it doesn't really need to, it's fluff, but that just makes anyone taking it seriously enough to quote seem even funnier

I have a soft spot for suits but mostly because it's a ridiculous show where everyone is both incredibly corrupt and massively hypocritical and the show isn't sure how to grapple with either of those things

Only one group of dinosaurs survived an asteroid impact. You can probably see them from your window How a few unique traits helped modern-style birds—the last living dinosaurs—survive the asteroid apocalypse that took out T. rex and other mighty beasts

Why birds survived the asteroid that killed all other dinosaurs: the podcast edition!

A very enjoyable chat with @sciam.bsky.social 's Science Quickly. And the first of many podcast chats on The Story of Birds... You've all been warned! 😉 #fossilfriday

www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

oh! they got this all screwed up!

Mr. Mamdani's tax returns contained none of the splash of some of his predecessors', particularly those released by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a billionaire whose staff would every year usher the media into his accountant's office, where they would learn how many homes he owned (at one point, they numbered 12). Mr. Mamdani, in contrast, lived with his wife in a rent-stabilized apartment in Astoria in Queens before moving to Gracie Mansion in January. His financial disclosure statement also said he owns property in Uganda. The tax returns for Mr. Bloomberg's successor, Bill de Blasio, were more anodyne. During his first year as mayor, Mr. Mamdani's predecessor, Eric Adams, put off releasing his tax returns for months, a situation he blamed in part on his hiring an accountant who he said subsequently became homeless. He ultimately released them that October.

The four kinds of NYC mayor.

not sure the song of solomon fits in this god/man fic - augustine of hippo

Richard this is on main

this is not about the Current Situation, but many such cases, I guess

I don't know if it's better that they do genuinely don't know, they don't care to know, or they do know but pretend not to

Greens don't stand in most Holyrood constituencies because the return on investment is not just low, it is actively damaging to their campaign capacity. In 2021, more than one-eighth of their entire campaign budget was only available because they didn't tie it up in getting 3.7% in Cunninghame North

I see after "I don't understand how Holyrood works" we have "I don't understand how election deposits work" from our Wise Politics Knowers

none of the overcomplicated explanation even makes anyone look better - it just makes everything look as if it's not functioning right. That is in some ways worse!

He's focused more on US political reporting but there is a lot of overlap with UK lobby culture in this respect

The past is a foreign country; they still play with my old toys there

Research that started in 2023 when I was in the Biden CEA.

Not did the 2021 CTC help millions of families, but when it ended families felt worse about their own financial situation AND ALSO about the economy as a whole

"You might not like it, but it's smart politics." - PressThink 'Twas the savvy style that led the political press astray. By the time Trump showed up, they were too far gone to realize it.

seems like a side-effect of the "savvy style" noted by Jay Rosen:

pressthink.org/2020/09/you-...

So much of the Mandelson affair involves people making objectively insane decisions and thinking, well, this surely will not blow up in my face -- despite substantial precedent that, where Mandelson is concerned, it really will definitely blow up in your face.

look, we know how this government feels about further and higher education

beyond everything else - it's parkrun! you're competing against yourself!

I do think it worked best when it was wrestling with the whole disjuncture and how that affects technology and society, but that's a recipe for bloat

not entirely so, but still

I think I read most of the second one as well (the one where they start developing a "geared down" navy and air force?) and thought the premise was already getting a bit shaggy, yes

I remember reading the original online for free and thinking it was a fun, silly premise with mostly prosaic writing, whilst also kind of thinking a West Virginia mining town in 2000 might be more reactionary than portrayed

A unionised West Virginia mining town from 2000 ends up transported in time to Thuringia in 1632, shenanigans ensue

BBC News is going very hard on its investigation into advisers who help people ‘fake’ asylum claims, focusing especially on people who falsely claim to be gay. But it doesn’t say what percentage of claims are made on the basis of sexuality. As of 2023 — the last available figures — it was 3%.

Opinion Guest Essay Why Aren’t the Kids Out Protesting Against Trump? April 14, 2026

they are. next question!

MAJOR UPDATE: I found the best free restaurant bread in the United States www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

A grid of 3 by 3 scatterplots representing the regions of England in approximate geographic position. Top row is 'North West' (green), 'Yorkshire and The Humber' (brown), 'North East' (blue-green). Middle row is 'West Midlands' (light blue), 'East Midlands' (dark blue), 'East of England' (yellow). Bottom row is 'South West' (purple), 'London' (red) and 'South East' (pink). Each scatterplot has a form similar to the first scatterplot in this thread showing a curved positive correlation from bottom-left to top-right.

If we split the comparison between deprivation and no-car households by region, London stands out showing a greater spread of car access across deprivation levels. This suggests other geographic factors are influential such as urban density and transport policy.

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I would genuinely like to see the analysis behind this claim, especially considering the current circumstances, and I'm sure Rachel Reeves might as well

almost as funny as the attempt to push a line that Labour would have a "moral mandate" to form the government, having come from third, whilst having to rely on the good graces of Reform