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SCONES! FOR DINNER!!1!
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Maybe I’m going senile, but I could not figure out how to post a letter in the #RoyalMail ‘s “upgraded”, solar powered, Internet-connected pillar boxes that allow you to send parcels. Is it not possible, or have I just lost it?
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Maybe I’m going senile, but I could not figure out how to post a letter in the #RoyalMail ‘s “upgraded”, solar powered, Internet-connected pillar boxes that allow you to send parcels. Is it not possible, or have I just lost it?
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Another #showerthought -- long shower, today 😉
In the UK, many government departments are named "HM something-or-other"; that is, "His Majesty's". For example, HMRC = His Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
When I was a kid -- yes, I was a strange child -- and it was "_Her_ Majesty's", it occurred to me that it was a remarkable coincidence that the third person genitive pronouns both start with an "H" in English. Think of the tax-savings from the signage not needing to change with the gender of the monarch!
Sweet summer child.
Nowadays, think of the Daily Mail headlines when we get our first non-binary monarch:
"FROM HMRC TO TMRC: The one-letter woke change that will cost EVERY family £847"
I hope I live to see the day!
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Here's a #showerthought conspiracy theory for you 🙊
The closure of the #StraitOfHormuz was actually the intended consequence of the war with Iran. The US buddied up with Israel to use regime change and denuclearisation as a pretext for its actual objective of causing a serious energy supply problem in Asia and thus weakening their economies...particularly China. The global effect was either seen as a reasonable trade-off, or simply not cared about (given this came as something of a surprise to Western heads of states).
From what I've read, the closure of the strait has been wargamed extensively -- and it was even attempted before by Iran in the '80s -- so that was inevitable. The gamble, I suppose, was whether Asian countries' relationships with Russia is good enough for them to pivot to Russia as an energy supplier. Given the continued furore reported in the press, perhaps that gamble paid off.
Just to be clear: this is a thought. I have no evidence for this whatsoever and my knowledge of geopolitics and energy markets is pretty limited! (I don't approve, either, if it turns out to be true.) Moreover, I couldn't for a second "credit" -- if that's the right word -- Trump for such a plan...but I don't underestimate US military strategists in general.
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@weekend_editor There’s a cooperative multitasking joke in here somewhere #fibre
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Not being able to read the news for nearly a year has left me with 2,500 dormant tabs. #Sidebery did a good job of unloading their state, but given how flakey my browser has been recently, maybe I’ve reached “straw that breaks the camel’s back” territory… Now decanted into bookmarks. Let’s see if that helps and maybe _maybe_ one day I’ll get round to catching up with everything!
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#Zootropolis2 was pretty good. The Shining bit gave me a good laugh. It is also replete with some excellent animal-based puns…except for one. Huluzoo. Huluzoo!? Surely Zoolu would have been better?