Emyn Dean

strange horticulture is very good, although it can be emotionally intense (depending on how you play)

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Immediately after Brexit, it was the thought of leaving the ECHR that panicked me most.

Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.

that would be the Lib Dem version

To say nothing about immigrants, this is a terrible insult to carers, disabled people, and stay-at-home parents (to name a few), who make incalculable contributions to society without lining the government's coffers.

my grandparents were named Bear, Bair, Bér, and Baer.

they were my four bears

Well done for uploading the entire exchange, including the context and the mayor's words. I'm sure we can all judge for ourselves who is interested in principles and who is interested in political posturing.

The poster reads: "We need you! Do you care for a young person who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender or non-binary? We are interested in understanding possible experiences of stigma that caregivers of LGBTQ+ young people may go through, and their relationship with their young person. Requirements: To take part you must: Be a parent or caregiver of someone under 18 years identifying as LGBTQIA+, Be willing to share your experiences and help us contribute to research, Have 20 minutes to complete an online questionnaire Be based in the UK. All responses will be anonymised. For more information contact: emily.morley@hmc.ox.ac.uk To take part in the survey, scan the QR code or click this link: ttps://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQaJ0En1EJtNxAi" The poster has the University of Oxford logo and a QR code. The footer of the poster reads "Caregiver Associative stigma and relationship to acceptance of child gender identity V1.0, May 2025"

Researchers at Oxford University are recruiting caregivers of LGBT+ youth for a study on stigma & family relationships. It is an online survey that takes 20-30 minutes, and all answers are anonymised. Please visit : psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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I have a Megablocks captain Picard figurine from the early 00s

Quite interesting to me that, a year after one of the lowest turnouts in recent memory, a substantial proportion of RVs are still undecided/NVs. I would have thought more of them would have gone Reform, but it seems they've been more than replenished by Labour movers

I have cats and tea

the EHRC would probably employ him

maybe the real seahorse emoji is the emojis we found along the way

To be fair to Polanski, this isn't specifically *his* policy but a GPEW policy which goes back to the late 80s. I think a lot of people would like to see it changed, but democracy and political continuity should take precedence.

Personally, I think it's more fun because it teaches players to avoid damage rather than tank it. This in turn gives a greater sense of power and achievement when the game is played optimally, while teaching players more about the fictional world when failure happens.

I started doing this a few years ago, it works really well.

Specifically, damage is represented by something called "flight or flight". When you attempt to do something, flight or fight can replace the outcome of that action, especially when you have a lot of it.

I like describing quantities relationally, such as "this is harder than x but easier than y". I think this helps retain immersion as well as building knowledge without relying on actual numbers

Exams mostly test how good you are at sitting exams.

could this be partly because white people prefer to be "English"

I did when I was 3, mate.

Science suggests gender identity becomes more or less fixed in early childhood.

Did you try challenging Kier to a duel?

That would have been more progressive and productive than whatever this was.

Moderate Expectations
My Brief Acquaintance
Pamphlet of a City
Nice House
Average-sized Dorritt
Normal Times
A Christmas Wham
The Mid-century Supermarket

I trust they acknowledged funding from the French government

I'm still in my excessive woke era

In the UK, our biggest left-wing party is also Trumpist

take it where?

are they not heavy?

because of the cannon balls

There's good and bad aspects to this kind of private charity. On the one hand, it's great when faculty take responsibility for their institution when it needs them. On the other hand, it can signal to government that they don't need to fund universities, because philanthropy will do that just fine.

well, this is the stupidest thing I've read in the NYT in six or seven minutes

Teaching about computer science is as political as teaching about race. Inequality, injustice, and bias are no differently represented in code as they are in nature.