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I'm sure I'm far from the only person surprised that it hasn't been illegal for at least 20 years.

Anyone got any figures for food bank use in the same time? Closest I've got is 2022-23 (37% increase) which does coincide with the war in Ukraine

But... that profiteering CREATED inflation

5% not 50% It's an extra +1 on a d20 roll Also worth noting than an increase of 5% is the smallest possible increase in a d20 based system. If you you increases by smaller I crements, you need a completely different system

Yeah, it's a good system, but would surely be too complicated for tabletop. My homebrew is that PCs have to take a full day of R&R to train, study, meditate etc somewhere safe where they can let their guard down. I also allow them to learn extra (non-ASI) feats, skills, languages etc - which requires a dedicated tutor and 3 days (so 24 hours of actual study) to reach half-proficiency. Some stuff I'll allow by spending a LOT of hours just playing about with stuff (reduced if they've a transferable skill). Essentially - levelling up is putting into practice what you've learned by doing stuff, and trying out something new. Learning something new requires either being taught, or teaching yourself through trial and error. Ultimately, to my AD&D attuned brain, PCs get powerful stupidly quickly, even with me artificially trying to slow them down. You can go from random schmuck on the street to olympian (level 5-6ish) in a week of game time; to superhero (level 10-12ish) by the end of your first month; and to god-killer in another month or two.

Yeah, the power of the storm is the only one I can think of (beyond durability of future-tech). I'm pretty sure the Martian winds do get up to the speed suggested, but yeah, with way less density and therefore force applied. I'm not sure I'd call it a leap, so much as a stretch for dramatic (and narrative) purposes. Pretty sure Martian soil is fine for life. I am sure I remember it being a common criticism that was shot down by people who actually know about this stuff. Well beyond my personal understanding though. Absolutely agreed on the slingshot manoeuvre though - but that's a holding of the idiot ball rather than bad science.

Council of Elrond is straight from the book. Out of interest - what leaps of science? I mean, yeah it's sci-fi, but the science is generally held up as being spot on (if theoretical). From what I recall, most of the stretches are about durability, rather than "wouldn't work in principle".

That's a "no" then.

Did anyone say that? Or just provide some context (and correction) to your post?

Yeah, it took a bit of time to assemble the ETA, and different links for each peak and trough. Just linked the one graph to illustrate. The best I can find for the main 3 parties is this: https://www.tutor2u.net/politics/reference/participation-political-party-membership-in-the-uk Including this graph: https://tutor2u-net.imgix.net/subjects/politics/blogimages/pol-party-uk-membership-historic-trend.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&q=80&w=800

Isn't that almost exactly where the party membership was the day before Corbyn was nominated for party leadership? Of course, that doesn't make it a good thing (far from it); but I do wonder how many of the departures are "life long party members" and how many are "joined to vote for Corbyn" ETA: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Labour_Party_membership_graph.svg Nope, fell off a cliff around the Falklands, stabilising at 250-300k; bump up to a peak of 405k for early Blair in 1997, before dropping back to circa 200k with the illegal wars. Generally holding steady just below 200k (with a drop to 150k for Milliband) until Corbyn (largely, the option of installing Corbyn) brings it up to a peak of 564k in 2017. Corbyn ejected from the party => drops down to 366k (NB, 366,604 is the figure quoted in your article - is more a loss of "just under 200k", not a drop to "just over 200k"). Yes, I'm sure they'd rather have the members, but not exactly a fatal blow, currently significantly above the average for the last 40 years. Context. It's a thing.

I have, repeatedly, and I like it - but that doesn't change how disturbing it was when I was 6. It's why I separated "most disturbing" from "disturbed me the most".

Sorry, got caught as in "got caught in the public conscience" With very easily understood corporate sociopathy. People understand planes falling out of the sky = bad thing

Of course. The only difference between a Boeing, or a Nestle; and every other large corporation is... they got caught.

Not the most disturbing film, but the film that disturbed me the most has got to be Watership Down. FTR, absolutely not a cute cartoon about bunny rabbits, suitable for a 6-7 year old to watch unattended. Ahhh... the 80s Other nominaction would probably be A Clockwork Orange - though the mental scars don't run as deep.

