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  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    DavidL said:

    MattW said:

    dunham said:

    viewcode said:

    Anne Applebaum on Heritage Foundation attempts to kill the EU

    https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3ljz23cbfjs2a

    For those who are not aware, Anne Applebaum is the wife of Radosław Tomasz Sikorski (also known as Radek Sikorski), a Polish politician, journalist and statesman who has served as Foreign Minister in Donald Tusk's cabinet since 2023, previously holding this office between 2007 and 2014. Her views are unsurprising.
    That's not a fair summary imo.

    She is a prominent and highly respected historian of authoritarianism going back for more than 3 decades.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Applebaum
    Not half. She is incredibly well respected international author and historian.

    And she knows more about what Trumpski is up to than almost anyone, having study the genre.
    I kept up my subscription to the Atlantic for a year to read her articles. Her knowledge of eastern Europe, before and after the wall came down, is unparalleled. She gives a lot of information in her pieces but much more important is the context of that information which gives it meaning. One of the most distinguished journalists working today.
    Here she is talking to Bulwark:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9mXmsVc1gk&t=718s
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 37,074
    @scottjshapiro.bsky.social‬

    Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 23,927

    FFS.

    Trumpski is now promoting electric cars. Specifically the Tesla.

    His base hate electric cars.

    They elected him partly because he said climate change was a giant hoax and we need to drill baby. His base love oil. They love gas. They think electric cars are woke shit for the coastal states.

    Now his co-president is losing his entire business Trump comes out as a car salesman.

    All over the place.

    Will the base care? I doubt it. They hate(d) electric cars because the woke elite liked them. Now the woke elite hate Tesla, they'll love Tesla.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,163
    Doocy: You're sure nobody here at the White House shorted the Dow?

    Press Sec: No, I don't think so.

    Doocy: But is there any concern here that it's gonna be harder to ask certain federal workers to retire if they look at their retirement accounts and they're getting rocked every day?..

    https://x.com/yashar/status/1899525616594215220

    Bookmarking this one.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,667
    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 54,734
    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 29,505
    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
  • DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    Not the best first half I thought, but I reckon we deserved at least one in the second.

    Oh well, half an hour extra to get it. Come on!
  • rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 8,566
    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Certainly plausible.
    I also could imagine the Russians agreeing and then a big dispute about who broke the ceasefire first....
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,681

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    The one fatal error there is imo that it is not taller than the Eiffel Tower, even by 1m.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 44,586

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,681
    Intelligence cooperation and weapons deliveries to be resumed, reportedly.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/11/ukraine-russia-us-peace-talks-moscow-war-latest-live-news-europe?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-67d0ac178f0879f772fe4b67#block-67d0ac178f0879f772fe4b67

    Presumably the strategy may be to shift all of them over the border to secure storage in Ukraine in record time - before Trumpski has another fit.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 58,824
    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Oh, I'm sure Russia will agree to the ceasefire, and that Trump will tell everyone what an enormous success it has been.

    And then (after a brief opportunity to regroup) they will continue to attack Ukraine, which they basically have to do because how else do they justify 600k+ casualties?
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 29,505
    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    I believe it will be made from the discarded skin of Casemiro. Though they will have a lot left over once they are finished...
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,667
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Oh, I'm sure Russia will agree to the ceasefire, and that Trump will tell everyone what an enormous success it has been.

    And then (after a brief opportunity to regroup) they will continue to attack Ukraine, which they basically have to do because how else do they justify 600k+ casualties?
    I don't know, I think Putin is so far gone right now that he will reject it and Trump will play to his tune. It's extremely depressing.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 54,117
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Oh, I'm sure Russia will agree to the ceasefire, and that Trump will tell everyone what an enormous success it has been.

