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Famously, Prof David Nutt's @profdavidnutt research shows alcohol is a more harmful drug than the drugs you're not meant to do. But far more harmful than alcohol would be not coming to Prof's talk to LNL next Tues 22nd-and enjoying copious volumes of free alcohol during. Tix 👇
'exit ban' is such a dystopia phrase
Why I'm not going to China anytime soon
“See you don’t get it. I follow Carl Schmitt. There’s this thing called the friend-enemy distinction. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Wait my enemies just fired me? Come on guys! Whatever happened to free speech and all those liberal values we hold dear? What’s the world coming to?”
You’re on bennies m8. Nothing wrong with that but you are living on benefits.
Here we go again. The state pension is not a ‘benefit’. It is a right. People pay into the NI pot for years. And by doing so they are entitled to a state pension. That was -and is - the deal.
The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed
More robot vs. robot warfare in Ukraine: a Russian FPV drone tracked and destroyed a Ukrainian logistics UGV. Unclear if the FPV found the target on its own or was guided to it by an overwatch ISR drone. t.me/boris_rozhin/1…
I've got a new idea 💣💥🏗️
'Cannabis farm found in former department store': Not quite what we had in mind with 'Reuse Them or Lose Them'! Bradford's Sunwin House (1935-36) is in the news again, after police discovered 4,000 cannabis plants growing in the building. Featured in this year's C20 Risk List…
Given the whole premise of OpenAI (“build AGI then ask it how to make money”) - isn’t it a bit suspicious that the machine keeps asking for more and more electricity?
we have signed a deal for an additional 4.5 gigawatts of capacity with oracle as part of stargate. easy to throw around numbers, but this is a _gigantic_ infrastructure project. some progress photos from abilene:
I don't get this reply - can someone translate? Sure it's possible to tax, and then immediately spend, 25% of GDP - any number would be "possible" - but it's a really bad idea.
Yeah, I don't think you're turning on your brain here. Yes, if a government wanted, *obviously* it's entirely possible to give out 25% of GDP and then claw it back with tax or whatever. I mean if you want to be childish about it you can give out a million times GDP if you also
A cool 900 billion pounds per year Only 25% of total GDP.
GDP per capita is higher and will be even higher by the time we retire. You could lower the pension age to zero and give it to everyone and we could still afford it. It's true that the current number of workers per pension age person is much higher than the past, yes that's an
I promise I will never cope this hard
Every year, some inbred American goes on holiday "to Europe", stays in an AirBnB without AC and issues a fatwa against the entire continent. Then they go home, get the flu, spend $1500 to see a doctor and have to set up a kickstarter to avoid dying on the street
Christopher Coombe, a director of SWP, said: “This judgment would, if it stands, set a worrying precedent for the unwanted development of protected green belt and public open spaces around London and across the country.” Don’t threaten me with a good time
🚨 BREAKING: Wimbledon has won the latest battle in a war with local residents over its £200 million expansion plans Find out more from @ben_rumsby ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…
My pet theory is that much of our poor public domain is downstream of architectural CGI getting too good.
… still barren after ~20 years for much of the years and pretty poultry even in high summer. I guarantee the Wimbledon Stadium will never look as verdant as in CGI land. As for the public ? They would almost certainly MUCH prefer …
Like the Tories before them, Labour are failing to take on the sources of our decline ✍️ @pursuitofprog on Labour's capitulation to the Vegetable Lobby capx.co/britains-broke…
What’s depressing is that if there had been a planning bill ready to go, and it had been passed early in the government, this could actually be true.
Keir Starmer tells MPs that many councils have 'lots of housing' that could be used to accommodate asylum seekers. Asked if he can provide any examples, he replies: 'No'
It would be wrong to scrap the pensions triple lock to cover the cost of spiralling welfare. Pensioners on fixed incomes shouldn’t pay the price for a broken system.
It would be wrong to scrap the pensions triple lock to cover the cost of spiralling welfare. Pensioners on fixed incomes shouldn’t pay the price for a broken system.
This is from the group that ACORN 'demands' @wethecurious_ joins. The idea that Iran has never 'provoked' Israel is just plain false. And phrases like "The BAFZ stands with all resistance' is a little concerning.
Management has acquiesced to our occupation & @wethecurious_ is officially free to enter today! ✊ Let's now see movement on our demands, including: - Stop taking funds from arms companies profiting from Israel's genocide in Palestine - Sign up to Bristol Apartheid Free Zone
Their crime? Taking money from Leonardo in 2016.
We The Curious have had to shut early for the day. We're curious as to why 🤔 but as we said in our speeches: If you truly wish to be led by the community, then heed the demands of Bristol's biggest community union ✊