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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!
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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPto okmatewanker@feddit.uk•Moment angry shopper smashes megaphone of vegan activists berating customers for buying Easter lambEnglish1·12 天前You are mistaking him for Saint David.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Britain's state-owned energy company will not be allowed to use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour, under changes to government plansEnglish4·12 天前I live in hope that this will kickstart a solar panel industry here, rather than us just finding a developing country with cheap labour and lax laws.
Following the ruling, J.K. Rowling, the world’s richest author and perhaps its most prominent transphobe, tweeted a photo of herself enjoying a cigar and a bourbon on her $15 million superyacht, toasting what she called “TERF VE Day,” in reference to the acronym “trans-exclusionary radical feminism” and the surrender of German military operations that heralded “Victory in Europe” 80 years ago. “I love it when a plan comes together,” Rowling added.
She’s become a Bond villain.
Astonishingly, the ruling specifies that what it calls “women living in the male gender”—i.e., trans men, and cis women whose appearance is deemed masculine—“could also be excluded” alongside cis men, from women’s spaces. “Not being allowed into the mens by rule does not mean you have the right to go into the ladies,” clarified the leading anti-trans campaigner Maya Forstater; “That may seem unfair, but these are life choices people make. If you make extreme efforts to look like a man don’t be surprised if you are denied entrance to ladies.” Forstater’s comments underscore the ultimate goal of TERFs and other transphobes: to expunge trans people from public life.
The mask slips there. Even amongst TERFs that has to be a minority opinion (right? Right?) as everyone has the right to go to the toilet, but it does demonstrate that some don’t see this ruling as an end point but just a foot in the door. One of my arguments against the ruling (or the misinterpretation of it) was that trans men will be forced into women’s toilets, changing rooms, etc and this would underline the absurdity of all of this and lead to push back against it, but it seems like some TERFs are already planning for that eventuality.
And, again, who do they expect to police this? I spoke to the landlord of my local and he is pretty clear that everyone should use the toilet that best corresponds to the gender you look like, not necessarily from some high moral ground but because it causes the least fuss and bother.
Over the last six months, one new public charger has been installed every 13 minutes, according to the report. The fastest rollout of chargers has been that of rapid and ultra-rapid chargers, which are powerful enough to recharge EVs in as little as 20 minutes. These chargers now make up nearly a quarter (24 percent) of all public charge points in the UK and stand in stark contrast to the declining number of petrol stations (around 8,300) across the country.
The report has been released just days after the government confirmed the ban on new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030. The government is now targeting 300,000 public chargers to be installed in the same year.
That seems pretty good. I wonder about how widely spread they are and what the optimum amount will be.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMto And Finally...@feddit.uk•Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'3·13 天前Yeah, that is a key indicator of TLE.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households moneyEnglish2·13 天前This will be a welcome move if it let’s people get better control of their energy. I think someone has posted on here about their smart home setup that allows them to monitor their green energy production and usage.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households moneyEnglish1·13 天前My previous house was a Victorian semi that had cavity walls. I phoned up about a green grant to get it done (as people two doors down had) and they wouldn’t believe me until they checked Google Earth. Had it surveyed and it would have needed a lot of preparation work to get into a condition that it could have been insulated. Ended moving and I am unsure what the new owners have done on that front - not flash enough to make their Instagram account about renovating the house which I have been advised not to read as they are horrible people with bad taste. Although I get the gist as it often gets commented on at parties, especially as a friend’s brother-in-law did the bathrooms.
That sounds like a real rollercoaster ride of a weekend!
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPto UK Politics@feddit.uk•UK economy will be among hardest hit by global trade war, IMF warns2·13 天前Glad I locked in a 18 month energy deal but I am wondering if I should have gone for 2 years.
Can’t seem to get volume there, might as well go to TikTok for his Easter Chinese.
edit: And the St George’s Day video.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPto okmatewanker@feddit.uk•Moment angry shopper smashes megaphone of vegan activists berating customers for buying Easter lambEnglish5·13 天前That’d definitely be cooler than the reality.
I was born in a European country much further to the east, escaped when there were soldiers on the street, ended up arriving in Britain not far from Whitby and have issues with sunlight, so…
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMto And Finally...@feddit.uk•Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'3·13 天前(Your link is a bit malformed)
Ah yes, the Lemmy UI goes a bit sideways when you try and post a new link into existing markup.
I wonder if the police were right, and he had been (perhaps sexually) assaulted, but it was the 70s and men couldn’t quite talk about that, or something.
Ufology is interesting, but because it may be more about us than aliens.
That could definitely be a reason (my grandfather was gay in a time when it just wasn’t possible to be open about it and it seriously impacted his life) although the damage to his trousers is unusual. I suspect the temporal lobe epilepsy explanation is right and he may have stumbled into a barbed wire fence or thorn bush.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMto And Finally...@feddit.uk•Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'4·13 天前Flying rabbit obviously.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPto okmatewanker@feddit.uk•Dear Americans, THIS is what an election in a mature democracy looks like. Yours, The UKEnglish12·13 天前Cosplay Parliament.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPto okmatewanker@feddit.uk•Moment angry shopper smashes megaphone of vegan activists berating customers for buying Easter lambEnglish13·13 天前When I used to go to mass, we’d be told we were eating the body of Jesus and drinking his blood. And they were not as delicious as lamb.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMto And Finally...@feddit.uk•Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'14·13 天前I like to think it landed gently in a cabbage field, only lightly singed, wondered what the Hell just happened and it continued on with it’s day doing rabbit stuff.
I do sometimes wonder if some of the weirder UFO encounters, like this, might have a similar explanation.
ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMto And Finally...@feddit.uk•Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'15·13 天前Explains my lack of Easter eggs this year.
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Because you couldn’t eat a whole Saint David in one sitting?