    And then (after a brief opportunity to regroup) they will continue to attack Ukraine, which they basically have to do because how else do they justify 600k+ casualties?
    However breaking the ceasefire would be a harder decision than it was before 2022 because now they know they can expect retaliation deep within Russia.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,133

    biggles said:

    biggles said:

    Drawing a parallel between Trump and Brexit is obvious nonsense. To be fair to Corbyn and Truss, I am not sure even they count as they both respected the rule of law and the concept of global rules.

    Trump is something very different. Trump is 19th century thinking in 2025. That’s why he’s a fellow traveller with Putin, and that’s why this is a dangerous moment in world history. We really could go backwards.

    As I said, PBers wouldn’t thank me.
    Still many partisans of Brexit on here.

    Yet, so many common factors.

    1. Revolt against supposed “elites”
    2. Informed by nationalistic nostalgia (“Take BACK control”, “Make America Great AGAIN”)
    3. Fake economic prospectus
    4. Economic magical thinking (why trade with sclerotic Europe when we can trade with fast growing rest of world?)
    5. Hostility to supposed traitors in civil service, legal profession etc.
    6. Hostility to immigrants and foreigners
    7. Hostility to long-standing allies
    8. Attacks on democratic conventions
    9. Mentalist, techno-fascist consigliere
    10. Utter incompetence at the top due to the suppression of “experts” and the elevation of populist idiots.

    Etc etc

    Obviously Trump is much worse, but Brexit and Trumpism have strong familial resemblance.
    So blinded by your hatred of it that you can’t see the wood for the trees.
    Gardenwalker opposed Brexit But J don't think he us 'blinded' nor do I think 'hatred' is the first thing that comes to mind when I read his posts. I think he is wrong but his arguments should not simply dismissed as emotional.
    Thank you.

    Ironically, there is actually not a huge difference in what was our preferred ending point. You want to be inside EFTA, I believe, which is inside the single market and outside the customs union.

    I too, believe that is the best outcome at this moment in time (whether EFTA or a bespoke arrangement).

    I really hope that events in Europe provoke the EU and the UK to move beyond the various supposed challenges of the past.
    On that I agree 100%.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Oh, I'm sure Russia will agree to the ceasefire, and that Trump will tell everyone what an enormous success it has been.

    And then (after a brief opportunity to regroup) they will continue to attack Ukraine, which they basically have to do because how else do they justify 600k+ casualties?
    I don't know, I think Putin is so far gone right now that he will reject it and Trump will play to his tune. It's extremely depressing.

    Phillips P. OBrien
    @PhillipsPOBrien
    ·
    6m
    always remember that the Trump White House and Putin Kremlin are now in regular, detailed contact. The idea that the USA might agree something that was completely unexpected by Putin is, imho, not large.
  • turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 18,316
    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 33,888
    Scott_xP said:

    @scottjshapiro.bsky.social‬

    Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months

    Can I have that in English please?
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 58,824
    Andy_JS said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @scottjshapiro.bsky.social‬

    Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months

    Can I have that in English please?
    It's a joke, about how the Supreme Court is going to support Tesla.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,658

    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?

    Is that the same "they" that did down loopy Lizzie?
  • carnforthcarnforth Posts: 5,359
    edited March 11

    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



    That manchester one is steel just in the shape of a tent right? No actual articulation or drape. Whether it "hangs" from the supports, or merely sits on them, who knows.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    GIN1138 said:

    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?

    Is that the same "they" that did down loopy Lizzie?
    I reckon.

  • turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 18,316
    carnforth said:

    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



    That manchester one is steel just in the shape of a tent right? No actual articulation or drape. Whether it "hangs" from the supports, or merely sits on them, who knows.
    I don’t care about the design, but I admire the ambition of 100,000 seats.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    MARK KELLY: I’m not sure if Elon has sworn an oath to anything.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 53,157
    GIN1138 said:

    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?

    Is that the same "they" that did down loopy Lizzie?
    Lettuce not go there...
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    Mark Kelly.

    I just got a nibble at 110.

