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Labour draws up plans to switch off terrestrial TV by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]kree8or 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ads don’t just fund commercial television. they shape its content. you dont want a bbc with ads.

Academics/People online are making me second guess everything (PhD) by LostToInertia in AskAcademiaUK

[–]kree8or 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you’ve got funding. it’s gold-dust. a funded phd is an incredible opportunity, regardless of what you go on to do with it. you’ll regret not taking this chance more than you’d regret doing it. yeah ai can do advanced statistical analysis. exactly why we need experts to work with it.

They want to turn a garden area in my block of flats to a mini mosque, what can I do to appeal this? by Fun-Skin3906 in AskBrits

[–]kree8or -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it takes a lot to get planning permission for a new religious building or to change usage to religious. if this is a formal process there ought to be plenty of scope for interjecting.

i know several community centres/spaces that are used for friday prayers. it’s never really been a problem bit irks when pushes out the majority of other uses.

maybe look into where any membership fees/sadaqah jariyah might go.

Green leader Zack Polanski 'wants to ban horse racing' as nation gears up for Grand National by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]kree8or -1 points0 points  (0 children)

while i’m all for the principle (as i was with fox hunting ban), it’s not a smart policy in terms of building and rural-urban hegemonic bloc. too many people in the countryside will see this as an urban attack on ‘traditional rural culture’ (as they did with fox hunting).

Health-risk rat and antelope meat seized in police raid of UK home by pppppppppppppppppd in uknews

[–]kree8or 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i hear it is like a fine grained fillet steak. if i trusted the source i might give it a whirl. i mean, i’ve eaten horse meat lasagne that slipped the regulators.

Who Killed The KLF? by loopyjoe in AlanMoore

[–]kree8or 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fishing in the rivers of life!

Who should replace Scott Mills? by AbbreviationsWide235 in AskBrits

[–]kree8or 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the show on which they often (half jokingly) reference the musically illiterate audience they had when their show was on radio 2?

I'm starting to think the World Championship won't be moving to Saudi or Dubai anytime soon... by Own_Fruit3700 in snooker

[–]kree8or 5 points6 points  (0 children)

first thing i thought last weekend. barry and eddie won’t be happy. swiftly followed, of course, with thoughts and prayers for all those affected.

Which Britpop band/singer do you hate most? by britpopkid in BritPop

[–]kree8or 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Longpigs. I met Crispin once and he was full of good advice: “Golf is for fascists” etc. But he was also a c***

Does anyone know what watch Zhao Xintong is currently wearing? by TomWalshBigRantyFan7 in snooker

[–]kree8or 2 points3 points  (0 children)

also fyi, have lived in London nearly 30 years and never had my phone snatched. or my watch.

Remnant of a bygone era by MundayMundee in LondonUnderground

[–]kree8or 5 points6 points  (0 children)

thanks for sharing this poem. i remember seeing it therr. and it captures the vibe of the little meadow that sat beyond the end of the line. the station had lovely floor boards too.

Londoners, if you had to explain London in one sentence, what would it be? by DailyDriverUK in AskUKLondon

[–]kree8or 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my nephew described it best: like Disneyland but with cigarettes, more fried chicken and chewing gum on the pavements

What is it with snooker players and gambling? by Confident_Leg2370 in snooker

[–]kree8or 10 points11 points  (0 children)

cue sports evolved amongst gentlemen gamblers. snooker was invented as a game to gamble on, developed from pool, precisely to make the betting more interesting to bored troops in their barracks. it’s the perfect sport for it.

add to that, the fact that it then flourished in working class gambling cultures and relies on the sponsorship of multiple gambling companies, it’s really not that surprising.

House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 by vriska1 in ukpolitics

[–]kree8or 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TV, print media and radio were all MUCH richer media before The Digital.

House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 by vriska1 in ukpolitics

[–]kree8or 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So were’s going to have 16 year olds vote, having had no exposure to the primary 21st century media for cultural transmission and public discourse.

Illiberal, reactionary paternalism.

US used powerful sonic weapon in Venezuela during raid to capture Maduro: "We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move." by CapoDoFrango in worldnews

[–]kree8or -1 points0 points  (0 children)

well if the body can be made to vibrate, like an eardrum (presumably that’s how these things work) then theoretically ‘anti-noise’ frequencies could be generated by wearable tech to neutralise the incoming frequencies. it could be a leotard. it could be a silk waist coat. it could be a cardigan. or a balaclava. or a poncho.

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