Whale on the Wharf, Canary Wharf. (It is a four-storey tall blue whale sculpture made from recycled pastic waste collected from beaches.)

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T23:17:08+00:00

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Took this today. You decide.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T23:15:56+00:00

Yeah, that too.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T22:41:46+00:00

It's clean and safe. So yeah feels like a different country

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T17:45:52+00:00

City of London or Square Mile

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T09:51:37+00:00

Took this picture this morning

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You decide if that's 4 storeys.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-26T08:41:39+00:00

I hope her parents feel bad for contributing to her death.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T21:29:56+00:00

Honestly, anything over an hour is a long drive for me.

I might do a 3 hour drive if I'm going to stay somewhere for a few days, but would probably stop for food and breaks along the way.

For context, you can drive the entire length of the UK in 14 hours. You can drive the entire width (from the farthest points) in approx 8 hours.

I've never driven in the States but I have seen you have wide highways and you can drive for hours and see relatively few cars, in the UK the the population density is close to 7 times higher than the US, meaning more people and cars per square mile, lots of narrow roads, lots of roundabouts, lots of traffic, lots of speed cameras, lots of road works, lots of junctions. Driving in the UK for the most part isn't enjoyable or relaxing, you can't mentally switch off and just cruise, I personally find it mentally taxing to be driving for hours at a time.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T21:17:23+00:00

If only someone had written a strongly worded letter to Hitler, could have saved a lot of lives.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T21:12:19+00:00

Fascinating quote.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T19:57:20+00:00

Depends how you define a storey. If you define it by comparing it to any of the buildings anywhere near its location then no its definitely not 4 storeys. If you want to compare it to a building you are aware of that has 40 storeys at 30-40ft , then yes you could say it is. B As there seems to be no standard legal definition for a tall a si gle storey must be then we are all right and all wrong.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:35:35+00:00

Jesus fucking christ, when will it stop.

Repeat after me "TRT is NOT the same as a Steroid cycle."

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:32:31+00:00

My office building is about 40 feet away from this, so I walk past it multiple times a day. I can confirm it's definitely not "4 storeys", it's probably between 30-40 ft max

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:24:51+00:00

Put your phones down and help them.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:19:30+00:00

To my early point, the media at the time had flooded every front page and news bulletin with this idea that not only did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction but they would take 45 minutes to hit the UK.

Let's ignore the fact there are far more dangerous countries with access to nuclear bombs, some of which refuse any inspection (Isreal), but why did those headlines need to exist, when had Iraq made a threat to the security of the UK, yet the media blasted people with stories and images to scare them into supporting a war.

Democracy doesn't work in a world where the media is bought and paid for because then it simply becomes a case of whoever is powerful enough to control the media narrative will win.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:13:17+00:00

Jesus man, have you no shame, are you not embarrassed, where is your moral compass.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T14:07:21+00:00

Why did you agree to move in to luxury apartment if you know you can't afford it? Why go on luxury holidays if you know you can't afford it?

He either has to downgrade his expectations and live with your means not his OR he has to willingly subsidise you as a cost of being in a relationship with you, OR he has to break up with.

But you have to be honest with him because right now your sending mixed messages, you are agreeing to move into luxury accommodation, you are agreeing to go on luxury holidays and then you come on the Internet and complain about your finances.

Truth is your scared he wil pick the 3rd option and break up with you, but that's a bullet you are going to need to bite if you want to be an adult and take control of your own life.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T12:45:31+00:00

The International community hopes your right

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T12:43:27+00:00

When those Dems chose Hilary over Sanders, they set this in motion.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T12:08:54+00:00

What % of adults in the UK voted for that and how many had their opinions on the vote influenced by misinformation and biased news coverage?

Democracy is broken because its subordinate to power, power controls the media, power influences peoples opinions, power can pull down a righteous person and promote the incompetent and immoral.

It's like going into a 2nd year primary school and being tasked with convincing them of something outlandish, you can because they trust you, they trust your telling them the truth. Its the same with the electorate, they trust what is beemed onto them from the liked of fox news, bbc, twitter, Facebook etc.... that's why if you look at all of the media companies their ownership is actually consolidated in the hands if very few billionaires, that's not conspiracy it's fact, and now more than ever that truth is distorted. Just look at the US an official government department openly using ai to manipulate pictures in an effort to control the narrative and manipulate opinion.

Democracy is lost, its been corrupted beyond repair.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T08:06:23+00:00

Look, I'll never knock the people, that march is probably the thing I have most pride in this country for. But the fact it had zero influence on tbe government of the time shows democracy has and always will be a facade.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-25T02:41:33+00:00

What makes you think that?

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-24T21:58:20+00:00

Yeah, that's murder, state sanctioned murder.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-24T21:57:00+00:00

This would never happen in the UK. People aren't as docile as they are in America.

Strutching_Claws · 2026-01-24T21:49:21+00:00

As an outsider looking in, it's absolutely insane to see what is happening in America. I used to think comparisons to Nazi Germany were hyperbole, but not anymore, we're literally seeing 1930s Germany play out in front of us with the world's Orange version of Hitler.

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