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Posted in: 2 killed including a 16-year-old in Russian artillery strikes in Ukraine See in context

Eastman, how is the 3 day SMO going? Still going to plan (poo tin seems to think so)? Well over 400K Muscovite casualties, a quarter of the mighty Black Sea Fleet sunk by an opponent without a navy, war now returning to the invader with daily strikes against military and military industrial targets in the muscovites own territory, economy tanking, inflation starting to spiral out of control, millions of the educated fleeing anywhere that will let them in to avoid being fed in to the meat grinder to feed a dictators ego, Chinese and Indian banks (you remember those great BRICS ally’s) refusing to carry out Muscovite transactions. Arms sales evaporating as they are shown to be the junk they really are, not to mention the decline from second best army in the world to second best in Ukraine.

Oh and let’s not forget the purported reason for launching this debacle, to stop the illusory expansion of NATO, now Sweden and Finland have been pushed by this criminal invasion of a neighbour in to joining NATO, a real expansion, well done.

So how is the 3 day SMO going?

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Posted in: Winnie the Pooh slasher film 'wins' Razzies See in context

Too much publicity for this crap. Merely encourages them to produce even more meritless turgid rubbish.

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Posted in: Another top donor says it will resume funding U.N. agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows See in context

How will they ensure the aid isn’t just stolen from the mouths of children by the terrorist group HAMAS to feed themselves and prolong the suffering of the Palestinians?

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Posted in: China nuclear plants released tritium above Fukushima level in 2022, document shows See in context

sakurasuki

Qinshan plant, for one, discharged around 202 trillion becquerels of tritium in 2022.

That's for a year, on the other hand Japan's crippled power plant there are time they discharged that same amount not in one year but in one hour

Irrelevant, the article compares the annual discharge of the Fukushima treated water which has been inaccurately criticised by the CCP to that of the annual discharge of a Chinese plant which is way higher but the CCP are strangely silent about. As are all those little pinks who have been busy amplifying the CCP’S lying propaganda.

factchecker

This is a dead cat article to distract from the Fukushima water release. Nice try.

Misleading comment to distract from the truth that China has been spreading falsehoods and misrepresenting the facts for its malign political purposes. Nice try.

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Posted in: Europe's Digital Markets Act forcing tech giants to make changes See in context

About time some real competition was introduced in to what has become a digital dictatorship.

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Posted in: Man arrested after throwing smartphone at police officer's face See in context

Oh no! Not the dreaded Ninja smart phone!

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Posted in: Some people try a calorie-controlled diet and increased physical exercise to lose weight, but without success. What advice would you give them? See in context

Hawk

Anyway, the poster to whom I was responding seemed to be suggesting that any amount of weight loss is impossible

No, what I was highlighting is the evolutionary barriers to the efficacy of this particular approach and the repeatedly proven fact that the majority of people who lose weight by cutting back their food intake go on to regain the weight or even more. Yep we like eating cake, after a period of food shortage we are hard wired to target energy rich foods, the problem with our biology is we no longer live in a food precarious environment.

Calories are determined by mechanically burning food. This is accurate as to the total energy content, the problem lies in the simple fact that our bodies do not simply burn food mechanically but by a more complex process ergo my overlooked comment that you have to work with your body not against it.

I am afraid you will need to do your own research, read a few scientific papers (not weirdos on the internet who “have the answer”) as I don’t think JT will allow the length of post to explain fully and I haven’t the time to do it with relevant links to the research

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Posted in: I have heard my students say things such as, 'Having children means losing income and free time for myself' and 'In the end, only women have to take responsibility for child rearing.' See in context

And therein precisely lies the problem.

An inbred attitude of selfishness; childcare (and everything else around the home) is none of my concern, I NEED to be able to indulge myself and my interests.

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Posted in: Some people try a calorie-controlled diet and increased physical exercise to lose weight, but without success. What advice would you give them? See in context

Don’t.

Calorie controlled dieting (basically starving) has been shown to be not only difficult to maintain but in most cases counter productive. Every creature throughout evolution has had to deal with periods of food shortage and consequently evolved mechanisms to counter it and survive. Our bodies inherited that deep heritage so you are trying to overcome your hard wired survival strategies. Good luck with that, you will fail which is why it simply doesn’t work. You need to work with your body not against it. Exercise will make you fitter and support your general health but the amount of extra calories you use is minimal compared to your total energy budget.

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Posted in: Former Japan Self-Defense Forces member given U.S. award for her fight against sexual harassment See in context

Agree, Japan should have recognised her bravery. If they are to have any hope of encouraging men or women to join the military they need to actively and publicly destroy this disgusting culture of harassment and sexual abuse. Serious consequences for and zero tolerance very publicly enforced is the only effective route

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Posted in: What did you do in your down time before cell phones were common (if you are old enough to remember)? See in context

Just the same as I do now by and large.

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Posted in: Yushima Tenjin: Tokyo's most popular shrine for scholars and students See in context

While I wouldn’t class my self as a scholar and my days as a student are long gone, as a tourist I think it would be worth a visit if the picture above is anything to go by.

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Posted in: Sakura Totoro tableware arrives in stores just in time for sakura season See in context

Well if that floats your boat good luck to you but I can’t see why anyone would buy these unless it was for a child?

