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12 Nov 2018 Boost
 Julian Bond originally shared this post: So as we throw the damp rizla packet of disappointment into the overflowing ashtray of sadness and hope that the weekend's big fish doesn't eat the little fish in the cardboard box, we realize that it's not that bad, it's just another rainy monday. [from: Google+ Posts] 11 Nov 2018 Never forget. Never again. Peace. Imagine. War is over. No more war. https://ppu.org.uk/   Peace Pledge Union | »White poppy wearers to hold Alternative Remembrance Sunday Ceremonies · White poppy wreaths will be laid throughout Britain this weekend to commemorate all victims of war of all nationalities. Jitei White, walking while wearing a white poppy ... [from: Google+ Posts] 10 Nov 2018 Tomorrow night on Armistice day, where's the party where we celebrate that we're still alive and we're not at War?
This was a tradition all through the 20s. And let's not forget that Armistice day, VE day and VJ day were huge parties. We can be all sad as we remember those we lost. But then we need to have a wake. Never forget. Never again. Peace. [from: Google+ Posts] 06 Nov 2018 Labour MPs must not vote for Theresa May's deal because "it's better than No Deal". And especially if it fails Labour's 6 tests. It's becoming clear that Labour and Momentum members don't want Brexit. They want a General Election. And if there's no General Election, they want a People's Vote.
https://peoplesmomentum.com/2018/11/06/brexit-consultation/  [from: Google+ Posts] [ 06-Nov-18 6:04pm ] 03 Nov 2018 [ 03-Nov-18 5:05pm ] [ 03-Nov-18 5:05pm ] [ 03-Nov-18 5:05pm ] [ 03-Nov-18 5:04pm ] [ 03-Nov-18 5:04pm ] 31 Oct 2018 Stuck for a Halloween costume? Exercise your inner Rees-Mogg with this tasteful "Sexy Factory Owner"
And as it's in UKIP colours you can re-use it at their next party conference.
A snip at only 25 Euros. https://twitter.com/HumansOfLate/status/1056649940305354754  [from: Google+ Posts] [ 31-Oct-18 8:35am ] 29 Oct 2018 [ 29-Oct-18 8:15am ] 23 Oct 2018 http://www.fieldmaneuvers.com/  FM »FIELD MANEUVERS IS A NO FRILLS RAVE. EXCELLENT DJS PLAYING EXCELLENT SOUND SYSTEMS TO AN EXCELLENT CROWD. 700 PEOPLE, 3 NIGHTS, 1 FIELD. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 23-Oct-18 2:22pm ] 22 Oct 2018 Following Saturday's March Against UK-Exit
We don't need another referendum or vote for MPs to come to their senses, act in the national interest and say: "You asked us to try and find a way of leaving the EU. Well, we've done our best and we can't find any sensible way of doing that. So we've decided to cancel Article 50 and call the whole thing off. Here's my resignation". [from: Google+ Posts] 18 Oct 2018 Anti-Brexit March - London - Sat 20 Oct
3 Days to go. Be there. And vote with your feet. Apparently Green Park has reduced capacity so find another tube station to use to get to Park Lane/Hyde Park Corner for the start. https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march https://www.facebook.com/events/240175440046612/   People’s Vote March for the Future »Sections of this page. Accessibility help. Press alt + / to open this menu. Remove. To help personalise content, tailor and measure ads and provide a safer experience, we use cookies. By clicking on or navigating the site, you agree to allow us to collect information on and off Facebook through cookies. [from: Google+ Posts] 16 Oct 2018 Paul Ehrlich - The Population Bomb
By a spooky coincidence, Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968 in the same year that population growth rate peaked at 2.09%/yr. The global population that year was 3.55b. If that growth rate had been maintained ever since then we would have passed through 10b this year. So we're really lucky that 1968 was also pretty much when we transitioned from exponential growth to linear growth and hitting 10b is still 38 years away. It's easy to see now in retrospect that the demographic transition happened and come up with all kinds of reasons why it happened. It's harder to come up with reasons as to why Ehrlich should have seen it then. He was writing in a time when we'd had a 100 years or so of exponential growth over 1.5%/yr and in the previous 20 years it had been accelerating. So I think he deserves a break for being overly pessimistic back then. 10b, right now, and having got there so fast, would not be pretty. I don't think its going to be pretty in 2056 either, but we have a little more time to adjust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#growthrate [from: Google+ Posts] [ 16-Oct-18 4:45pm ] 15 Oct 2018 Google is proving itself to be an unreliable and untrustworthy partner. We're being chucked off G+ as it closes down. So which other Google properties should we leave now and stop investing time and effort into? Because we don't know when Google will decide to just close them down. Here's a short list of Google Products that feel to me like they might be at risk.
