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@ChrisMayLA6 And now the strait is closed again. It was fun while it lasted. ;)

@ChrisMayLA6 Is it possible to live somewhere in the UK without being monitored 24/7 by CCTV cameras?

It seems to me that the mismanagement of the country might have dropped house prices outside the main areas, and the fact that it is so close to mainland europe makes it quite an attractice place to live, especially if the taxes can be kept low and surveillance to a minimum.

In all my naivete, I imagine parts of the UK as the opening scene in lord of the rings.

@ChrisMayLA6 Trump is the prince of peace, is Starmer the lord of war?

@ChrisMayLA6 @codewizard That's why it is important that the world, as a whole, let the bombs, embargos and financial restrictions and boycotts rain as soon as the iranians even think of using it.

I could imagine that the world might construct a missile shield in Oman as well.

If not, from time to time, as you say, the iranians will close. Should they ever produce nukes, the game is up, and all iranians will be more or less enslaved under a hereditary ruler forever.

@lain Trump will avenge them.

@ThatCrazyDude Just out of curiousity, why not tor?

@surfhosting Yes, in that case, it is more difficult. =( The only hybrid I can think of is a pure data-plan and a 4g modem + some kind of linux device. Better than a full android smartphone, but not ideal.

@toiletpaper @SiRrogueKnight @ThatCrazyDude "And lo, it came to pass that I, Donald, didst build a wall, a great and magnificent wall, and behold, it was yuge. Yea, verily, it was so bigly that the people didst marvel and say, 'Wow, this wall is tremendous.' And I didst say unto them, 'Believe me, folks, no one builds better walls than I.' Trump 12:23"

@thefinn Remember... only your employer benefits from a good hand over. You will never be thanked or appreciated for it.

@elston_ This is a very reasonable idea. It would certainly avoid a drawn out and ultimately pointless exercise.

@elston_ Maybe Trump made a mistake insisting that the EU should increase its financial commitments? With that increase, comes demands, and the demands, given how stable an ally Trump has been lately, are very reasonably to end dependence on US technology as much as possible.

If the US does not change its stance, Nato will slowly disintegrate or be pulled apart into an EU centric part, and "the rest" which the US will manage, and very little cooperation between the two will exist.

@mr_penguin What is interesting is how many journalists just ignore this. I've spoken to a lot of them, and among the ones that respond the most common reply is "yeah, that's not good, but what can we do". Then they go back to sleep.

@xgranade I like transphobic people. I call them sane, and trans people sick. I believe that trans people should be healed with a good priest or psychologist, so they can become sane, heterosexual people again.

meeting a boring little bureaucrat, who gets to live a life of luxury on my tax money, and who is most likely a socialist?

I mean, if I was offered to throw pies at his face, like the clown he is, I'd probably do it, but seriously?

But this just shows how disconnected our revolting civil servants are, and how the fact that they just coast along on tax payers money, stolen money, has completely warped their view of reality.

Sometimes I feel like the people in the public sector live on another planet, completely separated from reality.

I was invited by the embassy to participate in a survey to "map the business climate" of the country I'm in.

As a reward for this, wait for it... I get to enter a _lottery_, and.... wait for it.... the lottery, if I won, would result in a 30 minute meeting with the ambassador.

Jesus Christ, do they have a high opinion of themselves!

Why on earth would I want to waste my life