This is what the BBC does well. Let's hope that this has an impact for the good. Let's also hope that the BBC focuses such an investigative lens on the grifting right-wingers in UK politics such as Farage.

It's certainly true in the Belgian system. If my daughter puts a comma in the wrong place for a mathematical definition she will lose marks. It's all about easy to mark filtration of children. There's little assistance given and what is seems grudging. Almost as if "I survived, so you must".

Brussels, the centre of the EU, is not as democratic as they would want you to believe. ☹️

What a good job the information is not false then, eh?

Inflation has never been zero, so it's impossible that prices are lower. With any value of inflation above 0 prices are going up. The inability of many lawmakers to comprehend rate of change as opposed to change is staggering.

on UK Corruption, from @equalitytrust.bsky.social [edit to shorten] equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...

Home Depot noting that their sales are down due to not enough storms! That's right, they have a business models that depends on storms - the things that kill people, destroy infrastructure and make life miserable - and when it's not stormy enough they lose money. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlzu...

Camite (bromobenzyl cyanide) was first used in WWI but its use was discontinued in the 1930s due, in part, to its persistent toxicity. It's now back in use in Georgia.

It's always sad to see the UK at the 'wrong end' of these charts.

Remember don't just use those silly, soft lachrymogens. Use camite, it's much nastier, hangs around longer and, anyway, whose going to know? www.bbc.com/news/article...

A wonderful story but, if "Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia", why didn't someone tell him in the intervening decades?

Following on from my chemical warfare post yesterday...science scares the shit out of totalitarian regimes. Camite is bad shit to be spraying on your citizens.

It's all about image; about appearing on screen looking punchy when, in fact, you are punch drunk on your own brand of punch-down, toxic masculinity.

⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075: "For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal." ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...

A rather sub-limb-inal joke!

There's no doubt that objects that appear to be flying and which have not yet (or might never) be identified exist. The problem is giving any credence or column inches (showing my age there) to it being about extraterrestrial life.

❗️"Agreements with the Russians are impossible — the Russian Federation is based entirely on lies", — Polish President Nawrocki "We are dealing only with lies, a desire to destroy and kill. This is an important lesson for each of us." Source: ZSU Insider Tg

I bet so many decision-makers in Europe and the US are still pissed off that Ukraine didn't surrender in those first three days.

As an RAF officer in the 80s/90s, I was an NBC specialist. The NBC kit used against chemical agents was stuffy, hot and the pee and poo procedures comical but vital. Security forces use such agents (eg tear gas). The words from a 1926 US Army newsletter on sternutators (sneeze causers) is direct!

In fairness, Hegseth needed to murder those civilians quickly bc he had to go speak at the CPAC Prayer Breakfast & didn’t want to leave the pious waiting.

Because changing your job title changes everything! I can't improve on "Mindless AI fuckwittery"

Anand explains why decision makers don't make decisions that are good for everyday people. They are not connected to human emotions nor their original communities. They operate solely to satisfy their own peccadilloes and the emotion-free bad behaviour needed to do that. youtube.com/shorts/Za25h...

@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky #WorldAIDSDay

COP OUT 30 youtube.com/shorts/NfE4y...

I only skeet by cuneiform, and hand deliver it to somebody to post because of my hatred of tech. AI is not a synonym for tech. Also just because I don't want my fridge requiring a firmware update to open, doesn't mean that I don't like gadgets.

If not maths then at least numbers and arithmetic. Like AI, calculators have their place and people have lost a sense of the size of numbers and how they relate. If you have a 0.3 billion population then an increase of a billion dollars is trivial. The increase is likely inflation fed by Klarnaism.

The Robin Hood story hails from a time when the landed rich were the government! When the monarchy could steal from the people with relative impunity.

Which Jesus's teachings is she following? Granted there's more than 5000 to feed but the loaves and fishes are there. Just badly distributed.

The New York Times has lost its credibility. What are its journalists smoking? youtube.com/shorts/whnyw...

We've all been there!

This is Trump's administration's aim. Ukraine ceases to exist and RUS and USA share the spoils. This is the way the world worked before we had international laws about sovereignty. Europe needs to step up and stop this rape and pillage.

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

An excellent list and what one might expect from Labour. Now stop pandering to the racist twats in Reform and stand with those fleeing repression, torture and death threats. If the system allows hotels to extort people then target the hotel owners not the people ekeing out an existence in them.

Isn’t it funny how Kwartang’s budget ruined the economy but was celebrated and Reeves’ has run the economy better than expected but her budget is still damned. It’s almost as if it’s nothing to do with the budget.

“Europe must now fight to save Ukraine and itself as bravely as Ukraine has been fighting to save itself and Europe for a decade. The resources are there, but the courage is not. STOP pretending Trump will ever turn on Putin and face reality and fight.” - Garry Kasparov

It's good to see Americans realise that socialism will keep you alive. The stress of affording healthcare isn't there. You CAN CHOOSE to go private with health insurance. Sadly, the evil grifters of Reform (Brexit Party) want a fully USA-style system to replace it. youtube.com/shorts/y5gXs...

Saw this from an oncologist and had to post it. “Vaccines cause adults, not autism.”

Social media, eh? Actually from a pamphlet published in Berlin, in around 1828.

Gygax's D and D is a game-playing system. It does not define games/stories played beyond basic advice about courtesy and respect for players' personal beliefs.

We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality. It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.

I think there's significant truth in this. It's all about money. Basically, they want to "private equity" Ukraine.

Excellent video from Dave at JHAT. The UK held a National Emergency Briefing on the emergency. The main output is a letter to public media reminding them that the law requires them to inform the public on matters of national interest. It is an EMERGENCY. youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...

Nature seems unfathomable sometimes. I'm sure that's a good thing, because look what she can do!

I’m stuck between: 1. You can fight evil but you can’t fight stupid. 2. We need to make room for stupid in order to fight evil.

Rule of thumb. If someone says: "Look, that's just the way things are" Chances are they are benefitting from an injustice they don't want to talk about.

My favorite Lovecraft quote: "There are vocal qualities peculiar to men, and vocal qualities peculiar to beasts; and it is terrible to hear the one when the source should yield the other." Just brilliant 🤌 #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #Lovecraft

Move along please ! No sarcasm to be found here.

Nostalgic for the 1970s? Have an immersive simulation by watching the snooker on a 20 inch black and white TV with half a dozen neighbours, everyone chain smoking and eating liver paste sandwiches on white bread.

It's particularly bad when it's snowing and the last user took the end of the loo roll.

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread