apis

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[–] apis 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sweetheart,

Choked up just thinking of how you are feeling. Losing a pet, and so suddenly is the worst.

Please be gentle with yourself. Hesitant to suggest much, as you sound so vulnerable just now.

What kind of things do you think might be distracting or soothing when you notice your mind has drifted into the self-blame stuff? Are there any friends who live nearby that you could visit?

[–] apis 2 points 4 months ago

Glad you're feeling better.

GAA hurling can be a fun sport to distract oneself with, if you're similarly stuck another time.

[–] apis 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nothing could be more delicious to Mogg's ears than the destruction of the UK economy. All the better for a disaster capitalist to feed upon, and all the cheaper the labour & deregulated the conditions to serve up to other greedy scumbags.

[–] apis 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Gonna guess ~~the Torygraph~~ ITV asked him in interview to give his childrens' names and about the lack of photoshoots including them, and that this was his reply.

He'll hardly have rung them up specially to announce this

[–] apis 8 points 4 months ago

Easy to underestimate how much of a room can be covered by a mere litre or two of fluid, once the spillage spreads out flat.

[–] apis 5 points 4 months ago

We can't even do an express railway neither...

(in truth it took me a few baffled minutes to get the joke, though enjoyed the background painting whilst furrowing my brow)

[–] apis 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stunning.

Hope the mystery signed brick will go in along with your own plaque to future humans.

[–] apis 9 points 4 months ago

Make it happen, people.

Not that I think Sunak has any intention of sticking around in UK politics after the election, but still.

[–] apis 1 points 5 months ago

A whole week later and no bizarre dreams involving the Keirbot army, nor anything related to same.

Which ombudsman do I go to here about this complaint?

[–] apis 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Suspect your daughter may be downplaying things a bit here...

She got the top result possible. Students who achieve First with honours (sometimes written as 1:1) have to be even better than excellent across their entire degree.

Some years nobody on a particular course will do this well, because it is reserved for the exceptional.

[–] apis 1 points 5 months ago

Of course, but that's considerably harder to address via criminal law.

Going after people in office (& people running for office & political parties) for misleading the public is much easier, as you can impose a duty on them.

[–] apis 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Most one could do is go after them once in office if they lied whilst campaigning for election to that office. You could maybe go after them even if they don't win that election.

It probably needs to be done as a strict obligation to not say anything in office or when campaigning which is not verifiably true.

Would also need to be backed with hefty fines on parties if one of their candidates are proven to have lied, or if the party spread that lie.

Tbh any version would be very hard to get right, and if it isn't robust the likes of Farage will use it as yet another tool of discord & disruption as they attack democratic institutions and the rule of law.

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