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For those with PS4's, Sony are offering Journey and the Uncharted trilogy for free as part of the Play at Home initiative. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-14-uncharted-the-nathan-drake-collection-journey-free-on-ps4-later-this-week Both may be old but I'll happily take that, especially as I haven't played Journey or Uncharted 3. Germany and China will have Knack 2 instead of the Uncharted games so.............. sorry about that.

Found myself agreeing with Piers Morgan a lot more in last few weeks. Didn't think that would happen

Cautiously optimistic.

MURICA!

Got to love the Australian attitude.... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/15/hoarder-tried-return-132-packs-toilet-rolls-150-bottles-hand-sanitiser-12558946/

You do when you look at maps.

Ffs

If that’s true

You can criticise and question your government's for their response without absolving the Chinese government for their role in how this has developed. You can simultaneously be pleased that the prime minister has recovered from Covid-19 while still questioning his and his government's handling of the crisis. Questioning the government on one issue doesn't make you a "left wing fanatic" any more than supporting the government on one issue makes you a "right wing nut job". Come on guys. Don't expect everyone who doesn't like Johnson or the Conservatives to suddenly "see the light" just because the bloke got sick and recovered. I've genuinely seen about 100 times more posts like this one here than people actually wishing him ill. What I have seen is a lot of people pointing out quite rightly that Boris Johnson rode the Brexit bus to power, a campaign which was built heavily upon anti-immigrant sentiment, and that he was a part of the Conservative party that voted against giving nurses a pay rise just a few years ago and cheered in the House of Commons when the result was announced. Both of these things are factual and relevant today where the same Boris Johnson owes his life to two immigrants working for the NHS. Another thing I've seen is a lot of Johnson/Conservative sympathisers across the internet trying to conflate these points with wishing the prime minister ill to make those asking fair questions look like the bad guys. The bloke has literally had his life saved by people he arguably trod on on his way to being prime minister (see above). These are nice words, yes, but that's not enough to forget the fact that his ticket to power, Vote Leave, campaigned heavily on reducing immigration to this country as if it was a bad thing, he literally voted against those who have this week saved his life from getting a pay rise back in 2017 while his party cheered and sneered, and even in 2020, his government begins working to kick out "unskilled workers" that weren't born here. 10 years of contempt for public services and immigrants from the Conservative party and ironically he could have died without either a matter of days ago. It will take a bit more than a short speech thanking them for the slate to be wiped clean. They'd appreciate the appropriate protective equipment and effective testing to take place to ease the pressure on the NHS more than more empty words. That said, the decimation of the NHS over the past decade doesn't fall as much at Johnson's feet or the current government. This is an issue that goes back to David Cameron's premiership. And it was a nice touch to mention the two nurses by name.

25 Years of Foo Fighters on 4Music. Next couple hours sorted! That & All My Life are probably the best. Plenty of others to enjoy listening to - My Hero, Monkey Wrench, Times Like These, DOA, Learn to Fly, The Pretender.

One race in December. Winner takes it all.

106 y/o recovers from Coronavirus https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-52296196

Wife has recieved the dreaded mail from work: either agree to the new restructured wages, which are substantially less, or submit your resignation. Friend, who is another company, received an email with a similar template. I suppose, this is how most companies would go forward. Easier to force people to quit rather than fire them. On the pandemic front, we are doing somewhat better than most other nations - at least so far. Can't say the same about my state. Probably the worst in the country, where others are doing better.