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Avon and Somerset Police called Wednesday's XL bully attack "incredibly rare": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d441203ndo Meanwhile, on fucking Monday: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vzzrvrv4zo Proving the stopped clock theory, this is the one thing Suella Braverman has ever been right about.

Not under Badenough they're not, but she won't last till the next election anyway.

Not particularly concerned about a poll lead at this stage of a parliament, I mean the Lib Dems have been the leading party several times before. But the general erosion of people's trust in politics that causes some of them to turn to Reform as a protest vote is worrying, obviously.

When my old company was taken over by the AI techbros, the US office was by far the first to be shut down, more or less overnight. Essentially no protections, like you say.

Henry Kelly. Game for an Epitaph.

His Song 1-0 Roberta Flack

Unfortunately Forest win on the away xG rule.

I don't agree with Merz on a lot, but at least he's prepared to say things like this (for now - we'll see how the reality of the job changes that).

Don't listen to him. We need you to be the prophet of doom and have a mancrush on one of our twinkier players, it's TT ritual now.

So the exit poll in Germany looks to be broadly in line with the opinion polls. It says a lot that it's something of a relief that the AfD have "only" ended up with about 20%, particularly since the CDU guy who'll be the new Chancellor is very fond of borrowing far-right tropes anyway, but it could have been rather worse.

@Howmanheyman Full Divinyls lyric with the hookline "Isak dinked the ball and it touched Matz Sels" by the end of half-time please, thanks in advance

Trans people exist and have rights in the UK. Anyone who disagrees isn't integrating properly.

The Lib Dems, of all parties, calling for increased defence spending is a sign of the times we're in really.

Now you're sounding paranoid

No words mate, so sorry to hear. Try to look after yourself as best you can while you're looking after everyone else.

Unrelatedly, I have a new desk toy.

Yes please

It's bizarre for a country that spent decades being terrified of the Commies.

Not even speculation. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/12/neil-warnock-cardiff-city-brexit-leave

Should be called Am I Being Unhygienic

Often, but not exclusively. You'd be surprised at the sizeable minority of queer folk who lean right politically and economically, although (luckily for you if your hunch is right) it does seem to be mostly gay men. I've never really understood it. Possibly a combination of internalised homophobia, a sense that they're sticking it to the people who bullied them at school, a desire to pull up the ladder and protect what they've got in a world that isn't always all that keen on them, and a secret admiration for Thatcher's dress sense. Scratch the surface and it's very often the same people who'd not only gladly jettison the T from LGBT at a moment's notice, but who are sceptical that the B even exists and aren't especially fond of the L. All while flirting with the police at Pride and holidaying in Dubai. Fun!