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Extract from the Wikipedia article "Summary of Decameron Tales": First tale (III, 1) Masetto da Lamporecchio hears about a convent with many young nuns and devises a way to be hired as gardener, feigning to be deaf and mute. The nuns soon begin coaxing the handsome man to have sex with them, figuring that a deaf mute will never be able to tell on them. Masetto goes happily along with this until the abbess takes notice of him and starts to monopolize his time and energy. Finally, Masetto reveals that he can speak and insists that he be put on a reasonable work schedule. The abbess agrees to this, and he remains many years at the convent, servicing the nuns' needs. . Filostrato's tale of a man's scheme to enjoy the favors of a convent of nuns was also in Cento Novelle Antiche from the 13th century.
extract from article: The chief constable of Thames Valley police, Jason Hogg, said: “I am beyond disappointed the government is continuing to allow PC Andrew Harper’s killers to be released early from prison despite the overwhelming recent public outcry. “It is simple: if Andrew’s killers were convicted today, they would receive life sentences due to the law that was created in his name. They would not be eligible for early release. “We will continue to lobby the government to make the right decision.”
screenshot of a bluesky interaction between Lewis Goodall (@lewisgoodall.com) and Professor Christina Pagel first post: Prof Christina Pagel Keeping schools open is a goal not a policy. A blanket "never close schools" is a bad lesson. I suggest these: 1. Do not prejudge next pandemic which will be a different virus and could have a very different age profile of who it attacks 9/12 second post: Lewis Goodall But.. it is a policy?
extract from Wikipedia list The notebook contained columns with names, comments and various markings. Typical comments were: Stephen Spender – "Sentimental sympathiser... Tendency towards homosexuality"; Richard Crossman – "Too dishonest to be outright F. T."; Kingsley Martin –"Decayed liberal. Very dishonest";[9] and Paul Robeson – "very anti-white. [Henry] Wallace supporter".[10] Journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft considered Orwell's remarks "perceptive and sometimes even generous", going on to say that "DN Pritt is described as an 'almost certainly underground' Communist but also a "Good MP (i.e. locally). Very able and courageous'".[11] Among the names, Orwell selected 38 which he forwarded to Kirwan.[1]
An excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, outlining the prohibition on attacking civilian objects. Article 52 General Protection of Civilian Objects 1. … 2. Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives. In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage. 3. In case of doubt whether an object which is normally dedicated to civilian purposes, such as a place of worship, a house or other dwelling or a school, is being used to make an effective contribution to military action, it shall be presumed not to be so used.
screenshot of a bunch of replies from nazis to a BBC tweet about the widdecombe guy they're all convinced the police and BBC are saying he's white because of woke
tweet from ted cruz which reads "This pic just popped up on my phone. It from when we traveled to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day." below it is one of the most satanic photos I've ever seen
If he means what he says about spending less time on foreign affairs than “never here Keir”, in the circumstances Burnham will need an extraordinary foreign secretary. (David Miliband, who held the job under Gordon Brown and might well have become Britain’s ambassador to Washington had Kamala Harris won in 2024, is now visibly auditioning.) But he’ll also have to master something Starmer couldn’t, which one former foreign secretary calls the art of titration: measuring the dosage of each fractional policy shift or symbolic gesture so it’s just enough to cause the desired reaction and no more. Assertive enough on Gaza not to seem morally complicit, yet without denying Israel’s right to self-defence. Not too close to Trump, but just close enough. And each time with a hair’s breadth separating success from the kind of failure that by 2040 our children may bitterly regret. Burnham is right about one thing: it doesn’t get more real than that. Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist
search of klippensteins posts for the word "platner", sorted by latest, and scrolled to early June, which doesn't show the post in question, but does have one about "smoothgroins in shambles"
today's article about a friend of a friend of a paedophile's messages: Did you know a Cabinet Office minister commiserated with Peter Mandelson on his being sacked as ambassador to Washington, saying that he was “so sorry”? How could Darren Jones possibly sympathise with a friend who lost his job? Yet his sympathy was not even on the public record, in the 1500 pages of new revelations about the Mandelson affair. It appears to have been leaked from within Jones’s own department.
