"In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or...
I put this brilliant 4 way discussion in 'Science' & got only 2 responses, one from 'smarty pants' & the other from an atheist, both dismissive. If anyone is interested & has an open mind together...
This is a fascinating, intelligent study on authoritarian regimes, how they fail or survive.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05/16/a-very-grim-portrait...
Saw last of the 8 episodes last night. Best thing we've seen for ages.
Hasidic Jewish diamond dealing family, set in Amsterdam.
Anyone else watched it yet?...
I just found one of these literally, in the back of a draw, and I happen to have a can of lighter fuel which I use for other purposes. I filled it with petrol & it lit up at the first stroke once...
Employing 'lip-readers' & reporting what they think has been said in the press seems to be in vogue at the moment. Is this not an intrusion of privacy on a par with phone-hacking? in fact is this not...
Does anyone have one & if so is it starting to leaf yet?
I was beginning to think ours had not survived the winter, but it is just now starting to show the first signs of leaves....
Does anyone ponder why so many British passport holding Sudanese are in Sudan? One chap on the front page of today's Telegraph is weeping because he had left his wife & son there when he boarded the...
If you know of any parliamentarian of either the left or the right persuasion who has more of it than this man, I'd like to know who it is. Please don't ask me for a synopsis, either watch it or don't...