I think I will stick to my mug with Dennis the Menace and the Bash Street kids!

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Posted in: Takarazuka Revue director to quit post after death of actress See in context

If he donated his pension fund to the grieving family or to a charity fighting bullying I might believe there was some degree of true contrition. As it is, a few meaningless words, a bow and on to another well paid job no doubt.

There needs to be real consequences for top management where they oversee or turn a blind eye to bullying.

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Posted in: U.S. charges yakuza gang leader with conspiring to sell nuclear material See in context

It would seem the USA is somewhat less tolerant of organised crime than Japan. I am sure he will enjoy the nice comfy government run hotel they will send him to.

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Posted in: What do you think is the most recognizable logo in the world? See in context

Yharnam Resident

mdonalds because i like theyre fries

Probably the most honest comment I have seen in a long while ;)

Mr Kipling

I cheated and used Google.... 94% of the world recognize Coca-Cola

Research isn’t cheating! (Well that’s my excuse).

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Posted in: Japan's industry minister reprimands TEPCO president over radioactive water leak at Fukushima plant See in context

Dee

Only reprimanded? No spanking?

Quite right, he deserves a damn good thrashing from the Headmasters cane! (Said in the voice of Steven Fry).

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Posted in: Japan's industry minister reprimands TEPCO president over radioactive water leak at Fukushima plant See in context

Perhaps cutting his pay down to that of the lowest paid TEPCO employee until the situation is remedied might actually incentivise him. Or better yet as the buck stops at the top, fire him. I doubt his successor would allow the same laxity.

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Posted in: Japan eyes 20-year background check for those working in jobs involving kids See in context

Late and limited, in one job I had 34 years ago I had to be CRB checked as I occasionally had to go in to children’s homes, even though I had no direct contact with the children, it is now even more strict. I can not believe Japan has not already got this sort of screening in place!

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Posted in: California forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast? See in context

How the hell can they make such a ballsup of what at base is a comparatively simple throughput process? They have been collecting and processing bio material here for ages. Garden waste is collected separately from people who can’t compost it or you take it to the tip (as I do) where it is collected in a separate area and composted then sold to gardeners (helps of course that so many British are in to gardening) the food waste is collected and sent to a bio digester, the methane is used to generate electricity and what is the end result of the process is a rich fertiliser sold to farmers.

All you have to do is think the process through from beginning to end before you start, ensuring you have or create a final use for the end product. You can’t expect to do everything at once, start small and work through the steps so you don’t trip over your self and the build on that and move on.

Not exactly rocket science!

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Posted in: Middle-age homeless sleeping in cars or cafes due to soaring cost of living See in context

Why in the name of all things decent and humane is there no welfare support for the unemployed? It’s not that novel a concept, been around since the 19th century. Good god even the Uber capitalist USA has some sort of system in place!

Sadly mental health is in most countries the least supported and all too often the least talked about aspect of health care.

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Posted in: Strong suit See in context

There is a rather good suit of Japanese armour in the Royal Collection, given as a diplomatic gift to James I by Tokugawa Hidetada in 1613.

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Posted in: Japan to boost child allowances to tackle falling birthrate See in context

Work/life balance, oppressive work culture and long unproductive hours, disincentives inherent in the system and culture to working women to have children. Just a few of the real underlying structural problems without which being addressed nothing will change. The monetary increase is not of its self bad but without all the rest changing it will have no effect whatsoever.

If I can see that from the other side of the world, why can’t the Japanese Government?

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Posted in: SDF to soften hairstyle rules as recruit shortage worsens See in context

Perhaps there are deeper problems and reasons why people don’t wish to join up. Any perception or tolerance of bullying or harassment will immediately turn off most people, especially sexual harassment is you wish to recruit women. Merely announcing policies will have no effect, they need to be rigorously enforced with high profile punishment of offenders not a bow and all’s forgotten.

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Posted in: SDF to soften hairstyle rules as recruit shortage worsens See in context

British army merely requires it be above the collar and neat and tidy. For women, there is no longer a requirement for long hair to be put up in a bun save for formal parades, ceremonial duties and for trade specific safety purposes.

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Posted in: Andean farmers use age-old technique amid climate change See in context

Starpunk, sounds like your teacher wasn’t fit to hold the position, luckily sounds like you have gone on to teach yourself far more than she could.

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Posted in: Andean farmers use age-old technique amid climate change See in context

NB

The farmers are struggling to adapt to the climate change. However, it is impossible to adapt to the rapid warming up of the planet. The only thing to do is to stop the greenhouse process.

Wrong, yes we can adapt to climate change and will have to if we are to survive, but that is not mutually exclusive to working to stop our climate changing emissions and help the return to the natural balance.

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Posted in: New York subway shooting kills one, wounds 5 after brawl erupts on train See in context

World news? Just another day in the land of the free to be fearful and bravely butcher the innocent.

Now let all the gun nuts come up with all the spurious excuses they reiterate ad nauseam.

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Posted in: Australia to ban doxxing after pro-Palestinian activists publish info about hundreds of Jews See in context

If any harm is done to any of the people on the list, those responsible for publishing it should be charged as accessories to the crime and certainly be charged with incitement. And yes that should be applicable to any case of doxxing.

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