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The whole situation is very complicated for sure. She didn't become a terrorist's wife by accident after all. She apparently holds some pretty horrible views and has clearly made some awful decisions, not least of all trying to raise two children in a war zone. How much blame you can attribute to her versus the many people who have been influencing her I don't know.

I can't say I'd be happy to see her at the school gate, but I'm not sure it could be considered justice to ban her from the UK either.

^ Terrorist supporter might be more accurate. I don't think she's actually killed anyone has she?

I first read it as "death-penguin".

Not sure what Musk's (probably mental) views are, but isn't the generally accepted Doomsday scenario less Skynet and more "kill everyone to make paperclips". It's precisely shoddy programming that most people are scared of. Basically some system doing a HAL on a global scale.

Yeah, when I saw the ad I thought "Well, yeah but did it really need saying?". Then I saw the backlash and realised there are still plenty of men out there who feel their "masculinity" gives them free licence to be a massive dick.

^^ Just reminded me. Barn-dwellers who go for a piss in the stall but don't lock the door behind them. So you push the door open expecting an empty stall but instead blunder into the back of a urinating man.

I roadsafed a driver entering an ASL, just to see whether it's worth it.
The responder said even though it shows the violation they would not pursue it as the chance of prosecution was so low.

Is this because you can't see that the light is red in the video, or do you think the response just code for "we can't be bothered"?

So much this. I've also had baked potatoes served in a similar fashion. Completely pointless.

They're not actually on speaker on these calls are they? I thought they recorded the inbound-line and gave the press a tape.

Yeah, I finessed mine "flat" with mole grips and a hammer. Did end up a bit like that Father Ted scene where he tries to hammer a dent out of a car.

You can take the triangle bits off and flip them around if you want to push the rack back.

I'm trying to suppres my cynicism about this. Quietly hopeful that cycle awareness courses could become widespread.

Obviously, crazy left field measures like "have enough police officers to enforce existing laws" have been omitted, but we can't have everything.

I can just about understand the twisted logic behind all the insta life-faking that people do, but selfie venues don't seem to serve any function other than raw narcissism.

I'm always baffled by drivers' accounts of cyclist altercations being so terrifying. You're in a big metal box. If you were genuinely scared you wouldn't get out. It always smells to me of "I felt like a big man behind the wheel, but when I got out my dick suddenly shrank".

Anyway, both parties have managed to come away looking like proper knobs. Two thumbs up guys.

I always find these moments bittersweet. You get a vision of what London could be like without all the cars but of course it will never happen.

Ducking under police tape feels pretty cool though.

Vine's comparison with the trenches is rather odd, seeing as WW1 trench warfare famously caused a huge amount of psychological damage, which often went untreated due to the callous and outdated attitude of senior officers.

Jazz hands thing is pretty ridiculous though.

Anyone got a good online source for good quality, long, compressionless brake cables? The Jagwire extra long cables I used previously don't seem to exist any more.

Don't have a clue who this Bevan chap is. You see I've just picked an arbitrary middle ground, rather than seeking to understand various political views and deciding for myself where I stand. Thanks for your input though. Must rush off. I've got to get my Superdry jacket on and drive my Nissan Quashquai to a suburban BBQ.

Strong coffee platform

A coffee table?

Pulled a 1.5 inch wood screw out of my rear tyre this morning. Spun the wheel and it resealed straight away. Two thumbs up for Schwalbe Marathon Supreme + Stans.

I meant sensible behaviour, not sensible ideas. Coming to a conclusion about whether the idea is a good one is the whole point of having a debate. And of course everyone gets to come to their own conclusion.

Quite possibly. The use of "nudging" to edge the centre ground to the right is a worrying tactic. I'm not sure shit memes are the answer though ;)

It's not the throwing of shade that bothers me, it's the weird backward logic that moderates willing to accept pragmatic compromise for the sake of making progress are somehow fratonising with the enemy. Moderates being anyone who doesn't immediately shout "Gammon" when a centre-right argument is given. It drowns out all sensible debate on a subject.

Yeah, pretty much exactly that sort of stuff.

The Centrist Dad meme, or more specifically the way it has now widened to include anyone with political views to the right of Lennin.
Actually all political tribalism like this is pretty lame, but let's start with this one*.

*May be linked to the fact that I'm a dad with broadly centre-left political views.