It means Rishi Sunak fucked off from the D-Day memorial to do an interview with ITV and we should let that influence our vote when the general election happens. The suggestion is that he is an unpatriotic coward. He’s a fucking idiot (and so are his team for allowing the clash to happen) but I don’t know that he’s a coward.
Sunak comes across like the prat he is. “Labor will raise taxes by £2,000 for everybody” regardless of the question. Talking over all the time, not listening to the moderator. Appalling creature. Starmer sympathises a lot with people asking questions without answering them. Skating around or just plainly ignoring questions...
Someone with greater artistic talent than me should apply whatever filters or wotnot to make it look in the style of the Dutch Golden Age paintings: Rembrandt or Vermeer or one of those lads.
We’ve got loads of culture, it’s just that the rest of the world has appropriated it and no longer recognises it as ours.
E.g. the suit. George Bryan “Beau” Brummell is responsible for that (he died ‘shabby and insane’ in France, perfectly British). It could easily have gone a different way and we’d all be wearing lederhosen to work, weddings, and funerals, but there you go.
Can you imagine a crab the size of a cat scuttling around your backyard, climbing up trees, and quietly sneaking away with your shiniest pots and silverware? No? Then perhaps you’ve never had the privilege of meeting a coconut crab....
The Coller Dolittle Challenge for Interspecies Two-Way Communication has been launched by the Jeremy Coller Foundation and Tel Aviv University. While the use of AI is not obligatory, the team say the technology can boost almost all proposals....
I go with quilted. Not artisinal, hand-crafted, 8-ply quilted with a 3000 thread count of Egyptian cotton, but… heh… wait for it… bog standard supermarket own brand quilted. See what I did there? No? I’ll let myself out.
Lest we forget... (a.l3n.co)
Joe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground states (www.newsweek.com)
Reality check: how do the leaders’ claims in TV debate stack up? (www.theguardian.com)
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The Sunak v Starmer debate is appalling
Sunak comes across like the prat he is. “Labor will raise taxes by £2,000 for everybody” regardless of the question. Talking over all the time, not listening to the moderator. Appalling creature. Starmer sympathises a lot with people asking questions without answering them. Skating around or just plainly ignoring questions...
Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
“An all-male Monday sounds pretty gay to me.”...
"britain has no culture" explain this then (files.catbox.moe)
Estimated million tonnes of sewage pumped into North Sea at Whitburn (www.bbc.co.uk)
More than one million tonnes of raw sewage is estimated to have been released from a pumping station into the North Sea in 2023....
Fudging rolls is the path to the dark side... (startrek.website)
New lore dropped (lemmy.world)
The Biggest Crabs In the World May Have Eaten Amelia Earhart (www.atlasobscura.com)
Can you imagine a crab the size of a cat scuttling around your backyard, climbing up trees, and quietly sneaking away with your shiniest pots and silverware? No? Then perhaps you’ve never had the privilege of meeting a coconut crab....
UK Nature and Environment summer banner competition - submissions request
We are into June and the solstice is not so far away, so it is time for our seasonal banner competition....
$10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animals (www.theguardian.com)
The Coller Dolittle Challenge for Interspecies Two-Way Communication has been launched by the Jeremy Coller Foundation and Tel Aviv University. While the use of AI is not obligatory, the team say the technology can boost almost all proposals....
What is your loo roll of choice?
Lavatory paper, toilet tissue, bog roll, bumwad, arse wipe, shit tickets; we all need it but I can’t find a good one for a reasonable price....
Ofwat plan to cut sewage fines 'sends dangerous message to water firms' (inews.co.uk)
Gamers aged 55+ account for almost a third of gamers now, and that share is on the rise. (www.midiaresearch.com)
When did you get hit by "the tetris effect" AKA playing a video game so much that you get the urge to do moves/actions from the video game in real life?
When I got hooked on Morrowind in middle school it occurred to me to quicksave before a test at school....
It's really not a big deal. (lemmy.world)
When the DM tries to make it as obvious as possible (lemmy.world)
Man pays £300 to bring extra suitcase filled with Pot Noodles, sausages and George Foreman grill (b.l3n.co)
Cheese rolling: Dairy-loving daredevils descend on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire for annual race (news.sky.com)
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