I feel the same about student fees in the UK. Labour, LibDem and Conservative governments have said we could not have student grants/zero fees because the nation wouldn't tolerate the tax rise required. Yet the same nation tolerates the far more regressive £60k personal debts for young people.

Artex - "hold my beer"

Wish there was more BlueSky discourse like yours on 'AI'. Refusal to acknowledge there may be ~some~ useful applications undermines valid critique of when it is misapplied or naive.

I think AI talk is one of the few areas on BlueSky where 'echo chamber' criticism has some validity.

"And so whilst we may clap and cheer and the king’s clever constitutional move here, it would generally be preferable for such things to be dealt with by parliament, and not the crown."

^--- And there's the lede.

Yes a phase. One that will pass around 5:30am CET on December 25th.

Yours is such a wonderful story. I do hope you'll post it again for others to discover.

It demonstrates the fragility of "vote for us because they are worse" messaging (as Labour have done nationally). Leads to an unstable system that will delight the game theorists.

@willhaycardiff.bsky.social notes impact of May Senedd electoral system:

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...

I misread 'iconic' for 'ironic', which would make more sense.

I once made 'porrange' (an all-in-one breakfast combination of porridge made with orange juice rather than water/milk). I did so largely because I liked the portmanteau. It certainly wasn't for the resulting culinary experience.

I love the charm of the concept, the word, the drawing and the animal all amplifying each other.

The extremity of this proposal cannot be overemphasised.

That Conservatives have even considered it is enough to rule them out as a serious or responsible party.

The timid response from Govt already does damage. Even the tiniest hint that ILR could be retrospectively revoked is hugely problematic.

^--- That Observable page may appear inaccessible due to the major AWS outage today, but hopefully it will be back up before long.

Possibly something happening in your browser/OS? Here is the same block of text as seen on my Mac / Safari. The x-height is pretty consistent. Note also the larger gap below the dots on the i.

Yes, very much. A 'check your privilege' reminder to Mr Fry wouldn't go amiss.

Growing up In Bristol in the 80s, 'ideal' was still very common, even if not 'elling' other words. And being the 80s, we were all into Madonnal.

And of course, Bristol itself is an elled version of Bridgestow.

It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking 'party = leader' as this is the almost the definition of Farage/Reform, and the way Labour has headed since Blair.

The Greens' policy making process is much more democratic (via conference as the Labour Party once was).