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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mosquito-borne disease risk looms for UK - study⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Not just mosquitos and not just in the long term either; with the colder weather not being as harsh a lot of other critters are either making a comeback, hanging around for longer or not dying out in the colder temperatures - think Blandford flies, horseflies, tick bites…
BMW, Subaru and Porsche drivers ‘more likely to cause a crash’, study findswww.theguardian.com ↗
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS hit by ‘severe drug shortages’ due to Brexit red tape⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Project Orbis is about approval (and it seems like a good idea). It isn’t about supply or cost.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS hit by ‘severe drug shortages’ due to Brexit red tape⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Close to home think Gibraltar and Northern Ireland. Further afield - I work with people who regularly travel for tasks that require an on-site presence and who have long term health conditions.

Probably more common than you think.
Private Eye - In The Back - False account Tees freeport , Issue 1608www.private-eye.co.uk ↗
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sycamore Gap tree: Site plans are complicated, says MP⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
It’s sad but just leave it be. What’s lost is lost and cannot be easily replaced or replicated. In another millennium or two there’ll be something else there and those of us around today won’t really have any control over that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Agree. Too incompetent, and maybe too lazy to improve.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: Russell Brand Exited Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ After Facing Sexual Predator Claims On-Camera⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
“Ryan has previously spoken about her experience on Roast Battle, but has not named Brand or the show she was working on. In an appearance on BBC series Louis Theroux Interviews… last year, Ryan revealed that she confronted her unnamed co-star: “I – in front of loads of people, in the format of the show – said to this person’s face that they are a predator.”

Deadline has confirmed with multiple sources that she was referring to Brand and Roast Battle. Ryan told Theroux that she did not name her colleague because it was a “litigious minefield” and she had not personally been assaulted by Brand.”

That potential threat of litigation may have played a role.
Revealed: Russell Brand Exited Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ After Facing Sexual Predator Claims On-Cameradeadline.com ↗
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I believe the secret sauce is empathy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
From your link:

“Beanland’s study concluded that “cycling experience is associated with more efficient attentional processing for road scenes.” She suggested that road safety would be improved for all if more motorists also cycled.

I suspect they’re right.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Enforcement of existing rules would go a long way; the parliamentary group also advises increasing tariffs for breaking the law and tightening the what counts for “exceptional circumstances” when it comes to defence.
Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another waywww.theguardian.com ↗
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russell Brand: Comedian accused of rape and sexual assault of four women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
The alt right alimentary canal; always ends with a load of shit.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Ugly Truth About Reinforced Aerated Autoclaved Concrete (RAAC)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
15:54 - 16:19; the political angle!

Found the video quite informative; the guy knows how to deliver an engaging lecture.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British Challenger 2 tank destroyed in combat for first time, Ukraine footage shows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
The quote you’ve picked out from the article seems key; small sample, unreliable statistics.

I am not a military person; I do not know the lingo. All I can say is that the footage I have seen coming out of the Ukraine suggests that these days the soldier on the ground or in a light vehicle can have a huge impact on the battlefield. They seem to have very capable and very mobile weapons that will knock out tanks and aircraft; they also seem to have remotely operated weapons and drones. What is happening over there doesn’t seem to be the asymmetric warfare that would have been seen in, say, Iraq.

The impression I get is that the fictional “Modern Warfare” battlefield is here today.

How well tested and adapted is this rarely seen rarely used British tank?

How much have anti-tank weapons evolved since the last design and upgrade?

How was that tank actually damaged anyway?

I’ve no idea. But I am curious.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are spending cuts to blame for the schools concrete crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

forcing change outside of the polling booth Separate to my other reply; what do you mean by this?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are spending cuts to blame for the schools concrete crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
No. This is incorrect.

Labour had taken action - by putting in place the BSF.

The Tory government cut the BSF back in 2010 and further when asked to make money available (bearing in mind a chunk of concrete had fallen off a school in 2018) they didn’t provide nearly enough - indeed they halved it here’s Mr Slater on the Today programme yesterday (from 1:12:57).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Ccritical risk to life:" Sunak refused to fully fund repairs of England’s crumbling schools when he was chancellor, says ex-official⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
At risk of spamming the link; Mr Slater talked about it on the Today programme here at 1:12:53
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inquiry into remediating use of ‘weaker’ concrete expanded to include UK’s wider public estate | New Civil Engineer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
This is going to be a big expensive mess isn’t it?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools are only crumbling because the left-wing Wokerati made us cut the school repair budget in half, insists Government⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Almost choked on my tofu. Now to read the article.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Covid variant Eris causes summer surge as mask mandate returns spark debate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
This is what I was going to say - you won’t find what you don’t test for, and these days next to no one outside specialist healthcare settings will be testing.

Best we can hope for these days is that sewage monitoring is still in place.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Junior doctors and consultants to strike together in England⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
The trouble with over a decade of failing to raise pay in the public sector in line with inflation is that eventually you run out of other people’s free labour.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
There’s me thinking that the parts of the expansion to the North and South circulars were insisted upon by the Tory government as part of a deal supporting TFL in the COVID-era, and that all Labour’S Khan did was to tack on expansion to the East and West.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Agree with what you said in full.

A lot of the conversation seems to be starting with “I don’t see why it should be 20mph so I’m going to ignore it”. I think your comment goes some way to explaining why this kind of thinking isn’t appropriate.

Roads aren’t just about cars and drivers.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think that law is going to get changed by repeatedly breaking it.

I also don’t think it is a bad law. The probability of a pedestrian being fatally injured at 20mph is lower than at 30mph; older studies showed a nearly tenfold reduction; not sure what the figures would be now with the trend towards larger and heavier vehicles (and the offset by pedestrian-friendly design - EuroNCAP score for this). For residential and pedestrian heavy areas I think 20mph is appropriate.

It is also worth bearing in mind that several areas in the UK have already committed to 20mph for residential areas.

I think the more likely outcome is going to be changes to roads and enforcement.

Here’s a .pdf factsheet from RoSPA that looks at 20mph zones.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Is one of the roads more popular with cyclists or more likely to have folks crossing? Roads aren’t just for cars.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
How would you ensure compliance?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
So it’s ok to comply with laws when it feels right?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Consider defederating from all porn instances because porn is against Hetzner's TOS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Indeed. The key word is “publish”. Social media companies and their legal teams have been fairly effective at influencing the thinking around who exactly is doing the publishing when something is posted.