They haven’t been as nice since they took the horse out.
I don’t believe we’ve had confirmation yet. They have said the Pro sticks will be smoother and less squeaky but didn’t name check Hall Effect.

UK Considers Taking Over China-Owned British Steel to Save Plant
The UK is seriously considering nationalizing Jingye Group’s British Steel, as ministers rush to rescue the country’s last steelmaker from the prospect of permanent closure. Amid concerns the manufacturer’s main plant in Scunthorpe faces imminent closure, Britain’s Labour government is holding active discussions about taking it into public ownership, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity about plans that haven’t been finalized and may not materialize. Ministers will do whatever it takes to save British Steel from collapse, they said.
British Steel’s fate is a headache for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is trying to preserve a key industry just as Britain is stepping up defense spending and seeking to reduce the country’s reliance on other countries for critical resources. The matter is further complicated by British Steel having a Chinese owner which has already rejected a £500 million ($64o million)
Did air cadets when I was a teen, I milked it for every flight I could, and met some people I’m still great mates with decades later. Couldn’t recommend it highly enough.
Always interesting to see when the speech is over and the fine detail starts filtering through what is actually included, and you know what, this sounds actually very good. More of this please.

Radical anti-tax-avoidance measures hidden in the Spring Statement

It wasn’t mentioned in the Chancellor’s speech, but the Spring Statement papers contain a major suite of anti-tax avoidance proposals, probably the toughest ever introduced. If enacted this will…


UK Inflation Update: CPIH Rises to 3.9% in Jan 2025
Price indices, percentage changes, and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.
Jesus Christ, every action shot they showed made me feel physically sick and I was watching on mobile while doing other stuff. If I’d watched that on my telly I think I’d have chundered.

Star Trek: Section 31 - re:View

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They’re all currently active, mostly have comedy backgrounds, and mostly don’t do touring so scheduling them is probably fairly easy? Plus a lot of the contestants are talked into it through their celeb mates, so once you have one person from a show it’s easier to get their fellow cast members in.
I know 3/5, Mantzoukas, Martin and Baynton should all be great. If you can stomach X still, seek out Martin's short skits there, those are great.
Is Nintendo the only console producer whose consoles get used for mega LAN events? I was at a regional Pokemon event the other day where there were 500+ people playing Switch within a few tens of metres of each other. Aside from the fact that wireless gear could enable cheating, the wireless interference would be a real issue.
I’m glad OK Go are still going, there’s nobody who does anything like what they do.
I am not into this song at all though, and this video is a terrifying nightmare.
Can anyone name the game boy tune they're using for the ad music? Sounds familiar.
Cool Worlds and Dr Becky are both pretty good for astronomy and general space stuff.
That’s claymation for you. I’m wondering how much they can actually produce in two years.
Aardman are the studio behind Wallace and Gromit, absolute artists producing claymation animation.


The Pokémon Company International and Aardman have announced a special project coming to audiences in 2027.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49536096
Honestly I’m excited for this. I hope Aardman stay true to their roots and just give us silly Pokémon hijinks in a northern English town.


The Pokémon Company International and Aardman have announced a special project coming to audiences in 2027.



Only richest 10% can afford to buy as figures show average household needs 8.6 times disposable income to meet asking price

KZ ES4 were recommended by DankPods as great cheap wired headphones, in the UK they’re £20 and a replacement cable is £10. They’re 3.5mm so you’d also need a USB-C dongle. Not exactly BIFL but I liked them, although I daily drive AirPods now because the convenience factor is just so much higher.
This weekend I was literally buying 3D printed parts off a kid on our estate. I want my own but I have to go through the mother of all garage clearances first. Then I will be straight down that rabbithole.

