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Which is a shame in some ways, as green politics sometimes seems like it’s viewed/used by some on the left merely as a convenient wrapper for attacking the centre. I hope to be proved wrong about that.

Could you expand on this a bit? Their core message is trying to tie together environmental justice with social and economic justice. Whether that’s trying to pull conservatives left or simply presenting as a left-wing party I’m not sure.

(I’m also not sure if it’s effective at either of those things, since they’re not really that connected, at least not at surface level)

Jesus, I hope it doesn't come to that!

Just for surface stuff, not structural, this is worth a watch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=46vpG9arDAM

He just uses a carbide scraper to remove the paint, and the finish ends up pretty good in the end

His other videos on plaster casting new moulds are also great if you’re into that sort of thing

Doh, sorry, of course! The koga forks from that era always seem pretty heavy (at least, they are on my traveller), so some new forks wouldn’t be a bad shout if you’re keeping v brakes. Maybe they’re strong enough anyway for discs though?

That paint is great though, would you be able to find someone able to replicate it?

That's lovely! If it were mine, I don't think I'd be chopping that up to be fair. Or if you do want tweaks, just small changes like removing the canti cable hanger, a better seat post clamp, or creating a bit of extra tyre clearance and a new coat of paint?

Straight to FBNPNA >>>

Rents are still increasing at 8.4%. I think the reduction was largely limited to services? Would be nice to see a breakdown.

I'm sure the Bank of England will be happy to pump up house prices again as they drop interest rates though.

Edit: Ah, transport was the largest factor:

The largest downward contribution to the monthly change in both CPIH and CPI annual rates came from transport, with larger negative contributions from air fares and motor fuels; the largest offsetting upward contribution came from food and non-alcoholic beverages.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/september2024

Probably. But budget season in my household tends to involve discussion about nice and/or practical things, not whether we should punish little jimmy for not putting the cornflakes back in the cupboard.

I don't have kids though, so that would be weird anyway.

but as mark fisher is famed for noting, to conceptualise this stuff under late stage capitalism feels equal to imaging fantasy books

Maybe I'm more optimistic, but I prefer Graeber's quote which seems to me like a direct response to Capitalist Realism: "The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently" 🙂

She indicated some people will lose their benefits, saying the "benefit system can have a real impact on whether you incentivise or disincentivise work".

Okay, then make work better, make sure the incentives are aligned at the threshold between benefits and work by either tapering, or applying benefits more universally. Raise the minimum wage for Christ's sake.

Always punching down, because these people don't believe in anything other than spreadsheets.

No, not at all. In general I believe in self-management, and so am in favour of expanding democratic processes to the economic sphere.

There are multiple levels of complexity at which democratic involvement is useful, states are the obvious solution to high-level problems (national infrastructure, natural monopolies, law, money, etc), and other issues should be decentralised somewhat, all the way down to your work/family/self. To what degree depends on the problem.

Joking aside, I think there is always a tension when you're asking the state to do things.

100%. I think it's a really useful tension though!

You don't! Parenthood has modernised in recent generations, states can do much the same.

This is one of the deeply problematic parts of the left, but I wouldn't say it's fundamental.

There's a whole load of anarcho-socialist thought around co-operatives, mutuals, and economic democracy, not just the obvious socially liberal views in today's left-wing.

All the paternalistic dictatorship of the proletariat stuff really needs to be left behind in the dustbin of history, and the left needs to revisit the solid arguments about human freedom and flourishing, over and above economic freedom, otherwise we're left with the moral void we're living through now.

believes in centralised and collective decision making

(Collective, yes, centralised 'paternalism' not so much — you don't need to believe in statism to be a socialist)

Do you have pics of the current setup of the terra runner?

Stick!

Someone else on here did a disc brake conversion of a terraliner I think, can’t remember who though, but it looked great.

You might be able to dent the chainstays for more clearance too?

Ah yeah, that makes more sense why it’s specifically about work, although still the positive framing flies over their heads. “This is a life-changing drug that potentially has wider positive effects for the economy too”

Without trying to sound too flippant — because that's who they are. New technology like this is a gift, both politically and otherwise. Their games have made them blind to what real progress is.

Saying that, I think they did go too heavy on the return to work element rather than the health benefit.

Yep, pretty much any positive framing flies straight over their heads and they immediately jump to punching down.

How hard is it to say “this is a potentially life-changing treatment for many struggling with serious health issues and can help people live fuller and longer lives”?

It's all a bit /pəteɪtəʊ/-/pətātō/ really, as with most things in language, but yeah having typeset a few things in my time it’s one of those things I always notice

(The second 'one-of-a-kind' in the screenshot is using en dashes just to show how much wider they really are)

coöperate

That's great though, we could do with more diacritical marks in english

I prefer no space if an em dash is […] between two dates, measures etc, or it's being used to balance out two mirrored clauses (man proposes–God disposes)

Noöo! between dates/measures is en dashes—between clauses is em dashes 😉

I've never seen the point of those. For me, the En dash isn't sufficiently distinct from a shorter hyphen

Hyphens in most typefaces should be a bit shorter to be honest, as they often were in traditional typefaces. They're only ever used within words, rather than between ideas, so they do kinda serve a distinct purpose, but type designers for more modernist/humanist typefaces seem to disagree.

Ranges do also look a little nicer with en dashes too (e.g. 12th–23rd vs. 12th-23rd), especially in more traditional fonts like Baskerville

Do absolutely anything you can to loosen it up first. Hot bath (pharmacist recommended salt water, not sure why) for over half an hour. Mine was kind of wiggling about with the pressure from the water, so I kept jiggling my foot to loosen it further, then folded it all the way back (180deg from normal) and rocked it left/right to break off the middle. Pulling straight off seemed not to work particularly well for me.

Good luck!

(Edit: if it helps, this was about five weeks after the initial trauma, and then I caught it on something which lifted it 90deg)

PM me for pics if you’re looking for a good time

Ha, it was both large and dead. Not that any are alive anyway, unless they’re fungal

There was one last bit in the middle stuck after the whole thing turned 90 degrees upwards last night, and it really didn’t want to come out, even after soaking in hot water for ages

I’m also a big wuss!

😂

Had to drink a bottle of wine first rather quickly so perhaps not