- Music - Photos - Drive - Blogger - Calendar - News - GoogleGroups - Hangouts - Chromecast Audio - Wear OS - Android Auto - Google Pay https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/about/products/ And that's just the consumer stuff. Want to invest time in Google APIs to build into products? Don't. Originally posted at https://plus.google.com/+JulianBond23/posts/3wo7UBq8Si6 Apologies to +John Lewis   Our Products | Google »Browse a comprehensive list of Google products designed to help you work and play, stay organised, get answers, keep in touch, grow your business and more. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 15-Oct-18 6:45pm ] 14 Oct 2018 br />
UK's Conservative party can't find enough willing applicants to be candidates for parliamentary seats: https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2018/10/a-candidate-shortage-strikes-conservative-selections-in-target-seats.html Not enough qualified members. No enthusiasm. Prospect of a long campaign. Pessimism about the next election Has Theresa May finally run out of Brexit road? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/13/has-theresa-may-run-out-brexit-options-eu-leaders Backing herself into a corner of the corn field where there simply aren't any options left that are both acceptable to the EU and could be voted through parliament. David Davis calls on ministers to rebel against Brexit deal. Ex-minister says PM’s plan is ‘unacceptable’ as she tries to appease DUP and Tory Brexiters https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/14/david-davis-calls-on-ministers-to-rebel-against-brexit-deal If it's not the DUP, it's the hard-Brexiters. With this:- Tories take four-point lead over Labour despite Brexit troubles. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/13/tories-take-four-point-lead-over-labour-despite-brexit-troubles The Conservatives are the more trusted party to lead the Brexit negotiations according to the poll, with 29% of respondents saying they trusted the Tories more compared to 18% for Labour. As far as I can tell, the whole country is now living in some fantasy Never Never Land that's completely divorced from reality. We seem to be able to cling on to our tribal loyalties and ignore a ruling party that is imploding as it tries to drive us off the Brexit cliff. I think we're going to need a bigger magic wand. Clap louder, children to save poor tinker-bell. London Anti-Brexit March next Sat (20-Oct). Be There.  [from: Google+ Posts] 13 Oct 2018 It's not just about a demand for a vote for us. It's also a demand for the politicians to come to their senses, act in the national interest and to vote to stay in the EU. Just Say No To UK-Exit. https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march  [from: Google+ Posts] [ 13-Oct-18 6:56am ] 07 Oct 2018 Less than 2 week's time till the big Anti-Brexit march. Be there. Usual story, Park Lane 12pm, Start
Less than 2 week's time till the big Anti-Brexit march. Be there. Usual story, Park Lane 12pm, Start March 1pm, To Parliament Sq. 20-Oct-18
It's not just about a demand for a vote. It's a demand for an end to UK-Exit and to stay in the EU. https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march [from: Google+ Posts] [ 07-Oct-18 2:22pm ] 03 Oct 2018 obscure as well as the obscurely gratuitous.
http://thequietus.com/articles/25381-top-100-albums-of-the-quietus-existence-2008-2018-decade   The Quietus | Features | Quietus Charts | The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus' Existence, As Picked By tQ's Writers »As part of our ongoing celebrations of a decade of The Quietus, we asked our dozens upon dozens of fantastic contributors to pick their favourite albums of the site's existence. Below is their top 100, with an introduction by tQ staff writer Patrick Clarke [from: Google+ Posts] [ 03-Oct-18 5:13pm ] 
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