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It was in a Youtube interview that was subsequently deleted (for legal reasons I guess) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52198946 I don't think he's right-wing either. He is plenty of unpleasant things, but I wouldn't call him right-wing

Puts it into perspective - I had 20 years unbroken season ticket up until Covid happened. I then held off renewing because it was far from clear as to when the restrictions would be lifted. Then I got ill and had a major op that left me unable to do anything for a year or so. Since I've been back on my feet I've been going to maybe every other Saturday home game I'd sort of told myself that next season I'd get back on board with a ST, but for me and my lad it's £600 behind the goal (which I'm not a massive fan of) and £800 on the side. Not having had a pay rise in all that time, and the cost of living soaring - there's absolutely no way I can afford it now 😞 Not going to have a dig at the club - but football in general is becoming completely unaffordable for families.

You've blown my cover. I must now brutally torture you in an abandoned factory

Well they did it! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68377730 The fact that it didn't go too smoothly and it's still (as yet) not 100% certain that everything is OK, just proves how difficult this stuff is. Excuse my pessimism if I stick to my belief that we won't get to Mars any time soon

Was pondering this one, but not sure if we're just a bit "drug cartel-ed out" 😂

You been trying to raise funds? https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/20/kilt-wearing-pervert-shoves-antiques-bum-texas-20316860/

So Elon Musk is the climate lobby now? So hard to keep up Use dogecoin bro (high five!) There are two where it is legal tender. El Salvador and Central African Republic It's not illegal to use BTC in the UK, or any number of western countries. The reason it's not widely used to buy everyday things has been discussed. Price volatility is the main one. But you can buy cars with Bitcoin in the UK if you really want to. Yet more mince being chatted by our resident brain https://cryptoemporium.com/automotive/cars/

Very late to the party, but giving Ted Lasso a go. 3 episodes in and so far it appears the one joke is that the English have different words for stuff than the Yanks, and the football parts are excruciatingly naff. Almost like watching Murphy's Mob in the 80s

Sorry - the laughing face was because I thought you understood the nuance of what I said I'm not advocating for throwing milkshake on people, just saying that people who might like to paint themselves as being the equivalent Navalny-type anti-establishment figures would never lay down their life for their cause. The proof being that they don't even like having milkshakes or even bad words thrown at them. And the cost of the suit was nothing to do with jealousy - again just making the point that these grifters aren't "men of the people" like they claim to be.

This is kind of why I asked the question as to whether anyone knew much about Navalny beyond the way he's been portrayed as a martyr against Putin in the west In arguably, he IS a martyr in so much as he went back to Russia, knowing full well that he would be killed, but the old adage "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" should still be asked Trump is yet again today comparing himself to Navalny, and it's only a matter of time before the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson do the same. Because we have corrupt establishments ourselves - and they are "the opposition", taking the populist anti-establishment stance. The only difference is that they are all grifting cowards who would never choose the path of martyrdom. They can't even take a milkshake to their £2000 suit without crying

No, no, no - Our Navalny is Donald Trump (apparently)! 😂

They've never been to Heanor on a Saturday night

Anyone know the deal with Navalny? Seems to be being lauded as a martyr in the western press, purely because he was an opponent of Putin But then I've also read that he was quite an extremist right winger with racist views And then also read that this is misinformation from the Putin regime to discredit him So a genuine question. Killing your political opponents is not a great look (although Putin's mate Tucker Carlson has shrugged it off as "all leaders kill their opponents, deal with it") but just because he was an opponent of Putin doesn't immediately make him a good guy. The world is more complex than that

My Virgin package was ending this month and I'd decided to ditch the TV/Tivo and the Phone Line and I never use either of them any more. Foolishly thinking that I could keep just the broadband and it would be considerably cheaper Alas no - their whole set of tariffs are rigged to actively prevent you from taking just one service. The bundles are ALL cheaper And every "deal" they offered me was slightly more expensive than what I pay now - but also included more features (despite me repeatedly telling them I just wanted broadband and nothing else) So I said if they couldn't offer me just broadband then I wanted to cancel and would get my broadband elsewhere At which point they miraculously found a better deal that was £20 a month cheaper than what I was paying now. And still included the TV and phone that I don't want. So they are effectively paying me to keep features I don't want or need The whole market is a sham

Doesn't help them develop a set role I agree, but it does help them develop their all round game. You learn an awful lot from playing multiple positions. IMO we're lucky to have a classic "utility" man like Sibley - they are rare these days.

It's worse than that. Some people were clearly furious about it, because they were so juiced and ready to start attacking PW for mis-managing a 0-0 bore draw. Almost like being on their vinegar strokes and their mum walking in on them...😂 It's a curious and downright weird segment of the fan base.

Got to love a fan who still feels the need to have a dig at the manager after a win that cements us in 2nd place Proper moronic

https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-elon-musk-bots-fake-traffic An unprecedented 75% of twitter traffic found to be fake bots during the superbowl Yet twitter were crowing about how many impressions they got True to form, sounds like Musk is happy to artificially inflate his numbers to impress investors "Solved the bot problem" my arse

Musk incorporated in Delaware because their tax laws are favourable, now he's being held to account by those same laws and the $51b compensation package he negotiated and agreed for himself has been found to be grossly unfair and that he misled the shareholders - he's (true to form) crying like a spoilt rich kid that it's all so unfair. He really doesn't like it when his insane wealth doesn't allow him to act with impunity does it? The more you look into his behaviour, the more crooked he looks So do you think it's OK that he totally misled his shareholders and awarded himself $51b because he wants to invest that in his space-faring program? Would it be OK if he robbed a bank? I mean he's a visionary engineer and entrepreneur right? Why does he have to resort to the actions of a criminal to fund this stuff? Can't he just use his visionariness? PS can you ask your hand model to clean their fingernails - the one in that picture is giving me the ick

Cancelled

Looking forward to watching the first two episodes at the weekend. Gotta love LD!

Not true

Touche

Oh young man - you cannot have both The bits that are excellent are not entertaining, and the bits that are entertaining are not excellent