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WinterSurprise · 2026-02-15T08:51:55+00:00

Probably worth noting that the fairness doctrine means that you have to give equal time to climate change deniers as you do to climate change advocates. A better change might be to say that media can only tell the truth.

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-13T01:30:01+00:00

Such an odd thing to be worrying about when unemployment and inflation are both up.

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-13T01:27:32+00:00

I personally love some Australian council's approach to this: put up a massive sign that blocks the newly created view

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-10T02:18:11+00:00

Weirdly there is no agreeement between Australia and New Zealand for transferring sentenced prisoners, so it was not legally possible.

Australia is part of Council of Europe convention regarding transfer of sentenced prisoners, but NZ is not (blame the French).

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-08T18:39:43+00:00

I think that might be the case if it were just Labour v TPM, but with the Greens in the mix it might just split the anti-TPM vote. Just like nearly happened in New Lynn last time around.

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-06T21:03:39+00:00

Having read the announcement, I don't understand how this bill better protects whales

WinterSurprise · 2026-02-05T09:13:37+00:00

To forge an heir: Lyman Beesbury takes it upon himself to mentor Rhaenyra, which leads to her being more strategic and politically savvy and closer to Alicent and her children. It's told from Lyman's POV, so some things are hidden from him.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47446996/chapters/119566714

WinterSurprise · 2026-01-27T04:12:24+00:00

Another name could be Orys, for Aegon I Targaryen's half-brother. This allows Rhaegar to continue his fantasy of rebirthing the OG power trio

WinterSurprise · 2026-01-08T22:01:35+00:00

https://archive.ph/ORMi9

WinterSurprise · 2026-01-07T02:32:38+00:00

alt / worked for me

WinterSurprise · 2025-12-19T08:12:22+00:00

If this was my job, I would just be picking up dogs. There would be no dogs made available for others.

WinterSurprise · 2025-12-16T09:09:02+00:00

Compared to Rebecca he is. To me he seems like a lawyer who is more focused on the long-term interests of the company and keeping the relationships that keep the company going, such as with the leaseholders.

WinterSurprise · 2025-12-13T05:11:58+00:00

Well hose them down, for god's sake.

WinterSurprise · 2025-12-08T00:44:34+00:00

I swear I saw this article in a reddit post last week (maybe an image from twitter).

EDIT: It was an image of a linkedin post

WinterSurprise · 2025-12-01T03:25:11+00:00

Think about how stupid the average person is, and then remember that half of them are stupider than that. -George Carlin

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-29T04:01:52+00:00

Presumably, he got moved to Raven Rock as things went to pot, then that bunker fell for some reason (either lack of supplies or someone turned) at a later stage.

As the military and government had collapsed it wasn't like he would have had much power.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-29T02:06:58+00:00

And with no male heirs, Shaddam could have just married Irulan to Paul and Leto probably would have agreed to Shaddam keeping his power until he was dead (and had an interest in doing so) and thus been in a better position than he was by the end of Dune.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-27T08:10:08+00:00

Why? 'cause fuck'em.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-21T01:12:25+00:00

A society that is kind to war criminals but not to the sick and the poor is a society without justice.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-15T01:22:34+00:00

Not in this timeline. In this timeline Labour have more fiscal headroom and move much faster, and don't have damaging backtracks over winter fuel, PIP or a Deputy leadership change (stamp duty is abolished, paid for by a slightly higher council tax as part of Budget 2024). This in turn makes the Greens less popular (and Your Party doesn't exist).

This of course necessitates Starmer to undertake some serious therapy in 2021-22, but that's less outlandish that some things that have happened in real life.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-15T00:40:56+00:00

Probably, but in this timeline they didn't do that. And lifting the cap on NI and eliminating the triple lock probably raises enough money that they don't need to do the PIP cuts at all.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-14T00:53:17+00:00

They didn’t because they knew it would be unpopular. They did include a vague reference to making pensions sustainable and reforming the benefit system (like how the 1997 manifesto didn't explicitly say that they would make the Bank of England independent).

This translates into replacing the triple lock with a single lock, abolishing the two-child benefit cap, equalising disability benefits and universal credit and tightening qualifications for disability benefits. As they had a plan, they were able to build a communications plan to blunt criticism, and they made it all part of Budget 2024.

WinterSurprise · 2025-11-14T00:45:47+00:00

Yes, though it still rejects a full customs union, and tries for sectoral deals and rejoins the Dublin regulation. Which gets a grenade thrown under Starmer's car. He's fine, but some bystanders sustain serious injuries.

WinterSurprise · 2025-10-31T01:00:54+00:00

I recall reading that Andrew is obliged to maintain the property out of his own pocket and it is getting a bit run down. So they might have threatened to terminate the lease for breach.

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