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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • xortoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldLogic
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    23 days ago

    It is worth noting, though, that Iran did just refuse to meet their obligations under that non-proliferation agreement (regular inspections of nuclear infra, etc) for the first time since 2003.

    But I do agree that there’s worrying echoes of the Iraq war here, given Israel seems to be the only country claiming to have evidence of active nuclear weapons development









  • xortoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldLiquid Trees
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    2 months ago

    It makes it difficult to use the pavement, especially for elderly people and people with disabilities, costs the council a bunch of time and money to repair, and doing the repairs often require killing off the tree


  • I think the best example of how deeply ingrained classism is in the UK is the video of now ex-Prime-Minister Rishi Sunak as a young man:

    I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working class… well, not working class.

    I think people often don’t immediately see how stark the class divide is in the UK, especially tourists, because the UK has a relatively large middle class especially around touristy areas. But the difference between Kensington and, say, Middlesbrough is stark