ctry21

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I haven't been in it because I don't really drink, but this place isn't too far from me and it was weird seeing him here! From what I've heard, people really like it. Our drink prices are worse than London's because the licensing laws have allowed a small number of companies to act like a cartel. A budget supermarket running a pub is weirdly the shakeup Belfast's nightlife industry needed.

This episode was the best editing they've done, there were so many little moments like that between the two teams. I liked the cut between Adam saying Sam is bad at riddles to Sam guessing "cocaine" for the easiest riddle in history.

It was, I watched it on Saturday when it still had the more clickbaity title. Thought I should post it here since it's been put on YouTube now for everyone to watch. I think she made the right call changing the title and adding an additional intro to the YouTube version. I grew up listening to tons of Dolly, so as devastating as yesterday's news was, it was nice learning about all the good she's done as well

No appointments yet but sacking Reed and Kyle would indicate he is going to clear out some of the more toxic boys club MPs that Starmer was fond of. Peter Kyle in particular is a great sacking, he's the one that called the police because a constituent emailed him about Palestine and he compared anyone who opposes online age verification to Jimmy Saville.

That was by far the best of the 4½ American seasons they've done, they've really nailed the writing of the challenges now so we get to see lots of cool places along the way

::: spoiler winner spoilers I always root for Badam but it was such bad luck for Sam and Amy this time, and it's been two full years since he last won a season :::

If we're talking about the Good Friday Agreement, I think nationalists probably got more from it, but that's only because the nationalist community were effectively second-class citizens beforehand. Unionists still maintained a lot of dominance in Northern Ireland, but they had to cede total control of a (gerrymandered) parliament to a mandatory coalition between the largest nationalist and unionist parties and the renaming of institutions like the RUC into the PSNI. Both sides had to agree that Northern Ireland's constitutional status could change, but only via referendum. The IRA had to disarm and disband (although splinter groups still exist), while no loyalist paramilitaries had to do the same. Hardly anyone from the British army or the RUC was charged for the collusion or the extrajudicial killing of civilians. You can tell who felt they got the better deal by the fact that nationalists overwhelmingly voted in favour of the deal, while unionists were more divided.

If it's the Anglo-Irish treaty that created the Irish Free State, it was likely the British that got the better deal. The treaty was controversial and led to a civil war in Ireland over its terms, it meant Ireland lost 6 of its 32 counties which became Northern Ireland, and the country wasn't allowed to become a republic like they had wanted.

I know they said ages ago that they no longer do the taskmaster-style workarounds due to the audience backlash from the likes of "touch an animal" being completed by Sam touching Ben and Adam. But I would have loved it if they'd done something like buying an inflatable dinghy and just writing "water taxi" on it.

on Geese rule · c/onehundredninetysix · 6 pts · 69d

I'm a bit frightened of geese but still felt bad for them in the park near where we used to live, because kids would chase after them and the parents in that town would encourage it and laugh along. They only really fought back if they had goslings to protect

That Al Carns stuff they link to is just bizarre. "Make everything 10% better" is not a policy. And him talking about amending the legacy act to protect soldiers from being prosecuted for war crimes is sure one quick way to destroy friendly relations with Ireland after they've slowly improved over the past two years. Saying it's stuff they were "cleared for years ago" puts him well to the right of even David Cameron who apologised for the British army's actions on Bloody Sunday. I don't understand the establishment media's obsession with glazing him constantly, he's clearly a bit dim and very dangerous to put in power.

My office does exactly this, it has the thermostat set as cold as it can, and the sensor is in a cooler and shadier part of our floor (where management sit I believe). The rest of us sit in a glass-paned south-facing death trap that fluctuates between 25°C and 15°C multiple times a day on any sunny days. I work from home most of the time so thank fuck I don't have to experience it during this heatwave.