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(or at least that's what I tell myself to make it seem less absurd that I am getting paid to consider the significance of connecting words can, often, be used interchangeably)

I can understand the argument but couldn't fathom how that took 2 days, until you mentioned it was a QC

If you think about it, the drafting part of this is like the building specs and drawings having to be mm perfect and my job at the moment is working out if it really matters if it is out by 2mm.

In my case, it is trying to work out if there is a meaningful difference between the use of 'and' or 'or' in a particular context and, if there is, whether that was meant or was an error.
There is a lot of money riding on this one connecting word

Trying very hard to fight the intrusive jokes about the allegations concerning the former UK PM

I'm doing a real "it depends on what the meaning of 'is' is"* advice today.

*without the gross bits

I can’t concentrate on the rest of the story with that rattling around my head.

Just watching Media Watch’s thing on Kerry Stokes and something has distracted me. Stokes apparently grew up in hard times: forced to leave school at 14, in trouble with law, etc but suddenly he makes money in property development. Where the hell did the money come from to get into that.

Fair enough. I did start the sarcasm very early today

Yep. That he does was the key to a joke I was trying to (and failing) to make

Yeah. That was the point I was sarcastically making.

BTW. I know he has power. I was using irony

I hope this guy never gets power

Dog hates Taskmaster so much that I have to mute the titles. But judging from his expression though Greg’s monologue, I think he’s onto me

Maybe for some. Personally, I'm talking about my subjective view of the quality of the lyrics on this album, compared to her previous work.

That's a good point. A few recent releases by artists that broke through in the 1990s and early 2000s have had a lot of tracks about getting old and are just not very good.

Removing the individual from it, it might just be that many (most/all?) artists work best when they are miserable.

Everything is an existential tribal dispute on the internet

IG's algorithm just introduced me to the 'scientific' lifting v kettlebell training discourse. Folks, it is bad as you would expect

Not to the group ride. I made it out though.
4 hours followed by 1.5 of yard work. I’m a bit tired now

Echos of Abu Ghraib

At least there was official outrage after Abu Ghraib, unlike here

Daylight saving starting tonight really lessens my chances of being able to make it to tomorrow’s group ride

If I were teaching right now, I would probably be going Full Chidi lol

They had to burn all those files in Kenya because they didn't want people to know just how good they had been.

If this place implodes due to the owners' posting, please let me know where you all end up

Jay D@@jay.bsky.team You could try a poster's strike. I hear that works crystal @cim.bsky.social your user base consists entirely of people who are willing to migrate from social media websites that turn on them

It’s funny because it’s true

I was relatively late to liking her work due to my writing her off as being a country singer. So, I didn't start listening to her work until 1989 was released. But there is no doubt she is usually a phenomenal lyricist. I think that's why I am so disappointed with the lyrics to this track.

I was never a Ryan Adams fan (mostly because I probably confused him with Bryan and so never listened to him).

My point was that most of us need someone who we listen to to save ourselves from our worst aspects.

With that in mind, the dick song falls into a long (*snigger*) tradition.