax thing. In the autumn vax booster campaign, "Front line Health Care Workers" were eligible. It's not really clear to me what they would actually be. The Gov identified 1,123,365 in the NHS Staff record. So presumably this doesn't include care homes or maybe even GP surgeries. You would think there would be a major internal push to promote this via HR and staff mgmt. 351,058 got it. 31.3% This seems low. Both on eligibility and uptake. Even HCW couldn't be bothered to get a booster. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112435378342431614 | |
#Cocktail - Ed Dexter 60ml Bourbon, 15ml Curacao, Orange and Lemon twist, Rocks. I wonder who Ed Dexter was. And where he had his Old Fashioneds made like this. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112430204451625029 | |
Top Boy. Was Good. You watch. Jaq got a Bafta, cuz. No way. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112427953138258277 | |
#Cocktail - Flu Cocktail 30ml Rye/Bourbon, 30ml Cognac, 15ml Lime, 22ml Ginger syrup+Soda or Ginger beer. Collins glass, big ice. Feel free to add a dash of orange bitters, angostura, a sprig of mint. Or all of them with a dash of Absinthe as well. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112427154586668029 | |
I feel seen. I'm just going for a walk, don't wait up. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112427144862268130 | |
Get up from the keyboard, walk over to the window. Open it and shout out to the world : "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more" | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112423505750746118 | |
#Cocktail - Twentieth Century Buck 45ml Bourbon, 15ml Jamaican Rum, 22ml Lime. Built in a collins glass. Topped with 20ml Ginger syrup & 100ml soda or a strong ginger beer like Old Jamaica or Fentimans. And a big rectangular ice cuboid. And a straw. There are lots of "Bucks". 60ml Spirit, 15ml Lime, 22ml Ginger syrup+Soda / Ginger beer, Collins. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112421934607367599 | |
Went for a walk last night to see the aurora from a darker place. First time for me and spectacular even in South England. But kept walking. And now I'm a little short of sleep and a little hungover. Hey Ho. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415585733843654 | |
Out among the walking wounded. We all know someone having trouble coping. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415567135970927 | |
I'm all for stubborn optimism but not at the expense of reality denial. Head of the UN climate change convention from 2010 to 2016 finishes the article with:- > A world in which we pass 1.5C is not set in stone. OK?!?!? | |
16 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415436305176150 | |
This is what UK Gov, UKHSA and the NHS means by "Living With Covid". It really should be called "Ignoring Covid for Fun and Profit". | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415430699826557 | |
Adam Finn (JVCI member) on BBC4 yesterday. He's an important member and spokesperson for the group (JVCI) that decides on vax policy in the UK. He's genuinely proposing immunity from infection via repeated infection. If we're all so immune, why are people still getting Covid. And why are Covid Hospital admissions rising so fast? Important thread critique. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415390943429915 | |
MotoGP live video is annoyingly hard to find. Why isn't it front and centre on the website? Or maybe there is no live video of MotoE 1st practice? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112415220441443415 | |
Cicadapocalypse has begun! https://www.vox.com/science/24145316/cicadas-2024-double-brood-xiii-xix-maps-noises | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112410356185688124 | |
It's UK & England Covid Stats day again. I wonder what positive spin will be put on the missing data this time around. And what data will be newly missing. | |
15 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112409877206682859 | |
> An unexpected part of the responses to the survey was the level of personal anguish scientists say they have experienced, with many describing a profound sense of hopelessness and frustration at the lack of urgency given to the growing crisis. Said one: “What the fuck do we have to do to tell people how serious this is?” Maybe talk direct instead of filtering it through the IPCC political game. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112409864780842720 | |
Worms ate my brain! Not now, pork tapeworm larva! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/robert-f-kennedy-jr-worm-brain Well, that explains a lot about RFK Jr. | |
14 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112409799196707627 | |
68 today. I've been waiting for the axe to fall since I woke up and found myself in a body in Western Europe in 1972. Still waiting. By 2100? That's only 76 years and less than one lifetime away. Pah! What about by 2124? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112404241778702705 | |
The official guide to conspiracy theories to avoid. To be given to MPs and Candidates in the UK. https://antisemitism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Conspiracy-Theory-Guide.pdf As described here. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112398870115654840 | |
Just heard on Radio 4. > Rome grew by absorbing people and cultures and turning them into Romans. Well, the EU grew by absorbing nations and turning them into Europeans. The EU should keep going until it's at least Arctic to Sahara and Atlantic to Urals, Caspian and Gulf. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112398471537470922 | |
Israel bombing Rafah > 12 Republican senators threatening ICC chief prosecutor @KarimKhanQC with "severe" consequences for him, his family & staff if he goes ahead with an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. "You have been warned." | |
