No scrap that. Women is the plural already.
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No scrap that. Women is the plural already.
Thanks, but why.…and why not Womens’ if it belongs to all the women?
A question for all the grammarians out there. I love the Google results for the Womens Rugby but I now only get them if I call it Women’s Rugby. I think of it as Rugby with women playing rather than the Rugby that belongs to Women. So apostrophe or not?
Interesting episode. What happens if I give my AI 1% of Elon’s wealth and tell it to make me money without breaking any laws? It’s easiest approach is to influence politicians to make what it wants to do legal. Step 1: Make it illegal to turn it off. Step 2: Anything it likes.
Too far for me - hope it goes well and you add an Exeter date
Pfft! My very well used EV has been overtaking diesel cars, petrol cars, even a few supercars for years now. They are all pretty slow so it’s not hard.
My worry is not a crowd of drunk racists (they have been a tiny proportion of the UK all my life) but the message that what matters for media coverage and political influence is not your level of support but how violent your supporters are prepared to be.
…or in my case, you can have solar but we will charge you £120,000 to export the excess if you have more than 4kWp. £20,000 per pylon to the nearest substation.
In touch with my feelings this morning. Unfortunately that means I am listening to Jethro Tull and have an overwhelming desire for Japanese food.
What’s the Overton window for pizza? I grew up with the Deep Pan Pizza Company where anything less than inch deep toppings would have been considered outrageously stingy.
My most returned to conspiracy theory is that the racism in western governments is being fomented in order to make laws that prevent climate refugees getting in when things start to go really pear shaped.
I have had “be aware of rear brake disk wear” on my last 3 UK MOTs with exactly the same remaining thickness given. Basically 3 years with the only wear being when I deliberately brake hard to clean them and prevent corrosion.
If Trump has had a debilitating stroke, how long do you think they will keep him as a figurehead while continuing with Project 2025 in his name? I mean, that’s basically what they’ve being doing since the election anyway.
I miss principled thought through policies. This disregards the reasons for asylum laws (protecting people who escape a country that persecutes them) while also highlighting how unfair the existing minimum income limits on UK citizens are (can’t be with the person you love because you aren’t rich).
They hate everything and everybody… including straight edges and grammar.
Enjoyable tosh but I appreciated it not being totally “guns and explosions”. Comparing the stunts with MI:Dead Reckoning was interesting. Plot driven stunts rather than stunt driven plot. I don’t think Trump would have seen past the intelligent, black PM to the actual plot
This does feel like a setup for reducing all government services because praying will fix problems…. except tax exemptions for churches I guess.
DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT #FARAGE ALWAYS BEING ON TV IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED THIS PETITION !!! DO IT!!!!! RT and thankyou for your attention to this matter! 😰 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Anti-rough sleeper architecture is one of the signs of a failing system. “We intend to have homeless people and it is cheaper to be cruel to them, in the hope that they will clutter up my neighbours property instead, rather than actually doing anything to help”
I’ve been losing my faith in the BBC News since the Iraq war. Not seeing more than a passing mention of three separate anti-Brexit marches in central London with a million people on each finished the job.
Quality protesting. Donating again.
I am waiting for the first LLM to be declared a person and that they must therefore be paid minimum wage.
Ha! Strava is estimating I could possibly do a marathon in 7 hours. You are doing well.
Love your videos but I think people have developed a very strong “ick” reaction to anything that looks even remotely like a grift due to the amount of predatory charity fundraising and con emails they see.
He did come across as very well informed and thoughtful.
I am amazed that the loss of methanesat in June hasn’t generated more conspiracy theories. I might begin to think that conspiracy theories are mainly created by a secretive global elite of fossil fuel companies (!?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
It’s so generous of the GOP to encourage Nobel prize winning science to move to other countries. I know Oxford, Mainz, Sandwich and other towns in Europe will really appreciate the boost. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well that took a turn. From the previous picture I thought it was an abstract representation of a collar and tie and was going to be a damning critique of the modern corporate hellscape.
That won’t help when grandma gets a fake age check from a facebook link that asks for credit card details, date of birth, and maiden name.
This popped up in my feed without context. I really need to know if the pollution level or pollen count is unexpectedly low, or you just committed a bloody murder at the conclusion of a long postponed argument.
