One for the philosophers.

Never had the sort of shenanigans you’re talking about, but there’s definitely been a decline in service – late deliveries, posties racing the clock, and a general sense of perpetual crisis.

Homemade pizza is something else though. Love a nice thin and crispy margherita straight from the oven.

I just think it’s great that they integrate at all. They’re such different forum layouts that there’s no really sensible way to do it – but on a good day, posts can be seen, with threaded comments, and that’s great especially if you want to follow a specific user.

I love that communities appear as special users who just sit there all day boosting posts from other people. A creative way of blending the two paradigms.

After getting sick of Wordpress.com, I now self-host mine. I use Nikola, a static site generator that makes things pretty lightweight and easy.

I’ll usually link new posts on Mastodon, and besides that I’ll send links to individual people who I think might be interested.

It’s not something I try to promote widely – more to share my own thoughts with people I know.

This is a great idea!

The one-sidedness is quite disappointing in this article. I haven't read much New Statesman, but I thought they had a slightly higher standard than this.

Phrases like "the bruised and the battered, the halt and the lame", and an "exhausted party" with a "singular obsession" are highly editorial with no serious facts to back them up.

For context, the SNP have come first place in every Westminster poll since the last election, with one occurrence of Labour tying them. At Holyrood they're also clearly ahead. The characterisation of Yousaf as "slipping off a cliff, scrabbling hopelessly for the rocks around him" is quite extreme, despite an obvious fall in the polls.

As for "The SNP deserves a period in opposition due to its longevity in office – and it will probably get one": who does the author think will form the next government? BallotBox Scotland still projects a slim majority for the SNP–Green coalition, and I can hardly picture a functioning Labour–Conservative coalition outnumbering it.

Perhaps the article should've been labelled "Opinion" more clearly.