That’s what happens when you allocate 1/3 of government revenue to the military. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/rate-of-russian-military-production-worries-european-war-planners (View Post)

We think train prices are expensive because we compare them with the marginal cost of a car journey that doesn’t include the most expensive parts of owning a car (for most): depreciation, interest co… (View Post)

Incidentally, apropos earlier discussion about French suburbs: Jonathan Meades made a series “On France”, the third episode of which is entitled “Just a Few Debts France Owes to America” https://www.… (View Post)

Not really - I think British architects would have been perfectly well aware of the origins of the term. The problem (imo) is a combination of Brutalist design with Corbusian ideas about how building… (View Post)

Is there some reason those who want trial transcripts can’t be given access to the recordings themselves, from which they can make their own transcripts of the parts they want to read? (View Post)