Yeah that phrasing was especially egregious.

I found the last one a lot more authentic-sounding and a decent compliment, honestly. But I don’t know, are people really expecting to say/hear flowery speeches along the lines of a bad pick up line?

Yeah that’s why I left it at “companies,” and even that much would be a monumental achievement…

May we all be warmed and fuelled by the burning of these companies in place of their product.

If I’m remembering right, that 20-30% is a match for past survey results where ordinary people were asked what they thought the distribution actually was, not what they thought it should be. I hope it’s not anybody’s “guideline,” lol.

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I should clarify I’m pretty sure they were asked what it should be and it was definitely more egalitarian than what they thought it actually was.

Certainly but Shell and BP are two of the top 10 biggest energy companies in the world. I guess it comes down to which industries are most closely wedded to the politicians and the monarchy.

Any state successfully withdrawing from an ISDS-infested treaty should be a huge victory for its people, but I wonder if the UK or any nation that benefits from sales of oil/petrol would even bother taking advantage of their regained sovereign powers to regulate more effectively? Also, there seem to be propaganda efforts out there to rile up farmers and their sympathizers to fight against meaningful regulations (rather than for consideration and assistance with adjustments). I wonder how this might play out.

“Cool” is from before the time of probably any of us on here-- the 1930s! It’s possible its usage might have slightly shifted over time (?) but that one just doesn’t go away.

Meanwhile expressions like “radical,” “bad,” “on fleek” (ugh) didn’t last long.

They do pop out sometimes in winter, but isn’t the set of prints in each clump too wide to be squirrel tracks?

Neat! Am I correct to interpret these prints as being left by an animal that was either running in quick gallops or doing short hops? They seem to be clumped in discrete groups instead of a trail.

It amazes me officials can speak like this, yet there are also the widespread reports of organ theft (esp. skin and corneas removed from bodies). Even some reports of blond babies being kidnapped from their families because they’re assumed not to be Arab. Where is the cognitive dissonance?

It’s part of Israel’s propaganda to make this about religion to invoke irrational “War on Terror” sentiments in people who haven’t looked into it that deeply.

In reality, they’re dehumanizing and targeting all Palestinian Arabs, including Christians. Hence the shooting up and bombing of churches along with everything else.

Some of them are Kahanists but I don’t think religion figures into their motives as a wider group except for scapegoating purposes.

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Interesting point. This is consistent with a “Corporate Feudalism” chart I saw recently (and am still digesting/making up my mind on), which puts central bank heads, and then major bank heads at the top two places in the power hierarchy. Corporate CEOs (who might see benefit from a more educated work force) are in 3rd place. World leaders are 4th.

Take this!

Why do I get the impression that blep is daring me to do something?

That’s the case here in Canada, and on top of that it was revealed a year ago that many stores were secretly sending in-person/brick-and-mortar purchase data directly to Facebook/Meta without notifying anyone. Because they get a kickback or something, iirc. (I have to check again but I’m pretty sure that even applies if you have no FB account.)

edit to add source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/retailers-sharing-data-meta-1.6737484

If that yacht isn’t sunk by orcas, and if it isn’t an actual submarine, it’ll be some kind of orbiting satellite. But wherever they are, bunkers can only last so long before more supplies are needed.

If it’s written according to standards of any sort, then research it first as it should have been explained already and if it isn’t, they just expect you to know. If it’s some form of casual writing that isn’t structured that well, then you might need to look for contextual clues in the original text first, and then search them up together for more insights.

How thoughtful! They know you’ll be needing some of their companionship during your trip, even if only in the form of fur left behind.