You are evidently a good man with a kind heart Farrukh. These times are both scary and as you say, sometimes overwhelmingly sad - I feel it too. I miss your content when you don’t post it. When you have the emotional energy to do so I look forward to you starting to post again.

Tired. Pre-6am this morning and I’m not an early riser. 5 hours sleep which is never enough. That slightly queasy feeling in my gut.

But I’ve got Christmas songs in my ear so on balance life is good.

I think we are both saying bold funding models / govt intervention is what is needed to make this work. I’m lucky I can lease and see savings in real time but relies on situational factors (driveway, rarely charge elsewhere). This can work but needs intervention. The free market is not always right!

My EV charges overnight and does 2.5p a mile. Gov.uk says a 2.0l car (which it would outperform significantly) would cost 20p a mile. Thats £1,750 saved every 10,000 miles. With smart personal financing from the government long term savings can be factored in.

Well done for quitting vapes. My 16 year old did so and it was one of the most painful things we've ever had to deal with. She feels like a better person for it and looks and acts like one too. Be strong, keep off them. I don't think the world realises just how bad they are.

Great to see you moving these commentary threads to Bluesky from Xitter. Your Brexit debate commentary threads remain one of the best things about pre-Musk Twitter.

Inside 12 months expect to see similar cases and similar charges in the US. Trump literally told people he wants to do this.

[insert face-eating monkeys meme here]

Tariff culture is wide open to bribing and corruption, which as you note, is probably the point.

The culture in Russia post-USSR will become part of The American Way and a new oligarchy will emerge from those who hold their nose and join his administration. Its always about money - money and power.

Cool quip, but…Article 50 petition came during active decisions in Parliament about the direction of Brexit. This petition comes months after an election from those who mocked the idea cos “you lost get over it” and now sans irony have the self confidence that they will get what they/the bots want.

I had a Facebook “friend” who would persistently post Facebook memories of Facebook timehops day after day. I started to forget what year it was.

Absolutely love this film!

The article you've shared is a parody right? Because in the early paragraphs of the article he implies Starbucks is "great coffee"!?

Give me Maxwell House or even Tesco Value Instant Coffee before I go near a Starbucks blend.

Yes. I am a coffee snob. But even if I weren't...

This has been fun. Thanks for answering a question I didn’t ask though!