As ever, there are links for this stuff. Around 3000 substandard bridges in Britain - mostly the kind of short span bridges crossing an unnoticed river in a town: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/lat… (View Post)

Prediction: SKS will make a speech with a discernable narrative arc and with a couple of policies that feed into that arc. After today, that will feel like a wonder, and a general impression will fil… (View Post)

Nice juxtaposition. (View Post)

A Cornishman's perspective on what constitutes the north in that map. (View Post)

One more thought before I go to conduct my afternoon. The smoking age going up by a year every year. Proof of age is currently only a fairly low level identity thing limited to the young. As time goe… (View Post)