Yes. Lots of them came from Lancashire. Malise Ruthven had an excellent book about it all.

I know. But they are only part of the reason, and sometimes, in limited domains, they can be used to work against others of their kind/

"Back when search worked" is the key. LLMs today can counteract the enshittification of Google search. I have had sensible answers back for the sort of queries ("What is the best {X}?") where Google is now completely poisoned. Though mostly I use Kagi.

Ah, the discotheques of my youth! So much whipped cream

Dutch scrabble must be the worst!

at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.

ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first