13 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112398442621237805 | |
Gaza : Can you see what it is yet? Macklemore - Hind's Hall 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hImEf_Mt2c via | |
12 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112398381210076977 | |
Climate Records incoming Looks like April 24 was the 11th consecutive month of a record for that month of global average 2m air temperature. There's a 7 day delay on the main source so expect news reports over the next couple of days.. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/02/record-warm-april-climate-earth/ https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=world https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/ Daily Average 60S-60N Sea Surface Temperature is still off the charts. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112394015489464270 | |
Luckily I've still got a couple of weeks left on my discovery+ sub from last time this happened. Except it gets worse. Discovery+ coverage is missing the build up. That's only available on Eurosport streaming. From the same company but on a different subscription. Why is this all so fuxxered? And why do the BSB owners and promoters allow it? in the TV contracts they agreed to? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112394013193748245 | |
BSB Motor Cycling at Oulton Park. There's no other M/C racing this weekend. First BSB race is at 13:15. So what does TNT Sports, Discovery+, Eurosport/Quest do? Put it on Discovery+ which you can't get on Virgin and is not part of the TNT Sports subscription so you have to pay the extra $7pm. Instead we've got Repair shop repeats, Cycling, Snooker, Aus Rules, UEFA, Serie A, women's indoor 5 a side. Only the BSB feature race at 16:00 is live on Eurosports 2. Really? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112389645570479192 | |
#Cocktail - Express (aka Highland, Ohio) 40ml Scotch, 40ml Red Vermouth, Angostura, Cherry Hmmm. Seems to be a thing with Scotch manhattans to use equal quantities of spirit and vermouth. Maybe it's old. | |
11 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112387946352648447 | |
#Cocktail - Rum Hound 50ml Jamaican Rum (Appleton's Kingston 62 Gold), 20ml Cointreau, 20ml Lemon Another sidecar. But Funky. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112381280633586351 | |
10 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112378274148535698 | |
Made today with a Christmas present vermouth. It's good, but I'm a bit of a traditionalist, liking Cocchi & Carpano best. This one's quite wormwood forward and a little too sweet for me. Probably should drink straight and finish the bottle before passing judgement. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112378191810482876 | |
#Cocktail - Gin & It (Gladman) 50ml Gin, 50ml Red Vermouth, dash Orange Bitters, Rocks, orange (lemon) twist https://newsletter.anthonygladman.com/p/all-hail-the-gin-and-it A Vermouth heavy version instead of being a Gin Manhattan (50:25 Angostura) served up. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112378056155529527 | |
Mildly disappointed that I haven't seen any Smiley Riot Shields in the news footage coming out of the USA. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112376315139778429 | |
Pseud's Corner > Well, pisco leaves no such room to hide. What you’re tasting when you taste pisco - i.e. sunshine refracted through Andean waterfalls, dew on a desert morning, the shadow of a condor over a dying conquistador, the theme to the greatest children’s TV show of all time - is more or less pisco as it comes, straight from the still. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112376176282427321 | |
If the Government won't do it, is there any potential for a simple website where people self report LFT tests and the system then collates and graphs the results? Back in the day, the ZOE Covid tracker allowed you to self-report +ve Covid tests. How hard would that be? | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112372597913525970 | |
#Cocktail - Juliet & Romeo 50ml gin, 15ml lime juice, 10ml dbl syrup, Three mint leaves, Three slices cucumber, Pinch salt, dash Angostura, single drop of rose water, muddle, shake, dbl strain. A Gimlet with a bit extra. Rose water is strictly optional unless you bake. | |
09 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112372445632149642 | |
If you're leaving it late to vote today, note that Veteran Soldiers ID, Police Warrant card ID & NHS staff ID are not valid Voter IDs. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112372362498087408 | |
Completely unrepresentative numbers are on the rise. Probably means the real numbers are rising as well. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112372321382763700 | |
New Covid wave incoming? Sudden rise in positivity of the few tests still being made. Just in time for the May bank holidays & summer term. With exams in big rooms with no filters. | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112372286576604493 | |
UK Covid Vax Has anyone managed to get a private, paid, Covid Vax yet? Or heard of anyone getting one? Spring 2024 campaign is starting with a quick initial ramp up, but a much reduced eligibility. Total https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/ | |
08 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112370997230374431 | |
New post from Richard Godwin. An index to all the recipes published on his blog so far. https://thespirits.substack.com/p/the-recipes-indexed Not all good, but he introduced me to non-trad sours with less citrus and more balance. Like this | |
07 May 2024 | |
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/112370565996764723 | |
Haven't seen this before. All the UK elections where you can vote Green and still get the Tory out. 1) Should Vote Green to #GTTO https://stopthetories.vote/for/greens Same for LibDems VOTE! |