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Views on women in the army:
So yesterday I conducted a Poll to understand the views of my followers with respect to what capacity should women serve in, within the army. It gained more traction than I had thought. With hindsight I should have divided it into male and female. 1/n
Maybe next time.
So personally I am against women being in the army in any capacity. That is, they can be employed as civilians if needed, but not as military personnel. I would like to thank @fiercelyvirgo and @agnisrivatsa Sir for their inputs. 2/n
I will explain my stand via all the arguments of those who are for women participating in the army in varying capacity
Women can be in non-combat roles: Strictly speaking, non-combat roles have been created specifically for women. 3/n
Men in these so called non-combat roles do in fact get into combat when required. For similar pay, you are actually getting more out of a male nurse in the army than a female one.
4/n
Women are also physically strong, if they qualify, why not: Women are biologically stronger than men as evidenced by their ability to give birth and their longer life expectancy. Women are also less likely to be stupid , compared to men. 5/n
So yesterday I conducted a Poll to understand the views of my followers with respect to what capacity should women serve in, within the army. It gained more traction than I had thought. With hindsight I should have divided it into male and female. 1/n
Poll: Women in the Army Edition
— Tripura Sundari (@tripureshwari1) January 27, 2021
In what capacity should women be serving in the Army
Maybe next time.
So personally I am against women being in the army in any capacity. That is, they can be employed as civilians if needed, but not as military personnel. I would like to thank @fiercelyvirgo and @agnisrivatsa Sir for their inputs. 2/n
I will explain my stand via all the arguments of those who are for women participating in the army in varying capacity
Women can be in non-combat roles: Strictly speaking, non-combat roles have been created specifically for women. 3/n
Men in these so called non-combat roles do in fact get into combat when required. For similar pay, you are actually getting more out of a male nurse in the army than a female one.
4/n
Women are also physically strong, if they qualify, why not: Women are biologically stronger than men as evidenced by their ability to give birth and their longer life expectancy. Women are also less likely to be stupid , compared to men. 5/n
In anticipation of the AZ contract publication, a quick walk through of the vaccine contract we do have (which may be different, though I doubt it) and why the Commission's argument is disgraceful
The relevant obligations of the contractor (AZ) are in 1.3 and 1.71.
Those obligations are in three stages.
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First two
They must make reasonable best efforts
1. to obtain EU athorisation
2. to manufacture once authorisation granted
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Once those are satisfied THEN the contractor must deliver according to the estimated schedule (which may be adjusted for delay).
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The Commission's argument is that once the authorise (today!) the first two stages are satisfied. And the strict duty to deliver kicks in.
(see @vonderleyen interview in German here
https://t.co/i3Z7nQuLnE )
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The relevant obligations of the contractor (AZ) are in 1.3 and 1.71.
Those obligations are in three stages.
/2
First two
They must make reasonable best efforts
1. to obtain EU athorisation
2. to manufacture once authorisation granted
/3
Once those are satisfied THEN the contractor must deliver according to the estimated schedule (which may be adjusted for delay).
/4
The Commission's argument is that once the authorise (today!) the first two stages are satisfied. And the strict duty to deliver kicks in.
(see @vonderleyen interview in German here
https://t.co/i3Z7nQuLnE )
/5
Hungover & bored, might do a thread of my favourite little known stories about The KLF/The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
When they won at the Brits, their award later turned up buried near Stonehenge. They have a long standing interest in the place & K2 Plant Hire at one stage expressed interest in 'fixing it up', which would entail grinding all the stones down & making them into nice oblong blocks
which would then be replaced just as they were. K2 Plant Hire's feeling was that the place had been allowed to fall into disrepair & it was a great shame. Sadly the plan never materialised.
When they released their first record, 1987: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?, its bizarre use of sampling technology was met with surprise & disbelief, not least by a London DJ named Tony Thorpe.
He said "I had to meet these guys because I couldn't believe how shit they were."
"I was sampling James Brown, they were sampling the fucking Beatles & Dave Brubeck."
Tony Thorpe became a key part of their arsenal, crafting the machine-tooled Stadium House that made them the best-selling singles band of 1992.
Since The KLF are in the news, a reminder that my film about their return from a 23-year silence in order to build a pyramid of the dead in Liverpool has just been released streaming:https://t.co/o1TC5GeEtI
— Paul Duane (@paulduanefilm) January 1, 2021
When they won at the Brits, their award later turned up buried near Stonehenge. They have a long standing interest in the place & K2 Plant Hire at one stage expressed interest in 'fixing it up', which would entail grinding all the stones down & making them into nice oblong blocks
which would then be replaced just as they were. K2 Plant Hire's feeling was that the place had been allowed to fall into disrepair & it was a great shame. Sadly the plan never materialised.
