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  • Keir Starmer Accuses Nigel Farage Of 'Whipping Up' Division Over Henry Nowak Murder

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  • Fucking hell, how long you been holding on to this to post it?

    Tge police fucked up massively but this time they killed a while person. Let's bring out the big guns from 6 years ago!!!

    This is it though, the definitive proof that Starmer only cares about black people! I mean, you think you can trust a PM...

  • South Africa made to look like fools after World Cup visa issues, says minister

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  • South Africa's sports minister has said his nation was "being made to look like fools" after its football team was delayed travelling to Mexico ahead of the World Cup due to visa issues.

    Gayton McKenzie demanded an explanation from South Africa's football association (Safa) as to why this had happened, adding: "Action must be taken against those responsible for this mess."

    Safa admitted the team had "experienced challenges regarding visas for some players and officials" but did not give further details.

    McKenzie later confirmed all the players had received permission to travel and would be leaving for the international tournament on Monday.

    National broadcaster SABC described what happened as an "administrative bungle".

    The team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, are due to face Jamaica in a friendly in Mexico on Friday.

    They will then play in the World Cup opening match against Mexico, which is co-hosting the competition alongside the US and Canada, on 11 June.

    "This Safa travel & visa debacle is embarrassing & grossly unfair towards the players & coaching staff," McKenzie had written on X earlier on Sunday.

    Shortly after the minister's comments, a brief statement from Safa said it was "working around the clock to ensure that the team travels to Mexico City as soon as possible ahead of the opening match".

    Efforts were made on Sunday to get the team US visas, according to South African news site TimesLive.

    The Bafana Bafana squad and staff need permission to enter the US as they play their second World Cup game against the Czech Republic in Atlanta, in the US state of Georgia.

    The government's international relations department was also involved.

    It seems that the efforts paid off, with McKenzie saying on Sunday evening that a chartered flight would be leaving on Monday with all the players onboard.

    However visas had not yet been secured for the "assistant coach, team doctor, head of security and one analyst", he said.

    South Africa is one of 10 African nations taking part in the expanded 48-team World Cup.

    The game against Jamaica will be Bafana Bafana's last chance to get ready for the tournament, which they last appeared at when South Africa hosted the finals in 2010.

    Their final home match on Friday - a 0-0 draw against Nicaragua that included a missed South African penalty - was described in some reports as "disappointing" and extended their winless run to four games.

  • Help with MariaDB root login

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  • I can't seem to login to the root user on two different mariadb databases to make those changes so must be doing something wrong

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  • Sikhs 'demonised' after murder, says community leader

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  • Ok, so you're the genius who never does anything that doesn't make completely logic sense because of traditions, culture, upbringing or even just making mistakes, as opposed to every single human society in history. Not sure why you brought up that particular practice which is abhorrent. Presumably you are against people wearing crosses, tattoos of significant people or events in somebodies life, football shirts, or any other symbol of something to care about.

    I say this as an atheist by the way. I don't believe in religion but who am I to tell people the beliefs they care about are dumb without knowing anything about them.

  • Sikhs 'demonised' after murder, says community leader

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  • Sikhism is less than 600 years old which is not ancient.

    The religion requires 5 symbols including this one. The purpose of the kirpan is to always be ready to defend yourself and others regardless of religion, as part of an idea of being a spiritual warrior, because at the time when it was formed, their land was being invaded and people of multiple religions being forcebly and violently converted to another religion and different way of life. Other symbols represent different things.

    They used to be long swords but are now dagger sized. Most religious Sikhs nowadays in places like the UK and Canada wear a symbolic one, which either cannot be opened, is dull and/or very small so they have already adapted to living here. They don't take them on airplanes for obvious reasons but still want to keep on their traditions. Like any group, there are dickheads like this guy but in reality, anybody could chose to carry a knife and use it.

    It literally says in the article "Under current legislation, a practising Sikh may wear a small, curved blade, known as a Kirpan, close to the body but drawing it in an act of aggression is illegal." This is similar to people going camping, or with work tools. If you're not a danger and have a good excuse for having it then you are acting legally but the second you use it aggressively or to hurt someone it's the same for everyone.

    Please don't call a central concept of a religion or any way of living dumb without looking up or knowing any facts about it.

  • Corporations can vote in some Delaware elections, judge says

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  • Ah, taking a play out of the ol' "City Of London" book!

  • Anger Over Oxford Union’s Tommy Robinson Invite Amid Suggestions of GB News Deal

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  • Part of me would love to see him destroyed in a real debate with people who will easily tear apart any of his "arguments". There is no way I'd be touching Redorm TV to watch it though

  • If something says it will take so many "calendar days" would you include weekends and bank holidays?

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  • Calendar days to me would be actual days, I.e. including weekends and bank holidays. There is no way it can be the same as working days!

  • Why so many white Americans claim to be native?

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  • Yeah it blew my mind when a few times I was called black in Australia when I am of Indian heritage. One even made a joke about my penis being larger!

    In Britain, Asian means someone from Indian/Pakistani part of area of Asia, whereas in North America and Australia it means Chinese/Japanese parts of Asia.

  • When other countries say Americans are loud, what does this mean?

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  • Others here have covered great points, especially that it is a physical loudness and presence.

