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Boris Johnson’s ‘Go Into The Office’ Plan In Chaos As Civil Servants Told To Avoid Lunchtime Cafes | HuffPost UK

Source: Boris Johnson’s ‘Go Into The Office’ Plan In Chaos As Civil Servants Told To Avoid Lunchtime Cafes | HuffPost UK

“The gulf between the Prime Minister’s rhetoric and reality is growing by the day. This is completely contradictory – on the one hand the PM is trying to almost force civil servants to work from the office, and on the other hand departments are clearly concerned about the impact of this. How can it be to support businesses if people are being told to bring in food from home?” she said.

“It’s wrong to force anyone to work in the office if they don’t want to – I hope the PM changes his mind and stops pressuring public servants and others to take risks if they don’t want to.

“With a likely second wave on the near horizon, this Government really needs to stop setting such a bad example.”

In secret recording, Unlock Michigan trainer describes ‘shady job’

Source: In secret recording, Unlock Michigan trainer describes ‘shady job’

A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath, a secretly recorded videotape shows.

The video showing Erik Tisinger, a trainer for the California signature company In the Field, Inc., was secretly recorded Sept. 4 by a representative of Keep Michigan Safe — the group opposing the Unlock Michigan effort — and made available to the Free Press.

Report: Trump’s Favorite Puppet Master Is Behind an Anti-Biden Smear Campaign | Vanity Fair

Source: Report: Trump’s Favorite Puppet Master Is Behind an Anti-Biden Smear Campaign | Vanity Fair

“We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia’s influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. Vice President, supporting the U.S. president and fueling public discord ahead of the U.S. election in November,” the secret CIA report begins, sources told Rogin.

According to the CIA assessment, Putin’s latest round of alleged election meddling includes efforts by Andriy Derkach, who is believed by American intelligence to be a Russian agent, to spread anti-Biden material in the United States.

Kennedy says Kushner virus task force asked him to distort predictions – Business Insider

  • Max Kennedy Jr., a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, said he was asked to falsify a model to downplay predicted deaths and cast doubt on other, more dire forecasts.
  • Kennedy said he joined the team — intended to get personal protective equipment for the US — expecting it to be apolitical. He said it was the opposite.
  • He blew the whistle to Congress earlier this year. “I just couldn’t sleep,” he told The New Yorker. “I was so distressed and disturbed by what I’d seen.”

Source: Kennedy says Kushner virus task force asked him to distort predictions – Business Insider

Trump Says Coronavirus ‘Affects Virtually Nobody,’ As U.S. Has World’s Highest Death Toll – (New/old lies: Let parents-grandparents die-nobody young gets sick)

At a campaign rally at the Toledo Express Airport in Ohio on Monday, Trump said: “Now we know it. It [the coronavirus] affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. If they have other problems. That’s what it really affects. That’s it.

“You know, In some states, thousands of people—nobody young. Below the age of 18, like, nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows? You look…Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing.”

 

Source: Trump Says Coronavirus ‘Affects Virtually Nobody,’ As U.S. Has World’s Highest Death Toll

How to check which apps accessed your location in iOS 14

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Last year, with iOS 13, Apple introduced a new setting that lets an app use your location data only once. With the introduction of iOS 14, the company has made …

Source: How to check which apps accessed your location in iOS 14

UPDATE: Covid Comes Knocking — beetleypete – UK

Following my post yesterday, things moved fast. Julie persisted online, and was eventually offered a test at a place outside of Norwich, 25 miles away. As she was too unwell to drive, I took her there. They sent a Q-Code to her phone, and she had to take that, and a photo I.D. She also […]

UPDATE: Covid Comes Knocking — beetleypete

The whole experience left me thinking about a few things. For one, the NHS really did well, after the shaky start when we were offered a test 100 miles away. So you have to keep trying online, and tests are available locally, until 8:00 PM. But then I thought about people who don’t have a car. They are not allowed to walk into that test centre, and no public transport can get you to it either. And what if they are not online, have no access to any computer, and don’t have a mobile phone? There must be some other way of course, but I bet it is not easy to arrange.

For those readers outside of the UK, remember this is all totally free of charge for us here.

So no complaints from me.