[spoonman]

The footage from Cadwalldar's tweet just looks terrifyingly apocalyptic - I don't think I need to see any more than that. Poor souls.

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He's at it again. Worthless.

Is Bastani the fool who advocates "luxury communism"? Anyone who thinks any form of communism is a solution to anything is to be ignored.

ETA: Bastani has subsequently deleted that tweet.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

That's him.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I'm not affiliated with the Lebanese Red Cross in anyway but they probably need any spare cash we can throw their way more than ever. Particularly as their main port is now unusuable and getting supplies/personnel from other countries is going to be its own challenge:

http://www.redcross.org.lb/index.aspx?pageid=907

Also
https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk

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That's him.

Sometimes I wish people like him could have met my father. He'd have put him straight on what communism under Stalin was like.

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Lowest-rated comment on the Mail website now:

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[Samanfur]

The Independent has produced a list of relevant local charities.

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[KevS]

FFS, it's destroyed part of the actual LAND.

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An explainer about ammonium nitrate: the mushroom cloud was in fact the shockwave for reasons explained here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-53664064

Terrifying.

[KevS]

Was just looking at that incident in 1921 Germany, which involved twice as much of the stuff as yesterday's did.

Is there part of the Weimar Republic on the moon?

[Kreuzberger]

...Is there part of the Weimar Republic on the moon?

It was marching here last week, proclaiming, "we are the Second Wave." The cops told them to go home.

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On conspiracy theories...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53669029