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@CraigSpillard Don’t be a landlord then. Fewer landlords means less demand for property means more affordable for normal people. Landlords don’t provide a service, they inflate prices.

Landlord charges £12,000 rent a year and is charged £6,000 per year on the mortgage interest. Of that £6,000 profit the government gets £4,536 the landlord gets £1,464 Of that £1,464 landlord has to cover repair costs, etc Is it the landlord or the government inflating rents?

@Koolkat6000 @anon_opin That presumes that the coffee shop has to turn another person away because of your second espresso shot. Otherwise, they get that second customer’s money anyway.

@anon_opin You need to add in the opportunity cost, they could of spent that time brewing the espresso for the next client in the queue and earned the money there.

The price of a double espresso can't be twice the single since It doesn't require you open another coffee shop or hire a second barista to do the job for a double shot. All you are adding extra is 30 ml water and 9 grams of coffee beans.

@dewjl9 @TrailsAndAlesUK Moving time would be affected by him not moving, not just him pausing.

@TrailsAndAlesUK Tbf, why would that impact elapsed time if he didn’t pause it? His splits back up his claim with km 10 being over 5 mins. If he didn’t pause his watch, went to the loo and then continued running this would match up

Literally full on shit. 💩 #HardestShitter #HardestGeezer #LondonMarathon

@The_Nutscracker @tckahler All this says is that you know nothing about fuelling endurance sports.

@tckahler 115g carbs/hr really isn't much, all things considered. He consumed <1000 calories for a 26 mile race.

Details about how Sabastian Sawe fueled on race day, according to Maurten

@AliceHodkinson @mara_yamauchi Isn’t it red?

@mara_yamauchi The women’s gear has to be pink 😫

The London Marathon ballot for 2027 is open. This is what applicants are asked on categories. 👇 - No question on sex; - No definition of “gender”; - Using the names of the 2 sexes as answer options to request for “gender” data; - Listing the 2 sexes along with “Non-binary”….

@tatentschluss @DlfSource Apart from it isn’t open on Sundays

@DlfSource In 9 Jahren Berlin war das leider die Ausnahme.

This would send a German into a coma.

@DlfSource @tatentschluss Literally isn’t open between 2300 Saturday and 0700 Monday.

@tatentschluss Sure?

@BBCNews The article completely fails to note that the SRY test is a SCREEN. It is not the determining factor for eligibility, but indicates when further testing must be done. Those further tests then take into account the biological reality of the individual.

The fallout and key questions from the IOC's biological female decision bbc.in/4s8Cb9n

@KirstiMiller30 @RodneyCroome How do you determine each case? How much advantage is acceptable? If you don’t agree with sex categories, then what is your “better” solution? What alternative categories work to make sport safe and fair?

@RodneyCroome Totally agree case by case; anything else is illogical and anti-science and research, and it breaches Australian and international rights laws. And intersex women are NOT trans. We are two distinctive groups, yet the IOC has placed us into the one box

@KirstiMiller30 @HasItSunkIn @RodneyCroome So as long as you’re a male who meets those requirements, you can be in women’s sport? Would you also be in favour a cis-man who is the size of a woman, and not strong enough to compete with other cis-men, being able to compete in women’s sport? If not, why?

@HasItSunkIn @RodneyCroome This is the AFLW policy requirements a trans woman has to meet as a minimum

@AlastairMcA30 @DerryBanShee @Scienceofsport I’m intrigued, Alastair, that you respond to this, but fail to respond to the expert explaining the situation to you. Are you engaging with the actual facts or just looking to fight people who you disagree with on an ideological level?

@DerryBanShee @Scienceofsport You write a book called “TERF Island”?! Yikes

Here are a few interconnected conversations about an issue being discussed re IOC policy. Basically, they've said CAIS is an exception that will be eligible for women's sport. But that invites some challenges, and sports must respond to those with clear, detailed, robust guidance

@thegolem1982 @anon_opin Just like every phone company, for example, sells their phones with different standards outside the EU? How is the lightning connector doing right now?

The EU forcing the USB-C standard was great in isolation, but the flip side is that now no one will ever have any incentive to invent a better cable.

@BenInRushcliffe More importantly, how many know that brexit was the cause of the spike, not the solution?

I wonder how many Reform voters know that net migration is heading to zero under this Labour government.

@USBornNRaised @gail_gail9dd @piersmorgan That’s not how it works when you need one because of a broken femur. That’s a lot more urgent. Don’t make statements about which you know nothing.

I hope he is in America. As of early 2025 (the most recent specific figure available from UK Parliament records in February 2025), the average (mean) waiting time for hip replacement surgery in England was 27.4 weeks (around 6-7 months). This is from referral to treatment starting (often admission for surgery).

‼️ BREAKING NEWS ‼️ 1. Tripped on small step. 2. In a London hotel restaurant. (🙄) 3. Fractured femur. 4. So badly I needed new hip. 5. Recovering in hospital. 6. Crutches for 6wks 7. No long-haul for 12 wks. 8. New Year off to a cracking start! 9. I blame Donald Trump.

@c_h_e_m @cornelia_ott @AvatarBandRox @acnewsitics So citizenship is solely for warfare?

And how does that apply to my point, and I quote myself : "To obtain a new citizenship, you should be forced to renounce your previous one." I'm not arguing it doesn't exist as of now, I'm asking how can it make sense? If you are citizens of Country A and Country B.. And they both go to war.. Which country do you fight for?

Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not. You can’t be a U.S. citizen and a citizen of another country.” She's a dummy, and that's false. It's amazing how many MAGAs believe this.

@EspressoLucid @lewis_goodall It’s up 0.48% now. So yeh, seems like an acceptable reaction to me.

@lewis_goodall "Markets have reacted well"

Everyone needs to calm down a bit. It’s an embarrassing and stupid leak. But we knew all the detail anyway- the Treasury had leaked it. Markets have reacted well. This bit of process won’t be anything close to the most politically difficult thing about today.

@astorey88 @JuliaHB1 It’s a fact. The Tories brought in voter ID while they were in power for 14 years. Which bit do you think I am misreading?

@CalumB90 @JuliaHB1 If you say so. The fact you can’t read isn’t really my problem.

I have a driving licence to prove that I have passed a test to drive. I have a passport to prove my identity and nationality when I travel abroad. I don't need to prove who I am to anyone in my own country unless I choose to. I refuse to have a compulsory digital ID card.

@astorey88 @JuliaHB1 The tories brought in voter ID. You said Labour DIDNT want voter ID because it would stop Labour gaming the system. Now you’re saying that voter ID made Labour win by preventing other people vote? Your logic isn’t logicking.

@CalumB90 @JuliaHB1 lol you really can’t see that voter turn out would be lower if they couldn’t cast a vote for someone that they would have previously due to the new requirement for valid ID? I think we’re done here.

@astorey88 @JuliaHB1 How does that mean Labour are gaming the system? If people can’t be bothered to vote, that’s on them.

@CalumB90 @JuliaHB1 Can you not read? Turn out was down…

@ianmcilloney @reformexposed @darrengrimes Requiring everyone to have ID actually makes voter ID a lot more sensible.

Hi @darrengrimes, which is it? We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards. Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.