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I think the sentences for the online hate are clearly more harsh than they would normally be, but that's the point. ... Labour are saying, fuck that.

How would the government influence current court cases? The judiciary is independent.

We desperately need to see Ukraine treat the civilians in the occupied area well though. For example, when the civilians of Kherson staged a march against the Russian occupiers there were soldiers who shot at them. So conversely, I hope Ukraine are able to allow a few Russian babushkas to vent their frustration and show the world that they can take it on the chin.

Loose dentures?

This is only internet hear say, but when he similarly tripped over his words as a president there was commenter on Reddit, who claimed to be a dentist, who described it not as dentures, but the result of very expensive dental work. It has left him with a white shiny smile that's pretty good for his age, but it has also left his front teeth a little bit longer than they used to be. His muscle memory has yet to catch up to this, so his tongue sometimes crashes into the teeth when he speaks.

I doubt that's the reason. Sure, there's some magic the TV people do to counter the effect of strong lighting, but Vance's eyeliner has been pretty consistent over a number of different appearances, including stage events.

Under any other circumstance I'd be the first to cheer on a heterosexual man experimenting with make up. But in Vance's case it looks so much like one of these achieve X using this one weird trick ideas.
I am reminded of these pick up artist that were around 10+ years ago, where a particular kind of hat was meant to practically hypnotise women into going to bed with you.

Interviewer making Vance squirm:
https://x.com/clarencehilljr/status/1822714620806864979

The entertainment value of this stuff is just amazing. Better than both the first and second time around. I was disappointed for a second that Noem didn't make the cut, but Vance delivers .

We're setting up a little road cycling group at work.
10 years ago I reckon we could have managed a lot of this on Strava. I.e. set up routes in the Strava app and share between us before each ride. But if I am not mistake this has now become a premium feature? What would be the best low effort method to get us synced before each weekend ride?

The Bridge and The Wasp Factory

Yeah, I read those and liked them. I guess I'll stop here then.

Just finished Iain Banks' 'Complicity'. Felt incredibly dated – like a 1990s paint by numbers exercise. Drugs, sex, slacker attitude etc. The more transgressive, the more authentic.

What did you think of 'Noise' by Kahneman et al. ?

Don't think actual civil war is a possibility, but massive violent civil unrest very much is.

I can't find it now, but there was an article on BoingBoing suggesting that the US could end up with a dynamic more like the troubles in Northern Ireland, rather than a civil war with clearly defined geographical front lines etc.

Perplexity tells me that the Ukranian word for falcon is Sokil.
Has a nice ring to it, I'll happily welcome some little Sokils into this world.

perhaps to score brownie points - pun intended cos I am brown.

#rep

There are probably hundreds of these photos by now, but I reckon this one stands out.

Any reason why I shouldn't get an Osprey Arcane backpack? Only for short trips, both cycling, running or walking. Must be able to fully trust its waterproofness though.

https://www.osprey.com/osprey-arcane-roll-top-waterproof-25-arcanewp25f22-377?color=Stonewash%2520Black

I don't get why you guys so focused on the card itself. The issue at hand must surely be the lack of a central registry of all UK citizens? Plenty of countries have created such a database without forcing a physical card on anybody.

Wut? There used to be a Trump cycling race?

I think they’re expecting a lot from a man in his late 70s

Can someone explain the J. D. Vance selection to me?

In addition to what has been said already I would suggest that one of Vance's qualities is that apart from the Silicon Valley guys he doesn't have much of a base to lean on.
My guess is that Trump is still sore from Pence's standing up to him on Jan. 6th, and Trump might think this is because Pence had the fundamentalists to fall back on. Vance won't have anyone and will be Trump's puppet for the rest of his political career.

Would recommend Isabella Hammad's 'Enter Ghost'.
It's not delivering that much in terms of a plot, instead it's a fairly linear sequence of events as a British-Palestinian woman travels back to both Israel and the West Bank and gets entangled with various people and situations.
In addition to bringing out lots of interesting nuance in the Israel/Palestine conflict, seen with Arab eyes, she's also amazing at detail and descriptions of everyday scenes.

I wish I could get that high

I guess it's a matter of being able to afford unlimited quantities of high quality gear and then building up your tolerance over years and years?

All is well with Don Jr. He's fine.
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sartorial choice

That t-shirt is kinda cool though.

they probably wear them all the time

Velosambas have ruined our chances of ever seeing fixed gear bikes in the olympics. Track cycling will have to be cancelled.

Stop horsing around guys