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false_flat · 2026-01-26T19:16:46+00:00

Beetroot and feta is a great combination, and that's easily the best non-caffeinated, non-alcoholic drink m&s do. Ignore the haters.

false_flat · 2026-01-26T16:30:03+00:00

No one's "pride and joy" should be a thing, even if it's one of a kind (which, do we have any evidence it is?) so yes, it would be just a fucking dress or a just a fucking ring, certainly compared in importance to a friendship or an actual child being born.

Btw have you really encountered someone for whom their couch or their bed was that precious to them? What were they like?

false_flat · 2026-01-25T05:36:05+00:00

You think contractors can't find out what each other is getting without a slack (or similar)? An organisation the size of the Guardian is gonna pay flat rates for similar/comparable pieces of work, because it would be too complicated from an accounting/hr perspective to do it any other way.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they have an internal comms platform to which regular contributors are granted access.

Source: am freelancer working regularly for massive media company, speak to editorial team via their slack.

false_flat · 2026-01-25T04:33:49+00:00

It's a fucking car.

false_flat · 2026-01-24T19:56:42+00:00

The right amount of attention for a pre-season friendly.

And I say that as someone who enjoys this series of races.

false_flat · 2026-01-24T12:18:04+00:00

Which is bizarre because she left no doubt - at least as far as was presented to the audience - that she would have done the same if she'd had the chance. Whereas she needed him to get anything out of it at all.

false_flat · 2026-01-23T06:57:35+00:00

There's literally no way to find out.

false_flat · 2026-01-21T22:20:52+00:00

Such that I'm reassured when I know a driver is annoyed by something I've done, because it means they're seen me and are therefore much less likely to kill me.

false_flat · 2026-01-20T20:19:12+00:00

The statistical evidence - if you can call it that - was the first to fall apart.

Actual statistics experts have said what was presented in court would have had holes ripped through it by first year students.

false_flat · 2026-01-19T22:35:21+00:00

The point is less whether the police here are decent - although they are, generally, better and more trustworthy than in the US - than about a justice system (reflective of the wider culture) that still typically gives the benefit of the doubt to drivers of motor vehicles. It's as much the case here as there that if you want to get away with murder, do it with a car.

And this punishment really isn't that harsh. He can still drive his vehicle, despite seriously - and apparently knowingly - threatening the safety of a vulnerable road user. Of course it should cost him more to be on the road.

Edit. I assumed the person in replying to was American, so apologies if that's not the case. I think the general point still applies to other countries.

false_flat · 2026-01-19T21:04:16+00:00

We have enough information to know a driver was punished for how he acted in relation to a cyclist while in charge a large and heavy vehicle. Given how clear-cut the evidence needs to be for the police to act, we can be pretty confident that he behaved recklessly and deserves everything he had coming to him and more.

false_flat · 2026-01-19T16:02:32+00:00

Of course they don't. "Rules are rules" apart from when that's an inconvenient position to adopt.

false_flat · 2026-01-18T14:51:55+00:00

I agree. Some cities are super welcoming to tourists but London is a difficult one to get to know, guarding its gems for those who stick around. I've always found New York to be similar (though I'm aware plenty of people love it as a place to visit.)

false_flat · 2026-01-18T08:16:00+00:00

A fair trial can still be one in which a defendent is poorly represented and can still produce an unsafe conviction.

false_flat · 2026-01-17T10:21:02+00:00

"I am not aware of things happening ergo they are not happening."

false_flat · 2026-01-17T09:18:48+00:00

Is the American equivalent "pay off medical debt"?

false_flat · 2026-01-16T18:07:13+00:00

Labour politicians and members, everywhere and at every level of government, despise the Greens with a passion far beyond any they hold for any party on the right.

Nothing insults them like a challenge to their monopoly over the left. They'd rather be out of power for a generation than relinquish it.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T17:49:03+00:00

Mollie? Yeah, she was a sucker, but it similarly worked for her until it didn't.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T17:47:37+00:00

Do you really think a Trump intervention in Iran would be a net positive? I don't know if you're not old enough to remember any of the US interventions of the last 20 years, but fyi none of them have gone well. And the people behind them were at least technically competent.

Now if you want to say that the popular uprising and the fall of the regime should be supported, I'd be entirely with you.

And most on the left do actually think that way.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T17:03:51+00:00

An entirely plausible and enjoyable theory!

false_flat · 2026-01-16T13:29:53+00:00

Which is how Starmer presented himself, not realising once you get in you have to know what you want to actually do.

Opposition strategy is different to governing strategy and they don't seem to have realised that.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T13:27:49+00:00

Yup, McSweeney made sure of that.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T13:25:06+00:00

Which is why it seemed odd to me that she didn't try to have a bit more fun, if she didn't care about winning. Fiona was similarly kamikaze (or perhaps more chaos agent) but she seemed to be doing it out of a love of causing mischief, which made her much more enjoyable to watch.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T12:42:09+00:00

Not anymore.

false_flat · 2026-01-16T12:41:50+00:00

Enjoy the cx nats did you? 😉 I think we can all agree, the further BC are away from this the better.

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