The thing that is particularly fishy about the government advice to stock up on food is this is the same government involved in a genocide in Gaza, this is the same government that allows child poverty, this is the same government cutting public services and destroying our health system.
They don't care if you die!
So why advise people to stock up on supplied except for the propaganda value?
Also part of the advice is to get a clockwork radio!
Seriously, if we are under attack the last thing I want to be listening to is more government BS!
I'd rather stay ignorant to what's going on!
You know I'm not going to follow government advice and get all those 3 days' worth of supplies in.
I don't think 3 days' supplies would be enough if there was some attack anyway.
To me it's just a propaganda stunt to get people to accept more cuts to public services while the government siphons more public money into private hands. I think it's more about that than a genuine attack from Russia and/or China.
I mean, if Russia does fire missile into the UK you are more than welcome to tell me Ha! I told you so.
If you listen carefully to this Bee Gees song, it's actually a Christmas song.
If you like any of my posts it's purely because of the "Stopped clock" factor and occasionally I'll accidentally get something right.
Oh yes, the main character is called Edward and his fiancee is Woodward because that makes sense.
What the hell am I watching?!
There's a car crash and a fire and ... where's Edward Woodward?
If you posted 'Today is my birthday' every day, how long do you think it will be until people notice?
Boo - ba - ba - di
Bi - bi - ba -ba - doo
Doo - doo - bi - doo
Boo - boo - doo - bi - doo
You're wrong, you know. The reason the food it bad is because the crops failed. They're not trying to get rid of him. They don't have any better food.
Can you put linux on tablets? I've got a tablet I don't use.
I suppose I should just keep it with Android on it but hmmm.
Today:
I might do something
The Fediverse always goes a little bit stale and uninteresting when I haven't been posting much.
Coincidence?
I was just considering how the anti-semitism smears used against #Corbyn perhaps set up the resistance to Israeli propaganda that aided the pro-Palestinian support.
I wonder if support for Palestine after October 7th would have been so immediate if so many people hadn't witnessed how politicians and media had brought down a good politician just to silence criticism of Israel.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza has shown more profoundly how much Western governments and media will do to maintain support for Israel, and has revealed to more people Western corruption.
But perhaps the Corbyn/Labour smears set the foundations for that. Even if people believed them at the time, they might have had some unconscious doubts at the fervour and repetitiousness of it all.
The same tactics during a genocide only work to finally erode that trust in official narratives that people might have been clinging to.
Hilariously, the legacy media has gone with "Polanski is banned from Israel" after the Zionism is Racism vote passed.
It's like: "You've gone too far, Polanski! You are now BANNED from what is probably the most hated country in the world right now! Take that you bastard!"
Just saw someone's BlueSky account has been suspended because they support Palestinian armed resistance.
And if the notion of armed resistance unnerves you a little, making you feel uneasy, like it's something people should never advocate ...
Please consider the general support Western Politicians, Western legacy media and the Western public give to Ukraine's armed resistance.
Is it different when those resisting are Europeans? Or do you need the blessing of Politicians and legacy media before you decide to support armed resistance?
Right! I'm going to start writing my next book
You know #Marginalia search engine?
Well, it's a bit clunky and when I type into the address bar on my browser it doesn't do a search, just takes me to the home page so I have to type it all out again ...
It sometimes doesn't find the obvious things I'm searching for ...
But I find all sorts of random shit like the good old days when you'd do a search. I find all these random blogs and websites and things.
And that makes it infinitely better than all the other search engines.