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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/17/nhs-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-no-longer-a-priority-says-minister World-beating

We are now unlikely to meet Vera Lynn again.

With Peter Ridsdale in an advisory capacity.

Lest we forget:

His hair's all gawn and so's he

What do we reckon, thick Brexiteer who didn't understand what he was supporting or thick rich Brexiteer who thought Brexit would only affect the plebs and he could buy his way out of any complications?

Innovative jams and COVID.

Using imported slave labour to do the brickwork, amirite

"He was said to have drunk 16 pints during Friday night into Saturday morning, and had not been to sleep. His counsel Stuart Harris said his client was 'ashamed by his action', and had mental health issues." I reckon willingly drinking 16 pints of Carling counts as a mental health issue in its own right.

And yes, it has Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, USSR etc. too.

Aww, someone's not getting enough attention any more. Diddums.

But we can't have parkrun back because it doesn't make anyone any money. Keep spending, plebs!

Aye, we're still midway through the second series and have no desire to resume just yet. I wouldn't mind but the book I was reading when lockdown hit was The Road, too.

Between the ramp thing and the glass of water thing, he's definitely at least had a stroke or something in the recent past, hasn't he?

I think you're right. That show must have some fans in Utrecht.

I'm all about this live stream tonight

We could use a separate thread for that too mind. It's not cooking, it's baking.

This is how I've been trying to do things generally since all the Brexit/Trump stuff kicked off, really - focus on your life, your neighbourhood, do nice things where you can actually make a difference, and try not to worry too much about what you can't control. The only trouble with coronavirus is that all the community stuff has been put on hold too so now all that's left is to fret about the big stuff.

FYP

Currently watching a rather bizarre take on what would have been the Diamond League athletics in Oslo, with various semi-exhibition events including Lavillenie taking part in the pole vault via a delayed video link-up from his back garden in France.

It's a Cold War Steve collage come to life.

That's actually quite a thing

Not just that, that was one little comment she made among lots of others. Which goes to explain why the responses have been similarly scattershot and hard for people to get a handle on (the constructive ones, obviously - the outright abuse isn't helpful to anyone).

True like. You make one little comment about how autistic girls are being tricked into transitioning and suddenly there's a #WeAreNotConfused hashtag full of actual autistic trans people telling you you're wrong, based solely on [checks notes] their own lived experience. Everyone's so sensitive these days.