a sad looking union flag recently removed from a lamp post and draped over one of those life saving rings
quote from article Even among those who do find it all rather unfair, there will be those who might be tempted to quote Enoch Powell, who is said to have opined that “politicians complaining about the press is like a ship’s captain complaining about the sea”.
extract from stranger's bar menu showing pints under £6 in central london
the byline and beautiful visage of Janan Ganesh, the thickest man in Britain
A campaign group that said it coordinated the protest against Mahmood disputed her accusation that they are “white liberals”. Green New Deal Rising said the man who began the disruption is a 32-year-old called Joe who is a person of colour and of a migrant background. “As someone who migrated here when I was four and grown up here, I know the value migrants bring to our country,” Joe said in the statement.
Echoing a US president who sees fit to belittle a once close ally with abuse and video clips, the picture presented of Starmer is rarely of a former human rights lawyer struggling to support a war he considers illegal, but that of an indecisive coward.
Quote from the article, reading: People always used words like “mellifluous” and “rounded” about her voice, which makes it sound like an elocution triumph – RP scores again – but that was a misunderstanding. The main barrier to entry when she joined the BBC was not sounding posh enough. You had to speak that way, whether you were posh or not (and she was not – her dad was a civil engineer, her mum a civil servant). The last sentence is highlighted.
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague05.asp CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power. Art. 3. Belligerents are likewise forbidden to: (a) Erect on the territory of a neutral Power a wireless telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of communicating with belligerent forces on land or sea; (b) Use any installation of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral Power for purely military purposes, and which has not been opened for the service of public messages. Art. 4. Corps of combatants cannot be formed nor recruiting agencies opened on the territory of a neutral Power to assist the belligerents. Art. 5. A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles 2 to 4 to occur on its territory. It is not called upon to punish acts in violation of its neutrality unless the said acts have been committed on its own territory. Art. 6. The responsibility of a neutral Power is not engaged by the fact of persons crossing the frontier separately to offer their services to one of the belligerents. Art. 7. A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport, on behalf of one or other of the belligerents, of arms, munitions of war, or, in general, of anything which can be of use to an army or a fleet. Art. 8. A neutral Power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use on behalf of the belligerents of telegraph or telephone cables or of wireless telegraphy apparatus belonging to it or to companies or private individuals. Art. 9. Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken by a neutral Power in regard to the matters referred to in Articles 7 and 8 must be impartially applied by it to both belligerents. A neutral Power must see to the same obligation being observed by com…
Quote from guardian article The Iranian regime has no compunction about escalating the war. Indeed, its willingness to do so is its greatest weapon. An Iranian official warned this week: “Other playing cards have been designed that will enter the fray at the right time.” This is probably a reference to the Gulf’s desalination plants, the centre of the region’s fragile ecosystem.
Quote from today's article: But the past few days have been marked by growing fear that the Middle East war is entering a new, even more dangerous frontier; one that poses an existential threat to the Gulf countries – and pressure is mounting for them to retaliate. After Israel attacked Iran’s South Pars gasfield, the first targeted attacks on its fossil fuel production since the war began, the Iranian regime vowed to show “zero restraint” in hitting back at energy infrastructure in the Gulf, its closest and easiest target. Iran has been true to their word. In Qatar, almost a fifth of its liquefied natural gas export capacity was knocked out in a strike on its Ras Laffan gas complex. Authorities in Abu Dhabi in the UAE were forced to shut down operations at its Habshan gas facility and Bab field, calling the attacks a “dangerous escalation”. Kuwait’s state oil firm, KPC, said its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by multiple drone attacks early on Friday, and Saudi Arabia said two of its oil refineries were targeted.