    I would add that everyone tends to be very knowledgeable about US culture, history, geography, politics etc from TV, films and news but with the "typical Americans" you are talking about, they know almost nothing about other countries or cultures. They might know very high level things like what Buckingham Palace is where the King lives but not much beyond that. The worst of the stereotype just don't care and don't show an interest in learning anything. It's almost like a tick box to see certain things and then that's their holiday done.

    Slow an interest and curiosity and you'll be fine. Look at what the locals are doing and try to copy them. If you go to London, everyone will stand on the right on escalators. Anybody with eyes can see that! Yet you'll find so many people don't look or care so get in the way.

    Also, all countries have stereotypes that apply to most people but not everyone - the British are horrible binge drinkers who go for cheap beers in the sun. Im not like that but can certainly agree with the sentiment after seeing Brits abroad! Just sitting back and noticing goes a long way.

    Shopping and service culture is very different. Most retail staff don't have to welcome everyone, make small talk, fake an interest or have to stand up all day at a checkout to not be lazy. Restaurant staff often seem "rude" compared to America but in reality they're just trying to do their job and we don't always want the American style customer service. I'll ask if I need help!

  • After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem

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  • Reminds me when a PCSO (UK police community support officer) knocked on my window and told me off for driving while on my phone. I was literally just scratching my ear. Also, I had managed to forget my phone at home when having to visit a clients office and didn't have time to go back and get it - I was in the car grabbing a quick lunch. I was already annoyed with myself anyway so was livid after that. Told them you shouldn't go around accusing people of things unless you can actually see it. They just doubled down and walked off without apologising or anything.

  • Meshtastic mentioned in video

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  • Point 1 - was thinking the exact same that put me off even watching it. There is no way this system could even match mobile networks from decades ago.

    It's not a teaspoon to give up our anything but we have to be realistic with what we can and want to achieve with this.

  • Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year

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  • Good point, enforcement is another important issue. I find it annoying how many illegal e-cycles are around and tolerated. I bet all the batteries causing fires are not on legal e-bikes. Generally though, police enforcement of anything road based has declined massively as their funding and numbers have been reduced by austerity.

    I regularly see car drivers on their phones, speeding, going through red lights or other issues. Let's be fair though, if you wanted to improve road safety, cars and trucks would be much higher on the list than e-bikes or e-scooters full stop. Once we get a handle on those then let's go after all the illegal e-bikes and e-scooters etc

  • Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year

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  • To be fair you've got a great point there. I was thinking more about a regulated speed. I wish I could keep up with traffic speeds to feel safer. Going 15mph in a 20mph is the worst. Cars still want to overtake but do so more dangerously because of the slight gap in speed.

    I would have to question 30mph though only because I think some research would need to be done for safety. It's one thing being in something with crumple zones. It's another being on a stick where there is no expectation to wear appropriate clothing or anything. You have so much less suspension, size, weight or anything to give you some flex, even compared to a cycle or motorbike.

    I say this thinking that e-scooters are for urban areas where the speed limit should be 20mph anyway. There should be cycling infrastructure to make use of but only if limited to 20mph alongside e-cycles being increased to that. Any higher would be dangerous to normal cycles. You can't expect to go 30mph on a cycle lane

  • Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year

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  • This is a result of a failure in government, policy optics and must not being realistic. E-scooters are illegal on public roads unless they are part of rental schemes. Therefore, the only suppliers and riders are those willing to break the law, and we have a completely skewed view on the danger of the machines because of that.

    If they actually regulated them and offered a sensible approach to regulation, e-scooters would be safer (minimum battery requirements like cut offs and cell dividers), limited to 15mph, and normal people would be using them.

    I want an e-scooter for times when my e-bike feels too much, like getting there train or bus for longer distances. It would be great to use it on either side of a train journey.

    I have a driving licence, I would wear a helmet, I have third party insurance for my cycle, I would never go on pavements, I would buy a safe option from my local cycle shop, it would be limited, and I would be less of a danger to others and myself. I can't though because it is illegal, even though for some reason I can legally own an e-cycle which has basically the same parts.

  • One in five girls say they first experienced physical or sexual harassment before age 12

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  • I remember in year 7 was walking behind girl in the year above between the bus stop and school gate. She was maybe 13 ish (I think). She was one of the hottest girls to us but looked her age to adults.

    The looks from some of the men in a line of cars who stuck in traffic was just horrifying and stuck with me. Some proper leered at her, and one who was a passenger even nudged the driver to look. She didn't react or anything and remember thinking poor girl, she must get this all the time to be so used to it.

  • Emergency vehicles impeded by cars parked near beach

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  • One more lane, one more car park - that will fix all the problems!

  • UK needs to urgently install air conditioning in schools and care homes, climate campaigners say

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  • They have buildings and infrastructure designed with the weather in mind though, with generations of knowledge used to make it suitable before AC was a thing, for instance external blinds everywhere, orientation of the building to the sun/winds. Our schools were built to retain heat as much as possible

  • Parliament to Debate Israeli Influence in UK Politics After 116k Sign Petition

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  • Has anybody ever heard of anything actually happening with these petitions? I am not completely sure but think it gets debated by a specific sub committee rather than what you imagine where its in the full house chamber. The transcripts will be available but in the end the response will be something like: checks and rules are already in place so we don't see any issue (but written out to a few hundred words)

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