blabyboy

Yeah, I listened to a couple of theirs and one of the guys was mixed too high and you could hear his laboured(?) breathing all the time..very off putting. And I still shudder when I think back to that BSLB episode which played the "who are you" theme on repeat for the rest of ep.. literally was screaming out loud to turn the f+++ing thing down! 😭 I'll give yer mate's one a try 👍

Hands off my borough! I have no desire for the city folk to be miss-running the services afforded in Blaby. Leicestershire County Council do that perfectly well on their own thank you very much. ...and Sir soulless as Mayor can bugger off too.

Apple were recently fined for doing this. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/03/apple-siri-privacy-lawsuit-settlement They need to listen before you interact so that they have better context to a request 😉

Yes. To them, in that moment, that is their normal. By looking back or being reminded of another time, they can then make a comparison. Well, at least the first two can, Deckard is more complicated due to the replicant question and what it is to be human. Whether they see that as dystopian relies on lots of variables to get to that point.

I think that's a very jaundiced (and possibly personal experience?) view. The young are (obviously) the future and more power to them. The general point I was trying to make is that political class, and you could argue the middle-aged and older populace as well, are too short sighted and think mainly of themselves (I also realise that this is a generalisation). They want jam today and not tomorrow, they enact policies that they think can be delivered in less than 5 years, when we actually need to put things in place that won't be achieved for decades in some cases.

The problem with the Fermi paradox is it's based on such little data as to being meaningless.. if you took a proper scientific approach to it. But it does make for great conversations 🙂

"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit." We will continue to wither and die until we regain this general attitude to life.

One part of the solution would be a change in mindset that people are ' on the scrapheap ' when they retire... There are people that are forced out of jobs due to their age when they could be redeployed into other aspects around their original position if they wanted to. Anecdotally, look at how young kids and older people engage with each other in mixed settings might be a start. We throw a lot of experience away as a nation when people hit 65/66/67 ... whatever the next retirement age bump will be.

It's only dystopian if you look at it when compared to another point in time. When you're in that moment, when you've grown and adapted to that existence it is less so. It is a problem that continues to endure because people are losing the ability to accept change and embrace it. "It was always better in my day"

IKR! Wtf are they thinking?? It's almost as if COP was run by, and for the benefit of, politicians... instead of people and scientists.

These are your people @leicsmac https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8jkzlj03o Early Friday morning...rise and shine for your next partial eclipse

That's reality mate... Has a habit of not fitting with personal views.

How long did they give to reduce the 13% by though to hit those numbers?. ..and is it really achievable atm given attention is elsewhere.

Wonder if Trump is still using the stock market as his yardstick now that it has sunk way lower than when he took office. ...Bidenomics

Trump now flipflopping on tariffs for Canada and slashed it from 50 to 25%. Reckon Carney has got Trump's number to a tee

Trump has only been using executive orders, nothing going through Congress at all...even though he has the numbers to do it. It's mind boggling, but then I guess that speaks to the Emperor in his psyche and the unwillingness to share power.

Also, just seems that the US is going to start sharing security updates with Ukraine again. Wtf is going on in this world.

Didn't realise this, but the Governor of Ontario can also impose tariffs..and has done on exports to US. Imagine a Mayor in the UK enacting tariffs...

Well if he does, he'll need to explain why Russia sent almost double the amount of drones at the same time and how that's irrelevant.

Markets like certainty. Trump is anything but that, so they're signalling to him to start being more consistent and considered. Trump has the anti-midas touch and anyone who believes the guy is a deal making genius....well I have a bridge to sell you. He's already spinning it as expected and that the markets will need to readjust to his tariff plans.

It is the 'Belt and Road' policy they have successfully deployed in Africa, but with a twist of focusing on what are the important elements of the countries in the area of concentration. Basic Mercantilist approach.

Incel personified

Poland has no plans to send troops into Ukraine but will provide logistics says Tusk. Events dear boy, events.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9208qv1kzo Now...about those moon bases...