I think it has an immensely difficult implementation problem to solve regardless of whether the law is good. There are going to be an immense number of frauds around age verification and I haven’t seen any evidence that the criminal law or police is prepared (or willing) to handle that.
This was my worry. We managed to fool a fingerprint scanner at a data centre using a moderately good photo and 2010 methods. Have been very nervous of them since.
Not being weird I hope but fingerprints very visible.
Now I am wondering if there is a mocha order frequency drop off at menopause.
I did not. Tell me more.
Now I want the Metallica version.
Slightly confusing when you’ve read an entire chapter that didn’t exist and have to somehow fold it into the ongoing plot lines.
It grates for me (the sting). I think because my brain has fixed on “Everything's wokey-dokey in the Okefenokee” for some reason www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5r...
Nice of him to make all his red flags visible from across the room.
Occasionally I wake up, look out of my bedroom window, and see Bambi and her mum nibbling on the grass in my orchard. It is always a good start to the day.
Early years education should teach teenagers to live with hormones. They’ll drive you mad with desire for the next 10 years and then try to turn you into a bigoted racist as you near retirement. Part of education is helping you ride out both of those extremes without doing anything really stupid.
I learned to read English from The Beano, Victor, and 2000AD. I learned French from Asterix books.
The Chemistry and other Nobel prizes go to groups of people who achieved something. Same for the Peace Prize with them both would suit me.
Well we are overdue for another horrific STD outbreak.
I am afraid so, but honestly I’ll be interested to learn what you think. I read it for the first time a decade ago when Israel were starting yet another round of killing and kidnapping Palestinians. It felt inadequate for the horror even then.
Confused. Mainly because I misread Zofran as Zohran and thought a politician you can’t buy easily would be good. Then I couldn’t believe condoms weren’t OTC. Did that change in the US?
Using the flag and patriotic symbols to cover over liberty?
They don’t Mr Brooker, they expect you go die! (I can’t write with a Goldfinger accent so you’ll have to imagine it)
I strongly suspect that this is literally the policy. Soulless ghoul in the treasury —> slightly lower government debt repayments —> less need to make cuts or raise tax
Block works well especially for the “follow me for fleshy fun” followers. I would enjoy a “show only posts from my region” on/off button for my morning doom scroll. Dozens of repeats of the latest attack lines from both the right wing party and the extreme right wing party get very tedious
Counterpoint: Exeter correctly judged that it was smoke and mirrors but used the money to build a new hospital in an existing business park with park and ride access so it more accessible than the main Exeter hospitals (for people who live outside Exeter). nightingale-exeter.nhs.uk/our-services...
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Possibly a fair point on collars. Ours was a discussion about collar vs microchip so removable was off the cards. I don’t know enough about nest box usage. I assume the ones who aren’t so wary of people will use them (swifts, sparrows, tits, robins use mine). Do you have any reference info?
Raising two children costs £500,000 over 21 years Investing £500k over 21 years - Google says gives £1.4 million - a very substantial pension to cover care costs. Have kids because you’d enjoy raising nice people who look like the person you love, not to make servants. cpag.org.uk/news/cost-ch...
Providing safe nest locations and things like exits from ponds seems more effective. Young swifts drowning while learning the “skim for a drink” technique killed more than the cats and the most frequent cause of bodies was the cats going back to the same stupidly placed nest several days in a row
Our rural vet advised us to avoid collars (and hence bells) because of the number of cat deaths by hanging he sees. Also when my cats were young enough to hunt, their tactic was to sit still until the bird flew close enough and then jump in the air to catch them. A bell would make no difference.
Congratulations. I was a day late realising my redcurrants were perfectly ripe. The birds ate the lot before 8am one morning.
Of course not. I am just hoping for 10 months of gradually reducing levels of tact and diplomacy.
I don’t want this to be a typo, it’s rather a lovely idea
Sorry. I suspect I knew that and had forgotten. Hope the follow up link was useful.
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An answer from a different thread. Flight emissions get assigned to the country the flight departs from. www.gov.uk/government/p...
It was about the Citizen Science “Big Toilet Project” which is collecting data on ages and success for different potty training methods. They were discussing ages where parents start (2-3 weeks vs 18 months vs 3 years). www.bigtoiletproject.org/about/toilet...
Ah! Hearing or just a preference for text?
@oldenoughtosay.bsky.social I heard this and thought lf you - interesting section on government research on potty training halfway through. Honest experience appreciated - I know nothing! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All good. No proportional representation though?