Always substitute in Paul when watching the trilogy

I'm sorry, but you'll always be Sgt Maaka in my head-canon

May election as good as confirmed. Laurence Robertson (my absentee MP) has started advertising on social media and even done a radio interview - unheard of outside of election season. About the only thing he's got to boast about is a desire to prevent smuggling in of poor breed-stock puppys and kittens, but that's what he's running with. Even then, I suspect it's because "smuggling living beings in from the continent = bad", as his voting record on animal welfare is pretty poor IIRC. Given that, of course, it's always worth reminding people that actions speak louder than words - you can look up your own MP's record here: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

https://www.world.rugby/news/916218/world-rugby-reveals-phased-plan-to-enhance-rugbys-global-appeal Hear hear on all of those - the laws exist, just apply the damned things! I know I'm in a minority on this, but I don't particularly like the idea of completely removing the clause about being played onside by the opponents - adapt it, sure, but not simply remove (I'd say to actively retreat (no slowest-walk-ever competitions) to their own half, &/ allow 10m rather than 5m of ball movement to be put back onside. Not scrummaging off a scrum free-kick seems... fine, I guess (I'd rather downgrade SOME scrum penalties to FC whilst we're at it, but freely admit that I don't know what's happening in scrums) Wait - I thought the Croc roll was already illegal? "Shot clock" expansion seems fine, been asking for something similar for a while. Of course, it'll just mean that every set piece, someone takes a knee and gets some ice spray whilst they talk tactics, but at least the clock will be off - 80 minute game is soon going to take 180 minutes to complete! I'd rather make marks harder and less frequent than allowing more of them - but I guess they want to stop the ruck, caterpillar, clear sequence. Is anyone (not Australian) that put off by mauling? Protect the SH at the scrum - yes, absolutely - stop those silly bollockses just tackling each other whilst the ball is tied up. Stop the defending SH advancing beyond the hips of the flanker would do that, whilst keeping him close enough to tackle a pick and go for 8 or 9 down his channel. For rucks and mauls, if your SH needs more protection, then it's your forwards' job to provide it. I guess I'm happy to try things, but am instinctively against these bits. Yes please. Just throw someone up, and make sure they can't cheat (too much). Consistency in the disciplinary process can only be a good thing Please stop those shoulder charges into static and defenceless players (I believe there's already a law covering this, 9.11 "Dangerous Play" - just add it to the examples given TMO remit should be being tinkered with quarterly anyway Replacements - interesting, no idea how that's likely to come out. Fan Experience - ref-mic would be the big one, broadcast it to any radio app. Tackle height - this should really be in phase two - to be applied in the next season after May 9th meeting. Why the hell isn't it? Wait and see, I guess I've always liked this suggestion (no bias from being a SH who hated box kicks); I also like the suggestion of "no players (either team) can be added to the ruck once the ref has called that the ball is won.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/18/gb-news-breached-impartiality-rules-says-ofcom-but-will-face-no-sanctions

Lesson #1, in "how to receive a red card, without playing" https://twitter.com/user/status/1769018174794526888

If only they'd brush the corruption, racism and hate under the carpet like good little boys and girls. Don't they know they should be talking about things like Kate Middleton? So much more relevant to the running of this country! Some would say it's more "important" than necessarily "interesting"

Last week in tory https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1767910954094768170.html

Also, long walks at her own pace isn't absolutely fine at her age. She was tired, then she wasn't, but she was destructive. As mentioned, doing plenty of training for her brain as well, she has plenty of stimulation, physical and mental. Of course, that doesn't mean that she doesn't get bored when we're not there (working hypothesis, no idea how to address). The treat-dispensing puzzles we've tried (far from all of them) A] don't last long before they run out of treats, and B] don't last long once she's decided there might be more treats in there if she breaks it open. She has plenty of toys, including nylabone and kong, rope toys and soft toys, solo-play and play-with-others. They're already blocked off to the living room and hallway on those rare occasions there's no human around, as they're the least vulnerable rooms; we've also massively reduced the amount of general stuff around, largely as a result of it being destroyed on previous occasions - this is the first time she's ripped things out, rather than, for example, chewed through wires (and all the wires are now hidden as well as possible) The interactions with the other dogs is the only other thing that comes to mind to look at (bar removing even more "stuff" from the living room). Beli is 3 years old, and really good at playing with her - though yesterday he was also on the play-date, so may have been too tired himself; or possibly less willing when humans aren't around. I've no set-up to assess this, but it shouldn't be too hard to jury-rig some CCTV of some sort to give us this information. I'll also have to try tiring Nimue out, but not tiring Beli (which is going to feel so mean). No more distress at our departure than the others, and yesterday, she didn't even see me off when I left (nor the others) - too tired. Not caught her in the act, and yeah, you kinda have to in order to tell her off at all. She does occasionally destroy things when we're up in bed, but only once or twice, and not this side of 4 months old. Again, plenty of toys (and yes, she has access at all times), along with 2 other dogs, and 2 cats to interact with (and they all do). ETA: Ali did find this, this morning, which suggests that it may be possible to actually train your dog to cope better with your absence - I've no idea how it would work, but it's got to be worth a shot. https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/dogs/training/leftalone Should also say, that we already edge into step 4 anyway as part of our standard (and continuing) training. Haven't tried doing a "stay" with a closed door though, or for out of sight for more than a few seconds. Thinking about it, she is the worst at "stay" anyway (at this age) - so definitely worth trying. Also worth trying to match "stay" with "settle" rather than just "sit".