I worked with an ex-paramedic who alluded to a similar factor in leaving to become a nurse aide.

Or a knife

Sure, because the media is generally profit oriented and therefore aligned with capitalist interests. We need more mutually supported and supportive media and journalism.

I’d half agree; they could raise taxes instead of making cuts.

Isn’t that called a duathlon to distinguish it from the winter Olympic event?

As if dairy fat isn’t subsidised already.

Cathedral city has a delicious mature cheddar, but otherwise yes I tend to also avoid most vegan cheeses simply because they taste crap. Even if they taste okay, they lack the faintest bit of nutrition; dairy cheese at least has some protein and calcium, but vegan cheeses are usually just fat and salt with nothing of value.

Well, you’ve kinda shown your hand by conflating a socio-economic theory with multiple political ideologies.

If there are 9 conservatives and 1 fascist sitting around a table, then there are 10 fascists sitting around that table.

Yep. It’s very cool, but takes a little getting used to at first!

Nah, I’ve used my parents’ induction hob and it’s ridiculously fast to boil liquids. A half pint of milk was boiling over in 20s. Gas stoves can’t compete.

Sonia Sodha

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sonia-sodha

Anything she writes related to trans issues or topics is about as FARTy as it comes.

She is “chief leader writer at the Observer and a Guardian/Observer columnist”

I can’t wait

Have you ever tried to pick up a toddler who doesn’t want to be picked up?

Now imagine they’ve got stocky muscles, spikes, and they want to kill you.

Okay, my original comment clearly came across as a weasel for COVID denial so sorry for that. Fuck denialism.

What I meant was that - like flu - it is an endemic respiratory virus which will be nasty but not fatal to most people. In certain contexts masks are less useful (not useless I suppose), and this is particularly in areas where mask use is minimal and strict (e.g. under the nose or constantly being touched without proper hand hygiene).

So what your cardiologist said could have been a realistic assessment of the current state of COVID, or denialism in which case they’re a dick.

There are varying levels of truth to that. How sincere were they?

That is regular English.

Best in Scotland and the Lake District

I think you’re underselling Darktable somewhat. Being able to use drawn and parametric masks for basically all the tools, and the granularity at which you can adjust the variables across the entire image makes it incredibly powerful for non-destructive editing of photos. There are also numerous filters and tools which can be used artistically.

But yes, for “photo-shopping” as opposed to photo editing you probably will want GIMP as well.

Nothing too surprising, but nice nonetheless. Cool