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• Bill Arnold commented on That sinking feeling
  I don't know who did this (mit url), but the "Active Summoning Curve" yellow warning triangle is nice. http://web.mit.edu/~ternus/Public/Public_old/laundry.pdf Demetria's list, oh my. Every (spell) item listed is personal and selfish. it made me wonder what would happen if spellcaster tried to fix Brexit. Now that at least is larger in desired scale of change, and potentially (depending on investments etc) less selfish....
• Elderly Cynic commented on That sinking feeling
  That is why the extreme right are trying to split Labour....
• Trottelreiner commented on That sinking feeling
  Nice, though the curve reminds me of polytene chromosomes somewhat. Actually, I wonder if Dho-Nha curves are a special case of elliptic curves Or a L-system like the dragon curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_curve or a space-time-filling curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve...
• Greg Tingey commented on That sinking feeling
  ERC @ 879 Bollocks I know a stout member of my local Labour party, as well as a nodding acquaintance with my MP ( I know her mother better ) ... And it's "Momentum" ( Militant under another name ) who are trying to either split the party, or alternatively drive all the Social Democrats out. Momentum are acively trying to deselect an MP with a majority of over 20 000, because she is not ideologically pure ......
• Pigeon commented on That sinking feeling
  I think both are true... The internal dissension you cite is certainly real, although it seems to me that both sides are similarly culpable, if the displays of Labour MPs bitching at other Labour MPs in public that I've come across are any indication. MP 1: "You're damaging the Labour party..." MP 2: "No, you're damaging the Labour party..." (me: FFS YOU'RE BOTH DAMAGING THE LABOUR PARTY CARRYING ON LIKE THIS, JUST PACK IT IN ALREADY [twitches wing against side]) And the far right are trying to foment dissent against Corbyn with this antisemitism bollocks, partly because they want to...