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After the Grenfell fire: who should pay the UK’s housing repair bill?(ft.com)
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Crystal brains and witches' butter: discover the fabulous world of fungi(theguardian.com)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
A really good view onto Great Britain's electricity grid is here: https://grid.iamkate.com/ or alternatively a more old school view, with analog dials!: https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ Today for e
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'Dimming the sun': $100m geoengineering research programme proposed(theguardian.com)
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Chariots of steel: Barcelona's hidden army of scrap recyclers(theguardian.com)
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‘These people are broken’: Why the UK’s war on drugs has failed(aljazeera.com)
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Traffic wars: who will win the battle for city streets?(theguardian.com)
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'My Father, the Killer'(bbc.co.uk)
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The beluga whale who became famous: Aleksander Nordahl's best photograph(theguardian.com)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Yes, and the people using it were the original "block heads" :)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
is this not just propaganda by another name? Seems to me that everyone wants to cast their war as a just war [0]. If that means deniable approaches or false flag operations [1] then so be it. In particular I found this excerpt from [1] iron
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Toilet-invading iguanas among invasive species now banned in Florida(theguardian.com)
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How the common cold can boot out Covid(bbc.co.uk)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
> When floods did kill off mice, it usually happened quickly. “Farmers talk about the mice disappearing virtually overnight,” the research officer said. “They get to such high numbers they become quite stressed … they start to run out of
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Also, the City of London is (I think) the only municipal body where businesses are allowed to vote alongside residents AND outnumber residents. From the Wikipedia article: > As it has not been affected by other municipal legislation ove
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by vijayr02 6y ago
This is the one! Thanks
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by vijayr02 6y ago
I don't think so. I have a hazy memory that I actuallyb learnt the reference on HN - maybe I'm wrong but the woolly context I have is of a respected prime minister approaching the end of a long career, coaching his son and success
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Thanks :) I think a more earthy way to express it is: politics is like a sausage factory; if you knew how the sausages were made, you wouldn't eat them!
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Personally I found this bit very interesting: > The narrative really took on a life of its own when a New Yorker article in 1976 referred to "a sort of sit-down strike one day about half-way through the mission". > From the
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Skylab: The Myth of the Mutiny in Space(bbc.co.uk)
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Peloton: Child killed in 'tragic' treadmill accident(bbc.co.uk)
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Eggcorn(en.wikipedia.org)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Why do you think the drone won't use lethal force if it suspects imminent harm? Do you know how expensive these things are? /s
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A ‘scrap your hybrid car for a diesel’ scheme might just happen(autoexpress.co.uk)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/hu2Dk
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By targeting house prices, New Zealand shows the way(ft.com)
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by vijayr02 6y ago
I highly recommend Ronen Bergman's account of the Israeli covert assasination programme: Rise and Kill First [0]. It's a very nuanced book, grappling with the moral issues of a single death now to avoid multiple deaths later, and
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by vijayr02 6y ago
If people are interested, the story is “The Feeling of Power” [0]. I remember reading this as a child and feeling a profound feeling of sadness. Now I tell myself I’m older and more cynical, but being reminded of it brought a rush of those
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Roblox: 'We paid off our parents' mortgage making video games'(bbc.co.uk)
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'I play digital music through my 1949 radio'(bbc.co.uk)
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