    POTUS 2028.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,667

    carnforth said:

    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



    That manchester one is steel just in the shape of a tent right? No actual articulation or drape. Whether it "hangs" from the supports, or merely sits on them, who knows.
    I don’t care about the design, but I admire the ambition of 100,000 seats.
    Of which only 80k will be usable in the rain because of the leaking roof.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 53,429

    GIN1138 said:

    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?

    Is that the same "they" that did down loopy Lizzie?
    Lettuce not go there...
    Why not?


  • turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 18,316
    MaxPB said:

    carnforth said:

    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



    That manchester one is steel just in the shape of a tent right? No actual articulation or drape. Whether it "hangs" from the supports, or merely sits on them, who knows.
    I don’t care about the design, but I admire the ambition of 100,000 seats.
    Of which only 80k will be usable in the rain because of the leaking roof.
    I think that’s the current ground…
  • The problem with a penalty shoot out is we can't get Salah to take the five kicks.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,667

    MaxPB said:

    carnforth said:

    Carnyx said:

    DavidL said:

    How the hell have Liverpool not scored in this second half? Feeling for @TSE and @BartholomewRoberts here, even as a Man U fan.

    As a United fan I was hugely cheered by todays news that they want to spend £2bn on New Trafford which looks like a giant circus tent. We have enough clowns, so its appropriate.
    Did you notice nobody will explain what the tent is made of? Also the development as a whole needs lots of public ££ apparently.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/11/manchester-united-new-stadium-next-to-old-trafford-norman-foster
    That’s a stretch isn’t it? Only just released the plan. Plenty of stadia have similar, if smaller, tented roofs. See for instance Hampshires cricket ground:



    That manchester one is steel just in the shape of a tent right? No actual articulation or drape. Whether it "hangs" from the supports, or merely sits on them, who knows.
    I don’t care about the design, but I admire the ambition of 100,000 seats.
    Of which only 80k will be usable in the rain because of the leaking roof.
    I think that’s the current ground…
    I'm sure they'll being the OT waterfall along with them. It's a feature.
  • MoonRabbitMoonRabbit Posts: 13,967

    GIN1138 said:

    Trump: "They" are penalising Musk in an economic sense.

    They? The markets are now "they" with a heavy emphasis?

    Is that the same "they" that did down loopy Lizzie?
    Lettuce not go there...
    Why not?


    Nothing a splodge of Helmans couldn’t handle.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 54,734
    edited March 11

    The problem with a penalty shoot out is we can't get Salah to take the five kicks.

    I always think it is an enormous advantage to go first.

    Too many half chances missed in the second half when they were on top. PSG are a proper team these days rather than a group of celebs.
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 33,888
    96.5% of the population in Runcorn & Helsby are white, which probably means about 98% of voters will be.

    https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E14001455
  • RattersRatters Posts: 1,242

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    I wonder how Trump will react when Putin rejects the US ceasefire plan out of hand, will he then ratfuck the Ukes and demand more concessions? Depressingly I suspect so.

    Oh, I'm sure Russia will agree to the ceasefire, and that Trump will tell everyone what an enormous success it has been.

    And then (after a brief opportunity to regroup) they will continue to attack Ukraine, which they basically have to do because how else do they justify 600k+ casualties?
    However breaking the ceasefire would be a harder decision than it was before 2022 because now they know they can expect retaliation deep within Russia.
    I do wonder if striking Moscow with drone armies that cause only material damage is more effective for Ukraine's war aims than killing 1,000s of conscripts on the battlefield.
  • DavidL said:

    The problem with a penalty shoot out is we can't get Salah to take the five kicks.

    I always think it is an enormous advantage to go first.
    I agree, but I wrote that before the penalties - didn't think he'd literally be our only one to score.

    Not good enough. What a shame.
  • PSR scrapped
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 64,759

    PSR scrapped

    Who are PSR ?
  • Daveyboy1961Daveyboy1961 Posts: 4,303
    DavidL said:

    The problem with a penalty shoot out is we can't get Salah to take the five kicks.

