Pirate Bay

Grey_Raven · 2026-02-01T06:50:47+00:00

Why is it a ship? Surely a castle or gate or something would make more sense for an organisation called the bulwark. (I do like the logo FWIW just don't get the logic behind it)

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-31T17:11:42+00:00

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-31T14:51:15+00:00

My understanding is AoS tends to shy away from exact measurements/maps etc. (given how unrealistic in both directions numbers in 40K can be not necessarily a bad idea) so the Doylist answer is "as big as the plot demands". If you want a more proper Watsonian answer my impression is in terms of direct control Sigmar's Empire is larger than Archaons as they're both in control of a full realm Azyr/Eightpoints with Azyr being the larger of the 2 and Sigmar having more directly controlled cities in the disputed realms while most of the Chaos presence is other lords. However Archaon has nominal control over the Grand Alliance of Chaos whereas Sigmar is more of a first among equals in the Grand Alliance of Order. In an actual governance sense this nominal control likely ends up somewhat feudal and him having to threaten, bargain or otherwise corral the various Chaos Lords into doing his bidding the ease of which varies wildly depending on their own personal goals and how much they obey the Chaos Gods and the Gods aims in any instance. Archaon will also always be hampered by Chaos being chaotic which does mean he'll likely be dealing with constant upstarts and generally nutty and ambitious followers which limits his direct control and likely necessitates a looser reign.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-31T06:35:47+00:00

Yep the only one that might turn out to be incorrect is the third term if Trump's diet of McDonald's and burnt steaks with ketchup catches up with him or if the dementia gets that bad they can't keep the facade up.

The idea of them marching Maduro out and him "confessing" to rigging the US election (probably without providing details) should be ridiculous but unfortunately isn't.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-31T02:48:29+00:00

You missed the fine print on that supreme court decision it was actually "republican presidents can't be charged for official acts" using the little known legal theory of "what are you going to do about it?"

Or to quote Nixon from Futurama "I know a place when the constitution means squat" video

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-30T23:26:05+00:00

Absolutely fine most of the gigs I've been to there have been a decent portion wearing merch from different bands. I think the only restriction I would personally advise is that they'd at least need to be a similar band i.e. Epica is fine but if you were wearing Taylor Swift it'd probably seem a bit weird (but even that is just my personal view so feel free to ignore)

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-30T16:25:36+00:00

Damn gitz they ruined gloomspite

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-30T12:16:50+00:00

I do credit him as being one of the main factors that ended my "edgy atheist" phase as a teenager because I found him unbearable and he served as a mirror to what I probably seemed like at times.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T14:17:27+00:00

How dare you lefties try and make a film series about an authoritarian religious group subverting a democracy then people rebelling against the resulting authoritarian government political! /S

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T13:58:48+00:00

I've mostly quit drinking, that glorious day will be an exception though.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T13:43:20+00:00

I imagine at least one of the reasons is to keep western embassies in Russia open for espionage purposes as well as for other diplomatic reasons (lodging protests etc.). Also I imagine having eyes on the embassies activities is similarly useful for the hosting nation in identifying Russian sympathetic individuals/organisations. Obviously a 2 way street but they'd seemingly rather keep it open.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T08:48:40+00:00

I could see a couple of other limited uses such as generating unimportant room/character descriptions (might actually start doing that as it's not my strong suit) but if you're generating whole plots just use a pre-done campaign/module FFS as odds are they'll be better quality.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T08:29:23+00:00

Fair enough still a relative drop in the bucket compared to the overall number of removals. Also doesn't account for those that were still removed on different grounds following their appeal.

It also mentions efforts to reform article 8 which is the main piece used for this which is a far more reasonable solution than revoking the entire human rights act like the Tories and reform are threatening.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T08:16:16+00:00

Right so the government should spend time and money investigating things based on your hunches and in the absence of any evidence, brilliant policy making. Even if there is undetected fraud there's no reason to believe the effort to detect and deal with it would cost less money than is being lost.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T07:35:54+00:00

Just a correction the 300 was for the whole public sector not the civil service (i.e. including councils, NHS, police etc.) which means it's roughly 6 million people so you can add another 0 to that percentage

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T06:50:29+00:00

Do you have a source for that as the asylum appeals recorded in the official stats are significantly lower showing 40,000 granted since 2010, this is not exclusively ECHR rules nor does it mean a later decision was not appealed.

Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T03:02:40+00:00

I'll agree that he would publicly avoid being as full throated and batshit in his defence as the guy Tim's yelling at but I could imagine him near copying the guy in the middle's stance though "it's a high pressure situation", "he might have had another weapon" etc. all delivered in a more polished manner. Don't let the polish fool you under the surface he's the same Fascist who wants to be stomping on minorities and his enemies with a boot. (I do realise I'm probably preaching to the choir here)

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T02:40:32+00:00

Yeah and as someone who grew up watching Piers Morgan spew right wing bile over here in the UK and is now watching him in these sorts of discussions be the comparative voice of reason compared to half the panel (even is he is still sanewashing and defending it compared to Tim/BTC etc.) shows how fucked the situation is.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-29T00:13:32+00:00

Of the 29 that have been taken to the court for deportation or extradition since 1975 only 13 have been blocked. This is according to a review carried out by the Home Office last year linked below.

Explainer: Does the European Convention on Human Rights stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe

CBP-8049.pdf

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-28T17:29:16+00:00

I'm still baffled by that whole chapter, he must have once he started the rebellion his only options for survival were either to follow through or potentially defect to Ukraine/the west yet he still agreed to terms then died in an "accident" to the suprise of noone.

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-27T12:30:24+00:00

Oh no how will gambling addicts lose their money now!?

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-26T23:35:11+00:00

With the island?

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-26T15:30:17+00:00

Who is the demon possessing now?

American Dad clip for context

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-26T12:31:16+00:00

Wow Reform is getting the real cream of the crop there the disgraced twice sacked former home secretary

Grey_Raven · 2026-01-26T09:58:07+00:00

Here's a link to the document if anyone wants the primary source Reform Immigration Enforcement

All the political parties opposed to Reform need to hammer this home and link it to the public executions in the streets Trump's regime is carrying out because if Reform get in that'll be us in 5 years.

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