herne hill market is so fn grim
went for a walk in the city today to look at st mary woolnoth and the plaques around smithfield and to enjoy the eeriness of the quiet. my dog took a shit in paternoster square.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
Yes, probably both a good and bad time for the sun to come out. I certainly enjoyed my long walk today but I’m sure too many people are planning bbq parties
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
I went for a bike ride through the lanes of North Herts yesterday and at one point was on a bridleway in the middle of a field, miles from even the nearest village, when a pack of 10 sweaty lycraed mountain bikers thundered past me. Can't even get my post apocalyptic rural horror vibes in solitude :(
― Stevie T, Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
my dog took a shit in paternoster square.
The less heralded follow up to "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" iirc.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
A man has appeared in court accused of making fake coronavirus test kits and attempting to send them across the world, police said.Frank Ludlow, 59, of West Sussex, was arrested at a Post Office near his home on Friday after 60 Covid-19 treatment kits were seized by police in the US.The kits, which were intercepted by Customs and Border Protection Agency officers in Los Angles on Wednesday, were labelled as “Anti-Pathogenic treatment” and had been sent from the UK, City of London Police said.They allegedly contained chemicals which are “extremely harmful” when the user is instructed to wash and rinse their mouth with them, police said.Police believe some of the kits could still be in circulation and urged people not to use them.
Frank Ludlow, 59, of West Sussex, was arrested at a Post Office near his home on Friday after 60 Covid-19 treatment kits were seized by police in the US.
The kits, which were intercepted by Customs and Border Protection Agency officers in Los Angles on Wednesday, were labelled as “Anti-Pathogenic treatment” and had been sent from the UK, City of London Police said.
They allegedly contained chemicals which are “extremely harmful” when the user is instructed to wash and rinse their mouth with them, police said.
Police believe some of the kits could still be in circulation and urged people not to use them.
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
wtf, what is wrong with people
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
More worryingly, Yarls Wood have had their first case
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
i mean their first case of c19, not hooky test kits
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
oh, that could be v bad. ugh
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
Oh fuck.
Talked to a friend who'd been in detention and he said "Daniel, just imagine if I was still there, the place is gonna be total chaos".
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
horrified by the thought of what level of care the inept and abusive people running it will be providing
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
UK: NHS staff and Doctors buying makeshift PPE from B+QTaiwan: Govt had a count + ramped up PPE production weeks ago when they realised there would be shortages at a critical stage.
you could go on forever on the stark contrasts between the two responses. They've been paying people to lock-down for weeks in Taiwan, with the threat of heavy fines for disease spreading renegades.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
All of which saves money in the long run!
― akb23 (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
Just come back from Hollies. Some people practising social distancing others not. It would really help if people walked single file on paths. Even if you’re not concerned think of others.I did get a lovely stash of Wild Garlic though! pic.twitter.com/WNORrUhsBa— ((( Alex Sobel MP ))) (@alexsobel) March 22, 2020
Alex otm, some people even when there is plenty of space for distance have to get right in yr face. And also starting to luv Alex dearly just for being so Alex!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
was going through my stores earlier and thinking: how long till I'm driven to drink the cooking sake.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
🐦[Just come back from Hollies. Some people practising social distancing others not. It would really help if people walked single file on paths. Even if you’re not concerned think of others.I did get a lovely stash of Wild Garlic though! pic.twitter.com/WNORrUhsBa🕸— ((( Alex Sobel MP ))) (@alexsobel) March 22, 2020🕸]🐦Alex otm, some people even when there is plenty of space for distance have to get right in yr face. And also starting to luv Alex dearly just for being so Alex!
― Fizzles, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
it's jumping out there. first blush of spring here, and after a very long winter people were out in droves. I think closing all the cafes etc has pushed people out to trails, walks, parks etc - cycled (solo!) over one of my usual routes and one of the backroads (with access to hikes etc) was like a motorway
― gday curd nerds (||||||||), Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
It goes without saying that even if this country had strong leadership who were acting under sound advice and communicating everything properly, executing the radical plan needed to slow down the rapid transmission of disease. There would still be a load of selfish dickheads fucking the whole game up!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
the canal is really the only place to take the dog for a walk around here, but you get joggers coming up right behind you and panting down your neck, no matter how wide the towpath is at the time
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
sounds fuckin hott
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
lol
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
I shake-a da hands to 'elp wit da' erd immunitio! pic.twitter.com/Hk3hCF5jbB— RobertoPesto (@PestoRoberto) March 22, 2020
i'm probably too easily impressed but a parody Pesto account talking in a Gennaro Contaldo voice is funny to me!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
I lolled
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
Isn’t this referencing the late Italian Elon Musk? Still funny though.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-foreign-secretary-appointed-designated-survivor-if-boris-johnson-catches-covid-19
Now we're really fucked.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
how do infect a disease with a disease?
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
4. We urge the government to make immediate preparations for the next stage and learn lessons from other European nations. If voluntary social distancing measures are not adhered to, the government must bring forward their plans for stronger action.— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) March 22, 2020
This isn't good. The government are using people as scapegoats, just what does stronger action mean here?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
Raab isn’t going to work, given how easily he sweats under pressure.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Believe me, I hate tbf to Boris, but his girlfriend is expecting his nth child, I expect he might be a little frazzled.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
Pregnant women are a vulnerable group I believe?
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
he’s had more practice at dealing with impending fatherhood than most, so no sympathy from me on that front
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
Not in the middle of a pandemic though - I think? You never know with Boris.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
Lotta people out there with a hard-on for martial law and dobbing in yer neighbours
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Boris is unnecessarily risking several of my family members with the approach, so all I will say is I hope Carrie stays well. He doesn’t deserve extra, or any, sympathy from me.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
I'm not really showing sympathy to the cunt, just setting things up for when he goes the down whole Eden/Suez doolally route.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
I couldn't gaf about any of em' tbh .. I've got Turd Immunity!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
Owen Jones at his best here. Workers are getting fucked left, right and centre.
Coronavirus is not just a public health crisis: it is a social crisis.This thread will share the stories of workers who are being failed by government and business. Where appropriate, please use social media to pressure the businesses in question.Keeping DMing me your stories— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) March 22, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 March 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
Good on OJ. Guessing none of the sneering cunts in his industry are doing this. Are they still making Richard Burgon jokes?
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
Lately, Richard Burgon seems a political giant compared to a lot of other Labour wasters. I don't feel bad about 2nd preffing him to Dawn Butler at all. Even though it an inevitably futile and symbolic vote.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link
I expected the Times story on the Cummings Cull to blow up but I don't see it gaining uch traction anywhere online other than the James O'Briensphere.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
Youngest uk fatality so far (18) and a 36yo nhs worker in critical condition in intensive care, really want ppl to start fucking taking this seriously and trying to remind myself that by “ppl” I only really mean one person
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
My 70 odd year old mum thinks "this will all be over in a month" there is no getting through to some people what a scandal of 1000% negligent, incompetent govt has already unfolded here.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
I wish Thatcher was still alive so she could die of coronavirus
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 22 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
Mark and Carol are both still with us, in body if not in the actual country
― akb23 (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 March 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
All jury trials are being put on hold indefinitely until safer arrangements can be made re: distancing issues etc
― calzino, Monday, 23 March 2020 07:13 (four years ago) link
scientific advice from the government's experts still dictated that now was not the right time to implement a full-scale lockdown.
Is this advice still based on the idea of "behavioural fatigue"? What is the model that says letting it spread now is better than stronger measures to slow it immediately?
― I've got my bidet and my pills (Noel Emits), Monday, 23 March 2020 08:19 (four years ago) link
vital, unflinching journalism from the telegraph pic.twitter.com/Ot9QJeHqw4— stupot (@sjooietwoey) March 23, 2020
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 23 March 2020 08:37 (four years ago) link
Ugh, stupid fucking country.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Monday, 23 March 2020 08:39 (four years ago) link
Rail franchises basically temporarily nationalised - all revenue and cost risk now on Government, and franchises will run service, after passenger numbers fell 70% - significant action to keep the wheels turning on the system for at least six months. https://t.co/rEfVZxyKv6— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) March 23, 2020
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 23 March 2020 08:59 (four years ago) link
sorry that question mark was an artefact of my poor cut and pasting but the question still stands: ?
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 23 March 2020 09:00 (four years ago) link