    I always think it is an enormous advantage to go first.

    Too many half chances missed in the second half when they were on top. PSG are a proper team these days rather than a group of celebs.
    It doesn't help England getting a fifth team in the champions league
  • ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 4,480

    PSR scrapped

    Who are PSR ?
    They were big in the 80s.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,897
    Always good to see Liverpool lose. Same again on Sunday please.
  • ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 4,480

    MARK KELLY: I’m not sure if Elon has sworn an oath to anything.

    He has pledged allegiance to Xenu and must be purged.

    ... jeez, I imagined that as a joke, and now I'm wondering "In modern US politics - is that maybe a thing?"
  • kamskikamski Posts: 6,151

    DavidL said:

    Nigelb said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @Acyn
    Leavitt: Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries and a tax cut for the American people

    Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries

    Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics

    https://x.com/Acyn/status/1899518327258763372

    There’s a few scenarios:
    1) the Trump team are Fucking Morons. They genuinely believe the stupid things they are saying
    2) the Trump team know this is stupid but believe their supporters are Fucking Morons
    3) combinations thereof
    the Trump team are Fucking Morons

    @emilymullin.bsky.social‬

    Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico now number over 250, with two deaths being linked to the outbreak. (For comparison, the US had 285 cases of measles in all of 2024).
    I’m in no way on Trumps side but how is this down to Trump? Yes rolling forward an administration that doesn’t believe in vaccines is a terrible prospect, but these cases are surely not because of that.
    Attacking public confidence in vaccines has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign for years. Employing RFK Jnr was just a continuation of that.

    Cutting CDC funding doesn’t help, either.

    It’s not entirely down to them, but they certainly bear a significant degree of responsibility.
    Reading around there is no evidence of any measles parties having taken place, but a lot of social media chatter. It’s also clear that almost all those who have contracted measles have not been vaccinated. Blame lies with the parents and Andrew Wakefield who tried to bring down the MMR vaccine with lies and fake science.

    If you don’t have vaccines and the disease is mild in children you can see a logic in getting the child to experience the disease in their early years. I would note that I don’t expect my two year old to ever need or get a covid jab. The plan is for the kids to get covid and develop natural immunity. But measles is too risky for that option.

    We should be careful not to judge too much though. Plenty on PB we’re resistant to the covid vaccines and being antivax is a mainstream thing among the type of celeb who revels in ‘wellness’. But that’s celebs not people in power.
    When it comes to anti-vax -

    The two commonest things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. We will eventually run out of hydrogen.

    Anti-vaxxers are stupid. And scum.
    This French advert for vaccines was simply the best I saw throughout Covid and we should have pinched it: https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/french-vaccine-ad/video/505376b562f7ba037af8c76e97ea7e3c

    The argument for vaccines really can't be made any clearer than this.
    And antivaxxers woukd just yell out ‘sheep’ and still reject it.
    I've tried claiming that vaccines are a traditional Chinese technique that was fiercely resisted by the Western medical establishment when it was introduced here by brave anti-establishment mavericks.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    Chaps, Mark Kelly is available as POTUS at 11.

  • DumbosaurusDumbosaurus Posts: 825
    edited March 11
    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,755

    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.

    You can go to a physical betting shop and feed in notes into the automated machine without having to give your name, open an account, or have such artificial limits. :)
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 22,109
    Polling stations have closed in Greenland.
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 9,855

    Polling stations have closed in Greenland.

    Nuuk South I hear may be a Liberal Democrat gain, but in the North the new Honour and Fight Now party have surprised everyone.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 64,646
    Trump tells press he will "pass on that" to Musk's self driving car with no steering wheel which Musk claims is coming next year.
  • DumbosaurusDumbosaurus Posts: 825
    edited March 12
    viewcode said:

    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.

    You can go to a physical betting shop and feed in notes into the automated machine without having to give your name, open an account, or have such artificial limits. :)
    My experiences with turning up with wads of cash in physical betting shops has been negative.