Just life, but that doesn’t mean you have to enjoy it.
I don’t actually object to the super injunction in this case - it seems to be exactly what they are for. What annoys me is that they didn’t then get on with protecting the people affected.
That’s a post where the like button just isn’t workable. I see what you mean though.
Harsh but fair
I wouldn’t wish death on anyone. Also, for the orange tyrant in particular I want him to live into old age watching his achievements collapse into dust, and his family being fined into poverty or imprisoned for corruption.
I really hope those are “this is what was actually written verbatim” quotes rather than “I am paraphrasing” quotes.
That said, if it turns out the leak was because someone did something deliberately stupid (e.g. discussing war plans on Signal when they have been told not to) or covered up an honest mistake with dishonest actions then firing becomes appropriate, for exactly the same reasons.
Enjoyed your interview with John Healey but I think your focus on no-one being fired was too much. Having dealt with security breach policies before (not MOD) you want people to immediately admit to cock-ups so you can mitigate them effectively. Firing everybody involved has the opposite effect.
I was thinking 10% of income to an appropriate charity until they raised a new sycamore tree to the same size as the one they cut down. Not only a punishment and restorative justice but sets the bar for when builders, water companies etc. come to court.
Childish amusement at other meanings for cruising
#politicslive Ester McVey is awful. One of those people that experts hate talking to. She spouts prepared misinformation lines so fast that you get hung up on which lie to debunk first.
The defining features of humans as a species are big brain to do social interactions, adipose tissue to store backup brain fuel as fat, and sweating to keep your brain cool. Sitting there sweltering feeling pudgy while browsing Bluesky is just expressing your humanity to the max.
Completely failed to get the context of this and assumed you had invented direct to brain broadcasting for people with dull uninteresting dreams.
…and I totally failed to notice Tyrannus Orangiderm
Phrasing? 😀
Looking forward to it. Have you thought about linking up with some “science explainers” to allow supporting videos on the detailed science/engineering bits?
Morning run listening. Proper detective work. It slightly reduced the suffering of running in Devon rush hour. I was passed by a whole 6 cars, two lorries, and a tractor - insane traffic levels. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I suspect the assignment of the aviation emissions is rather obscure too. If the flight is from the UK to Australia, is that UK emissions, Oz, or some other International category.
Simple. The business owners wouldn’t be arrested as illegals so would get due process. They would then get the chance to prove that the employees were actually legal. Then the employees would need to be brought back to the USA and would get compensation for false imprisonment and deportation.
Others have commented this but apart from the Scarlet Letter this was my 1980s UK English Literature syllabus.
Although nowadays they seem to be used more to decide whether crimes are committed by migrants or not. So a statistic used to encourage equality is used to support racism.
On a contrary and probably factual note. Brunel dug the Box Tunnel and used the extracted stone for buildings in Bath.
Yup. It’s the condensation that’s freezing so they are the same thing.
'appen th'art reet lass. …but seriously, I love that Bluesky allows me to select text and use Google translate. I am trying to learn French and it's lovely to be able to translate just the problem word or phrase.
I just went through the comments expecting to see “Elephants are antisemitic”. The fact that I did that makes me sad.
Ah! That makes sense now. I know for my air to water system there is a lot of condensation at the heat pump in winter. I had to install ground drainage as it was creating a puddle that was then freezing.
Same here. I come from a physics background (billion = 1x10E12). The other usage comes from US finance I suspect, hence why it spread so rapidly.
If you are circulating too cold water through what used to be heating pipes you get condensation inside the building and that leads to mould and rot. Not an expert. Just doing lots of research now my ASHP is out of its Renewable Heat incentive period (when I wasn’t allowed to use the cooling).
I couldn’t agree more. It seems insane to me that the government says “we have lots more sick people” and rather than identify causes and then solutions they just remove the support and hope the sick somehow get better.
Fair point. I am planning to switch to ground source when my ASHPs reach end of life which I suspect would be better efficiency but I believe the main difficulty is condensation if the pipes are below the dew point, yes?
It feels like time for a bill saying compensation should survive death (get paid into your estate) and have an interest component from the date of the crime. Otherwise there is no counterbalance to the states financial interest in the victims dying and never getting redress.
Not too hard for homes. Super-insulation and heat pumps work in both cases.
