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iKapa Allan
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Sarah BecanIn a conversation on reddit today someone asked if other languages have phrases like "rightie tightie, leftie loosie" to remember which way to turn screws/lids/etc. And one person answers that in Spanish, the phrase is:
"La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera."
or:
"The right oppresses, the left liberates."
(Now I kind of want to put this on a t shirt)
When I was young and foolish I used to dream about what I’d do if I won the lottery.
Fast cars, houses, holidays…
Now I am old and sensible* I’d just like to keep my heating on for longer during the day.
* and living in Tory Britain
Dan NeidleNewspapers worried about being sued by Zahawi for libel should consider exactly how keen he will be to give full disclosure of his tax affairs, and then be cross-examined about them.
NaeI don't know who needs to hear this but
The postal service exists to deliver letters and parcels to people
Not to make money for shareholders
The transport system exists to move people to where they need to go
Not to make money for shareholders
The water, gas, and electricity supplies exist to provide people vital utilities
Not to make money for shareholders
The healthcare system exists to ensure (and that's ENsure, not INsure) the health of the population
Not to make money for shareholders
Shareholders in vital public services are a vampiric drain on those services
Capitalism is a disease
Bremain in SpainA powerful read. One worth sharing
Britain’s Finally Figuring Out Brexit (Really) Was the Biggest Mistake in Modern History
Want to Understand How Bad Brexit Really Is? Take a Deep Breath, Because Your Jaw’s About to Drop https://eand.co/britains-finally-figuring-out-brexit-really-was-the-biggest-mistake-in-modern-history-8419a8b940c6
Britain’s Finally Figuring Out Brexit (Really) Was the Biggest Mistake in Modern History
Want to Understand How Bad Brexit Really Is? Take a Deep Breath, Because Your Jaw’s About to Drop https://eand.co/britains-finally-figuring-out-brexit-really-was-the-biggest-mistake-in-modern-history-8419a8b940c6
Britain’s Finally Figuring Out Brexit (Really) Was the Biggest Mistake in Modern History
It’s hard to put what’s happening to Britain into words. Genuinely so. The sheer scale and scope of the disaster that’s unfolding beggars belief — and reduces even seasoned observers like me, of the…
At Tate Modern this afternoon. Fairly certain the answer to this is “A Tory Donor” and “Everything”.
Just had the misfortune to have to go into Sainsbury’s after OH’s online order was cancelled.
Masked up (the only one) and now I think I know how people must have felt post-war.
No eggs, no soup, a few doz loaves of bread. Empty fruit & veg section.
Is this the new UK normal, or are early evenings just a bad time to shop?