    What I have managed is to do exactly the same bet for exactly the same size in Coral which is also Ladbrokes. Also got a free £20 bet out of it for future, once this is settled, I think . And £436 on is fine for a little thingy like this that I can't trade.

    By the way my by election record is HORRENDOUS. This seems excellent value to me but so did every other byelection bet I did...
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 33,888

    viewcode said:

    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.

    You can go to a physical betting shop and feed in notes into the automated machine without having to give your name, open an account, or have such artificial limits. :)
    My experiences with turning up with wads of cash in physical betting shops has been negative.

    What I have managed is to do exactly the same bet for exactly the same size in Coral which is also Ladbrokes. Also got a free £20 bet out of it for future, once this is settled, I think . And £436 on is fine for a little thingy like this that I can't trade.

    By the way my by election record is HORRENDOUS. This seems excellent value to me but so did every other byelection bet I did...
    Oddly enough, I've found I'm more successful with betting when I'm doing it in real shops with cash.
  • DumbosaurusDumbosaurus Posts: 825
    Andy_JS said:

    viewcode said:

    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.

    You can go to a physical betting shop and feed in notes into the automated machine without having to give your name, open an account, or have such artificial limits. :)
    My experiences with turning up with wads of cash in physical betting shops has been negative.

    What I have managed is to do exactly the same bet for exactly the same size in Coral which is also Ladbrokes. Also got a free £20 bet out of it for future, once this is settled, I think . And £436 on is fine for a little thingy like this that I can't trade.

    By the way my by election record is HORRENDOUS. This seems excellent value to me but so did every other byelection bet I did...
    Oddly enough, I've found I'm more successful with betting when I'm doing it in real shops with cash.
    As in returns or what they'll let you put on?
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 54,117
    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”
  • DumbosaurusDumbosaurus Posts: 825

    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”

    This sounds cruel as hell. "Look at what you can't have".
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 33,888

    Andy_JS said:

    viewcode said:

    Unusually, Ladbrokes just let me put £218 on Labour at 2.37. I'm happy withg that.

    You can go to a physical betting shop and feed in notes into the automated machine without having to give your name, open an account, or have such artificial limits. :)
    My experiences with turning up with wads of cash in physical betting shops has been negative.

    What I have managed is to do exactly the same bet for exactly the same size in Coral which is also Ladbrokes. Also got a free £20 bet out of it for future, once this is settled, I think . And £436 on is fine for a little thingy like this that I can't trade.

    By the way my by election record is HORRENDOUS. This seems excellent value to me but so did every other byelection bet I did...
    Oddly enough, I've found I'm more successful with betting when I'm doing it in real shops with cash.
    As in returns or what they'll let you put on?
    Returns. I mostly only place small sums.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,681
    Low probability prediction:

    Next Sunday a new international treaty organisation will be announced from the countries meeting at the Paris summit.

    It will be similar to NATO, with extra members from the Pacific rim and including Ukraine, but excluding USA which wants to be isolationist.

    It will be called DELETO .
  • maxhmaxh Posts: 1,546

    Chaps, Mark Kelly is available as POTUS at 11.

    Is that because Musk is busy at 11:00?
  • TimSTimS Posts: 14,421
    edited March 12

    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”

    This sounds cruel as hell. "Look at what you can't have".
    A friend of a friend did some time in a couple of prisons for drug dealing in his youth, and he said the worst was Dover prison where he was for a year. He had a cell with a view through the bars of channel and ferries coming and going. Reminded him every day of what he was missing.
  • FishingFishing Posts: 5,393
    edited March 12
    TimS said:

    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”

    This sounds cruel as hell. "Look at what you can't have".
    A friend of a friend did some time in a couple of prisons for drug dealing in his youth, and he said the worst was Dover prison where he was for a year. He had a cell with a view through the bars of channel and ferries coming and going. Reminded him every day of what he was missing.
    I hear that's what bothered some prisoners the most about Alcatraz - not the harsh conditions but the stunning views of San Francisco they got to see every day, especially when it was sunny.

