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The one place where Britain managed to push through sweeping planning reforms
Dresden. Every building pictured dates from the last twenty years, the result of a 2002 municipal referendum in which the city decisively voted in favour of reconstructing its historic centre.
Made me wonder what Google Translate would make of Jabberwocky: C'était brillant, et les vagues ondulaient et tournoyaient dans l'eau ; Les borogoves étaient tous mimsy, et les rats du temps étaient hors de portée.
Deeply amusing to think that Finnegans Wake was translated into French (yes, really).
When the replacement population is worse than the actual one.
You don't see toddlers dressed up like Little Lord Fauntleroy anymore.
Einstein at the age of three in 1882
They don’t have a machine for this? I guess it’s the same as those manual car washes the UK has.
Shout out to the amazing Wembley staff who after the Oasis concert made quick work of more empty beer cups than I will ever see even if I live to be 1000. #Oasis
Rachel Reeves seeing this post:
Ethiopia’s revolutionary government issues Proclamation No. 27, nationalizing almost all the nation’s land. Each family is not allowed to own more than one house. Everything else is confiscated by the government.
Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on Thursday as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing a civilian, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours. punchng.com/thai-jets-bomb…
Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on Thursday as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing a civilian, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours. punchng.com/thai-jets-bomb…
"Smashing your nuts with a hammer makes you strong! You gotta start smashing your nuts with a hammer or you can't win!" "Oh. Is my opponent strong?" "Yeah! That's why you gotta get stronger to beat him!" "Does he smash his nuts with a hammer before fights?" "Well, no."
Jordan Peterson took a sip of apple cider vinegar and was “completely decimated for a month.” Mike Cernovich listened to Pantera and became “physically ill.” Is there a single “right wing” influencer who isn’t a little bitch?
The really curious thing for me in all this is that while cheating is strongly morally/socially policed the US, the taboo against divorce has effectively disappeared from society.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and chief people officer Kristin Cabot have been immediately put on leave, Axios reports.
The poast of the day, it won’t get better than this 🤌
Albion’s Seed and Feed (formerly Chuck’s)
Albion’s Seed and Feed (formerly Chuck’s)
This is the American South. End of discussion.
I am actually brave and tough and I smell really bad
I am actually brave and tough and I smell really bad
"Historians of the period are in broad agreement that the nostalgic social media content of one 'Bobbie' was a major factor in the radicalisation of the men who would overthrow the British government in 2034."
Charming and tranquil, an English village in the 1950s.
Britain MUST be radical in its electoral reform. • Roll back the Reform Acts (bring back Rotten Boroughs) • Swords carried (and used) in the chamber • Witans • Hereditary peers only in the House of Lords • MPs no longer paid • King can dismiss ministers at will Our model…
Britain MUST be radical in its electoral reform. • A NZ style (part proportional) electoral system • Compulsory voting • Citizens Assemblies • Local Mayors with real financial powers • An appointed upper house of real credibility and quality Our model of representative…