I had the same observation going from Australia to Argentina. For the first time in my life I saw men investing in their friendships - and holding each other to account was part of that. I’ve also seen men from NZ do the same, but that’s the only Anglo country I’ve seen it in.

It's not so much that he didn't push, as that he apologised to her.

I agree with that right up until he falls for the white woman tears.

There's an implicit assumption that winning is integral to playing and enjoying sports, but statistically there are always going to be fewer winners - so if that's your only motivation for doing sports then I suggest you go and find a hobby/career with better odds.

This was the event. I'll keep looking for the hard hats. www.stuff.co.nz/national/593...

Hear me out here. AI juries. It’s the solution to everything else.

I've watched the first couple of episodes of season 3 of Fisk and I think this storyline is coming up.

This is a very funny callback for people who were here yesterday. I did not think there was >24 hours worth of heated gilet jokes but I was wrong.

I felt grose even typing it. Sorry.

Do you want to pop on a call to discuss this?

I keep thinking about Subway sandwich guy and how sometimes, when the law is being an ass, it's convenient to have a way to make that go away.

Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't harms in the other direction too - sexual assault cases being the most extreme example.

One year there was a competition to find the most expired tube of medicine in your parents' medicine cabinet. A real community moment.

For those of us who were following the story 5 years ago, it seems incredible - but not surprising - that they haven’t used this time to get ahead of the story. Maybe this time around some corrupt men will lose their jobs?

Rest assured, he told his Harvard class that he was only going to step back from public activities "for a time". bsky.app/profile/phil...

My partner's reading a book about him right now - I got the highlights over dinner. Women really wasted their time on him.

The Greens are going to do so well out of this.

Adjacent, but not everyone who dies of cancer, or with cancer, "lost a battle."

I saw an Israeli acquaintance re-posting an Italian far-right post about how everyone should wrap themselves in their country's flag, apparently unaware of what has happened to Jewish communities in Europe when people start wrapping themselves in the flag. Mainstream Israeli media is baaaaaad.

Something like that, but worse, and then he doubled down, and then presidents continued to appoint him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...

This statement is disgusting:

"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."

You might think that, but actually it had a pouch full of magnets and could not resist the pull of my 1988 Holden Astra.

Once I was driving and I saw a kangaroo crossing a paddock towards me so I slowed to a complete stop. The kangaroo, having the vast expanse of Australia at its disposal, hit my car and broke the wing mirror off.

and in general fails every basic economic and legal test for equitable and efficient taxation.

by requiring a separate enforcement mechanism; imposes harsh penalties on vulnerable households that forget or otherwise fail to pay; requires a whole separate payment process for users; imposes costs in a way that is almost entirely uncorrelated with consumers and beneficiaries...

I think somebody who wanted to design the least efficient and inequitable revenue collection plan would do well with one that charges per household, meaning it costs more per head for smaller households, and the most for single people; duplicates the work of HMRC...

Mostly because I come from a country with a publicly-funded broadcaster that isn't that different in performance and challenges from the BBC, and it doesn't depend on a licence fee.

Yes.

I agree that it would be better if the funding is less vulnerable to government interference, but the licence fee isn't the mechanism to achieve that. People can avoid paying the licence fee even as everybody in the country would benefit from independent, publicly-funded journalism.

The licence fee is imposed by law (the Communications Act 2003) (opens in a new window) enacted by Parliament (opens in a new window). The licence fee amount is approved by Parliament in Regulations made pursuant to that Act. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (opens in a new window) is the responsible government agency for broadcasting in the UK.

A Reform govt could wreck the BBC's funding anyway. I don't see how the licence fee offers any genuine protection from political interference.

Funding only from people who consume it directly has built-in issues too though - like the need to chase viewers. I'm not across the lawfulness of what Trump did to NPR but in a functioning parliamentary system there should be enough pressure via MPs to stop extreme cuts to the BBC.