    It was so tantalisingly close and yet so far ...
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,181
    Morning all. On topic, I think the Reform bickering has already had an impact - membership numbers have stalled. It will certainly cost Reform some votes in Runcorn, I think probably not to Labour though, who despite their immigration crackdown videos really aren't an option for ex-Reformers to my thinking. I would see Reform losing votes to fringe righties and staying at home. Labour will gain some Lib Dems and Greens. Who comes out on top, I don't know, but I would still suggest Reform.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,817
    New road built through the Amazon rainforest in advance of COP30, a conference held to er, discuss the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

    Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,681

    Morning all. On topic, I think the Reform bickering has already had an impact - membership numbers have stalled. It will certainly cost Reform some votes in Runcorn, I think probably not to Labour though, who despite their immigration crackdown videos really aren't an option for ex-Reformers to my thinking. I would see Reform losing votes to fringe righties and staying at home. Labour will gain some Lib Dems and Greens. Who comes out on top, I don't know, but I would still suggest Reform.

    There was a conversation about that on the Daily T podcast yesterday. This is the short version. Maybe not a lot new for aficionados, but an interesting semi-inside view.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3V21xmFvkI
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 37,074
    I don't know what impact it will have on the going at Cheltenham, but it is currently snowing...
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,181
    TimS said:

    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”

    This sounds cruel as hell. "Look at what you can't have".
    A friend of a friend did some time in a couple of prisons for drug dealing in his youth, and he said the worst was Dover prison where he was for a year. He had a cell with a view through the bars of channel and ferries coming and going. Reminded him every day of what he was missing.
    The pukey decks and stale croissants of Stena Sealink?
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,681
    edited March 12
    Fishing said:

    TimS said:

    Must read article on VR in prisons:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california

    The transformative scene for Ortega was sitting around the Eiffel Tower. “You see tourists, regular people going to and from work,” he said. “And that’s when it hit me: I want to live life like that. I deserve it. I owe it to myself.”

    This sounds cruel as hell. "Look at what you can't have".
    A friend of a friend did some time in a couple of prisons for drug dealing in his youth, and he said the worst was Dover prison where he was for a year. He had a cell with a view through the bars of channel and ferries coming and going. Reminded him every day of what he was missing.
    I hear that's what bothered some prisoners the most about Alcatraz - not the harsh conditions but the stunning views of San Francisco they got to see every day, especially when it was sunny.

    It was so tantalisingly close and yet so far ...
    That's it - a new prison camp on Bardsey Island, with the isolation cell in the hermitage on Church Island, Menai Straits.

    To stop too many complaints, we can put another one on Brownsea Island.

    There's loads of space - Alcatraz Island is only 9 Hectares.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,163
    Someone has figured out the Trump strategy.

    Tariffs are on/off/paused, and are targeted/universal, applied to our friends/foes/everyone, starting sooner/later. They'll be in place for the short/long run because they are a useful policy/bargaining chip, and will solve our problem with fentanyl/deficits/manufacturing/revenue
    https://x.com/JustinWolfers/status/1899472229634568436
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,185

    NEW THREAD

  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,817
    I’d be surprised if Russia doesn’t accept the ceasefire proposal .

    It’s got nothing to lose by doing that and then can make its ridiculous demands after that .
  • BattlebusBattlebus Posts: 541
    JonWC said:

    Some of us did know it at the time. After I had promised to resign if Huhne were elected, a LibDem colleague asked "Why are you so against Chris Huhne?"

    "I've met him."

    My wife felt the same way after meeting our now-resigned MP. It was particularly tasteless she *had to* meet him again a few times on behalf of her organisation.

    Perhaps one way to improve politics would be for every successful candidate to be personally introduced to voters before they are confirmed in place.
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