James Adam @james@lazyatom.social

The person sitting next to me has pulled their desk out of alignment from the row by about 6cm and my brain has immediately classified them as deranged.

How do you pronounce `sudo`?

I've got to say, I really like these Air Pods Pro.

The noise cancelling is excellent, transparency is great when dealing with traffic and stuff, and switching from computer to phone and back is a single click instead of a 10 second process like with my other (admittedly much cheaper) Bluetooth earphones.

Plus, charging in the case is fast and means I basically never have to worry about the pods themselves being charged.

(I try not to post anything to twitter these days, but sometimes reach trumps principles. Reposted from there)

I’m not a big fan of any of the parties I can vote for, but removing Boris Johnson et al from power is more important than any allegiance.

There is no “getting Brexit done”; just years of post-withdrawal agreement negotiations to end up worse than what we have now.

It’s time for us ALL to put nation before party and vote tactically, not tribally.

getjohnsongone.com

Could this be Twitter realising that it's increasingly out-of-control silo of propaganda is going to be on the wrong side of history? 🙏

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

@thomasfuchs that’s where we were. It’s an uphill struggle in post-truth politics though. I honestly don’t know how it’s going to conclude but we’ll keep resisting lazy populist rhetoric until the end…

It is a lovely day in Brexit Britain, and I am an annoying goose.

Exciting times

https://apple.news/Ac1nmrgIhSPut2PwWb19mWg

I know if they do this, that they'll only do it at the last possible moment, but I really really hope that all the opposition parties finally agree to create a government of national unity and remove Johnson before it's too late to stop his ridiculous no-deal strategy.

This is outstanding: https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/i-am-the-horrible-goose-that-lives

Turned off ad-blocking for a second. Wow.

Boris’s “People’s PMQs” is pure propaganda - questions screened to allow him to promote his agenda. Shameful populism.

When a politician talks about “what the public wants”, it’s almost always actually about what they want.

“We’ve spent a long time trying to sort of fudge this thing and I think the British public really want us to get out. They don’t want more dither and delay...”

(Boris Johnson, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/06/boris-johnson-short-of-options-as-rebels-vow-to-secure-brexit-delay)

We are all sick of Brexit, yes, but that doesn’t mean we agree with your approach in the slightest!

#Brexit #brexshit

Also, this "delivering the will of the people" rhetoric -- isn't it more important to be delivering the will of the people as it is _right now_ than as it was three years ago?

Can the Brexiteers really claim to know the will of all the 15-17yr olds who were totally unrepresented in the referendum?

Watching parliament for the last few days has led me to the conclusion that we need fundamental electoral reform to avoid this kind of impasse.

The last three years have been a case study of what happens when a government refuses to compromise, yet has no clear majority.

Some form of proportional representation would make coalition governments the norm, and force fundamental compromise as the only effective means of getting anything done.

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@thomasfuchs Right now I can barely remember life before Brexit.