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Kinda hate how there's no eu based sylvanian online store(im in ireland), the uk shop won't ship outside the uk, and the usa one has crazy shipping prices, I just want a couple online exclusive families; build a bear is the same as well, it sucks.
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"No protester should be able to evade justice by wearing a face covering
That's why we're banning them.
Offenders could receive up to a £1,000 fine and a month in prison."
mask off, full blown fascism
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I understand why every companion decides to travel with the Doctor on a whim because I, too, if faced with the option to pay rent in London or the option to live in a police box rent-free, would choose the second one.
#this joke has probably been made a thousand times#doctor who#doctor who shitpost#the doctor#this is mostly about nuwho. back in the unit days jo grant would simply face aliens on a daily basis and then go home at the end of the day#rose tyler#martha jones#donna noble#amy pond#rory williams#after that they slowed down slightly. which is weird because rent did not get lower in the uk
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I'll never understand why the UK needs a monarchy as a symbolic head and non-partisan representative of the state when they have Larry the Cat.
You tell me which of these guys has the power and presence to represent a nation?
#uk politics#also the monarchy can't be non-partisan in times of extreme political polarity without being complicit in fascism#which is like saying the oppression factory is complicit in oppression‚ true#but you couldn't accuse Larry of being complicit in anything. he's a cat.#what's he supposed to do about immigration. he's even neutral about mice#uk elections#downing street#abolish the monarchy#king charles#larry the cat#crack#funny#cats#cattos#knee of huss
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”- Oscar Wilde.
#f1#formula 1#formula one#max verstappen#friendly reminder that the Netherlands is fifth in all time gp wins by nationality#they currently have 61 wins ALL OF WHICH ARE MAXS#carrying red bull and his entire nation on his back#france is 4th with 14 drivers & 81 wins#brazil is 3rd with 6 drivers and 101 wins#equally insane is germany in 2nd with 7 drivers & 179 wins#because until '94 they had 3 wins (2 for Wolfgang Van Trips#& 1 for Jochen Mass) before Schumi burst onto the scene#schumi is responsible for 52% of germanys 179 wins & he was followed by v talented seb & nico#uk is currently first with 21 drivers & over 300 wins#lewis is responsible for a third of the uks total of gp wins#lewis & schumi are the only drivers with more wins than max#and make no mistake; max ain't finished yet#he has always been the inevitable#often imitated but never duplicated#there's never going to be another max verstappen
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jack kelly wouldn’t mind being in love with davey jacobs if it didn’t mean being in love with a boy. davey jacobs wouldn’t mind being in love with a boy if it didn’t mean being in love with jack kelly. that’s the difference. do u understand.
#i saw this on tiktok but they worded theirs with a different order which is fine#but this is MY truth.#jack kelly and internalized homophobia falling for davey. davey accepting that he’s queer but not accepting that he fell for jack.#it makes SENSE#jack kelly#davey jacobs#david jacobs#javid#javey#newsies#livesies#newsies musical#newsies broadway#newsies west end#newsies uk#uksies#west endsies#jac txt.
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wait bc im so fascinated by the tags of that poll
#me i LOVE a train omg#With my laptop and my water bottle and my silly little earphones im invincible#but i am also from the uk which ik has quite a good train system#do places like the us not have trains/are they not very common??
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UK General Election — 4th July 2024 ‼️
Here's a collection of resources and information for the upcoming general election because voting is very important.
If you've never registered or have changed address since you last registered, you MUST register to vote here by 18 June
If you're unable to vote in person on the day, you can apply for a postal vote by 19 June or apply for a proxy vote by 26 June
Photo ID will be required — details here on what is accepted and how to apply for a free voter ID document if needed (deadline: 26 June)
For info on your constituency and candidates, visit whocanivotefor.co.uk
You can find an overview of any MP's voting record via theyworkforyou.com
For your consistency's vote share last election + the recommended vote to get the tories out, visit tactical.vote
If you're a student, you can register at both your home and term time address, but you can only vote at one of them!
