Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

~Ford Prefect

I have tinnitus, and bought a Bluetooth audio sleep mask so that I could sleep with the TV off and not keep my partner awake. That in itself was a game changer, but on top of that, I sleep way better with my eyes covered and I use it now even when I’m not listening.

(It’s extra weird because I have thick eyelids and see black when I close my eyes even in a well lit room, so I never considered that I’d need one.)

That sounds like a policing problem?

I’m anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericombobulation.

The Mighty Boosh S2E5.

Get on it.

It’s not Lebensraum though. Palestinians are literally being oppressed.
Why are you likening the Palestinian struggle for freedom from oppression to the genocidal machinations of the third Reich?

You said “it is”. And it’s still a huge leap to infer that the call for freedom of Palestine would require the mass murder of anyone.
The chant doesn’t say anything about harming anyone, and it doesn’t say that Palestine is/shall be the only territory between the river and the sea.
This whole furore about the chant is devoid of logic.

It’s not “from the river to the sea, murder all Jews”, though, now is it?
Seems a bit of a leap, what you’re saying there?

Sentience is a spectrum. Grubs and worms are barely more sentient than some plants, if at all. I think the yoga instructor’s take handles this well, since each individual decides on their threshold and it’s a personal choice. I like that, because it encourages people to consider it, without forcing an agenda. I doubt many people who then think about where their own threshold really lies would go the wrong way, i.e. from vegan to steaks for lunch. Merely reflecting on the suffering you may cause is likely to have a positive effect. Anyone who tries to be ethical in their choices has had this talk with themselves or with someone else. It’s getting people to actually think that’s the struggle. As usual.

Also, when a mummy user and a daddy user love each other very much, they go into a special private online matchmaking lobby and make little baby users.

Comments like this restore my faith in the internet

I hope you’re right. The opposition haven’t indicated they’re going to rescind anything yet. They’ve shuttled so far to the right in the last three years in a successful effort to woo the disillusioned “centrists” that it’s really hard to get a grip on where they stand ideologically. All that can be said is they will do anything and say anything if they think it will get them more votes, and they won’t commit to anything which might upset the centrists.

Very good point.

You’re missing the point/s

1. What they’re doing is illegal. It has to stop immediately and they have to be held accountable
2. What they’re doing is immoral and every barrier we can put up against it is a valid pursuit
3. Restricting Google to data held remotely is a good barrier. They shouldn’t be able to help themselves to users local data, and it’s something that most people can understand: the data that is physically within your system is yours alone. They would have to get permission from each user to transfer that data, which is right.
4. This legal route commits to personal permissions and is a step to maintaining user data within the country of origin. Far from being a “dead end”, it’s the foundation and beginnings of a sensible policy on data ownership. This far, no further.

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The chemical makeup of the two liquids is different for a start, so you’re wrong in saying that.

Not op but surely it’s acute embarrassment tinged with apprehension, verging on fear. With a bit of exasperation mixed in. It’s a hell of a complex emotion to fit into four words.

I love this idea!

• “Kirk, marooned by Khan” - anger in the face of cruelty

• “Montgomery in the presence of whales” - wonderment at majestic beauty

• “Pine, his visions” - a sense of foreboding doom

• “Locutus, released” - rocky recovery after a severe illness

• “Riker’s trombone” - an instrument or tool, improperly used

• “Spock, untethered” - when you’ve been biting your lip for a long time but finally snap

• “Tuvok, his eyebrow raised” - restraint

• "Odo, when the Great Link was sick " - making a sacrifice for the good of the many, especially if they are your enemies

I could literally do this all day but have to get back to work