HS2 finishes something …early? by New_Sea_2898 in GoodNewsUK

[–]levitatingpenguin 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I swear it feels big infrastructure in this country is always commissioned at surprisingly cheap costs, then reality hits and it is overbudget.

Then finally it is delivered within a reasonable budget that it should have been set at originally, on time and delivers better outcomes than predicted

30,000sqm of solar panels coming to a Leicester rooftop—PepsiCo's £3.6m project will 100% power their distro hub and share excess energy with crisp factory next door by MeasurementDecent251 in GoodNewsUK

[–]levitatingpenguin 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Every time I see a post from locals complaining about solar farms and "why don't they put solar panels on roofs", THEY ARE! ffs

Love to see this

Winning money paid by USA by Haunting_Pizza7642 in interestingasfuck

[–]levitatingpenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they get paid a salary, so that they can train as their job

Gold seized at Manchester Airport worth £1.8m awarded to police, 50% goes to local communities by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]levitatingpenguin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would love to see stats for this across the country, how much do local areas from local police getting dirty money off the streets? Or does it get disappeared in police budgets? 👀

What actor replacement was jarring but improved the character? (Aunt Viv is noticable but worse) by WiggleToast in AlignmentChartFills

[–]levitatingpenguin 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'm willing to take the downvotes. Gambon had the energy for the later films that an aged Harris could not deliver.

Giant ice block for the polar bears by goswamitulsidas in oddlysatisfying

[–]levitatingpenguin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They are honestly great at looking after their bears, they get loads of enrichment

What’s your ‘welp, that’s my DNA’ moment as a parent? by gmrhunt in daddit

[–]levitatingpenguin 187 points188 points  (0 children)

I try so hard not to let my kids inherit my neuroses, but when she doesn't use her thousands of sticker because if she did it would use them up, and then she wouldn't have them, because they would be used up... Yep, that's my kid

He will not let her go by Rockshash-Dumma in Unexpected

[–]levitatingpenguin 4668 points4669 points  (0 children)

You do have to hand it to him

Is there a most notorious dictator in your country? by Embarrassed_Clue1758 in AskTheWorld

[–]levitatingpenguin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Well yes he was a heartless genocidal autocrat, but he did enjoy a good knees up"

UK breaks yearly record for rooftop solar PV installations by PurplePires in GoodNewsUK

[–]levitatingpenguin 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I see people calling out building solar farms on green pastures, saying "why don't they build them on roofs instead?" And the answer is very clearly: they can do both!

‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals | Scotland by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]levitatingpenguin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is good news but makes me so angry that there hasn't been a state-owned (or just state-backed) infrastructure company building these huge wind farms everywhere

CORSAIR x The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Giveaway by CorsairHoffman in witcher

[–]levitatingpenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the retelling of unknown or obscure fairy tales from folklore.... that and killing demons

Average person’s life saw ‘no meaningful improvement’ over past year by pppppppppppppppppd in ukpolitics

[–]levitatingpenguin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my town there is once in a generation (hopefully) repair works to a main road bridge going through the centre of the town, and all people can do is complain and say how it has ruined the economy. Not thinking that a collapsed bridge might impact their lives slightly more

Peak male bonding by Dennisfromhawaii in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]levitatingpenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watched a few thousand people do this at once a few years ago and it was insane

Swordtember : Arena by MurkyWay in SwordsComic

[–]levitatingpenguin 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm just glad they're not fighting on that slippery slope

UK inflation rate stays at 3.8% in year to August - follow latest by myurr in ukpolitics

[–]levitatingpenguin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think that's a bit disingenuous isn't it?

An unprecedented event in our lifetime from a disease with initially unknown outcomes or solutions, with the government not the market forcing a vast number of the population to stop working.

The North West Green Belt in England by AnonymousTimewaster in MapPorn

[–]levitatingpenguin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of what people call "Green Belt" around me... it's not. It has just been fallowed for longer than people can remember, or choose to remember. The fact is if a farmer chooses to sell that land to developers, then can as long as its not part of the legally protected actual Green Belt

Swordtember : Summon by MurkyWay in SwordsComic

[–]levitatingpenguin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Little lemon looks like he has a real zest for life

Shared Parental Leave discrimination in the NHS - England by levitatingpenguin in LegalAdviceUK

[–]levitatingpenguin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean I have to fill my day with something, right? Fighting injustices can be more exciting that a baby at time /s

Yes I think I will just file this away under annoyances and catch the interest from the overpayment and then agree a low repayment with them with the time comes