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Very bright night sky. Took this tonight (again on my phone)

They really have messed up with this ban on essential products in Wales... Apart from the stuff already mentioned above They are also saying that books are banned but magazines are ok , tights are banned but socks are ok... On the plus side @Bluebird Hewitt I hear the Welsh Police managed to catch one family trying to sneak into Wales from a restricted zone and were turned back yesterday... I believe they were caught trying to sneak non essential contraband across the border... Apparently they were all wearing clothes for the journey

The CEO of Arapat (Iran's YouTube) was sentenced to 10 years in prison... for a video that was uploaded onto his video platford (not that he had anything to do with the creation of the video). But the video was one where an interviewer asks kids questions about what they know about how they were born (not how they were conceived or anything)... and she also answer's a kid's question on the biology of asexual reproduction vs. how mammals reproduce vs. how fish reproduce. But the government deemed it to be "too graphic" for children. So the 7 people involved in the creation of the video get between 10-12 years and the owner of the website gets 10 years. It's so strange to me what the people high up in the Iranian government decide to prioritise while they're facing a complete economic meltdown and Iran is still pretty badly hit by the pandemic. But still, somehow, it's a government priority to be policing "morality"... but really punishing people for trying to teach kids about biology. And also punishing someone who was in no way related to the creation of the "offending" content... just to send a message to other owners of Iranian social media platforms that the government expects them to act as morality police as well. It's a fucking joke tbh. Not a very good joke, but it's just so fucking sad and absurd.

In queso emergency you can take my place.

Moved it to the right place, as you posted in the corona thread

This pyramid is the most accurate thing I've ever seen in my life

Reading about the rabbits breading in biology class was really fun, rabbits are alpha

Fair point you made and I admittedly didn't think that. I was thinking more of a generalisation with the example. Yep. Face masks were made mandatory last month and must be worn in shops and public transport. Yeah, I agree with that really. Think what you like with these restrictions but you don't need to be a bellend over it.

Whilst I agree with his sentiment, the bloke is just being a bellend for the sake of 5 minutes internet fame and it’s totally backfired on him. ‘Look at me! I’ll get my mates to film me ripping all the stuff because I’m well hard and people will love me’.

This post pretty much sums up the whole point of why Drakeford's decision on what is and isn't essential is ridiculous (not a dig at you in any way, Rucksackfranzose). As I mentioned before, what is essential to some will not be essential to others, as different people have different needs. To give a rough example of what I mean, here's a snippet of an article that I'll post a link to a bit further down. Drakeford has since come out and said that this will not be reversed (as heaven forbid he could ever make a mistake). However, to make this farcical even better, they're now saying that the rules 'may be tweaked', 'there is discretion within the rules' and that 'a review into how the rules were implemented would be held on Monday'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54676457 Let's remind ourselves that supermarkets and other shops were not informed of what is essential (and can be sold) and what is non essential (what can't be sold) about 5 hours before the lockdown actually began (hence the whole covering up and blocking of aisles you've seen). When you have to review your very own rules after 2 of 17 days into a lockdown that you announced (and had leaked) a week ago, you've clearly fucked up.

Well, as the basic human needs pyramid illustrates, you're clearly wrong!

Tried to capture Jupiter tonight. It's been cloudy in the last few nights so there have been few observation opportunities, had only less than an hour window tonight before the Jupiter set... Think it turned out quite well... Managed to get Jupiter and three of its Galilean moons - Ganymede, Io, and Europa (from left to right). Sadly couldn't see Callisto, must have been behind Jupiter already. Have to click on the image to see it properly, as those moons are tiny...

Lord have mercy on my soul, always thought this was just bullshit, THE POSSIBILITIES

That sucks. I'm not clued up on other countries but how are the Netherlands generally coping (ie. is the full lockdown required, is it an over reaction etc)? Also (and I can't believe I'm going to post this) : Woman: Excuse me, could I buy some period products please? Tesco: Nah love. The Welsh Government told us not to sell these items as they're non essential. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54685886 EDIT: I will stop as I realise that I've taken up the last page or two, but as a final bit for anyone wanting to understand the quality of Walesonline's proofreading, they did an article with Tesco in St. Mellons explaining why the sanitary aisle was cordoned off. It was apparently due to a break in that the police confirmed. I'm not 100% sure whether the break in has already happened or whether the break in is currently taking place as of this current time (3:50pm).

So this dickhead in the shop ripping stuff down is just part of the problem then