Brian Mcleish

I love going to a bar with a book when I am away from home. Especially if the bar does light bites alongside the drinks.

Its ok, Scotland seem to be desperate for you guys to hold their beer.........

The worst of it is that every 6 Nations the Glasgow players bring the stench of defeat back with them and it cripples the end of our season. Every sodding year.

He has never performed internationally but today was the tin lid on it.

Especially Ashman. He should never be in a Scotland shirt again. I didn't rate him before today but that was shocking.

Hah! The SRU will likely extend his contract!

Toonie out. Right now

Its is crossing when its a penalty against Scotland and not otherwise. Thats the rule for Ben isn't it?

Calling it now - if we lose this, Townsend should be sacked immediately.

Indeed. It was amazing how average Ireland look when confronted with a ref who will actually pull them up for their shithousery at the breakdown.

The irony of Ramos signalling people to calm down

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Happy Six Nations to all who celebrate!

Here's hoping!

Unless it is on Twitter, obviously

Good to see. The only issue I have (being someone who would have fitted that list - having grown up in poverty) is that think tank jobs are heavily concentrated in London. Much like the civil service, unless you have family in London it is very difficult to move there with no existing resources.

Did a speedrun of our new "four hour" AI in education online course; completed in <15 minutes, 100% on every test without watching any videos & skimming content. Now I have a certificate and a skill endorsement on LinkedIn. This is good. This is excellent education. Well done everyone.

Through proscription lists.........

"Have you ever paid for sex?", "Have you ever taken illegal drugs? If so, what kind?" etc. And yes, as noted by the last post, the references are nominated by the person being cleared. One question the references are asked is if they have ever had a sexual relationship with the person.

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

....become existential, people get creative.

Does he actually need to 'fully' rig the election however? Given how much of a knife edge American politics usually is, a thumb on the scale might be enough. There are people in this administration who are facing jail time if the balance of power shifts and, history tells us, when elections.......

I have a keys hook to stop myself from losing them. My wife and I have to phone each other's mobiles several times a week to find them. Dunno what is going to happen when we both lose them at the same time.

and her No.10 email is shown as "personal" for some reason. John Pond's email address is a string of numbers. Looks like a cover of some kind.

For those expressing outrage about Helen possibly being black in the new film (the usual suspects), Homer never actually gave her a physical description in either the Illiad or Odyssey. There are (based on the trailer) A LOT of things to criticise about this movie but this isn't one of them.

When you read these two together…
@chadbourn.bsky.social

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Incredible series. I maintain that the Apple TV show For All Mankind could easily be seen as a prequel.

The best name I’ve ever come across for the triangular checkout divider at supermarkets is the colloquial Swiss word Kassentoblerone, or “cash register Toblerone.”

The usual socio-economic measure is parental occupation at age 14 (1995 in his case) when his dad was a chief exec. I am a mid ranking public servant and even I (born in bottom decile poverty) don't think I am working class any more. This sort of "working class origins" cosplay grinds my gears.

Let's see how the midterms go. If the elections are free and fair, the Trump party will suffer badly. If they aren't free and fair, we will have to see if traditional GOP, and the Supreme Court especially, grow a spine.

Could not have put it better myself