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Centrist dad

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Except we don't take away the right to vote from adults who lack mental capacity. Think there are good arguments to lower it a bit. A child can be guilty of a crime at 10! But 16 a reasonable start given it's no more arbitrary than 18. make little difference but shld encourage civic responsibility

13.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stanburn Middle School, Train Hire | Thames News
YouTube video by Thames News Stanburn Middle School, Train Hire | Thames News

This is INCREDIBLE: My headteacher at primary school was v into trains and arranged a trip for the school and chartered a tube train for it. IT MADE THE NEWS. And i'm pretty sure my brother @olibradley.bsky.social is in the clip (at 50 seconds) .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgNFwyOVyI

10.10.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's interesting that it is second least unpopular among boomers

07.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel seems more important β€” and less desirable β€” than ever for British Jews Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

"Of course, like around two-thirds of British Jews, I am a Zionist. What about the history of Jews in Europe would make me not see the case for a Jewish lifeboat outside of it?"

100 per cent agree with this excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/14d4...

07.10.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bravo.

04.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 928    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

It's impressive, but also, a lot of dogs...

04.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And anyone who thinks we jews would meet his definition of English is utterly deluded. So depressing.

03.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to say, that hasn't been my experience at all (and I don't know anyone that has happened to) for North London Jewish cemeteries at least

03.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a fair point, but prob not as extreme as railways given way data centres built. It's not the case that a 60 mw dc in Ams, say, risks being obsolete as whole, even if the racks, servers, chips etc do, which while maybe 70% of the cost, is much quicker than getting power and building shell etc

03.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess a similarity is that the data centres built to house the chips is a bit more like the dark fibre of late 1990s. while I think we're unlikely to ever need 1GW data centre in North dakota etc, the boom in DC construction in places closer to where people live could probably be used later

03.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The most environmentally friendly of meats. A pest that breeds and breeds and requires culling and also happens to be delicious and quite healthy! That leads a carefree life until (usually) suddenly and humanely shot. Big fan.

03.10.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbf, there is no other developed country that shuts down it's govt like this.

03.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

02.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can belive he didn't read it

02.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly the police are always on very high alert for the Jewish holidays. And everyone in the community has to do security. I did a shift this morning at my shul in London.

02.10.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's unclear why anyone in any industry would find that surprising!

30.09.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Toffs in Muswell Hill. Can't beat it. And I can feed my family of four there for a lot less than that telegraph journalist spends at wagamamas!

29.09.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And some will still vote for him if his name is still on the ballot!

28.09.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats. Probably the substak I read the most!

23.09.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Repost for Irish Film Classifications by Damien Owens, because it's just come up in FB memories and it's still *brilliant*.

22.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 667    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 14

I find Manhattan OK for meandering though. I think because the grid is a lot tighter than Chicago and Broadway mixes it up a bit I guess. There is also a reasonable amount of variation along an avenue. And you never get lost!

23.09.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Also maybe jewelery can be sold, but TVs, computers etc are worth very little second hand. Risk reward doesn't add up. Bikes work I guess because of speed and volume (and some of them are quite expensive!)

23.09.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not at 2am from a driveway in a residential neighborhood though, is my point. They'll look for one without a steering lock first.

23.09.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Old fashioned steering wheel locks are effective though! Modern electronic devices are about speed and quiet. Thrives take expensive cars from driveways in middle of night (in UK houses are close together and drives typically short). Steering wheel lock too much a hassle!

23.09.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It may have always been a haradie thing that you don't notice if you don't hang out with haradies? Or happen to catch a group of them out and about in September!

20.09.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a story that God is among his people in the month before rosh hashanah and blowing the shofar regularly is part of that, for reasons I didn't quite follow (I learned this last night!)

20.09.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

19.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29988    πŸ” 6742    πŸ’¬ 658    πŸ“Œ 463

He looks furious!

18.09.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Re that last quote. There is no major uk employer that would tolerate messages like that (and no expectation that messages are kept confidential). Politicians have newspapers. The rest of us have HR

15.09.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, Companies are not obliged to report quarterly in UK/ Europe. It is not necessarily a healthy dynamic to be so quarter by quarter driven.

15.09.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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