Or put another way:
1.5 months of work vs 1 year of work.
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At least Yorkshire Weed wouldn’t be a lie and it wouldn’t involve exploitation from our colonial past.
Yes, I too show religious fealty to [regional brand]. Those Americans with their corporate sanewashing and bombardment of adverts are silly but I’m of course superior because my marketing for [brand] is more sophisticated.
This is a fucking advert for a company that purchases raw materials cheap from ex colonies, shoves them in a bag, and sells it to you for silly prices with the gall to say it’s from Yorkshire. Fuck these guys.
91·4 days agoHow I imagine everyone dresses on Lenny.ml
For those, like me, that don’t inherently know what a specific music festival poster from 1970 looks like.
17%
almost no alcohol
I think you may have a problem…
3·4 days agoI’m just some random on the internet but I’d rather you didn’t pay Spotify. Here’s one example for why, among many.
In November 2021, Prima Materia, an investment company cofounded by Ek and Spotify investor Shakil Khan, was announced as the lead investor in a €100 million fundraising round for Helsing, a European defense company that develops military strike drones and AI systems. Ek also joined Helsing’s board along with its co-founders Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf and Niklas Köhler.[171] In 2025, Ek’s firm increased its investment in Helsing, leading a €600 million funding round in the company that valued it at €12 billion.[172]
Several artists have objected to Ek’s investments in defense technology. The German DJ and techno producer Skee Mask urged his nearly 17,000 Twitter followers not to give their “last penny to such a wealthy business that obviously prefers the development of warfare instead of actual progression in the music business.” According to Sameer Gupta, a percussionist based in Brooklyn, New York, “All that money that’s being taken from artists and musicians is being funneled to this,” referring to Helsing. “I don’t know a single musician who would ever say, ‘That’s the function of music.’”[173] In 2025, the bands Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hotline TNT, Massive Attack, and Sylvan Esso removed their music from the streaming service over objections to Ek’s investment in Helsing.[174][175][176][177][178]
From August 2025, universities in England and Wales may charge up to £9,535 for a full-time degree, or £11,440 for an accelerated degree in England.
Versus a place that regards education as important for all classes of people to access:
If you attend university in Scotland, you can be charged up to £1,820 a year for an undergraduate degree. You don’t need a student loan for this. Instead, the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) will pay your fees for you if you’re eligible. You must apply to SAAS each year for them to do this.
9·4 days agoIt’s kayfabe. Blindboy (Irish musician) explains it well here with Ash Sarkar (English journalist/activist):
44·4 days agoIf you watch the video that was released you’ll see it’s not as clear cut as your comment makes out.
For example, the officer was also wielding a sledgehammer, a protestor had just slipped on the wet floor and as they were getting up again the sledgehammer wielding officer used the handle to shove them to the ground again.
Only parts of the footage have been released and the parts they did release didn’t paint the picture of an innocent bobby being brutalised by terrorists, as they tried to portray in multiple press releases beforehand.
They also released the footage during the midst of an active trial despite having it for months prior.
The police’s actions are not those of an impartial or innocent organisation.
God damn American recipes are insane.
How many onions in 1/2 cup?
Who fills a cup with cheese? It comes sold in weight, you can guess (or measure!) how much x weight is based upon how much weight you have, without having to dirty additional utensils.
Raw beans however… Don’t mess with raw kidney beans
Maybe in the civilised parts of the country.
Certainly not anywhere they’re charging £9.5k per student per year though.
46·5 days agoYou mean like how JD Vance was critical of Trump, to the point of calling him an idiot, unfit for office, reprehensible, and like Hitler?
Turns out, people just say things and then perform actions that say otherwise.
Judge people on their actions, not their words.
6·5 days agoFor the ignorant, like me, it appears Blackstone is a titan in the world of law as much as Newton would be regarded for physics or Darwin for biology.
6·6 days agoTell me about it. The apathy among my friends is infuriating. And if you push it too hard you get labeled a conspiracy theorist nutter, even if you back up everything you say with facts, evidence, and credible sources.
Bread and circuses is really all it takes to control people. With a tiny bit of special economic privileges for those that start to think a bit too independently, to get them back in line and feeling superior to their peers.
The same source the AI techbros are using
31·7 days agoFuck off with this xenophobic derogatory stereotyping.
Also, if you’re going to be a bigot, at least get it right and use sheep shagging as your insult, Buckie and heroin are stereotypes of the central belt, not Aberdeen/shire.
Everything is political. The person you responded to was trying to give an explanation, they wrote 3 words and a question mark. Whether they’re correct or not doesn’t matter, they were contributing.
Get your aggressive attitude and demand, like you’re some form of authority, the fuck out of here. It’s not conducive to a healthy community or discussion. Your aggression removed the possibility of discussion, not them.