Withnail
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I thought it was quite clear that that particular bot had originated within Whitehall - luckily we don't do news anymore, what?
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Agreed, but if you take London's figures out of the equation then the figures are only dropping in a couple of areas. It's still very much a plateau.
Mikinton
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It depends who you choose to believe.
From the Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/technol...hs-government-covid-bot-networks-says-twitter
"Twitter has said there is no evidence of bot networks being used to manipulate the conversation around the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, contradicting widely-circulated claims that the government was using anonymous online accounts to boost its standing."
From Fullfact re John O'Connell who first made the accusations - https://fullfact.org/online/evidence-network-fake-nhs-tweets/ (John O'Connell writes for the website 'Far Right Watch'.)
"For the record, this is not the first time we have fact checked a claim that Mr O’Connell has made. His was the first account we were able to find that shared a false quote that went viral during the 2019 election campaign. The quote (in a now-deleted tweet, still available on the Internet Archive) was claimed to be from the leaked US-UK trade documents, and supposedly said that the US reserved the right to “withdraw all trade” if the UK did not agree to discussions about “the sale of all assets within and partnered with the National Health Service”. No such quote appeared in the leaked text. When asked by a Twitter user where the quote appeared, Mr O’Connell gave a page reference that did not exist in any of the documents."
I should just say the above does not come from any research I've done. It's from the Football 365 forum and a 150 post thread on the issue.
"Twitter has said there is no evidence of bot networks being used to manipulate the conversation around the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, contradicting widely-circulated claims that the government was using anonymous online accounts to boost its standing."
From Fullfact re John O'Connell who first made the accusations - https://fullfact.org/online/evidence-network-fake-nhs-tweets/ (John O'Connell writes for the website 'Far Right Watch'.)
"For the record, this is not the first time we have fact checked a claim that Mr O’Connell has made. His was the first account we were able to find that shared a false quote that went viral during the 2019 election campaign. The quote (in a now-deleted tweet, still available on the Internet Archive) was claimed to be from the leaked US-UK trade documents, and supposedly said that the US reserved the right to “withdraw all trade” if the UK did not agree to discussions about “the sale of all assets within and partnered with the National Health Service”. No such quote appeared in the leaked text. When asked by a Twitter user where the quote appeared, Mr O’Connell gave a page reference that did not exist in any of the documents."
I should just say the above does not come from any research I've done. It's from the Football 365 forum and a 150 post thread on the issue.
Mikinton
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Fair comment.
I think, for the UK as a whole it's very much at the plateau stage. It's like a wave breaking on a beach. Some parts of the beach get the full force of the wave before others. (Maybe if the weather takes a downturn, I'll do the same analysis by area as I've done for the UK.)
Boris has just been on. I was half expecting a Churchillian "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
PeterD
ST16 Represent.
Any more verses to this?
Mikinton
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Maybe a "Parklife" or two.
PeterD
ST16 Represent.
Not even mocking. Something strangely poetic about it.
Trumpet
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Any better?
BobClay
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Drove into Bude this morning on a supply run. Passing through the village there are now 138 scarecrows lining the road .. 
.. some a bit soggy as it's rained all night and still is, but that's a good thing as the farmers were getting a bit uptight. They've got troubles enough without a drought, and it was surely going that way.
I noticed in Sainsbury's and B & M (was hoping for some paint brushes … all gone
) they're sort of insisting on the old chip and tap payment method. Not pin number entry as that is touchy-feely. Now I'm not saying that's less secure, far from it, it's probably more secure, but I've always been a bit uneasy about that, mainly because I've spent most of my working life extracting information from ether-borne signals for one reason or another.
Must move with the time I reckon.
.. some a bit soggy as it's rained all night and still is, but that's a good thing as the farmers were getting a bit uptight. They've got troubles enough without a drought, and it was surely going that way.I noticed in Sainsbury's and B & M (was hoping for some paint brushes … all gone
) they're sort of insisting on the old chip and tap payment method. Not pin number entry as that is touchy-feely. Now I'm not saying that's less secure, far from it, it's probably more secure, but I've always been a bit uneasy about that, mainly because I've spent most of my working life extracting information from ether-borne signals for one reason or another. Must move with the time I reckon.
Withnail
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BobClay
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After about half an hour without power (laptop ate it's battery !!) I decided to go to bed. Been working on the roof most of the day anyway so dropped a couple of rums and crash. Couple of hours later I got up and the power was restored ….
"Was it all a dream ?" I asked myself. Then I saw the clock !! Apparently I got up 2 hours two hours before I went to bed !!
"Was it all a dream ?" I asked myself. Then I saw the clock !! Apparently I got up 2 hours two hours before I went to bed !!
Thehooperman
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Should have been going to Oulton Park with @tek-monkey today for the Superbike racing so had to make do with watching last season's highlights on ITV4 this morning instead.
At least it's not a sunny day today but it may if they manage to rearrange the racing later in the year.
At least it's not a sunny day today but it may if they manage to rearrange the racing later in the year.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Woke up to a reminder about that, was a sudden jolt back to how much life has changed lately.
YorkshirePud
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It's repeated on PBS America (Freeview 91) tomorrow -Tuesday - evening at 8.40pm, or PBS+1 (Freeview 93) an hour later.
BobClay
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I saw it first time round, but I'll watch it again. It's utterly mind boggling what Bill Tutte did, .. figured out the machine from one repeated message and then pure intellect. Bear in mind, unlike the Enigma, nobody had ever seen or examined a Lorenz machine at that time.
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