London-based writer. Often climbing.
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London-based writer. Often climbing.
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"I've spent hundreds of dollars on equipment and haven't been backpacking a single time in my life."
Can you relate to this?
UK Conservatives lose two seats but hold on to Uxbridge (archive.is)
Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on Friday suffered two crushing UK parliamentary by-election defeats but averted a “3-0” drubbing by unexpectedly holding on to Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat....
Westminster Voting Intention (London): LAB: 53% (+5) | CON: 23% (-9) | LDM: 14% (-1) | GRN: 4% (+1) | REF: 3% (+2) | REC: 1% (+1) via Survation (twitter.com)
Westminster Voting Intention (London):...
Do people still write philosophical novels?
I guess this was mainly a Continental thing, but for a while philosophers often wrote novels that in some way expounded their philosophy. I think Nietzsche was perhaps one of the earliest, with Zarathustra. All the French existentialists wrote novels, too. What happened to this trend?...
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x06 "Lost In Translation"
LoglineUhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound. When the noise triggers terrifying hallucinations, she enlists an unlikely assistant to help her track down the source....
How realistic is Star Trek’s Tamarian language? - Darmok and Jalad (www.youtube.com)
I thought this video was absolutely fascinating throughout, even the ad....
Really dumb questions about learning guitar (sorry)
Hey guys, I’m sorry if this post comes across as super dumb but I was just wanting to ask for some advice about learning electric guitar....
I laugh at the Ford every time I see it. Today i got at chance to park next to it and the the size difference is comically large. (feddit.dk)
One of these has definitely hauled more than the other, and i guarantee you it’s not the ford.
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If intelligent life is found in the universe will it change religion(s)?
…with the James Web Telescope looking for sources of artificial light to identify potential intelligent life, and the news this week of Perseverance searching for microbial life on Mars it feels like we are getting closer to a major discovery. But what - if anything - would it mean for the religions on Earth if life is proven...