Chris Williams

Costs Order against Defendant who raised Fundamental Dishonesty High Court makes costs order against Defendant who failed in Fundamental Dishonesty allegation but ultimately succeeded at Trial.

*DEFENDANT ORDERED TO PAY COSTS OF FAILED FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY ALLEGATIONS DESPITE WINNING AT TRIAL*

www.carterburnett.co.uk/costs-update...

#costs #law #costslaw #clinicalnegligence #fundamentaldishonesty

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Brands have started reaching out for YT sponsorship deals & I wonder if they know what I'm posting?

Or do they just send those emails to everyone who hits X views in Y time period

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Remember when DOGE promised it would find $1T in federal savings by Sept. 30? We still don’t know how much they “saved” and neither does Congress. DOGE, which never had the authority to cut spending, claims $214B inflated by double counts, ignored costs and bad math, per reports

Really important reminder of how Reform aren’t just Little Englanders, but part of an international far-right network which wants to take away fundamental rights we all take for granted - and wants to use “free speech” as a lever

So you switched to referncing agincourt when someone spent £14.15

(1415 was the combination of the padlock on my archery clubs storage, and probably the combination for most archery clubs in england)

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

I have new info for my talk on AI at the ABA conference in San Jose. Bad weather in Phoenix had everything delayed, but I had a 4 hour layover so this was no big deal, but airline AI kept trying to rebook me on multiple flights that would have had me arriving in San Jose at midnight,

How it started: How it’s going:

Screenshot of text from the interview: You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still? I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe. [I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tired Of Reality? Press advertisement for London’s Games Workshop

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

I think I’ve heard of FMOTL trying to do so.

this is more than just marching in full regalia to Broadview and praying outside of it

this is very deftly trapping ICE into the position of having to literally - LITERALLY, to them - turn Christ away from the door

any Catholic ICE officer was probably shook, I’m really not exaggerating

to Catholics, the monstrance is considered the literal presence of Christ. outside of Mass it’s often used for what’s called Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, which is anything from sitting in silence to a whole prayer service with readings and music, with the monstrance on the altar

if you’re not Catholic, let me real quick tell you about the breathtaking audacity of bringing the monstrance with him

a monstrance is a big bedazzled gold ornament with a round glass window in the middle where you put a consecrated wafer, usually the bigger ceremonial one and not the bite-size

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

“More than just a cheap whistle-and-flute.”

The Tinkerer can absolutely sell him a knock-off Mac Gargan Scorpion tail.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

TIL that 'googly eyes' take their name from the early comic strip character Barney Google, and a comic song written about him in 1923

Let's have a new statue in Bromley-by-Bow, of this man, Tommy Flowers, the father of Colossus. An extraordinary story, an extraordinary man, to whom we all owe so much.

The existence of Adamantium in the Marvel Universe implies the existence of Billyidolium, Thomasdolbinium and possibly even Davidbyrneite.

The thing is: if you study what I study, this makes complete sense. Many eugenicists of the early 20th C. wanted the “right” people to have more babies! Limit or prohibit contraception to ensure more of the “right” babies, and use targeted sterilizations to ensure fewer of the “wrong” babies.

Any bloggers/YouTubers out there interested in reviewing The Crown of Endless Night?

Always seeking feedback and ways to improve

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap. "I've always loved museums," she says, "but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards' We do the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.