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John Paul

@brightsuit.bsky.social

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Making one man movies (mainly sci fi) using AI and the normal video editing tools. Oh and FTSE stocks and shares and some coding (NodeJS) ....

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John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 28

BBC - dodgy Lucy Letby stats:
inews.co.uk/news/media/b...

BBC holds urgent review after Lucy Letby documentary errors

BBC boss was warned Panorama Letby film contained inaccuracies hours before broadcast

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 28

In my view, there something very Lucy Letby about this video: www.youtube.com/shorts/5ozut...

The Gambler's Fallacy

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

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John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 28

While we were in the EU we had something called the "Dover Accords" which meant all small boat arrivals would have been sent straight back to France. Before BREXIT Nil Boats. After BREXIT Zillions of Boats...
Solution: REJOIN THE EU....

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 28

Why do REFORM UK, FARAGE and the CONSERVATIVES never admit they created the "small boat crisis" by pulling us out of the EU.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 18

I thought cancel culture was in 2023? Is it still happening in the USA? Blimey!

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ron: The word "only" is a bit childish. It works better without the extra word. Science generally speaking avoids words like "only" or "simply" or "just"

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 17

Daily Mail and Lucy Letby:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Bombshell Lucy Letby papers and astonishing 'revenge' claim revealed

Lucy Letby repeatedly raised the alarm about the poor care of babies in the hospital where she worked, according to bombshell documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 16

I loved "Journey to the centre of the earth" by Jules Verne. What did you not like about it? Its a brilliant read.
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

By Jules Verne Paperback Read this perilous and astonishing adventure into the earth's core. After decoding a scrap of paper in runic script, the intrepid Professor Lidenbrock and his nervous nephew A...

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John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 15

Do those prosecuted get a fair trial?

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 15

Anyone with that much trust in the crown prosecution service must be some sort of neo-nazi nut job..... The legal system makes loads of mistakes and will continue to do so.
CPS budget has fallen 25% - lost loads of staff, endless mistakes and failed prosecutions. Its omnishambles.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lucy Letby - this will probably keep on going until they let her out or have a retrial.
www.msn.com/en-gb/crime/...

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 11

What you say might be true but I think what I said was the reason they were not called.
My reason for her being "not guilty" is based on stats. Looked at individually each case does not appear to be deliberate harm or murder. It only looks suspicious because its a statistical spike.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 7

I can just see this on Clarkson Farm..... Make a good episode.... "Woke Bees Gone Mad"...

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 7

No I know reasonable bit about UK history. Alas they were stuck in a 19th century construct but some silly buggers still try to lever their ideas into the 21st century. If you are interested in what it was really like this is my mums autobiography:
www.amazon.co.uk/East-End-Mem...

East End Memories: Amazon.co.uk: Hawthorne, Jennie: 9780750939966: Books

Buy East End Memories UK ed. by Hawthorne, Jennie (ISBN: 9780750939966) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 7

Marx and Engels alas were a product of their time. In those days, poor employed as servants, even for quite modest households (or armed forces). Thus the UK had a thing called a "class system" It even affected who could vote. In modern non-servant society the concept of class no longer works.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 7

A fair defense witness probably has to say that murder is a possibility. An unfair prosecution witness says chance of it not being murder is slim to non-existent.
Thus defense experts will look like fence sitters compared to prosecution.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 7

Not illegal corruption but legal corruption. Expert prosecution witnesses have access to the totality of the police evidence and 100% police help. Often they started getting paid yonks before the trial starts. Thus their pay and knowledge of case is going to be higher then any legal aid experts.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hence religion is better than spirituality. Order is better than chaos. It is good to be able to trust what a person will do in given situations.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 4

Lucy Letby Summary: The prosecution expert witnesses get paid a wad of cash for saying the defendant is guilty. If a case is based on expert witnesses the defense has less cash and ability to see the police's evidence and obviously less time too. They have little chance of beating the system.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 3

re statistics: I often think if it was just ONE baby would the evidence of murder have been so overwhelming compared to the other possible reasons for the death (accidental or natural causes). Mmm
So yes I feel the result was kind of rigged. lucy Letby had no chance.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 3

I dont think anyone seriously thinking about the notes, thinks they were a confession 😀😀😀
The nurse was stitched up.

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Aug 3

Because the honest opinion of most medics is "yes this death might have been caused deliberately or it might have been natural or accidental".... Whereas the prosecution "experts" witnesses have no such compunction to be medically honest. In other words expert witnesses are a legal stitchup

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Jul 31

Gambling £100 on a horse or a share?
With shares you stand good chance of getting much of your money back if you lose.
So if you whack £100 on SBTX I think (touchwood) you stand a chance of doubling your money in 2 months. But if it fails you'll probably still get most of your money back.

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · Jul 26

Another absolutely amazing story from Rachel Aviv in the New Yorker. Between this and the Lucy Letby story, a masterclass in the extraordinarily consequential things smart people of goodwill can get wrong.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t

Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?

www.newyorker.com

John Paul @brightsuit.bsky.social · Jul 27

On face value I would think if the "official" food distribution points are chaotic and people are getting shot - dropping aid by plane will likely be even worse....