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Will doesn't like being @'ed.

Which is some irony in this current discussion as the @ symbol was originally used as a secret designator/identifier amongst the society of Baker-Stonemasons who did all of the work on the foundations of important buildings using various formulations of pastry, pies, tarts, etc.

Does jet fuel melt meringue?

Will doesn't like being @'ed.

Ah, apologies
So the little arrow and line mark I often see makes sense now - obviously indicated level tablespoon.

Interestingly #CSB
Freemasons were originally Freezemasons and they built municipal buildings out of ice. With the Industrial Revolution and subsequent global warming they had to band together to protect themselves from any repercussions and became the Freemasons we know today.

While Roman Catholic churches, in northern Italy mainly use the colomba. Which can be seen in the colomba shaped columns with it the churches structure.

Photo from the internets. Only chimney left on the, er, left side. Wood clad house fully intact on the right side. EDIT: Might be stuff that looks like wood.

Same for Jamie Lee Curtis.

But hey let's over look the deaths....cry for property loss....

Jamie Lee Curtis

Zionist?

Those million dollar LA mansions aren’t houses, they are sets.

thought I read it was a brick building with concrete walls surrounding the perimeter

Not just her Zionism.

more like sets on fire

I'm not dead, but one on my namesakes is...https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge40jv4gjo

Poor kitties.

Yes I have more sympathy for these animals than rich people houses burning.

We (@Velocio that is) made it into Private Eye.

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Just need itv to make a drama out of it and we'll be saved.

V long piece in Time magazine about building houses of wood despite the fire risk https://time.com/6046368/wood-steel-houses-fires/

there has been a case in the netherlands where some nut jobs introduced wolves into a small national park largely populated by rare native sheep- ensue carnage. Reading about the writings of the godawful ‘bronze age pervert’ someone linked to in the Us politics thread, it dawned on me that whoever did it must be one of these deep-green eco fascists who want to ‘go back to’survival of the fittest (as if neoliberalism wasn’t like this enough). i wonder if it is a similar thing here?
my wife was also curious about why the lynx were repeatedly, across different articles, described as the size of labradors. lol, because this is benchmark dog or something?

it's a go-to benchmark object, like Wales or a football pitch

haha it really tickles me… i wonder what the labradors think about it

I was wondering who has 4 lynx on hand, ready to do some eco terrorism? And if you do, couldn't you wait until it's a bit warmer?

I only had 2 and a small one.

Knowing labradors, they think about what food have you got that they could have.

These lynx seem to be tame, and used to humans. So think some one bought these illegally and got bored with them.

Wolves should never be allowed out of the West Midlands.

I won't be the tiniest bit surprised if the emerging reports of looting in Los Angeles eventually turn out to be wildly exaggerated and with few concrete examples passing fact checks.
My social media feeds from acquaintances in LA are full of reports of amazing mutual aid efforts, but my (mostly European) news feeds just can't help reiterating this weird right wing, doomer/prepper shit instead. It really is one of America's most persistent brain worms.

Hurricane Katrina: