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@feddit.ukhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/threads-nuclear-apocalypse-bbc-tv-drama-40-years-on-mick-jackson-interview
Ahead of a timely re-airing of Mick Jackson’s famously bleak docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/13/threat-britain-fringe-extremists-tory-radicalisation-michael-gove?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
If Michael Gove really wants to root out the forces threatening British society, perhaps his party should look in the mirror, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
There's a man on my train this morning, and he's listening to stuff out loud on his phone, like fully out loud, not even slightly subtle. The train is in Britain. He keeps listening to 5 seconds of an annoying song, then switching to another song. It sort of sounds like kids TV music. He appears dressed to go work in a fancy office or something, and this is a morning commuter train, so I don't think he's escaped from a prison or mental hospital.
Anyway, amongst myself and another couple of hundred quiet passengers, we've tried everything:
I think generally we're running out of ideas. I heard someone behind me mentioning they were thinking about "sparking him out", and someone else had suggested they might grab his phone and throw it out the window.
I was toying with the idea of going nuclear on him, and directly but politely asking him to turn it down, but it's a bit early for that kind of extreme behaviour. Perhaps I should throw something at his head?
Anyway, anyone who's been in a similar situation have any suggestions?
[Update] The train got full, so people were standing all the way down the aisle. Three people sat on the table next to him.
Opposite him, an older woman stared at him and shook her head at him, in a gesture I interpreted as "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed". He put his phone in his pocket and stared out the window. I gave her the subtlest of nods, to communicate "thank you" and "good job".
So we're safe, this time - but I'm still interested in solutions, as something like this could happen again!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/14/brexit-tackle-politics-children-football?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
My son says it means taking out the player without getting the ball, all while shouting ‘Brexit means Brexit’, says teacher Lola Okolosie
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/12/damo-suzuki-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Singer whose idiosyncratic performances helped the German band Can stretch the limits of experimental rock