In the news

It takes such a tiny amount of mentally unwell, vulnerable, angry, frightened people to polarise a planet.

Fucking cyclists ruining the roads for everyone else.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/labour-suspends-jeremy-corbyn-over-ehrc-report-comments

This is what Malaysia's former Prime Minister had to say about it, which is one interpretation of how it is viewed:
https://twitter.com/chedetofficial/status/1321765560233811970

A New York City man has fallen through a sinkhole in a sidewalk, landing directly on to a pack of rats and leaving him unable to scream for help out of a fear that they might crawl into his mouth, local media have reported.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/new-york-city-sinkhole-rats-man-falls

That's why you should know how to do that loud whistle with your tongue pressed against your lower lip.
Off topic, but it's my impression most English don't know how to do this? It's either the gentle pursed lips whistle or two fingers in your mouth?

Yeh, I learned a variety of whistling techniques just in case I fell in a hole full of rats. I can also do morse code by slapping my arse cheeks together.

We've got some pet rats. Will do some experiments to ascertain the best signal method to use in the event of being trapped in a pit with a lot of rats.

Hmm. Maybe we should stop the whistle recall training just in case

It just occurred to me that loud whistling could provoke the rats, and as soon as they got over the initial shock they'd proceed to gnaw your face off.

Aren't we forgetting the Pied Piper of Hamlin people?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OK1deq_Vc

Brilliant

LEONARD SHOULDERS!
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/new-york-city-sinkhole-rats-man-falls?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true

This is interesting, let's see what comes of it:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/legal-action-taken-against-pm-over-refusal-to-investigate-kremlin-meddling

Tommeh Ten Names arrested in Hyde Park!

🌟Bar Disciple🌟🌹🆓🇵🇸 (@BarDisciple) Tweeted:
Fascist Tommy Robinson crying like a baby whilst being handcuffed and arrested at Hyde Park, London. 😂 https://t.co/eGLs4P1Giz https://twitter.com/BarDisciple/status/1322918541633425413?s=20

Sqeaky fucker.

What does he get arrested for there?

Saying he was English.

He does sound angryish.

Saying he was English.

You get arrested and thrown in jail, don't you?

Breaching coronavirus regulations, police trolling pretty hard

Thanks. Maybe they'll throw him into a cell with Piers Corbyn.

On second thoughts, perhaps better not.

Pretty shitty whats going on in Ethiopia at the moment.

At least 54 people massacred at the weekend, mainly women and kids, I'm seeing things on FB suggesting its figures way higher than that.

Government really needs to be doing more

If only one could do something against civil wars, it may be far away but it's heartbreaking.

What's the history there? Is it standard 'divide and rule' to give power to the smaller part of the population (e.g. the Amhara) to keep the larger part (e.g., the Oromo) down?