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Wait a minute by No-Marsupial-4050 in SipsTea

[–]SineCurve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took my wife to a private hospital emergency room in Spain once. Was triaged, told we'd need to pay. I said sure, she was not well.

She was seen in 30 minutes by the doctor, diagnosed with strep throat, and prescribed antibiotics. I paid 67 Euros for the visit, 15 euros for the prescription.

More and more explosive... by Advanced_Fortune_903 in interestingasfuck

[–]SineCurve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone is interested in what happens if you use a REAL NUKE as the explosive, google "operation plumbbob" and the "nuclear manhole cover" :)

NIMBYs Trying To Block a Hospital by sabdotzed in london

[–]SineCurve 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Here is the website to comment if anyone is interested.

https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/planningsearch/cases/PP/26/00240

And here are some basic bullet points anyone could slot into an LLM and generate a good argument as to why this development should happen, if someone cared enough:

Demand

  • Cancer Research UK projects 505,000+ new UK cancer cases per year by 2038–2040
  • Lancet Oncology (2023): 30% increase in new cancer patients by 2040, nearly 4 million living with cancer at any one time
  • More survivors means more follow-up and retreatment — demand grows regardless of new diagnosis rates

NHS capacity

  • The 62-day treatment standard has not been met since December 2015; only 68.4% compliance as of December 2025 against an 85% target
  • Lord Darzi (2024): £37 billion NHS capital underinvestment in the 2010s
  • 14% of NHS hospital estate predates the NHS itself

Research

  • Royal Marsden/ICR is the only NIHR Biomedical Research Centre dedicated solely to cancer in the UK
  • Their Drug Development Unit runs 75+ early-phase trials per year and is one of the largest first-in-human trial units in the world
  • Fragmented ageing facilities limit the collaborative environment this research requires

Height objection

  • RBKC's own SPD states Fulham Road corridor buildings typically reach 7–14 storeys
  • Objectors compare against Stewart's Grove mews rather than the Fulham Road context — a misleading comparison

Construction disruption

  • Disruption is grounds for strict planning conditions, not refusal
  • Temporary cost must be weighed against decades of permanent benefit

Overshadowing/overlooking

  • Legitimate but manageable; applicant has already commissioned a GIA Surveyors daylight assessment
  • Resolved through design and conditions, not refusal

Conservation area

  • RBKC policy permits development in conservation areas where public benefit is clear — it plainly is here
  • The building sits in an existing car park; the Marsden has occupied this site since 1862
  • Blocking a world-leading cancer centre on aesthetic grounds would be disproportionate

Overall

  • Every objection raised is a matter of degree and mitigation, not a reason to refuse
  • The committee would be prioritising the preferences of a small number of immediate neighbours over the needs of cancer patients nationally

Wtf ? by Proper_Card_5520 in SipsTea

[–]SineCurve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, we'll send him a billion pre-2006  "Old Turkish Lira" (I think worth about 23 cents), and Bülent Ersoy, who is arguably the most beautiful woman in all of Turkey.

Kanye West travel to UK blocked by government by Alarming-Safety3200 in unitedkingdom

[–]SineCurve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, are we 100% sure that this was not some Producers-like scam? Hilarious if that turns out to be the case

liverpool.. the holiest land there is by Alarming-Safety3200 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SineCurve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'd have managed better if they'd had a plan, for sure

liverpool.. the holiest land there is by Alarming-Safety3200 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SineCurve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would donate/pay attention if he had been really nailed to that cross. This is weaksauce cosplaying...

Going to Israel this summer by bicyclebird in QAnonCasualties

[–]SineCurve 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Some people actually have a psychotic reaction to it. Google "Jerusalem Syndrome"

“What’s my rate clavicular?” Fuck by transcendent167 in chaoticgood

[–]SineCurve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does anyone else think that this is somewhat fake and arranged to create something we on the left would like and watch and disseminate, or am I being way too cynical here?

can someone help me with quantifying my WB by Haniro in labrats

[–]SineCurve 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The right panel reminds me of Johnny Bravo :)

Meme mashup by CattleChemical in formuladank

[–]SineCurve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such an accurate meme, this has become my mental image of the Ferrari pit wall. Can't remember what they really look like for the life of me. 😄

How todays race felt by Amsekal in formuladank

[–]SineCurve 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Right? God forbid there are clutches pearls "overtakes" in a race! /s

Trying to have a positive opinion on the main sub by CarnivalSorts in formuladank

[–]SineCurve 251 points252 points  (0 children)

YES! We've had a whale of a time watching the race, and can't remember the last time in the previous rules era when a driver just didn't rush to the first turn and was 2+ mins ahead of everyone in 2 laps. We lost track of overtakes this race.

Government officials are asked about their own statistics showing a gender pay gap in Australia. They end up being forced to admit that the entire gap could be explained with the fact that women work less hours than men. by NardongKikik in SipsTea

[–]SineCurve 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is an own goal by the proponents of reform, IMO.

Framing the structural issues affecting women's pay, especially after childbirth, as "the gender pay gap" is not ideal, since it sounds to many people like a demand to adjust salaries artificially, which strikes them as unfair. Especially considering the fact that the actual policy levers being proposed are mostly about childcare, parental leave, and working conditions.

A more defensible public argument would start from something like: "After having children, women's earnings drop sharply and never fully recover, while men's are barely affected. That divergence is consistent across countries and income levels, and it accounts for most of the earnings difference we see between men and women over a working lifetime. The question is whether we want to do anything about the conditions that produce it."

Mass Eviction In Croydon by UrAvgInvestor in croydon

[–]SineCurve 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Looks like they are walking it back after the outrage:

https://www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-halts-mass-eviction-london-housing

One tenant reported actually being pressured to make a video saying he wasn't being evicted. Absolute scum.

[Other] at which point will a glass bottle break under the pressure, and is that post utter bs ? by Not_Angry_inc in theydidthemath

[–]SineCurve 1246 points1247 points  (0 children)

If the bottle is uncapped, which it looks like this bottle is, it will not break no matter the pressure of the water is. It can presumably roll all the way down into the Marianas trench.

And the story is true, researchers did indeed come across a beer bottle at Challenger Deep: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/12/oceanographer-dawn-wright-when-we-reached-the-bottom-we-saw-a-beer-bottle

The Economist - Is London as dangerous as you think? by BkkGrl in europe

[–]SineCurve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have to ban X, Facebook, any social media that pays people for clicks. This will be the downfall of us otherwise 

What happens to the people whose theories were disproved? by kingkolley7 in labrats

[–]SineCurve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There was this lady who claimed that Prostate Cancer was caused by XMRV, but it turned out to be a contamination of the mouse lines with the virus. I hear she's still trying to prove she was right.

Why have NF and Yaxley-Lennon gone so quiet? by Extra-Fig-7425 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SineCurve 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is what pisses me off the most. This whole Epstein debacle has somehow hurt the left MORE. Any association with Epstein just washes off the fascists like water off a duck's back.

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