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Highlander 2

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Today I am mostly wondering why we pronounce "thermometer" as ther-mom-eter when it should so obviously be thermo-meter.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...

submitted 4 days ago • 72 comments

Can America even win a trade war with China? I ask not because of the relative economic power of the countries but because of the political character of the countries. On one side you have an autocratic ruler who has consolidated absolute power and doesn't care if citizens die in poverty and on the

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Like old soldiers living in the jungle unaware the war ended decades ago, I fear this UK government is going to carry on fighting the 2024 general election forever.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

"Where even is Shropshire?" "Nobody knows. It's like Worcestershire, we can't even be sure it really exists." Actual conversation in our house today.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

NYTGames going lowbrow?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

@davidallengreen.bsky.social now that the spoiler window is over I feel we should discuss your Wordle post. I have brainworms that need expressing. Firstly, while I admire your loyalty, "VILLA" is a terrible starting word. Secondly, given that starting word, how can you possibly fail to get "KRILL"?

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

You get a trade imbalance with Cambodia because you are a very rich country that buys loads of stuff and they are a very poor country that has to sell everything just to survive. You want to fix your trade imbalances with the rest of the world you've got to become a poor country. Is that the plan?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The local mayor is significantly less of a presence in my daily life than I was led to expect.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I am 51 years old and have just mown my lawn for the first time. It feels like a rite of passage. I am a proper grown-up now.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Tuchel selecting Jordan Henderson, Kyle Walker and Marcus Rashford for the qualifiers gives me real hope that England have a chance at the 2018 World Cup. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments