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Pretty much entirely predictable after the brutality of the crackdown last time. And now somehow these idiots expect the Iranians to try again while they're being bombed??

My sister used to do that. I'm sure it helped her memorise the routes she did for work at the time much more quickly.

I remember that I used to find my way places in the car without a Satnav.

I do not remember how I used to do that without stopping often to consult a map.

Maybe that's what I did. I suspect I had a larger working memory for upcoming turns.

She doesn't seem like a particular fan based on some of her prior statements.

Can he please look up "divisive" and "sectarian" in a dictionary before he uses those words again because I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what they mean.

Her statement was a masterclass in absolutely not understanding what happened even slightly.

I'm amazed by how clear a victory it was as well. What an excellent night for the Greens and a bit of hope for the whole country.

They have already more than implied it. Apparently they think persuading people to vote for you by not being a horrible person is cheating.

But if it does figure, one can see why they'd reject Reform's economics as being more of the same Tory nonsense (and indeed the same Tories) that got us here, and Labour's because of how little they've turned things around since taking power and how much they keep chasing Reform votes.

The stupid decision would have been electing the Reform candidate who clearly holds the large Muslim population of the constituency in utter contempt. Overall economic policy probably doesn't figure very highly with people voting for a party to now have five MPs. Or even nine, in Reform's case.

I am of course not using joint locks and things on my cat! It's just realising how to keep her in place without hurting her and that this knowledge comes from 18 years manipulating my weight to disadvantage other humans at the dojo.

A black and white cat relaxes on the photographer's lap

Things I did not expect to use my aikido training for: holding a cat so I can administer eyedrops for her conjunctivitis. She doesn't seem too upset yet but we're only two doses into a week long course...

Man with product to sell tries to sell product.

This AI hype is just ridiculous. I hate every moment of it.

Funny, I follow some Green politicians and hear about their policies a lot.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Geography is not a strong point in the general population right now...

Has it occurred to them that campaigning on the basis of abolishing ICE and removing certain people via impeachment would potentially gain them the power to do it in the midterms?

If my bins weren't being collected I would be quite put out too.

Sounds like they usually have collections more than once a week though which seems wild to me!

Every time I hope that this government has got as stupid as it's going to get...

Oh another awful Conservative MP defects to Reform. I thought they were promising change and good things not a reheated version of what the Tories foisted on us while Braverman was in the Cabinet.

I mean obviously Reform's plans are nuts, but they surely need to at least claim to not be Tories.

Or resigned herself?

I know snow isn't common where I live but if people could just use a little bit of their brain and realise their van wheels are spinning because low gear and high revs is exactly the opposite of what they should be doing that would be great.

My level of confidence in how well it's going to be implemented even if it was a good idea to solve actual problems is almost exactly zero. Our government has a terrible track record with big and vital IT projects. And this one has to be absolutely right. Identity info is always a target.

I think it looks pretty cool, seems to be a möbius strip, but I fail to see the point in 2026 of building a giant monument to people convincing themselves it was an answered prayer instead of all the work put in by doctors or whoever actually influenced the outcome.

A reduction linocut depiction of a landscape featuring Crow Hill in the lower centre and some distant wind turbines beneath a sketchy sky.

I finished a new #linocut! Based on a view of Crow Hill, near Buxton. Oil based inks (Cranfield and Hawthorn) on Stonehenge paper.

I'm not saying the way they're doing it is at all acceptable and there are some ridiculous procedural trainwrecks in play which shouldn't be allowed but there's nothing sacred about something the Commons approved. They've approved plenty of awful stuff in the past, which the Lords then blocked.

How can that even be possible if a deal with Netflix was already agreed?

Don't all browsers have a setting to reopen tabs after a restart?

It would be really great if more people remembered the thing about driving in the rain and stopping distances and occasionally pondered just how bloody dangerous motorways can be.

Oh my gosh that's a horrible story. At least she got some revenge!