The UK policing system isn’t perfect, but the whole “two tier policing” is just a dog whistle for the gammon brigade.

…and are we fuck taking law enforcement advice from the fucking Americans of all countries!

Enjoy the time bro. Bonding time is never wasted.

I was reading the Careless People book about Meta.

One thing that stood out to me was the presentation of the tech early birds or the folk who dodged the dotcom bubble bursting - she specifically used the term “economically insensitive”. People who made their money from big tech’s initial offerings and their own shares going through the roof, being set up for life, and basically working for the love of the game.

It’s wild. If I’d gotten to the point where I’d paid off the mortgage and had enough in the buffer to catch any unexpected bills or travel costs or whatever, then yeah maybe I’d go geese farming or otter rehoming or llama cuddling or something.

My understanding from this side of the pond is that the Department of Energy does not fuck about when it comes to providing policing and defensive security to whatever sites and infrastructure that comes under their jurisdiction - they put a fair bit of time and money into being pretty fucking decent with firearm handling and marksmanship markspersonship decent shooting.

That said, this photo is 46+ years old so who knows now?

Ah fair enough. Makes sense that it’s something straightforward. Cheers.

I’m trying to figure out why it has output incremental numbers.

It seems like an oddly specific pattern to push out.

Nah.

It was probably unenforceable, and just a scare tactic.

Still absolute mince though.

pure dead mental down the Quay, so it is but

My dentist has had the nerve to add a “lateness will be charged at £1 per minute late” to the end of the reminder SMS messages… which I can understand to a certain degree, but the dentist didn’t really like it when I suggested I get a discount of £1 per minute after the appointment time that the dentist called me through.

I know it’s all bullshit but the double standard baffles me.

Not that I’m trying to gatekeep this, but I’m not sure I like the idea.

I thought BS was an absolute masterpiece - a great story, decent acting, good pacing (with the exception of a couple of high profile puzzles), and it gave me an interest in the Knights Templar when I’ve never been interested in history. I’m not sure what a movie would bring to the party, especially when The da Vinci Code probably took the formula and did it well already.

That said… the making of a movie doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the game so go wild I guess.

Man I used to love a Greggs but the place is extortionate now - especially the franchised kiosks in petrol stations and the like.

The loyalty rewards in the app are fairly generous but still… I just tend to get a coffee from there these days and that’s it.

A pal and I went to join a newly opened gym.

I says to the dude on the desk: “How much is the membership a month?”

The staff member says: “It’s £50 per month each, or £75 for a couple”

I’m motioning my pal over, and I’m like “dude are we like boyfriends now?”

“yeah”

Turns back to the dude on the desk: “we’ll take the couple’s membership please”.

Went cross code to save £12.50 a month each. Worth it.

That summary is one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

That second line sounds like a comedic Bond villain line.

And it’s awesome.

Yeah apparently so.

I can sort of see the argument to make people difficult to see in hostile environments… but it seems like you’ve got bigger problems if you have civilians razzing about in areas likely to see combat in the first place.

Unrelated: I genuinely had to do a separate search to see if that uniform was genuine. Civilian staff in DPM or camo or whatever it’s called this week? Seems mega weird.

Go wild though, I guess.

“knock knock”

“Who’s there”

“The interrupting cow”

“The interrupting cow wh…” “MOOOOOOO”

Good on you dude. You’re making the world a better place.

A dear friend with a neurodivergence explained her journal to me as cue cards for different places, emotions, and experiences she’d had.

Much like a great dream, most of the memories would turn to smoke without a written pointer of what it was she’d done that day.

It’s a daily list of reminders

It is true and it sucks.