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Day 351 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia, against an illegitimate, pro-Russian, corrupt regime. Once again, protesters march in Tbilisi streets.

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The solution to bad managers is not fewer managers.
It is to find out why the good ones leave, and do something about that.

If someone's going to tactlessly make ICU machines tap out RATM rhythms, Bullet In The Head was right there…

If Russia wants to provide convincing evidence of UK support for Ukraine, it can check its file copy of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.

Leveson II. Leveson II with binding recommendations, and requiring an absolute majority in the commons if they are to be overturned.

Let's advance the non-idiot arguments, then.

The BBC is facing criticism in the US not because it is too balanced but because, despite its flaws, much of the US news media is far less trustworthy.

I like this picture a lot. A tired but unyielding middle-aged Georgian lady vs rows of regime policemen.

#GeorgiaProtests

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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.

All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.

The system for deciding who decides seems remarkably broken. Even the idea that there are two sides and that a third bloc is unworkable.

To me, anyone who says it's OK not to fix it yet deserves suspicion. It was important to fix it before Mr Trump got elected; now it's essential.

I have wondered whether Mr Schumer's political adviser is ex-KGB.

He certainly behaves like that, but maybe for his own reasons.

This might be one of the differences between US English and the UK flavor.

In the UK, "centre right" means a mix of socialism and commerce, and covertly racist. Whereas "centre left" means yes to public healthcare, yes to commerce supplying to the public, and that even immigrants have human rights.

I think that's called "projection". What a bunch of bastards.

Nearly all the energy from the sun isn't used efficiently, and nobody minds much.

Jevons was right about efficiency and its implications though.

I would not bet on that unique status lasting long.

The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty

The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail trib.al/RR5AFEE

How about taking 10% of people's annual income, or their wealth over $50000, whichever is more,

… and in return, their state provides basic healthcare that is free at the point of use, plus welfare etc.

Name suggestion: Trump Insures True Health Everywhere.

I wonder what the chancellor plans to put in that red box, and what the populace think of it.

There's the kind of left wing that would fund a basic universal income from a tax on pollution, and then there's the Overton-flavoured left wing that dislikes socialism less than it dislikes fascism.

A more representative Bluesky seems like a good thing.

Overproduction of infrastructure equipment?

The original railway boom had that in spades. And barrows. And bullhead chairs.

The other similarity is that you can overproduce electricity but, like transport, you can't store what you make and sell your inventory later. Batteries just aren't that big.

I think they're called "armed police". At least that's the theory.

Eeesh. A decade ago the chap wasn't even a Green party candidate.

What's your position on sortition?

Needs a subtitle, eg "May contain prats that could harm children".

It is already against the law to commit arson in the West Midlands.

If people want to do it, the materials for it are hard to control; fuel is readily sold and kindling even grows on trees.

A pure wealth tax is too simplistic. If tax is inevitable, put it on:

• gambling

• pollution

• landlords offering low quality housing

• (all) advertising

• bigger-than-average cars

• golf courses owned by despots

The duty free shop on the ferry to / from Ireland is nice.

Erm, that's it.

Even monsters could be surrounded by their loved ones if they are very near death—kind of the "why not both?" option.

I don't know what visiting rules apply to war criminals convicted at the ICC. It's the Netherlands so maybe you're limited to a single THC-free spliff.

I was 95% sure at the time of this: that she was very deliberately not mentioning a freeze on other kind of tax, nor even bringing some new tax in.

A socialist / left of centre government could raise taxes on environmental pollution. I've long wanted more tax on emitting CO₂ and less tax on food.

If the police are about to shoot you, are there two words that make them not do it?
I'm not a freemason so don't know the secret codes.

Unfortunately, the more effectively you know Jevons' paradox, the easier it becomes to fall into that rabbit hole.