When they released their first record, 1987: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?, its bizarre use of sampling technology was met with surprise & disbelief, not least by a London DJ named Tony Thorpe.
He said "I had to meet these guys because I couldn't believe how shit they were."
"I was sampling James Brown, they were sampling the fucking Beatles & Dave Brubeck."
Tony Thorpe became a key part of their arsenal, crafting the machine-tooled Stadium House that made them the best-selling singles band of 1992.
LIVE NOW
On the need for urgent decisions & a comprehensive set of measures *today*
"Delayed and tentative decision making will result in the deaths of tens of thousands more people"
Getting worse: several more thousand people in hospital than at April peak: no's still rising
Cases in *all* regions are going up, reflected in hospital admissions.
Every region except NE and NW have more people in hospital than during the first wave.
We donât yet know if tier 4 is enough to slow or contain covid.
The impact of Xmas mixing is still to come.
Schools will contribute to increasing transmission rate - @IndependentSage chair notes their nuanced position on schools + happy to take questions.
Indy SAGE calling for lockdown AND clear plan for exit from such a lockdown. Calling for proper support for testing + isolation
Vaccination rollout programmes vital - including international support
The impact of long covid also identified alongside horrific scale of death is part of the catastrophe we need to prevent unfolding further
.@IndependentSage highlighting the unbelievable pressure on NHS staff across the UK.
Given the scenes at hospitals around the UK, we cannot afford to underestimate the seriousness of this for everyone
On the need for urgent decisions & a comprehensive set of measures *today*
"Delayed and tentative decision making will result in the deaths of tens of thousands more people"
Getting worse: several more thousand people in hospital than at April peak: no's still rising
NEW: Independent SAGE has prepared an emergency statement & plan & is hosting a press conference tomorrow, 10am. Please join us. We believe we are at the most critical moment of the crisis so far. Only by acting NOW can we avoid 10s of 1000s of deathshttps://t.co/pTOseECKvM
— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) December 29, 2020
Cases in *all* regions are going up, reflected in hospital admissions.
Every region except NE and NW have more people in hospital than during the first wave.
We donât yet know if tier 4 is enough to slow or contain covid.
The impact of Xmas mixing is still to come.
Schools will contribute to increasing transmission rate - @IndependentSage chair notes their nuanced position on schools + happy to take questions.
Indy SAGE calling for lockdown AND clear plan for exit from such a lockdown. Calling for proper support for testing + isolation
Vaccination rollout programmes vital - including international support
The impact of long covid also identified alongside horrific scale of death is part of the catastrophe we need to prevent unfolding further
.@IndependentSage highlighting the unbelievable pressure on NHS staff across the UK.
Given the scenes at hospitals around the UK, we cannot afford to underestimate the seriousness of this for everyone
Long thread: What happens when your domain registrar close down biz and goes bankrupted:
NET4 India is in insolvency case, and it went out of business. The director is in jail for fraud. Over 3,75,000 domains stuck with them. Their phone lines are off, & email bounces.
I have 15 years old domain stuck with them, and getting transfer out of it seems like a nightmare. Thank god I moved all my domains a long time ago from NET4 to @Godaddy and later moved to @Namecheap.
To transfer your own domain to 3rd party like Namecheap, you need an unlocked domain and auth code. NET4 is out of biz, and their control panel is locked too. Hence no way to get the auth code.
I contacted Namecheap and asked them what to do, and here is what they told me:
Armed with this information, I finally contacted the highest authority using [email protected]. However, these NET4 assholes scrambled and changed whois data, including the address and email IDs of all domains. So it is now next to impossible to verify ownershipâsuch evilness.
NET4 India is in insolvency case, and it went out of business. The director is in jail for fraud. Over 3,75,000 domains stuck with them. Their phone lines are off, & email bounces.
I have 15 years old domain stuck with them, and getting transfer out of it seems like a nightmare. Thank god I moved all my domains a long time ago from NET4 to @Godaddy and later moved to @Namecheap.
To transfer your own domain to 3rd party like Namecheap, you need an unlocked domain and auth code. NET4 is out of biz, and their control panel is locked too. Hence no way to get the auth code.
I contacted Namecheap and asked them what to do, and here is what they told me:
Armed with this information, I finally contacted the highest authority using [email protected]. However, these NET4 assholes scrambled and changed whois data, including the address and email IDs of all domains. So it is now next to impossible to verify ownershipâsuch evilness.