#it wouldn't be an election without me pestering everyone about it!#i was actually on holiday without internet when it was announced which was wild coming back online to find out it was happening#politics#uk politics#general election
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UK folks, the general election is set for the 4th of July 2024!
get registered to vote NOW! you must be registered by the 18th of June in order to be able to vote in this election.
check your constituency, as the lines have been redrawn.
check how your current MP has voted in regards to Israel and Palestine.
look into tactical voting; which party in your constituency is the most likely to beat the tories.
check you have a valid photo ID- if you don't, you can get a Voter Authority Certificate.
register for a postal vote if you don't want to/can't physically go the polls.
let's get the tories out!
#not to be annoying but if you see this can you please reblog it#even if you're not british or already registered to vote#you never know which of your followers might need it#uk politics#uk elections#uk election#general election#uk#politics#tories out#fuck the tories
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'The Polar bear at Blair Atholl,' 2024.
#em draws stuff#the terror#harry goodsir#franklin expedition#a ponderment on fucked up polar bears heavily inspired by the 'nanoq: flat out and bluesome' art exhibition by snæbjörnsdóttir/wilson#short explanation of which is that it was a photographic survey of all 34 taxidermied polar bears in the uk#including the one the only blair atholl polar bear. yes it really looks like that.#(they fixed it up some in 2016 but it's still narsty. highly recommend googling this particular beast.)#this is what happens when you put a polar bear on display in 1786 (at the least) and you Keep It There for twohundredsome years#ANYWAY. hey mr goodsir why'd you go to nunavut to see a very bad polar bear when you had a very bad polar bear at home#<- JOKE. i am allowed to do big ponderment art and also have myself a little jonk in the same post. farewell now.
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The danger is clear and present: COVID isn’t merely a respiratory illness; it’s a multi-dimensional threat impacting brain function, attacking almost all of the body’s organs, producing elevated risks of all kinds, and weakening our ability to fight off other diseases. Reinfections are thought to produce cumulative risks, and Long COVID is on the rise. Unfortunately, Long COVID is now being considered a long-term chronic illness — something many people will never fully recover from. Dr. Phillip Alvelda, a former program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office that pioneered the synthetic biology industry and the development of mRNA vaccine technology, is the founder of Medio Labs, a COVID diagnostic testing company. He has stepped forward as a strong critic of government COVID management, accusing health agencies of inadequacy and even deception. Alvelda is pushing for accountability and immediate action to tackle Long COVID and fend off future pandemics with stronger public health strategies. Contrary to public belief, he warns, COVID is not like the flu. New variants evolve much faster, making annual shots inadequate. He believes that if things continue as they are, with new COVID variants emerging and reinfections happening rapidly, the majority of Americans may eventually grapple with some form of Long COVID. Let’s repeat that: At the current rate of infection, most Americans may get Long COVID.
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LP: A recent JAMA study found that US adults with Long COVID are more prone to depression and anxiety – and they’re struggling to afford treatment. Given the virus’s impact on the brain, I guess the link to mental health issues isn’t surprising. PA: There are all kinds of weird things going on that could be related to COVID’s cognitive effects. I’ll give you an example. We’ve noticed since the start of the pandemic that accidents are increasing. A report published by TRIP, a transportation research nonprofit, found that traffic fatalities in California increased by 22% from 2019 to 2022. They also found the likelihood of being killed in a traffic crash increased by 28% over that period. Other data, like studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, came to similar conclusions, reporting that traffic fatalities hit a 16-year high across the country in 2021. The TRIP report also looked at traffic fatalities on a national level and found that traffic fatalities increased by 19%. LP: What role might COVID play? PA: Research points to the various ways COVID attacks the brain. Some people who have been infected have suffered motor control damage, and that could be a factor in car crashes. News is beginning to emerge about other ways COVID impacts driving. For example, in Ireland, a driver’s COVID-related brain fog was linked to a crash that killed an elderly couple. Damage from COVID could be affecting people who are flying our planes, too. We’ve had pilots that had to quit because they couldn’t control the airplanes anymore. We know that medical events among U.S. military pilots were shown to have risen over 1,700% from 2019 to 2022, which the Pentagon attributes to the virus.
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LP: You’ve criticized the track record of the CDC and the WHO – particularly their stubborn denial that COVID is airborne. PA: They knew the dangers of airborne transmission but refused to admit it for too long. They were warned repeatedly by scientists who studied aerosols. They instituted protections for themselves and for their kids against airborne transmission, but they didn’t tell the rest of us to do that.
