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Might want to remove the photo.

Reported for doxxing

Now de-doxxxxxxxed.

Still, silly posting a photo that gives address away.

Those ain't my bins but still, no need to be a cunt.
Can you remove my neighbours address please?

I know a guy who used to do PR for them.

I think I know his work

commenter on that article agreeing with him using popular movie name and 2 digit year, most definitely not a troll farm account.

Done. No need to be rude, you did post the photo after all.

Russia blocking telegram because it can't read peoples messages...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43668537

What do you know - something Theresa May and Putin agree on.

Anyone who is calling that dead burglar "scum who got what he deserved" is probably also slagging Khan off for knife crime stats.

The enthusiasm of some people with "give that man a medal!!!!" doesn't sit well with me.

Totally understand someone bringing something to defend themselves, I would hide or grab a something if not given any choice, but a man did die...

I guess people are angry about burglary/what they feel are low sentences/lack of police attention, and it never happened to me but it must be super scary if someone is in your house. Still, wtf.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4607386

So many 'i wud of choped the cunt in2 peases m8' posts on facebook.

Zero comprehension of due process.

BBC travel/traffic news just warned of several thousand teenagers on bikes expected to ride around central London this afternoon leaving from Tooley St. Is it bikestormz? (Also, forum rides never made the news.)

#madeit

Yep Bikestormz. 'Knives down, bikes up' which is a message they've been rocking for a while but this is in response to all the recent murders.

The estimate from somewhere is 2-5k but I suspect that's way high.

Forum rides never had lots of young black men on them though did they? It's a shame society can't see that Bikelife is a way more positive choice than gang life...

Bit more info here http://www.huckmagazine.com/ride/bikes/bikestormz-movement-cycling-bikelife-survival-london/

old news article!
was pretty sure they were today's ride, but a quick google didn't bring it up.

yes, the article talks about the origins of the ride rather than today's one.

to be fair the travel news wasn't disparaging about it, just warned of disruption much the same as they do any other protest/event. is it deliberate that they never say what the protest is for? (no matter how official)

I was just kidding about the forum rides, I think bikestormz is all round pretty awesome. I was more surprised that something which is mostly youths self-organising actually made it onto BBC radar in advance.

this is in response to all the recent murders.

Has there actually been a significant (in the statistical sense) number of murders? To be both callous and a nerd: I'm guessing murders follow a Poisson distribution which means that there is always a chance of 20 murders in a month even if the typical murder rate is 1 per month. It feels to me like this merely is a statistical blip that has been blown out of proportion by a rabid media (shocker), but I've not seen any articles or whatever where they've conducted a proper analysis.

It's important because it's the distinction between random chance and a causal mechanism that has increased murders. If it's the former, nothing you can do. If it's the latter we need to find out what the cause of the increased murder rate is and get it sorted out.

Murderers.

Has there actually been a significant (in the statistical sense) number of murders?

We'll have to wait and see.

The brown areas on a banana which indicate that it is ripe, show up as fluorescent under a uv lamp.
The brown areas on a banana which are there as a result of bruising, do not.
The animals which have uv on their visible spectrum, can tell that the fruit is ripe to eat.