I like to mention it often, but in Germany state run water companies run self-sufficient and even make money to invest in keeping the infrastructure alive. In my city we have a water loss of less than 2% due to well maintained pipes. Thames Water is losing like 25%!

I still can’t believe how this company got to grift the British people in broad daylight and is now asking for more to grift and government in charge still wants more of this.

The grift is so unreal.

Hamburg Wasser made a profit of almost 100 million Euro in 2022 and since it’s owned by the state of Hamburg it didn’t shit that profit out to shareholders, but invested it into the infrastructure.

And the Tories are still reluctant to nationalise this vital service that has nothing to do in the “free” market.

It 's wild to think that some people might VPN to the EU for basic rights.

I also want to remind everyone that Hamas isn’t the only terror organisation down there. E.g. the hospital bombing accident was neither Israel nor Hamas, but Islamic Jihad. And there’s more of those small organisations. Even if Hamas agrees and gets a grip on all of their members and nobody walks out of line out of fantatism or on accident, then you still got these dozens of other terrorists. I don’t think Israel will care much that it wasn’t Hamas when another rocket barrages hits them during a ceasefire.

And before we even get there - there’s a lot of if’s.

Nevertheless, a solution needs to be found and trying this might be the next best thing.

Well, this Titanic of a government does need a Cameron to make it pop.

Still makes me chuckle how increasinly bad “chaos with Ed Milliband” and “Strong and Stable” sound as the Tory goverment goes on.

On one hand I kinda feel bad because I just recently bought a Steamdeck on Valve’s word that there won’t be new Steamdeck for a few years, but then again, it still works and it will work until the next iteration, maybe a Steamdeck. I would still kinda feel better if Valve didn’t make that obviously misleading statement, given that they worked on a steamdeck that is lighting better in all aspects for a long time.

Oh, okay then

- Nationalistic British Historian about the Hideous Colonial Rebellion of 1775-83.

Now I want to see the reactions of people by giving any Spider-Man an offensively hard French accent.

He was rebooted many times but he was always Bruce Wayne?

No. He was dead numerous times and other people took up the mantle. Most notable Dick Grayson.

I don’t know how it is in the games, but in the comics he was originally someone who lived in the same world as the old Spider-Man and took up the mantle. Peter Parker wasn’t replaced as a character, he was just dead.

This might be an issue, however:

In a separate slide that’s explained a little more fully, the company adds that the impact of mods on their reputation isn’t just the result of someone stripping Leon Kennedy down to his knickers. Players who install mods only to suffer performance problems such as crashes, freezing or save data corruption can end up turning to Capcom for support, which can then eat up workload and development budget that might otherwise be spent on creating higher-quality games.

This is the last straw. I already was very shakey with all the restrictions that were piling up, but this is just one thing too much. Cancelling my subscription and installing jellyfin.

I’d watch a series with a captain that bullshits themselves through. Not a stupid captain, the opposite: every intelligent, but heavily lacking knowledge. So they have to navigate smartly through every interaction and fake it until they make it.