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LP: How would you grade Biden on how he’s handled the pandemic? PA: I’d give him an F. In some ways, he fails worse than Trump because more people have actually died from COVID on his watch than on Trump’s, though blame has to be shared with Republican governors and legislators who picked ideological fights opposing things like responsible masking, testing, vaccination, and ventilation improvements for partisan reasons. Biden’s administration has continued to promote the false idea that the vaccine is all that is needed, perpetuating the notion that the pandemic is over and you don’t need to do anything about it. Biden stopped the funding for surveillance and he stopped the funding for renewing vaccine advancement research. Trump allowed 400,000 people to die unnecessarily. The Biden administration policies have allowed more than 800,000 to 900,000 and counting.
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LP: The situation with bird flu is certainly getting more concerning with the CDC confirming that a third person in the U.S. has tested positive after being exposed to infected cows. PA: Unfortunately, we’re repeating many of the same mistakes because we now know that the bird flu has made the jump to several species. The most important one now, of course, is the dairy cows. The dairy farmers have been refusing to let the government come in and inspect and test the cows. A team from Ohio State tested milk from a supermarket and found that 50% of the milk they tested was positive for bird flu viral particles.
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PA: There’s a serious risk now in allowing the virus to freely evolve within the cow population. Each cow acts as a breeding ground for countless genetic mutations, potentially leading to strains capable of jumping to other species. If any of those countless genetic experiments within each cow prove successful in developing a strain transmissible to humans, we could face another pandemic – only this one could have a 58% death rate. Did you see the movie “Contagion?” It was remarkably accurate in its apocalyptic nature. And that virus only had a 20% death rate. If the bird flu makes the jump to human-to-human transition with even half of its current lethality, that would be disastrous.
#sars cov 2#covid 19#h5n1#bird flu#articles#long covid is def a global issue not just for those in the us and most countries aren't doing much better#regardless of how much lower the mortality rate for h5n1 may or may not become if/when it becomes transmissible between humans#having bird flu infect a population the majority of whose immune system has been decimated by sars2#to the point where the average person seems to have a hard time fighting off the common cold etc...#(see the stats of whooping cough/pertussis and how they're off the CHARTS this yr in the uk and aus compared to previous yrs?#in qld average no of cases was 242 over prev 4 yrs - there have been /3783/ diagnosed as of june 9 this yr and that's just in one state.#there's a severe shortage of meds for kids in aus bc of the demand and some parents visit +10 pharmacies w/o any luck)#well.#let's just say that i miss the days when ph orgs etc adhered to the precautionary principle and were criticised for 'overreacting'#bc nothing overly terrible happened in the end (often thanks to their so-called 'overreaction')#now to simply acknowledge the reality of an obviously worsening situation is to be accused of 'fearmongering'#🤷♂️#also putting long covid and bird flu aside for a sec:#one of the wildest things that everyone seems to overlook that conor browne and others on twt have been saying for yrs#is that the effects of the covid pandemic extend far beyond the direct impacts of being infected by the virus itself#we know sars2 rips apart immune system+attacks organs. that in effect makes one more susceptible to other viruses/bacterial infections etc#that in turn creates increased demand for healthcare services for all kinds of carers and medications#modern medicine and technology allows us to provide often effective and necessary treatment for all kinds of ailments#but what if there's not enough to go around? what happens when the demand is so high that it can't be provided fast enough -- or at all?#(that's assuming you can even afford it)#what happens when doctors and nurses and other healthcare workers keep quitting due to burnout from increased patients and/or illness#because they themselves do not live in a separate reality and are not any more sheltered from the effects of constant infection/reinfection#of sars2 and increased susceptibility to other illnesses/diseases than the rest of the world?#this is the 'new normal' that's being cultivated (the effects of which are already blatantly obvious if you're paying attention)#and importantly: it. doesn't. have. to. be. this. way.
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OP: Check out. The fully-sexual charged cinematic movement design.
Cnetizens: How did the director come up with the idea to have him kneel on a playing card, adding so much aesthetic energy, is that some kind of genius?
