Harry

Day 9. The forces of Norfolk County Council have surrendered and abandoned their siege lines

Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music

"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."

also, this is a world class "god dammit, Terry" moment because you get the "rebel without a cause" joke and then you think about it for a minute and you're like, wait a minute, this joke is about a movie starring James... Dean

god DAMMIT, Terry

On the other hand I once asked a teenager to put headphones on (couldn't hear my audiobook in my own earbuds) and he complied and others thanked me....but his mother ranted about rudeness for the next 45 minutes.

I thought she was going to chase me through the station!

It's true. I died because my mother didn't put glue on my pizza.

I told someone to hold their phone to their ear like a normal person last week.

The rush! The power! The small nods of approval from onlookers!

Sheriff of Nottingham's rationale for disembowling by spoon in 'Prince of Thieves' springs to mind.

This ia despite Dogger Bank A having 0.8MW still awaiting commissioning, and 2.4GW under construction.

Small note: UK wind power breached 23GW in a half hour period for the first time this week.

The first time it breached 10GW was 2016.

Progress is possible.

I believe you can do it online these days.

Looking at the papers and broadcast media today having read the press summary of the Sandie Peggie judgment is wild.

They either haven’t read it or are lying about it.

And then people wring their hands about trust in institutions or bemoan people resorting to social media for news.

All published judgements set precedent, the question is whether it is binding precedent or persuasive precedent.

A High Court judge should take account of the practical realities of senior ET judges navigating these issues.

I also have bad news about the titanic lobsters.....

Just so you know, you are to blame for my search history now including 'crush depth of Lobster'.

I think there was an Alex Rider book where he had a bicycle with heat seeking missiles inside the handlebars - maybe this could be adapted.

Alternatively I return to my previous lightweight anti-tank weapon proposal.

Cycle camera plus police report. Taxi companies don't give af in my experience - if they did they'd mandate black boxes and sack drivers for speeding.

Guys, this isn't funny. Countries only do this when they're in extreme distress.

"Sentencing Barton on Monday, Judge Andrew Menary KC told the former England international “robust debate, satire, mockery and even crude language may fall within permissible free speech. But when posts deliberately target individuals with vilifying comparisons to serial killers or false insinuations of paedophilia, designed to humiliate and distress, they forfeit their protection.”

"...unless that person is trans, in which case it doesn't even qualify as harassment."

Total mystery.

And its not symmetrical on the centre carriages - is the designer not aware trains change direction?

This statement appears to be untrue for 95-99% of British people convicted and imprisoned abroad

I feel attacked.

LGB Alliance disco

Peak trolling to have a picture of the intercity livery, the peak of BR livery design, in the article.

The Greater Anglia livery, or LNER livery could both be adapted into a slick national brand including the Union Flag colours.

Scotrail have a good national flag livery - because the designer understood dark colour blocks work on trains! Diagonal bright stripes don't.

A coherent nationwide brand is a good thing. BR put a lot of thought into its corporate livery, and it is part of getting a national rail system right.

The problem is they let a flag wanker with no concept of liveries on a train work do it.

Like - you can't ignore the human rights act, refuse to hear submissions from any trans person, welcome submissions from anti-trans lobbyists, rule against the understanding the laws authors had, and then be upset people criricise the fact you've trashed people's human rights.

Ok but the reasoning in FWS was atrocious and contrived, and the outcome was young girls being booted out the guides to appease the very worst dregs of English society.

What does he expect to happen?

Train livery revealed for Great British Railways The livery design for the new Great British Railways has been revealed, and passengers will be able to have a look at the design for the first time tomorrow (9th December).

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/trai...

I wasn't expecting much from the GBR liveries but holy fucking hell the people responsible need their adobe confiscating.