Yeh, I need a Xanax after that.

Pretty sure AP is funded by newspapers

If the police lose, you really lose

It’s not at all weird and very easy to explain. The BBC positions itself as an impartial reporter. Anything that appears to be a judgement call by someone else is (quite rightly) put into quotes.

In this case, I would have simply left out the words “innocent victim “ myself, as it’s a bit odd - but that is the rationale.

If your organisation is big enough to have a press office of more than 4 or 5 people, you will usually have an on-call rota.

Let’s go clubbing

For me the headline was drowned out by the sound of Beavis and Butthead laughter

Very good explanation of the situation here: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/oak-processionary-moth-thaumetopoea-processionea/

Not bad. Did the Ride London 60 on Sunday, pondering whether I should try the 100 next year. It went ok

“It’s a bit lively tonight “

£115? That’s nearly 3 pints of bitter

You need a certain kind of landscape for that. I think the UK only has a couple of pumped storage power stations due to lack of suitable sites

No. That’s like saying the UK has too much wind power because our prices occasionally go negative. What Germany might not have enough of is battery and other storage

If you’re on an agile tariff where the price changes ever 30 minutes, it’s a bit of a bummer

Hopefully the plughole is clogged with hair

Indeed. To be honest, I’d probably fall back on the old idea of filling the bath right up if the shit looked like it was about to hit the fan.

I think that ‘resilience in depth’ is a reasonable idea. The NHS exists, but I still have a first aid kit at home.

In practice, I think it will be difficult fir a household to store 3 days drinking water.

I don’t think my grumpiness level has particularly changed since I emerged from my grumpy teenage phase.

I’d say that the railways were probably more likely to fail because you have the added complication of the rail infrastructure company on top, plus the need for through-ticketing and timetable coordination. Those factors magnified the sheer amount of shit in the show

I know what you are getting at OP, but I can’t say I find ‘both sides committed atrocities ‘ uplifting, exactly