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@hankgreen @gsundell @keewa Everything depends on what relative temperatures (inside vs outside) you're talking about. -20 to 20 is not really typical in Europe for heating outside Scandinavia. It would be more like 10 to 18 for heating. The price per kwh hour is also different between gas and electricity

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@hankgreen @MoodyHikmet They're on the 5th republic there now and there's also been 3 empires, so...

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@ruth_deyermond Maybe some people want Starmer to stay, but don't want to say that out loud or indicate it an obvious way? Support for Burnham could translate into a "I still believe Burnham is the next leader" position when he loses the by-election, which would neccisitate Starmer staying.

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@Mr_Axel_Gear @dccommonsense @Bjdon99 Absorbing votes? The Liberals would love that. But the NDP has been getting 20% of the vote for decades. Never been in power, but being a constant threat to the left effects the politics of the Liberals. You think that's similar to US 3rd parties on ~2% in a good year?

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@Mr_Axel_Gear @dccommonsense @Bjdon99 Something different is happening in the US beyond just "incentive structures", even if you cling to that theory in th face of evidence from the Westminster system countries.

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@Mr_Axel_Gear @dccommonsense @Bjdon99 The US's doesn't really have 3rd parties like Canada or the UK does, for example. The big two in the US can safely ignore all the other parties, but the Canadian Liberal party would soon be out of office if they ignored the NDP to their left.

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@Mr_Axel_Gear @dccommonsense @Bjdon99 Commonly repeated but doesn't seem to explain how westminster systems are FPTP as well and all have a healthy share of votes go to 3rd parties. My understanding is the US has actual barriers in the system against 3rd parties running (e.g. high costs to register).

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@NC_Renic The person running, or the person in the plane?

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@ThingsGetDicey Remembering you can always get it again if you change your mind.

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@sportswithjohn @hankgreen And the concept of the worm.

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@hankgreen Nah, that's because mostly people want their coffee to have the typical coffee taste, but there is a much wider variety of flavours out their. Usually you get them as pour overs or some such in trendy cafes.

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@ForecasterEnten Haters are going to hate, but double-haters are not necessarily going to double-hate.

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@ForecasterEnten Tiger Tail

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@JamesBSumner How did that experiment get past the research ethics committee?

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@James_LRR They just look like single speed bikes because they all use the internal gear hub.

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@lottelydia Like Canada under Jean Chretien, there's even a reform party.

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@carouselcolours @sportswithjohn And, of course, Montreal in 2021.

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@carouselcolours @sportswithjohn That is not true, the Canucks were in the finals in 2011 and the Senators were there the year after Edmonton was last in the finals before this year.

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@sportswithjohn The question is, will they be brave enough to award Own Goal the gold boot if it accumulates the most goals?

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@Hbomberguy Ewoks