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@aaron_renn They have Fermilab. Isn't that one of the major 'competitors' of CERN? Gotta be a lot of sharp scientists there for quantum computing breakthroughs.
@RDLaverty I was too young for old Who and too old for nu Who. There were glimmers of good writing in nu Who but I could never get into it. McGann is my Who. Shame he never got the chance to have a proper go at it.
@tomhfh In Belfast it's not mindless rage (so far). I'll grant you setting a bendy bus on fire is mindless, but that was an outlier. The strategy is burning out immigrants and intimidation. I agree that it's bad and we shouldn't put up with it, but I think you need to be accurate.
Soccer was so named by English public schoolboys to distinguish it from other forms of football. Rugby Football = rugger. Association Football = soccer.
The fate of the “assisted dying” bill now falls in the hands of Lauren Edwards MP.
Her local constituency polls strongly against the bill. 📉
Residents of her area gathered outside her office to appeal to her not to resurrect yet another “assisted dying” debate 👇
Genetic data shows something similar. The key point:
"Viking" culture (and religion!) was to a great extent an effectively new thing. Viking culture emerged contemporaneous and in contact with Christianity; it was not some deep ancient pre-Christian primordial thing.
@alaninbelfast@PCIModerator@pciassembly Totally understand the need for people to get home safely and especially if ministers need to be in their parishes, but I was hoping PCI's response would have been to worship the Lord as normal.