What's on your Christmas list?
My in-laws are at me again for what I want for Christmas. They're very big on gifts. I mostly want some new joy cons for my Switch because mine have surrendered to stick drift. I can't believe they don't sell plain black ones any more.
Anyway, if you're blessed with relatives like mine it's time to start writing your list to Father Christmas even though you're in your thirties and own your own home.
What are you after?
That's really interesting to know, thank you! Was that through the Right to Choose process, or did you just go to the NHS post-titration and say "gib drugs pls"?
I guess, but has there not been a conversation about vapes in that time? The risk profile is different but as far as I know cancer is still a concern?
Eh, if the structure as described (members list their interests and sit out where there is a conflict of interest) is working as intended then I don’t see why she can’t have a job giving opinions on the cancer risk of eggs or asbestos or whatever. She might even be positioned well to understand those risks.
But it absolutely stretches credulity that an org focusing on cancer has not had a discussion she needed to sit out of in five years. Which means either the structure is not working as described (bad), she’s lying out of her arse (worse), or this org is simply not having these incredibly important discussions (catastrophic).
According to Ian Dunt's How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn't, the HoL is the only place where high quality scrutiny of legislation actually takes place. It shouldn't be that way, in theory that should be something MPs do. But MPs aren't taught to scrutinise legislation, often are not lawyers, and have what is basically a full time job on top of that running constituencies and lobbying on behalf of their constituents. So actually the HoL is currently very necessary.

Farage says Elon Musk's plans for mass government sackings, like what he did at Twitter, are policy model for Reform UK

Former post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandal

Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is in the US where he is due to attend an election day party at Donald Trump’s Florida home in Mar-a-Lago. In an interview with the Telegraph, he has said that Trump, who is a friend, should accept defeat if he loses the presidential election. (See 10am.)
But Farage said he expected Trump to win. And he said he was particularly excited by the prospect of a Trump victory because Trump has said he will put Elon Musk, the Tesla founder and X owner, in charge of a government efficiency commission. Farage said that Musk would slash government spending, and that this would provide a blueprint for what Reform UK would propose for Britain. He told the Telegraph:
"This is the sexy bit: Elon comes in and takes a knife to the deep state. Just like when he bought Twitter he sacked 80 per cent of the staff.
*There are going to be mass lay-offs, whole departments closing and I’m hoping and praying that’s the blueprint for what we then do on our side o


Package championed by Angela Rayner and unions to let people ‘compress hours’ will leave businesses ‘petrified’, warn Tories


NHS Said No
It's been about eighteen months since I first spoke to a doctor about getting referred for an adult ADHD diagnosis. The doc said basically "I'll refer you but don't expect anything because you're holding down a job and a family so you must be doing alright". I had my screening interview back in June, and that was followed up by two web-based questionnaires, one for me, and one for an adult who was about when I was young. My mum filled this role. And it's off the back of this questionnaire that the NHS has discharged me, stating "ADHD is a life-long condition and we would expect differences to have been evident from an early age" and "[my] difficulties are not best explained by a diagnosis such as ADHD".
Unqualified as I am, I do still feel like based on my own research, ADHD is probably the best explanation for a bunch of stuff in my life. A guy I've spoken to a lot who has some experience says my lived experience sounds fairly textbook ADHD/autism as taking effect from my mid to late


The Conservatives pledge to raise the tax-free pension allowance by at least 2.5% a year if they win the election.



Every 18-year-old would choose between joining the military or volunteering one weekend a month in the community.


Are Thule backpacks still good?
I bought a Thule Crossover eight years ago and the zip on it has finally gone. Short of getting a local seamstress to fit a new zip, I think it's time for a new one, and am a bit tempted by the Thule Crossover 2 30l. Are Thule still good? Is there anything else of the same sort of size that I should be considering?

Chris Skidmore: Tory MP to quit over new oil and gas licences

The move will trigger a by-election in the former energy minister's Kingswood seat near Bristol.

A by-election will be triggered in his Kingswood seat.

Junior doctors announce further strike dates
20th to 23rd December, 3rd to 9th January


Report says lack of ‘intellectual diversity’ at senior level and too wide a range of priorities led to errors and fall in public confidence



Analysis found an eightfold increase in the number of knighthoods or damehoods awarded to sitting MPs since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 - with two thirds handed to serving Tories


Labour and Tories to win 33 Westminster seats in Scotland, says poll

The SNP will lose seats to Labour and the Conservatives at the next general election, according to a poll that will be a new blow for the nationalists.Labour will secure 22 of the 57 redrawn



Jeremy Hunt should increase taxes on rich to help fund public services for all, says Patriotic Millionaires UK
