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In 2014, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael published a paper designed to scare Scots claiming that energy costs would go up by £38 if energy rich Scotland became independent.
Analysts have warned energy costs could rise to £5,456 by April 2023, or higher.
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Live footage of India outpacing the coloniser that spent decades extracting its wealth only to piss it up the wall:
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Britain drops behind India to become the world's sixth largest economy
The former British colony jumped past the UK in the final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy 
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40% of police families experience domestic abuse.
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ICYMI, Florida is now paying police officers (only police officers) to adopt orphans for $10K per child.
What could possibly go wrong? twitter.com/JessPish/statu…
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This; every stupid fucking Toronto Air Show weekend, this
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(via the defunct Pictures For Sad Children by John Campbell)
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Dear Evercade, send me one of these and I'll do a new issue of exp. about it. This is a real offer and it only makes sense twitter.com/evercaderetro/…
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Dear Evercade, send me one of these and I'll do a new issue of exp. about it. This is a real offer and it only makes sense
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CAPCOM IS COMING TO EVERCADE EXP!
18 games including Street Fighter II’: Hyper Edition, Mega Man, Final Fight™, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts™ and more will be BUILT-IN on all Evercade EXP devices!
Read all about it here: evercade.co.uk/capcom-is-comi
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The live task for the second episode of the new series of Taskmaster New Zealand is entirely a deep cut in-joke/reference to something that happened in Taskmaster UK!!!
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When you see this kind of data from criminal justice agencies you know games are being played. This massive increase in low level arrests for drug crimes, that went largely uncharged by the new DA, reflect the new push from the mayor to "clean up" 1/3
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UNLOCKED for non-subscribers! I take a detailed look at Kings Quest I: Quest For The Crown!
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Rian Johnson was right then and he’s right now
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EXCLUSIVE: Rian Johnson is "even more proud" of The Last Jedi five years on, he tells Empire in a major new interview reflecting on his #StarWars sequel.
READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news/ri
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i will always remember when they accidentally made one of the star wars sequel movies good and it almost permanently destroyed american culture
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EXCLUSIVE: Rian Johnson is "even more proud" of The Last Jedi five years on, he tells Empire in a major new interview reflecting on his #StarWars sequel.
READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news/ri
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Again, the *capital of Mississippi* does not have running water anymore. Not just for a few days — INDEFINITELY.
This isn’t on front pages nationwide because the city is 80% Black. The New York Times doesn’t even mention it.
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LATEST: 180,000 people in Jackson will be without safe water for drinking or even brushing their teeth "for an unknown period of time," Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in an emergency press briefing tonight.
He warns: "DO NOT DRINK THE WATER."
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New Every Game I've Finished for Subscribers! I look at the original Gradius (Arcade): ko-fi.com/post/Gradius-A (although actually I played the US rom, Nemesis, for reasons I outline.)
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"Unbelievable to me that we have to brave streets with bike lanes that are dangerous, get mowed down by trucks, in modern America...You cannot just paint lines on roads & think that you have bike lanes & then brag about it on your website...Those bike lanes are just death traps."
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TONIGHT on @WUSA9: Husband of the US diplomat killed while riding a bike in Bethesda speaks out. While he mourns her loss, Dan Langenkamp, a State Dept employee, is calling for safety changes for bicyclists. They just moved here three weeks ago after evacuating Ukraine. @wusa9
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Pakistan contributes less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions and it is one of the countries suffering the repercussions of it the hardest. It is nowhere near equipped to deal with it. Please donate if you can and share to raise awareness alkhidmat.org/akf-donations.
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The death toll in Pakistan continues to mount, passing 1,000 as of this morning. 33 million people have been displaced. More than 500,000 homes destroyed. Climate chaos isn't some future possibility, it is happening right now. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug
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I’m not doing indoor dining, and I still wear a mask in crowded indoor spaces. While most in US have chosen to be less careful, in this 🧵 I’ll review the logic & math behind my decisions, hoping that some of you will find them useful in navigating today’s Covid landscape. (1/25)
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The federal government has announced that the USPS program for free rapid tests will be ending on Friday Sept 2.
Anyone who hasn't placed their maximum number of orders needs to do so in the next 6 days.
Order your rapid home test kits here:
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Today is #WomensEqualityDay and we want to highlight the efforts of those doing the work to bring gender parity in all fields and endeavors.
Please consider sharing and/or donating to the awesome organizations in the thread below :point_down: #womenintech
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It really is this simple.
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Can someone show this video to Liz Truss please?
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If you're already in arrears with bills and/or have high outgoings in credit cards, loans etc. - speak to a debt advisor now. There are great debt advice tools available in Scotland that can get these payments under control and help reduce the impact of rising costs. DMs open
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As I've said before, if you get an energy bill that you're going to struggle to pay; do not pay it at the expense of other essential outgoings (like rent, council tax, food etc.) - inform your supplier and pay what you can in the meantime, even if it's less than you did before.
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What Emily Maitlis seemed to me to be saying in her Edinburgh lecture was that there are truths that need to be told that can be stated as facts without requiring rebuttal. A short thread to discuss this…..
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Unlocked for non-subscribers! I claim Ice Climber (NES) has the most frustrating jump of all time: everygame.tumblr.com/post/693477243 Do you agree? Or is there something else that should take the crown?
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This lengthy article, along with similar ones on The Lords of Midnight, Wizardry, MULE, etc. are a good example of what your support helps me do. It's just $1 a month for early and (occasionally exclusive) articles:
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A new Every Game I've Finished today for subscribers: A detailed look at King's Quest I: Quest For The Crown on PC:
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The UK Government has made an ad about the spiralling cost of living crisis, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇬🇧
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👊 we're on patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia
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During the Trump years it was fashionable among Democrats to say “we are the party that believes in science” in contrast to Republicans who don’t. But the truth is Democrats frequently reject science when it conflicts with their carceral instincts.
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BREAKING: In a major setback to harm reduction advocates and overdose prevention programs, Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed #SB57, a bill that would legalize safe injection sites in San Francisco, Oakland and LA. gov.ca.gov/wp-content/upl
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Twitter fam - I don’t often do this, but I want to speak to something that’s been blowing up my radar lately. Over the span of mere hours, I’ve either been involved in or witnessed three instances of friends discouraging friends re exercising caution. #CovidIsNotOver
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I’m really pleased to see the love for these designs. I did them! I worked in the Sainsbury’s design studio and Peter Dixon gave me the brief. I also did the illustrations.
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Almost everything people are told in the news media about crime and safety is false. It's part of a massive punishment bureaucracy that is profitable to people who own things. If more imprisonment made us safe, U.S. would be safest society in the world.
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UPDATED THREAD: In 2021, we heard a lot about how police and prisons need more cash because "crime is surging." It's copaganda. I’ve made a new thread of threads with resources to help understand the issue and respond.
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I wrote about where we stand with #LongCovid after a cluster of new studies
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Converting from the Game Gear to the Master System - how easy is it? nicole.express/2022/sega-8-bi
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We are continually being told by Tory politicians and the Bank of England that businesses must not give employees pay rises that might match inflation because this would create an inflationary spiral. But what about dividends? Aren’t they the real cause of the problem? A thread.
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LMAO based firefighter
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