It seems we lack the courage for number 2 on its own merit.

Maybe when Greenland is invaded…

We do want to prevent free speech.

We also have good reason to block far right US psy ops from operating in the UK.

Both of these things can be true.

I was expecting PS5 performance at PS5 Pro prices.

The recent leaks will be including 21% VAT in Czech Republic too. It’s about the same as the PS5 Pro in the UK.

It’s not a great value proposition, but depends how much you value open source.

Which is my point. People. They’re protecting it from other people.

Don’t take Mercury for granted.

This is how we lost Pluto to the “well ackchually” gang.

Indigenous people protecting the environment from what?

Sounds like a fast-track to the Fallout timeline.

And how do you have that power? Because the rest of the world gives you money.

How about we stop?

“only I get to threaten its security”

Salary: £competitive

Competitive with a Bangladeshi sweatshop.

We’re not even a full year into this lunatic’s reign.

And I’m not sure how to feel about it. They stormed in, took the president and fucked off. Presumably they’ll install the other candidate, who will let the newly formed Trump Oil have their pick of it.

And still, I’d take that over what they normally do, which is invade, terrorise the whole country for a decade or two, murder and torture a load of civilians, and then do all the other stuff anyway. I’m not sure how many times they can do this to regimes they don’t like. I’d assume that all the other tin pot dictators are on the phone right now ordering a lot of very thick underground bunkers, and enough tins of beans to last 20 years.

We live in interesting times…

And timeshares. And pyramid schemes.

I remember my parents doing one of those weird chain letter things where you’d copy the letter to a few other people, send a few quid to the people on the list, and within weeks you’d be sent thousands of pounds, if only the scheme didn’t require more people than there were in the whole country.

The latter.

Hades (finally got out after 22 runs), Silent Hill 2 Remake (I didn’t remember there was a boss literally shaped like child rape), and some Expedition 33 (love it, but it’s a JRPG to a fault, including cursed platforming sections).

I’m fully expecting this to be triple the price of the Quest 3S.

And much like the UK version it will be led by a grotty old white man with bad teeth and a pocket full of roubles.

But I don’t want my money to be lost when stolen. If I wanted that, I’d carry cash.

The merchant will often take a larger amount. For example Square charge 1.75% fees.

The 0.5% is the bit that goes to Mastercard/Visa iirc.

It’s never an enormous amount, and if they don’t have to let Mr Tax Man know then some small businesses won’t.

Yeah, you want waste in the food system.

If you don’t have waste in a good year, you’ll have famine in a bad year.

Mine doesn’t go down when I call the government a bunch of cunts.

And the Chinese one still goes down if you’re poor.