Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
You're always complaining about people doing things wrong and you've not shared your views of xr on this thread.
Extinction Rebellion
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not-bono-ever
meh
the main benefit of XR would seem to be getting young uns interested in protest judging by the awareness in my kids. it's not a popular revolution by any means but better than nothing - at the very least, it has the schoolies generation talking about things
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
He definitely isn’t me, constable.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I've not complained about XR doing things wrong, so have no duty to say what should be happening instead. Nor have I denied that i am that YouTube guy.
It's noted that you also do not deny it.
And it's noted that you have not solved climate change.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
while you’re at it Pickman's model can you also solve the Middle East, the JFK assassination conspiracy and find Shergar
teuchter
je suis teuchter
If he could re-allocate some of his time to solving these issues instead of posting on urban75 I feel confident the world would be a better place.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
You have more authority on a thread about shopping trollies .
Serene
Slightly disgruntled
I read an interesting article in one of the funny papers today, which for once was a good read. I enjoyed this part, which for me, clarified what it is about. Often the funny papers dont tell you what it is all about, and so you remain uneducated about the background of the story. Here is copy and paste of it. It is about the protest at the Science Museum, and about Shell Oil. The last sentence of it in particular is very important. QUOTE
Dr Charlie Gardner, an associate senior lecturer in conservation science at the University of Kent, and a member of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion, said: 'Shell, an oil company, is a major driver of the climate emergency.
'We find it unacceptable that a scientific institution, a great cultural institution such as the Science Museum, should be taking money, dirty money, from an oil company.
'Oil companies have invested heavily over the last three decades in undermining public confidence in science and it's the reason why there are still, to this day, people that doubt or deny the existence of climate change.
'Oil companies have an anti-science agenda and yet the Science Museum is taking their money.
'The fact that Shell are able to sponsor this exhibition allows them to paint themselves as part of the solution to climate change, whereas they are, of course, at the heart of the problem.'
UNQUOTE.
Wonderful, thanks for some clear background on it.
Dr Charlie Gardner, an associate senior lecturer in conservation science at the University of Kent, and a member of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion, said: 'Shell, an oil company, is a major driver of the climate emergency.
'We find it unacceptable that a scientific institution, a great cultural institution such as the Science Museum, should be taking money, dirty money, from an oil company.
'Oil companies have invested heavily over the last three decades in undermining public confidence in science and it's the reason why there are still, to this day, people that doubt or deny the existence of climate change.
'Oil companies have an anti-science agenda and yet the Science Museum is taking their money.
'The fact that Shell are able to sponsor this exhibition allows them to paint themselves as part of the solution to climate change, whereas they are, of course, at the heart of the problem.'
UNQUOTE.
Wonderful, thanks for some clear background on it.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Maybe it was on the day (it was taxed) but this van isn't taxed or insured.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
But does CC wear a hat while posting?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Loads of cops in the city standing round like muppets
not-bono-ever
meh
Shitloads of TSG , bears in the air and legions of transport OSU virtually closed London Bridge as about 50 obviously dangerous threat to society peaceniks hold up a few banners. Nice bit of BH o/t and maybe the chance to get the boot into a pensioner later
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
They do pick their targets don’t they
Sorry in advance in case I'm being dense but what is OSU in this context?
That shit never gets old
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Reckon it's operational support unit
Ah! Yes that would make sense. Ta.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
They might mean PSU -police support unit 1 3 and 18 normally level 2 ( i.e. they have other day jobs and four days training a year)
Or Transport BCU BCU being the ‘new’ name for divisions or boroughs in the met. Transport BCU is that part of the Met ( not BTP) that is funded by and supports the non tube bits of TFL, mostly busses, taxi’s and mini cabs.
OSUs used to be operational support units. But that tended to date from before firearms was a full time role. They did firearms, search and some times surge policing. A bit like the met TSG.
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Yep.
They wrote OSU, and my brain temporarily froze, hence me asking.
If they had written PSU or BCU I'd probably not have asked.
BristolEcho
Well-Known Member
Not doubting this but wondered if you could elaborate? I don't know much about them beyond the obvious.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah they're shit. But to what end is the point of targeting them on climate change? XR won't stop them doing anything, so it's purely symbolic and media message related, and I suspect it'll just confuse things and look weird to many people. Happy to be convinced otherwise, but it does smack of the Four Lions 'bomb the mosque' sketch a bit to me.
From this I can see they have a point. There’s little point in trying to protect endangered wildlife if you aren’t dealing with the climate emergency.
www.wtfwwf.org
Led by the same ecosystem destroyers – WTF WWF
www.wtfwwf.org
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
What’s that got to do with a climate emergency? If extinction rebellion can’t think of a better target than WWF then maybe it’s not an emergency? Or maybe they’re just really counterproductively bad at selecting targets, which we know they are from past experience.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
XR is not just about climate change.
