Badger @Spinybadger@qoto.org

Test #cricket - what a load of boring, outdated rubbish, eh? #sarcasm #PAKvENG

Seriously, both sides deserve enormous credit for that match, and especially England, who played in a way that made a contest out of a pitch that always looked like a nailed-on draw.

Starmer warned by turkeys not to waste political capital on celebrating Christmas.

Keir Starmer warned by Labour peers not to waste political capital on Lords reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/04/keir-starmer-warned-by-labour-peers-not-to-waste-political-capital-on-lords-reform?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@TheVoidTLMB Oh. Not good. Hope you can sort something out.

@TheVoidTLMB The "official" app is pants, regardless of platform. But fortunately there are excellent alternatives. Don't know what you're using, but Tusky is fine for Android, and I've heard good things about Metatext and Toot for iOS.

@arianesherine Reminds me of someone I knew online years ago, when bulletin boards were a big thing.

Her sig was: "Always be yourself. Unless you suck."

But seriously, this kind of empty fake-affirmation grinds my gears because the people who need it will find it so easy to dismiss.

This is as close as I've seen anyone get to the truth for some time. We need housing, but it's too easy and predictable to throw up tacky commuter belt developments without making the necessary investment in local services.

As with immigration, people are justified in being angry about stretched services, but too easily lose sight of the fact that if services are stretched, that's a political decision that doesn't have to follow from the apparent cause they're protesting against.

The Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing – but this is another crisis of their own making
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/27/tories-housing-crisis-public-services?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Yesterday I made 3 important discoveries:

1. I can do a decent set with my weights during load screens and cutscenes, making this game practically good for me.

2. I finally found Ciri, who didn't even seem bothered that I'd been casually exploring, levelling up and taking on contracts when I was meant to be urgently looking for her.

3. Dwarves are dicks.

I don't care about anything else that's going on - this has been a good day.

#Wordle 525 2/6*

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#Thirdle 234 2/6

@gwr In a game of Association Football today, Argentina were defeated 2-1 by Saudi Arabia.

@gwr Yes, that's it. Distinctly topical, following the lead of Rob Jacques, who has a habit of subtweeting events with amusing surfaces.

Struggling team again rent asunder (9)

This might relate to the terms of the #Octopus takeover of #Bulb, or government mismanagement, or both.

But the total cost of the bailout is apparently now £6.5bn. We could really do with an explanation, because it's hard to make that figure add up at all.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2022/nov/21/what-on-earth-is-going-on-with-the-massive-bulb-bailout?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@curiousgawker Amazing how the narrative is always "if we give them the exact thing they want, they'll obviously improve [dodgy thing] at some unspecified point in the future".

Why would they? You've literally just demonstrated that they can get away with it.

@Alyzande@social.linux.pizza I hope someone will make sure the badgers consent to being worn.

@stokes My formative years were 85 and 86, but mainly because Sundays were regularly on hold because Dad "had to" watch the GP. 1984 was a blur, but felt like Prost was always winning by a mile.

Not sure which party deserves more mockery TBH.