Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, two area activists, were not alleged to have belonged to discussion groups where the demonstration was planned. In Batten’s case, prosecutors relied on her black garb as a means to tie her to the conspiracy; in Soto’s, prosecutors argued that her black clothing and her operation of a small printing press that produced anarchist “zines” tied her to the conspiracy. Both received sentences of 50 years on Tuesday.

Fascism.

No, I know - I'm just worried that people will read the headline and think it makes you completely immune. It's also based on what is calculated to likely be the most virulent strain of flu each year, but obviously there are many and they mutate. Even with 100% vaccination rates, some flu is going to be going around and some pitchfork-wielding, dribbling idiots will kick off saying that vaccination "doesn't work".

I'm not coming to Hegseth's defence (sorry, "war") but I've had my flu jab every year for the last 30-something years, and it doesn't prevent you getting flu, it can just make it milder.

Can I offer you a nice smectic B3 liquid crystal in this trying time?

The death penalty is anathema to civilised society.

I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to call it cheese in the US either. It gets labelled as "cheese product".

And what the fuck is "predebut"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20531059/

Flagrantly

Only a few countries have grown entirely based on immigration, Australia, New Zealand, and America among them.

I know what you mean by this, but just a fun fact I want to crowbar in:
Humans settled in Australia around 50-60,000 years ago, North America around 20,000 years ago, but when the East-Polynesians (who would become the Māori) settled in New Zealand, Oxford University was already 200 years old.

Mental to see security guards in a school

There's no vertical axis in chess.

I don't understand any of those at all. Anyone got an idiot's guide?

What a peculiar title for a song

And basically every test I've ever seen. If you don't have tools or some reference point, people will nine times out of 10 be able to more accurately gauge something using imperial measurements then using metric measurements.

That's clearly utter bollocks

American absurdity. I don't think it exists at all in the UK, except for Meet & Greet airport parking.

Exactly the same as me. The film's 30 years old, and I've definitely seen it, but probably not in the last 20 years or more. I just about recognised it was Rose but haven't got a fucking scooby what she does at the end of the film. I thought it ended with her sat on the piece of wood watching Jack sink.

You spread it every two months, four times. Then stop.

My bank immediately referred themselves to the financial ombudsman (UK) when they realised they'd been charging me for an account they weren't supposed to be, which I was very mildly impressed by.

Deport to... ?