What is wrong with people? I can count on one hand with room to spare the times I've called 999, and each time I've questioned myself about whether it's right (it was). There's obviously a line with ASB that can be difficult to see, but these are black and white cases of when not to call.
Yes, don't give them any excuses!
I'm worried that just like living in a walkable neighborhood is a luxury good, living in a place where you can talk to shopkeepers, baristas, and other people is also going to become a benefit available to the wealthy. These things overlap in lots of ways.
I don't think I've been in/used Starbucks for 15-20yrs. This won't change my mind. I can't imagine any customer is struggling with their coffee choice to the extent they "need" to ask AI over a barista, but Corporate might love the idea of ultimately replacing humans with glorified vending machines.
I'm not looking forward to it next time I go abroad. I don't get on with crowds and complexity, so this really isn't going to help.
One for the "but India, but China" crowd when they say there's no point to the UK doing anything.
You can’t carry much on a bike… oh…
I can't see why not either. However, adding into border control seems quick to me - hand over passport and while the officer does check, your fingerprints and photo are taken. Same with e-gates. They already scan the passport and take a picture, very similar to EES. Just add a fingerprint scanner.
Probably would've been better to allow online pre-registration, reducing in-person EES processing to just passport, photo, and fingerprints - and then to incorporate the whole thing with regular border checks. Why it's been designed as a whole extra, separate process is beyond me.
"You could not tell the truth if your life depended on it. So take your silly little racist flags and put them where the sun doesn't shine"!
I think Lee Anderson's constituent may be a little vexed with him... 🤣👍
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A white Toyota parked entirely on a footpath, with the offside two wheels on the edge of a playing field. The road is marked with double yellow lines and traffic can be seen queuing on that road.
A black Ford parked entirely on a footpath, with the nearside two wheels on the edge of a field. The road is marked with double yellow lines.
Such considerate drivers(!) A private access road this may be, but it doesn't mean you can just dump your cars on the pavement, blocking a pedestrian route.
A rare exception to my self-imposed ban on clicking Daily Mail links. "Yes" is now at 71%.
What other crimes should we excuse, especially when it's "only a little bit?" Burglary when they only take the TV but leave everything else and don't break in? Arson when only one room was damaged and nobody died? A shooter when they didn't hit anyone and didn't mean it really?
I would get some degree of schadenfreude if the proprietary #What3Words collapsed, given all the energy local authorities etc. keep putting into promoting it, over teaching people about quickly accessing standard coordinates through Apple Maps/Google Maps which is pre-installed on most smartphones.
Bizarre questioning. LTNs don't tell people how to live their lives. They're just one tool intended to do the opposite, to give people choices, to not feel forced into using cars for every journey, as well as offering healthier, safer streets. They don't stop driving, they don't stop deliveries.
Excellent news coming out of Hungary, proving that even in a rigged system, change for the better is possible. It's refreshing to hear something positive, a pushback against authoritarianism, against Trumpism.
Christina Koch: "what struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth, it was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbedly in the universe"
Seeing in person is an astronaut's rare privilege, but we can all view photos of a delicate world. Too many are happy to sabotage it
The drum and bass on a bike chap is back!
Broad Street Oxford today, 2pm.
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Maybe the reason why there are so many potholes isn't because the council aren't doing their job, but because so many of you selfish pricks are driving round in 3 ton SUVs
My £40 corded Hoover (actually a Hoover, not just a hoover) has been far better and outlived both Dyson and Shark cordless/bagless vacuums costing five times as much. Yes, the wire is a pain, but it works and is easy to clean and maintain.
If you've stripped your bed to put the sheets in the wash, this is your reminder to go and put clean sheets on the bed Right Now.
Unleaded £1.55/litre?
Many car journeys are short enough to walk or cycle, and these remain free (and healthy)
#ActiveTravel #PetrolPrices
Better yet, for all political interviews.
A deeply flawed policy that plays to people's understandable worries over cost of transport. But as fuel scarcity comes true, we must not encourage greater use by reducing cost. Instead use the duty to fund that cheap public transport + active travel infrastructure. Save fuel for essential services.
An a frame sign on sidewalk 80s 90s Y2K vintage
Me just trying to enjoy a nice walk.
Given the resurgence of interest in space I recommend this piece if you missed it back in summer 2024
Even knowing they've arrived back safely, it's rather terrifying watching spacecraft re-entry footage knowing the speeds and the heat that has to be tolerated, the trust in the science and engineering that has to work without fail all the way from space to splashdown. Amazing stuff! #Artemis #Space
The way I'd do it is to return to a granular rate based on emissions, charged per mile, and then multiplied based on vehicle weight. So, lightweight EVs that are not driven often attract the lowest charge; heavy ICE cars driven frequently attract the biggest charge.
Put a hefty multiplier on to VED based on vehicle weight.
I'm quite happy with my Kobo Libre2 which I've had for nearly four years, after having first a Sony device which broke, and then a generic Android device which was clunky and rather rubbish. I've got KOReader running on mine and connect it to my Calibre server which manages all my books. Works well.