Drove a car across the Sahara; spent an evening bandaging gunshot wounds in Zaire; gave CPR to a man as he died after a motorbike crash; got ripped off buying hash from a one legged Angolan war veteran in Lisboa (he grabbed the cash from me and hopped away with his fists up challenging me to fight)
I suspect the govt project has to port existing users and functionality which is a nightmare
Greenfield vs brownfield project?
J.D. Vance as Death going down a series of doors marked Pope Francis, Iran negotiations, Viktor Orban’s re-election and U.S. midterms.
I'm ambivalent about bells; they seem a bit rude, an imperious "get out of my way!" I prefer to call out and say which side I'm on
Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.
BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms
Wow. That is superb!
I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice.
But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
So you're playing with yourself in front of your wife.
Whatever floats your wash.
Goma, Zaire
It is an astute move if so
You should ask Alastair Reynolds, thought that would be his area in more ways than one
Just wait... Nothing like the doctor telling you you've got non alcoholic fatty liver disease to give you a wake up call
Ironically it looks like other NATO nations have already reexamined their relationship with the US.
Miller was fond of misquoting Thucydides about the strong doing what they will in Melos; well, what he ignored was the end of the Athenian League and Athens 12 years later as a result...
It's an iconic photo of the last helicopter out but one slight correction, that's a CIA officers residence not the US Embassy
It is very much an unconscious bias to assume it was a man
Many a lost day in there back in the day
C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: "Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer"
Bold of you to assume he would honour any bargain given his track record
Connor Holland sounds a bit foreign as well if you ask me
What could possibly go wrong?
Wait, have they gone in?!
They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.
Whilst you're at it, worth pointing out that "Manchester" comes from fortified town (chester) on a breast shaped hill (mamm).
Bit rich coming from someone with Liddle's background. I mean, it's not like cheating on your new wife during your honeymoon
He's just annoyed because he's trying to introduce hereditary leaders in the US
As a concept it's known in the UK as well... Anyone for a spot of Chap Hop? music.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Z5...
Out of bombs error
Can this be a solution?
