Because people, generally, do not bother to verify.

Yes, exactly. I have moved almost completely to ebooks because they are always with me on my tablet, and I can read whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I am. Also, that has freed up a lot of shelf space.

"Reeling"? I doubt many people in Europe care. Personally, I'm happy for the US to join Putin's singalong. I think Canada and Mexico should participate in the Eurovision next year though.

Am I supposed to believe that Musk did not get hold of a copy of the Epstein files in his months long raid on all data available? if so, he could easily leak it and prove what he's saying.

...checking calendar ...it's not the first of April ...😑

I haven't got any GCSEs or A-levels. I do have an European Baccalaurate though. And a Phd with a statistics component. I guess I'll be barred from voting too.

I hope someone explains to him why Spaghetti Westerns are so named, just to see his reaction.

I don't know about Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, but Italy and the UK are not affected (I'm Italian living in UK). My understanding is that only a small region of France bordering the Basque country was affected for a few minutes. The problem seems to originate with the Spanish supply.

Eventually they'll pay you to take them.

83.79421% of all stats are made up on the spot.

Jesus would have been two years old in AD 0002, no?

No, ho cominciato la mia carriera lavorando in database e non posso ignorare il fatto che tutti questi sistemi siano, alla fin fine, solo interfaccia a collezioni di dati più o meno complessi con funzioni aggiuntive. Non ho mai rigraziato una query quando mi dava i dati che chiedevo.

I, for one, am completely in favour of Europe moving in the direction of greater security independence. JD Vance and his crowd can go do one.

In questo momento, l’Europa –con tutti i suoi limiti e contraddizioni – è il principale baluardo della democrazia. È ovvio che Trump e Putin la considerino un nemico pericoloso.

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