The restrictions on abortion and contraception are just two ways women some are hoping to force women into being baby-making machines. And it's the right-wing states that are doing it - at the same t… (View Post)

Well, that was an 'exciting' afternoon. Out downstairs loo wasn't draining, so I called our friendly local plumber. He arrived within 24 hours, to find out the drain under our property was blocked we… (View Post)

Wow. Firstly, the time Putin may have used them is around April or autumn 2022. The former when it was clear that the war was going to bog down; the latter when the Ukrainians launched an offensive w… (View Post)

Indeed. But the scuttleutt is that Ukraine has done a fair amount of work to harden their energy infrastructure,. Russia may be able to do them more harm, but it'll take much more effort than it did … (View Post)

I've just checked my last ride; a 62 KM looping leisure ride into Cambridge (so some *very* slow sections in traffic). Not very hilly, and a zone-2 effort (in other words, not really trying). Average… (View Post)