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A hazard with academic texts on kindle is they seem endless (‘how can I be only 36% of the way through’) and then end at 37% because it includes the 400 pages of notes, index, bibliography
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A hazard with academic texts on kindle is they seem endless (‘how can I be only 36% of the way through’) and then end at 37% because it includes the 400 pages of notes, index, bibliography
Not a nation that should be allowed to carry scissors, never mind guns and nuclear weapons
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not a nation that should be allowed to carry scissors, never mind guns and nuclear weapons
Long jumpers should have to clear a deep pit that widens by 5cm every round. Also have a lateral pole jump, same setup.
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Long jumpers should have to clear a deep pit that widens by 5cm every round. Also have a lateral pole jump, same setup.
Got that one 1st time but only because it was a repeat I recognised. Have they run out of cities? If so would be better to have a different start point
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Got that one 1st time but only because it was a repeat I recognised. Have they run out of cities? If so would be better to have a different start point
I assumed he had been given the job because he was implicated - it was a show of fealty to Trump
September 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I assumed he had been given the job because he was implicated - it was a show of fealty to Trump
I agree in very large part - not sure how much of this is provocative? On 6 - is framing it as a race helpful? It’s not a zero sum game. On which battery tech EVs use - is this a crucial question?
September 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I agree in very large part - not sure how much of this is provocative? On 6 - is framing it as a race helpful? It’s not a zero sum game. On which battery tech EVs use - is this a crucial question?
And if you zoom out on Google Earth it just assumes the planet is a sphere. Even if you have 2D selected.
September 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And if you zoom out on Google Earth it just assumes the planet is a sphere. Even if you have 2D selected.
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I follow Rentoul to access the Indie's Saturday quiz. His political judgement has moved into an alternative reality
November 11, 2024 at 12:13 PM
I follow Rentoul to access the Indie's Saturday quiz. His political judgement has moved into an alternative reality
It was how the Lubyanka basement was originally pitched
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It was how the Lubyanka basement was originally pitched
Add to that the Princess Louise - Grade II listed
August 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Add to that the Princess Louise - Grade II listed
The clue to this one was the crown in the flowerbed E of the capitol-type building. Plus baseball = Canada. Then process of elimination!
August 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The clue to this one was the crown in the flowerbed E of the capitol-type building. Plus baseball = Canada. Then process of elimination!
UNILAG sounds like a prison camp too (but I’m sure its lovely really)
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
UNILAG sounds like a prison camp too (but I’m sure its lovely really)
It’s not even underground is it
July 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s not even underground is it
I am sceptical that Royal Mail has actually been running daily deliveries for a while. Our post seems to arrive in batches.
July 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I am sceptical that Royal Mail has actually been running daily deliveries for a while. Our post seems to arrive in batches.
The tankie thing is just weird. It’s not even like being pro-Russia is anti-American any more.
July 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The tankie thing is just weird. It’s not even like being pro-Russia is anti-American any more.
Until they reached London
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Until they reached London
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic. The ultimate time sink.
June 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic. The ultimate time sink.
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It’s like Match of the Day - watching ex-pros analyse VAR decisions by reference to what they think the rules should be
May 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It’s like Match of the Day - watching ex-pros analyse VAR decisions by reference to what they think the rules should be
In the same scenario it could happen anywhere, there just wouldn’t be the same pearl clutching disbelief
May 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In the same scenario it could happen anywhere, there just wouldn’t be the same pearl clutching disbelief
That would be more like expecting the PM of Spain to be conversant in Basque.
May 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
That would be more like expecting the PM of Spain to be conversant in Basque.
Are these the same commuters who are massive net contributors to UK tax revenue?
May 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Are these the same commuters who are massive net contributors to UK tax revenue?
Bigger legal exposure if you get it wrong?
May 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bigger legal exposure if you get it wrong?
Something like this?
May 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Something like this?
I don’t think the UK government saw that as its job
April 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I don’t think the UK government saw that as its job