#china#cdramas#dramas#lmao#They are siblings and they're discussing serious matters#this scene is actually rather heavy because the younger brother is involved in drug trafficking#carrying more than 50 grams of heroin will result in a death sentence in china let alone being involved in drug trafficking#the older brother is a gangster king#but even he doesn't dare to get involved in the drug business because it will bring about the demise of his family#sorry for digression I mean how did the director make this scene which has absolutely nothing to do with sex#so sexually charged?#btw there're many posts with rich information about China's crackdown on drug crimes on xhs and douyin#especially about how the four major drug-trafficking families in Myanmar were wiped out overnight#they buried undercover Chinese counter-narcotics police alive and kidnapped and brutally excuted civilians#so if you're interested you can go with the key words 缅甸四大家族覆灭 on xhs and douyin#cnetizens' views on drugs are related to modern Chinese history#the first chapter of modern history in high school textbooks is the opium wars#There's a very dark joke on xhs about which country in the world would least like China to withdraw from the P5#and the answer is the UK#because it's in the first chapter of China's modern history#the Destruction of opium at Humen in 1839#no offence but Breaking Bad can't last for more than one episode if it happens in china because of the sewer detection technology#they can detect the tiniest amount of drugs in feces in a body of water the size of a lake for up to six months#which can be quickly locked down to neighbourhoods and portals#Once a foreigner was caught smuggling and selling 222.035 kg drugs in China and sentenced to death with two other Chinese associates#his country's prime minister asked for his extradition#cnetizens commented that there was an opium war and he still dare to come to China to sell drugs be like 找死court death#All the above information is to explain the gangster king's attitude towards his brother's drug business
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POV i've made up my mind and am gonna come at chuck SWINGIN
(aka have the other pics we took at buckingham the other day lol)
#my gotdamn face#<thats the selfie tag#plague doctor mask#man...#UK 2023: holiday boogaloo#UK 2023: vacation boogaloo#i genuinely forgot which tag i used
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i like to think everyone has a colour associated with them, whether its just your fave colour or what you generally wear most of or what colour your bedroom walls are. i always associate the name sophie with dark blue, my mum is always a nice turquoise, i like to think my colour is a bright sunflower yellow.
if you have a specific shade pls tell me i adore when ppl have associated colours and tell me them, bc i think of them when i see that colour
#shut up danni's talking#its one of my ultimate favourite aspects of character designs and i will forever use it w my characters#but i also think abt it w ppl!!!!#its almost certainly spawned from a combo of my mum passionately loving her colour + my primary school#my primary school's name/theme/whatever was related to the rainbow#its common for primary schools in the uk for the uniform to be polo shirts and schools would pick a colour and that was your uniform#but w my school's theme being rainbows they were like lol whatever colour as long as you're in a polo shirt#so kids would choose whichever shirt colour they wanted some kids switched it up every year#others stuck w the colour they chose all 6 years#so of course i would correlate ppl w colours which is how i always relate sophie w dark blue#bc i'd play w this girl called sophie in the afterschool club who always wore dark blue through all the years i knew her#tbh i still think of my brother also as dark blue bc he would wear the same colour#if you could not guess my colour was yellow and i always felt distinctly wrong when i had to wear a different colour#there were a couple times i had to borrow a new shirt bc mine got dirty or all mine hadn't been washed so i had to wear my brother's#i don't know if its just me but i feel like everyone has an affinity with a colour even if its n9t your fave#hence the poll lmao
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I have a fun new game I'm playing where anytime I find out something good a vaccine has done I share that news with my deeply anti vax mother I know it won't change her mind but it makes me happy anyway today I learned that the HPV vaccination programme the UK started in 2008 has managed to cut down the amount of cervical cancer cases by 90% in England
#not sure about the whole uk the bbc report just mentions england#but a study carried out in Scotland found that no one who had been fully vaccined for hpv had develop cervical cancer#which isn't that so cool#the only thing i remember about getting the hvp vaccine in first year#was temporarily going deaf#i think that had more to do with me having a bad reaction to medicines all the time
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Shakey pub bathroom gifs!! I was so excited to get out! ✨
Treat me ~ Tip Me ~ More of me
#I am so proud of myself for getting out for a family celebration! It's been so difficult to do anything lately#I do absolutely hate myself now tho bc i should have known I rly can't afford to go out.#Money is WAAAAAYYYY too tight for me to be leaving the house. Which is hilarious bc it's not like I do that anyway.#Why is existence so expensive??#satans knitwear#Vintage vibes#cheeky#Lingerie reveal#bi girl#uk girl#wlw#alt pinup#pinup girl#pretty lingerie#Ootd#My gif to you
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