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Is the search function going to be re-activated at any stage? If I look for any posts I have made by searching for Alwyn I don't get them although I can find replies to Alwyn.
Is it something I am doing or is it a bug?
"Is it something I am doing or is it a bug?"
Well, you're clearly commenting some things which nobody thought needed a response to, so it's something you're doing, so it's not a bug.
But surely one should be able to check on one's past comments whether replied to or not?
it's a bug. Doesn't work for me either.
no idea if/when it will be fixed.
You can try this work around,
You can play around with the setting on the google page under the Tools drop down menu too.
Not perfect but usable
Thank you. I'll see what I can get and whether there is a way to order the results by date in some way. I'm not sure what order Google is using.
However at least I can get somethng.
It appears the UK CPS and UK police are not prosecuting to the legislative standard but allowing boyfriends and husbands to rape their partners.
In this case, the "rapist" a police officer misrepresented the facts leading to the complainant being charged with a false allegation.
This lead to the lot of them being embarrassed in court when the defence demolished their accusation of a false allegation by the complainant and showed how they were trying to misrepresent what had happened to the jury (either misled by the "rapist", or part of a conspiracy).
The judge directed CPS and police to review their decision not to prosecute the "rapist".
They again chose not to, thus not applying the legislative standard.
If this is to apply for all "rapists" with partners, or just "police officers", is not yet a known.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gl0r0052po
CPS are managing it all (coverage of the case and implications for future prosecutions) with a "victims to get a stronger voice before work towards a prosecution ends pilot programme".
https://www.cps.gov.uk/north-west/news/more-rape-victims-be-given-stronger-voice-prosecutors-stop-their-cases
It's difficult to find stats on partner rape. The UK Crime Survey results that I found seems to only show partner abuse including physical and non physical abuse.
I resorted to Google AI, which said:
It also said that
It's a fact of life that the cops will always look after their own, by any means deemed necessary, unless evidence against them is completely overwhelming.
I have noticed in the past the term sexual assault given to a wide range of behaviours in which rape is included. And say if assault is a slap on the face or a wrist grasped to halt an action, that would mask the number of rapes and serious assaults. The level of physicality should be clear. But there is an extra problem that is non-physical, and that is the fear of likely attack as retaliation for non-compliance, so it can be hard to get an understanding of how much vicious behaviour is included in overall stats.
yup
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Maria Ressa
Social Media as Insidious and Predatory Manipulation
Air Date: January 28, 2026
https://www.thirteen.org/openmind/civil-rights/social-media-as-insidious-and-predatory-manipulation/8154/
Well, they were very slow off the mark, but they can have a bit of credit for making the correct decision on this one.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360931657/new-zealand-declines-donald-trumps-invite-join-gaza-board-peace
I'm genuinely curious as to whether the habit of political protest is alive in local music? I'd love to know if some artists that are.
I've had a CD compilation playing in the workshop. Upper Hutt Posse's E Tu came on followed a few tracks later by Pumpkinhead's Nark. The latter having a crack at Minister of Police John Banks.
I know Darren Watson wrote one for Key.
Really!
“Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand “would not add significant” value to the board. He also said that despite not joining the board, New Zealand would support it.
“New Zealand recognises the leadership of the United States, in close coordination with nations from the region, on advancing peace in Gaza. We see a role for the Board of Peace in Gaza,” he said, in a statement on Friday.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360931657/new-zealand-declines-donald-trumps-invite-join-gaza-board-peace
Well, the UN Security Council voted to have a Board of Peace for Gaza with no anti-votes. That is all Winston has really approved of.
Jesus, some dogs get a long leash here.
However, who am I to complain? I have a great family and enough work to keep the wolf from the door for now.