I am interested as to which one you think it works in

Apart from anything else there is something deeply weird about saying “my beloved working class” - it sounds like it’s a precious and cared for artifact

Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses

Not that I am in the habit of defending Joss Whedon

Tbf this is also a problem with US TV, in that S5 finished the story and then they got recommissioned so had to find something else beyond the natural narrative

Which shouldn’t be surprising really because balancing harms and benefits of interventions is at the core of public health practice

The thing I found interesting is that it felt at the time like there was a lot of talk about public health zealots pushing restrictions but as someone adjacent to the system it was in the PH system that I saw the most reflection on benefits v harms

I have often thought about how in baseball, even when a HBP is clearly accidental there’s no apology or enquiry into the batter’s welfare, whereas in cricket the bowler will do it deliberately, check the batter is ok, and then go back and do it again. Not sure what this says but it’s something

You don’t know these other newspapers, they go to another school etc

I do wonder, given the rise of algorithmic feeds that are effectively decisions about what receives prominence, how long the idea they aren’t publishers can be sustained anyway

There is a part of me that feels a useful principle for this sort of thing might be “if you don’t take the trouble to write it yourself, no-one else needs to take the trouble to read it”, though I accept I may not have thought this through fully

My phone constantly corrects my son’s name to Jqcob for precisely this reason and I have no idea how to fix it. I’ve probably made it worse now

Or we could go for fiscal quicksand if we want to keep the things-beloved-in-fiction-for-pre-teens vibe

I’ve had similar thoughts about board games - my children are much happier (and we have a nicer time too) playing co-op board games and I do wonder how much these sorts of things provide formative experiences around what sort of behaviour and outcomes are possible in the world

I think this is a view in which you can substitute an awful lot of things for “policing” and come up with a correct statement

I would visit all the places that successfully won funding to remove chewing gum from their high streets

I don’t why, I just looked at it for a few seconds and now it’s burned on my brain forever

I mean this feels quite simple: is it a thing with a purpose to prime something? In what world does one prim oneself on a subject?

How sad will Elis’ voice note be?