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Not at all Will. There are ways of skirting around all the paywalls. But I don’t have the time or technical knowledge to do so (the links problem above for instance). Thanks for confirming and for the précis. Dibs Tommeh when you sell, obvs… ;)

Thanks nick and GB for the archive links also.

I followed a link on Twitter which was non-paywalled.
There were some very disappointed, indeed outraged, JRM fans in the comments.

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Jacob Rothschild has died & mad people are losing their shit:

https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1762128278578495609

Does the Death of Jacob Rothschild explain this rare sighting of Kings
Guard in London over the weekend?

Potential for great conspiracies here given he was a significant shareholder in the energy company licenced (illegally by israel, in my opinion )to drill off Golan heights.

Great news if they can enforce it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-68414524

I hope they're made to use materials in imperial measurements and insulate to modern standards.

Interesting twitter handle.

I was offered this as an alternative to endoscopy, but my Barrett's has progressed to the stage of needing HALO ablation

More on the ongoing Thames Water debacle:

DEFRA quietly updated the rules for Special Administrative Regime for water companies.

The legislation contains provisions that will allow a water monopoly to enter administration, restructure its borrowings and then exit as a “going concern”.

Under the current rules, water company assets have to be sold off, and the corporate entity liquidated, if they go into administration. The new rules would allow existing shareholders to potentially retain a stake.

So they know TW is not viable and will need to go into administration but are doing everything in their power not to nationalise it.

https://www.ft.com/content/378dcb3e-4559-489d-b4f1-f959bd3de920
or
https://archive.is/a8DhX

It’s not immediately obvious to me how this works, please explain.

Paste the url into the box and press save

In his pocket, in case you were curious.

https://www.diariodeibiza.es/ibiza/2024/02/29/pillan-camello-bicicleta-ibiza-98810877.html

The Local Police explains on their social networks "Operation
Bicycle", as they have baptized it: "We have arrested a cyclist with
an extra load in his pocket!" "In his pocket he had something more
than keys and wallet: a mysterious packaging with a substance that was
not exactly an energy bar!"

"Remember, the bicycle is for pedaling, not for transporting drugs!"
concludes the Police in their publication on Instagram.

The bicycle is for pedaling, the patinete is for transporting drugs where I live.

Clearly, the bicycle is for peddling.

El Plod could have said that. They could have said "The bike's for pedalling, not peddling!" but instead the cops tried to be funny and have ruined everything.

not exactly an energy bar!

Virgin.

“delusional” versions of the song Islands in the Stream.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/29/hampshire-glamping-site-told-to-close-after-complaints-about-parties-and-loud-sex

Dolly thought up that song title in the bath.

El Plod could have said that. They could have said "The bike's for pedalling, not peddling!" but instead the cops tried to be funny and have ruined everything.

They're Spanish, the English pun was probably a poco too much to ask of them.

Scruffy cunts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68424953

Fat cunts want to tax porridge..

https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-final-betrayal/

Learnt today what a "dark kitchen" is. Never heard the term before

For those of you in salaried employment Happy 'Working for Nothing' day today.

Most mopeds you see in London are riding to- or from one.

I make a point of never using one, if ever I end up ordering from Deliveroo. Address on an industrial estate - fuck right off.

Good small segment on them in this episode

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-17/