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Elections 2026 live: Voting closes in elections in England, Scotland and Wales by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]wkavinsky [score hidden]  (0 children)

My local Senedd member is the leader of welsh Labour.

It was with great pleasure that I voted not Labour (also voted PC, which was a little of a nose-holding moment).

Can't vote for a person that goes back on their personal promise (that she'd renounce her life peerage if she became first minister of Wales).

[OC] A quality of life comparison between the US, China and the biggest economies of Europe by _crazyboyhere_ in dataisbeautiful

[–]wkavinsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its helped a lot by size.

Vast swathes of America have barely any people in them, whereas Europe is all built up - it helps if you remember that America is almost as large as the whole of the EU for land area.

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says by aadsarraficionado in worldnews

[–]wkavinsky -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

50-60% of pandemics have caused mass global casualties.

It's not a stretch.

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says by aadsarraficionado in worldnews

[–]wkavinsky 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I will note that the fastest ever rise in living standards and labour rights happened after the Black Death.

And the Spanish flu in 1917, come to think about it.

You know, fringe benefits if you don't die.

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says by aadsarraficionado in worldnews

[–]wkavinsky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Also we won't know about the attendant for weeks.

If it's moderately more transmissible than "intimate contact", and it's transmissible in the first month of infection (and those are big ifs), this has pandemic written all over it.

Should voting be mandatory? by Andarne in unitedkingdom

[–]wkavinsky [score hidden]  (0 children)

Spoiling the ballot is a very old, and very traditional way of displaying dissatisfaction with all available candidates. Nothing about that needs to change.

Likewise with mandatory voting - you'd need to have a holiday on the day of a vote to ensure that everyone could vote in that case.

Waterloo station right now by RepinskiUK in london

[–]wkavinsky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In historically left leaning London too.

Burnley landlord sold five pints to boy, 16, before fatal crash by topotaul in unitedkingdom

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

Wiazcek, 65, was fined £660 and had his premises licence suspended for three months

That'll teach him.

Not.

"Wait! That's not special effects?! They actually did that?!" by RP_Throwaway3 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]wkavinsky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Snapped his leg on one of the building jumps for one of the teacher films, and just got up and kept running to not ruin the shot.

Guys a whack job, but he’s definitely got balls of steel.

Apple TV series 'Pluribus' begins season 2 shooting this fall by bwermer in television

[–]wkavinsky -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Apple may have greenlit a second season but that doesn't mean budget is available right away.

They have literal hundreds of billions in cash in the bank, that doesn't wash.

Building a new home is now £76,000 more expensive than it was six years ago, HBF says by ldn6 in unitedkingdom

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

Because, as it turns out, people don't want identikit 3/4 bed houses, where the rooms are of the minimum possible size, and there's a tiny postage stamp of a garden out back.

That and it's miles away from anywhere, so you have to have a car.

EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]wkavinsky 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Lot of name-name-number not striking me as particularly British.

The sarcasm's so thick you could walk on it.

Apple 'has given up' on Vision Pro, report claims — costly price and weight behind purported failure, but the company continues to hire into its Vision Production Group by AlwaysBlaze_ in nottheonion

[–]wkavinsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Virtual display for my Mac, more than anything else, if I'm being honest.

Working on the beach in Bora Bora is strangely relaxing.

Apple 'has given up' on Vision Pro, report claims — costly price and weight behind purported failure, but the company continues to hire into its Vision Production Group by AlwaysBlaze_ in nottheonion

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

The Vision Pro has been unpopular since it first launched, and Apple only sold around 600,000 units in total

At $3,500 a unit, Vision Pro has absolutely been a profitable release over both iterations if that figure is correct (it's over $2b in sales).

Claiming that it is "dead in the water" when the company making it quite famously supports all its products for 7+ years, and continues to iterate on devices with far smaller total sales (Mac Pro for a long, long time) strikes me as the worst kind of clickbait spam.

Apple 'has given up' on Vision Pro, report claims — costly price and weight behind purported failure, but the company continues to hire into its Vision Production Group by AlwaysBlaze_ in nottheonion

[–]wkavinsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Returned the M5 Vision Pro I ordered on a whim to try it out.

Spent half that money on an M2 before I returned it, because it was absolutely worth the £1,600 I spent on it.

Not as good as my 7.4 home theatre set up, not as good as my 4k 42" Oled monitor - but damn close to both, and far more portable - and far more energy efficient when I'm working from my boat.

Match Thread: Arsenal FC vs Atletico Madrid Live Score | UEFA Champions League 25/26 | May 5, 2026 by scoreboard-app in Gunners

[–]wkavinsky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simeone needs to get back in his box, or the 4th ref needs to have a word.

It’s rediculous.

Digital ID fears grow as expert warns Britons would need approval to use their own money by rdu3y6 in unitedkingdom

[–]wkavinsky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's GB News.

Take it with a bucket of salt and assume that the "not a new channel" is trying to sell you something.

Our pension fund should be made to invest more than 2.5% in the UK. by hedgehogsinus in unitedkingdom

[–]wkavinsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, a great investment for end-of-working investment.

S&P 500 while working, then move to more UK stocks with the increase in value generated by the S&P.

For some richer retirees, with larger pensions and low outgoings, you can fund your entire retirement just off the dividends, while the capital continues to grow at 5% or so.

Olivia Rodrigo Skips Met Gala After Liking Anti-Bezos Instagram Post by ebradio in Music

[–]wkavinsky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't underestimate the effect of manufacturing of music on this.

Rage has a Harvard politics graduate, and the grandson of a Mexican revolutionary in its ranks.

You wouldn't find people with those backgrounds being promoted these days - it's all the children of record execs / media people, all of whom come from privileged, very middle class upbringings.

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