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He can still force the union to fork out for the billable hours involved in getting the suits dismissed, and even with his issues with Twitter and the unfolding Cybertruck shitshow he can probably afford to weather that financial hit better than them. At least up until he lands himself in actual leg...

"It could last for months or even years, because IF Metall can't give up," Kjellberg said. "But in time, it is possible both parties will want to find a solution."

Unfortunately, in Musk's case that solution might be to move the factory to another country out of sheer spite.

Ghetto edit: Oh, come on. Couldn't they have found him a bloody umbrella?

https://x.com/The_TUC/status/1793327489709641843

Forced to work in the rain unnecessarily?

Join a union.

Well, at least I'm not going to have to go canvassing in the bitter cold and pissing rain again.

So much for being a conference delegate, though. Probably for the best, I don't think the CLP would have appreciated me chucking some holy water over Peter Mandelson.

Unless it turns out the crash was a result of shenanigans by Mossad and/or the CIA, because even if he had it coming the ensuing shitstorm would not be even slightly worth it.

Nope. I think it might be faulty. Unless it just doesn't like being plugged into the same powered USB hub as my fan.

Ghetto edit: I think I know why she didn't bother deleting her naked selfies now. Probably for the same reason the listing specified "returns not accepted".

TIL that not everybody has the sense to even delete the contents of an external hard drive before they mail it off to the eBay buyer, much less format it.

Lucky for the previous owner that I have enough basic decency to wipe it myself rather than take advantage of her.

As far as RFK Jr goes, I think it's worth noting that he's apparently been suffering from some sort of neurological issue that causes brain fog since at least 2011. And to the man's credit, up until that point he'd been doing a lot of very worthwhile environmental activist work and might have been a...

On the other hand, do you really think whoever the GOP want to replace him with is going to be better?

What really funges my tokens about Grok is that Musk has apparently read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and come to the conclusion that what his company's digital assistant project really needs to stand out from the crowd is Genuine People Personalities(TM). The only person I've ever heard of ...

The separatist movement in the Donbas region might not have been manufactured out of whole cloth by the KGB Social Media Shit-Stirring Directorate, and the Ukrainian government very probably hasn't always done right by its Russian-speaking citizens, but that sure as hell doesn't justify trying to ta...

Just discovered Blackmore's Night, eh?

TIL my tablet can charge through the USB-C socket in a pinch, albeit painfully slowly.

I thought he was a basketball player for some reason. Then again I'm too young to remember his career pre-disgrace and from a country where most people know as much about American football as the average US national knows about cricket.

Ghetto edit: Found a pretty good summary here. The therapy-based approach encourages patients to consider alternative reasons for their gender-related distress, often eating disorders, neurodivergence, or social acceptance (as if being trans makes you popular at school) – all of which must be carefu...

Anyone want to summarise the Cass review please? All I'm seeing is stories about fucking JKR being vindicated. I haven't seen the full thing yet, but apparently the highlights include rejecting any study on the effects of puberty-blockers that didn't meet an impossible-to-achieve standard of qualit...

I'm giving serious thought to volunteering to go to the Labour Party conference as a delegate just so I might get a chance to give Wes Streeting a right slap upside the head. https://twitter.com/leftiestats/status/1777954673867051245 BREAKING: Labour pledges to implement the recommendations of the &...

I am currently wrestling with that right now. Sad thing is, when I first got mine from Cardiff Council it was really easy. Ten minutes, in and out, no need for an appointment, gave it to me right then and there. What they didn't mention, is that despite the card saying "valid until 2032" ...

What was even the point in that...?

Anyway. On a slightly lighter note, TIL disabled bus passes take so long to show up in the mail that you get a two-week grace period to continue using an expired one. Saved me a non-trivial amount of money, that.

"Is it undemocratic to ban political parties" "Well, it really depends" It may be a good idea , or necessary to protect the government, but Democratic? Are you insane? There's nothing undemocratic about banning a political party that's refusing to abide by the rules and conventi...

Ah, so banning political parties isn't an assault on Democracy? Well, it depends on the context, doesn't it. Banning political parties for being too successful and upsetting the status quo? Yeah, that's a problem. Banning political parties for commiting or conspiring to commit acts that meet the te...

And even if you could, I think it'd ea bit of a reach to describe banning political parties that are actively trying to help Russia take over the country some sort of assault on democracy.

LadyTevar wrote: ↑2024-04-05 08:14amThis whole thing disgusts me, and I wish there was a way to end it right now.

Unfortunately, the only way I can think of involves a lot of Israeli noncombatants getting bombed to death as well as Palestinian ones, at least this side of their next election.

A little weaponised incompetence helps justify the budget sometimes, that's all I'll say.

I'm honestly surprised that Ukraine's conscription age is as high as it is, given that in most countries you can enlist as a volunteer at 18 and that's when there isn't a war on.