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Displaced Twit. I'm no one special, I'm not insightful, you have literally no reason to follow me. Writer and editor for a couple of educational magazines. British migrant in Prague. Middle-aged parent. Anti-conservative, anti-fascist. Somewhat queer but so social phobic it's no longer relevant. Learning to set cryptic crosswords (shared occasionally on MyCrossword as HairApparent).
@Fritinancy @stancarey Somewhat curious that tough, strong and muscular language are three such distinct idioms.
New from @stancarey on the Strong Language blog: What does “strong language” mean, anyway? https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/strong-bad-mature-filthy-language/
Strong bad mature filthy language

Listening to a podcast this morning, I noticed the phrase mature language used in a content warning. It’s one of many phrases in the form X language, some of them similarly euphemistic, for what we…

Strong Language
@malwaretech Insofar as there are long waiting lists etc on the NHS, it's not a function of nationalised healthcare. It's mostly the result of well over a decade of governance by pro-capital saboteurs.

Guys - if you've not seen the French football women's World Cup ad, you HAVE to. It's a piece of artistic & political genius

#MastodonFC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVNZRHIZVL8

Orange - la Compil des Bleues (English version)

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@splendor_solis Their 2021 report is here: https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2022/05/Bugs-Matter-2021-National-Report.pdf
There may be more recent publications.

@splendor_solis A British survey* has been using licence plates instead of windshields (so most variables connected to windshield design are avoided) and yes, it supports the hypothesis, with almost a 60% bug splat decline between 2004 and 2021.

*It might be mentioned in the WP article; I don't have time to read it now.

Hey babe are you ok? You've hardly touched your
@johnself They comma they go