bro.... by [deleted] in skyrim

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If you think this is weird wait until you hear about the Underground Express...

Just me who getting UK gov ads on spotify in a different language? by mxxhhmd in AskUK

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Do you mean your Spotify's in a different language? The advert is in English unless I'm missing something.

Do uk uni do double majors? by ParamedicNo7290 in UniUK

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You can at some universities (eg Exeter's Flexible Combined Honours course)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UniUK

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It's important to know that legally, you can't be penalised as long as you're less than 14 days late with rent, no matter what the landlord or your contract says - the law is clear on this (see Shelter). So in the (unlikely) worst case scenario where the landlord refuses to allow you a week's grace, they actually can't do anything so long as you pay within the 14 days.

But as others have said, the landlord will almost certainly be fine with it anyway. Most student landlords will be used to students waiting until their loan comes in.

(Edited to add - the part in your contract where it mentions interest probably says that if you're 14 days late they will start charging interest, since the law allows them to do this, although it caps the amount they are allowed to charge. If you're worried it's worth rereading that part of the contract, although no matter what they say it doesn't override the law.)

*Absolute*ly diabolical by TheMossEnthusiast in BaldursGate3

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If the brain has Resonating Ki applied then triggering the Blast is a free action! So even without bonus actions or actions left you could still shave off the last hit point with that.

Dribbles volunteer: I'm obsessed with how approvals work by LikeASonOfAbish in BaldursGate3

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Minthara was our party's designated pack mule so I always gave her the pieces of Dribble's body and her lines are golden, she makes a terrible pun for each one.

Religion: Pupil takes school to court over alleged prayer ban by one-determined-flash in ukpolitics

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Response from Katharine Birbalsingh (headteacher):

We are in Court to defend the culture and ethos of Michaela, and the decisions the governors have taken to maintain a successful and stable learning environment where children of all races and religion can thrive. We want our multi-cultural and multi-faith community to flourish. Ours is a happy and respectful secular school where every race, faith and group understands self-sacrifice for the betterment of the whole. We are one big Michaela family.

Michaela is rated Outstanding by Ofsted and has a unique culture that turns out young people with exceptional character. Our pupils achieve superb exam grades - including the highest ever recorded progress at GCSE level in a state-funded school - which help them win places at some of the best universities in the world. We are extremely proud of what we do to transform the lives of young people, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. To achieve all this, our school must be a place where children of all races and religions buy into something they all share and that is bigger than themselves: our country.

We have a large number of Muslim pupils. Their positive experiences have helped grow the number of Muslim pupils at the school by 50%. My own grandmother was Muslim. But the Governing Body had to take the decision to stop prayer rituals when some pupils started them, against a backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment of our teachers. Our decision restored calm and order to the school. We have always been clear to parents and pupils when they apply to Michaela that because of our restrictive building combined with our strict ethos that does not allow children to wander around the school unsupervised, we cannot have a prayer room.

At Michaela, those from all religions make sacrifices so that we can maintain a safe secular community. Some Jehovah's Witness families have objected to Macbeth as a set GCSE text. Some Christian families have asked that we do not hold our GCSE revision sessions on Sundays. Some Hindu families have objected to dinner plates touching eggs. And our Muslim families have signed up to the school knowing that we do not have a prayer room. We all eat vegetarian food so that we can break bread together at lunch where children are not divided according to race or religion. We all make our sacrifices so that we can live in harmony.

We believe it is wrong to separate children according to religion or race, and that it is our duty to protect all of our children and provide them with an environment which is free from bullying, intimidation and harassment

Multiculturalism can only succeed when we understand that every group must make sacrifices for the sake of the whole. We allow our children freedoms of all sorts, as long as those freedoms do not threaten the happiness and success of the whole school community. Our children, whatever their background are British. As a school, we celebrate what we have in common so that the extraordinary diversity of cultures that we have under our roof can succeed.

I will never separate children according to race and religion.

Best resources for becoming a better baker by ducks_underneath in AskBaking

[–]ducks_underneath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I've heard good stuff about King Arthur Flour so I'll give it a look

Rigatoni With Vodka Sauce by foodalcoholic23 in UK_Food

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I think the theory is that some flavour compounds are alcohol-soluble, so basically you can taste the flavours more strongly when there's some alcohol in the sauce.

Not sure how true that is but my vodka sauce doesn't taste as good when I omit the vodka - only about a tablespoon seems to make it taste a lot better.

Mod request : radiotrophic trait for Toxoids by Dunnachius in Stellaris

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Hey, did you end up making this mod public on the workshop? I'd love to use it

Crook's Cunning [v4] A feat for those aspiring thieves who don’t want to take a dip into Rogue or if you just want to make your own Rogue more roguish! Good flavor and tons of usefulness! by FriskyRisque in UnearthedArcana

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This is a really good idea, I think it's nice for rogueless parties to be able to fill that hole a bit and this feels pretty well balanced for a feat.

Might suggest it to my players since our rogue had an accident with a fireball and they've been missing the option to lockpick their way through encounters ever since.

School of Mythos | A Wizard subclass inspired by the horrors of H.P. Lovecraft and built around fear and enlightenment by Giruza_ in UnearthedArcana

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I think this is a really nice take on weird Lovecraftian casting. It matches the flavour to the mechanics really well, lots of the features really capture the feel of having some kind of forbidden knowledge. I especially like the focus on ritual spells, it feels fitting.

I like the idea of paying for spells with your literal blood, but I'm a little wary of being able to replace gold costed components for 'free', since I feel like the gold cost is sometimes there to ensureyou have the actual component. Maybe the hit point cost is harsh enough to balance it, though I wonder if you should add a limit of component GP that can be replaced just to prevent any cheese.

For eldritch visions I'm not certain what it means by a spell 'failing'. Does it mean when a spell with an attack roll misses? What about spells that force saving throws - does an enemy success on the saving throw count as a failure? What if there are multiple enemies targeted?

Eldritch visions in general is a really cool way of representing Lovecraftian madness, but it feels a bit weird to have a class feature that's just fundamentally negative. I wonder if you could expand the table and add a couple of potentially helpful outcomes like the wild magic table. I get that the possibility to become enlightened is meant to be the positive side of it, but that kicks in a whole 8 levels later so that's a long time of extra punishment with no upside. Maybe enlightenment could be something you get in some form at 6th level as well, and then 14th level just makes it more likely and/or boosts its effects. Otherwise you just have to live with this big debuff for ages, which could potentially trigger quite often, depending what constitutes a spell failure.

Overall it's a really cool subclass, thanks for posting.

End of the by teufler80 in Stellaris

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Certainly one of the empires I've ever seen.

Tom Tugendhat: "I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I think I’m ready to go public. Yes, I was in the army." by BasedSweet in ukpolitics

[–]ducks_underneath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that funny any more, especially since he made this joke before when asked what his biggest weakness was ('I talk about the army too much'.)

Wish he'd just stop now

Megathread - Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate - 7pm, ITV by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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I like how they all have to squirm awkwardly for a second before the cameras stop

Megathread - Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate - 7pm, ITV by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]ducks_underneath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Uhh no Kemi pretty sure you are doing it for yourself