Screenshot of the gov.uk page for Plan for Neighbourhoods (now Pride in Place) Text: 1. Funding allocations Plan for Neighbourhoods programme funding will be delivered in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland via Section 50 of the UK Internal Market Act 2020. Funding will be paid by MHCLG to the respective accountable body for the funds, typically the relevant local authority unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed with the department. All places will receive an equal allocation of funding, comprising revenue and capital funding. The full funding profile can be found in the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus. URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance#funding-allocations
Screenshot of the gov.uk page for Plan for Neighbourhoods (now Pride in Place) Text: 1. Funding allocations Plan for Neighbourhoods programme funding will be delivered in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland via Section 50 of the UK Internal Market Act 2020. Funding will be paid by MHCLG to the respective accountable body for the funds, typically the relevant local authority unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed with the department. All places will receive an equal allocation of funding, comprising revenue and capital funding. The full funding profile can be found in the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus. URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance#funding-allocations
Screenshot of the gov.uk page for Plan for Neighbourhoods (now Pride in Place) Text: 1. Funding allocations Plan for Neighbourhoods programme funding will be delivered in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland via Section 50 of the UK Internal Market Act 2020. Funding will be paid by MHCLG to the respective accountable body for the funds, typically the relevant local authority unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed with the department. All places will receive an equal allocation of funding, comprising revenue and capital funding. The full funding profile can be found in the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus. URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance/plan-for-neighbourhoods-regeneration-plan-guidance#funding-allocations
Extract from the Hague Convention of 1907 CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power. Art. 3. Belligerents are likewise forbidden to: (a) Erect on the territory of a neutral Power a wireless telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of communicating with belligerent forces on land or sea; (b) Use any installation of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral Power for purely military purposes, and which has not been opened for the service of public messages. Art. 4. Corps of combatants cannot be formed nor recruiting agencies opened on the territory of a neutral Power to assist the belligerents. Art. 5. A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles 2 to 4 to occur on its territory. It is not called upon to punish acts in violation of its neutrality unless the said acts have been committed on its own territory. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague05.asp
A screenshot of a thread of replies to a guardian article. The headline of the article reads: "Mandelson scandal shortens odds on Starmer following him out the door Appointment of the ex-ambassador despite tarnished past raises potentially fatal doubts about judgment" 1st reply: John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social Same old shit from the Guardian 'England batting collapse; Starmer may have to quit.' 'Dog barks; will Starmer be forced out?' 'Sun rises; end of the road for Starmer.' Bunch of public school tossers... 2nd reply: @rodyarr.bsky.social Do you think hand-picking a famously corrupt associate of the world's most notorious paedophile as US ambassador was a good decision by Starmer? Do you think it speaks more to his incredible political acumen, or maybe it demonstrates his impeccable moral scruples better? 3rd reply: John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social Twenty-twenty hindsight and Starmer sacked him. Carping stupid comment 06:55 4 Feb 2026
A picture of an article from the guardian website covering Mandelson's appointment as ambassador by Starmer. A search box at the top shows that the word "Epstein" does not appear anywhere on the page.
A search of the Guardian website for the term "hamas-run health ministry" showing just a handful of the hundreds of times the fearless independent thinkers at that august institution happily parroted the phrase they are now acknowledging is Israeli propaganda.
Entry from guardian live blog shortly after the announcement of the green candidate: Hannah Spencer has previously criticised people for putting up Union Jack and St George's flags on lamp-posts, suggesting they were wasting their time and energy when they could be doing more for their communities. The flags began appearing on lamp-posts and roundabouts in several English towns and cities in the summer last year. Self-described patriots insist the flags are simply a statement of national pride, but many fear they could be much more divisive amid a climate of anti-migrant sentiment. In a post on X on 30 September, Spencer said she believes the flags "are not showing patriotism - they are a show to intimidate our communities and cause division". The 34-year-old, who is a plumber by trade as well as a Trafford councillor, posted an accompanying video in which she says the effort to put up flags could have been better spent elsewhere. "These flags ... that took effort," she said in the video, pointing at the flags lining the unknown street and adding that they "go on for miles". "I know from working up a ladder fitting gutters and boiler flues, that is not easy. "If you're using your time, tools and practical skills because you want your country back, please come and join the rest of us who are actually trying to get our country back. "Come and volunteer at our monthly clean-up, come and join the gardening group, fix the broken fencing that needs repairing, come to the community arts centre that helps so many people. "Please give your head a little wobble and come and join the rest of us who are actually trying to get out country back."
The Labour leader told Sky News in April that he took "full responsibility for every decision of the Crown Prosecution Service when I was director of public prosecutions". https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-says-questions-about-his-cps-role-during-andrew-malkinson-case-should-be-directed-elsewhere-12944609