Patrick A

International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...

England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am

Highlights on iPlayer at some point.

It takes 225 million years or so for the Solar System to make one orbit around the galaxy. Sharks evolved long enough ago that they’ve done it twice.

It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.

Fuck this guy and the whole Putin backed party he rode in on.

It's a question they can only ask because they're refusing to listen to the answer.

Can't sit here watching this all day. It is, sadly, not what I took the day off for. Shower > breakfast > library > take Mum for pre-op assessment. Let's get down to it, boppers.

Momentum starting to go Australia's way. We need a wicket.

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.

Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.

There is so much unpaid labour and overtime in education

I don’t know anyone who just works their contracted hours. There are evenings, weekends, mornings etc

But I’d add that this is why using gen ai will be used against school staff.
“You don’t plan or mark so you can now do xyz”

EU still tests most new cars using male-model crash dummies. The “female” dummy is usually just a scaled-down male and often isn’t put in the driver’s seat. This probably means safety rules still miss key risks for adult women, who face higher injury rates in real crashes

High earners to be eligible for UK settlement within 3 years of arrival Home secretary says ‘brightest and best’ will be fast-tracked under new plans while others will have to wait up to 30 years

"It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?"

Just put the cricket on. Did they really think that was a suitable surface to play a test match on? Was hearing during the week that it was "a bit green". Looks more like a golf course. Score is unsurprising.

J'entends le week-end approcher.

Je crois qu'il arrive.. 🙂

Probably because most of them are very good at treating bad backs. The ones that aren't complete charlatans. It's ridiculously unregulated.

Wow. The front page of The Telegraph is devoted to reframing the conclusion of the Covid enquiry as a confirmation that lockdowns were unnecessary. Self-serving and delusional.

Screenshot of a report on the BBC News website (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0y07959djo) original headline reads: Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance I have scrubbed out the word Trans The headline is above an image of a sign for toilets from Getty images The BBC staff are: Alison Holt Social affairs editor @AlisonHoltBBC Ewan Somerville Kate Whannel Political reporter

Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.

This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.

Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.

Ministers are not listening.

The Covid inquiry’s findings are shocking but unsurprising now, so the main thing it left me thinking is that without a vaccine we wd’ve been utterly screwed. & if you worked round the clock to make a thing that saved millions of lives globally, to see that legacy trashed by anti-vaxxers…

I Wanna Be Adored. With one of the greatest intros ever, heavily featuring Mani's bass - and now, Nick Grimshaw's footprints. STOP TREADING ON THE SONG!

When someone tells you complex societal challenges have simple answers, they're either stupid or hoping you are.

When they say those answers are more cruelty to a certain group, they're also evil and hoping you are.

Is there an English language A level? Presumably meant for non-native speakers? I have an English A level, but entirely based around literature and writing. There was no oral exam. What is the A Level spoken standard Mahmoud is talking about?

Not seen the speech and no-one seems to be reporting it. Which wouldn't be a big surprise. But the bits they are reporting are fairly awful.

Actual safe routes? When?

Harsh to say it maybe, but we need a better backup keeper. We've gone from having three strongly competing for first choice to one really great keeper and no-one who comes close.
#CHEBAR

It wouldn't be. Who's offering to do that? Not Labour.

Get the bishops out, for a start.

Taxi.