[-] talab@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

They didn't though.

He became PM through an internal Tory vote for a leader, after the previous PM stepped down. She became leader in exactly the same way and had only lasted a seven weeks since her predecessor was forced to quit.

The Tories are truly awful, and their choice of leaders has shown that.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

It depends on where in Europe you plan on going, but there's an abundance of good Caribbean food in the west, especially the UK. Authentic Mexican is harder to come by, but it's improving.

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The series covers The Big Dig in Chicago and related stories from around it. Super interesting to hear how residents fought back against plans to destroy their community with freeways and some of the alternative plans which were put forward. Worth a listen if you're interested in infrastructure, but it has historical and political elements too.

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A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it - The Guardian

[-] talab@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

It's listed on their official update video so it does exist. But it says "on compatible devices and countries" so might only be on the newest phones so far?

https://youtu.be/wEVaHobjbPw

[-] talab@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

'Murica isn't the center of the world, numbnuts. And neither are you.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I worked in customer support for a car rental company when I was in my late teens in Ireland. An angry English woman called cause she had some minor issue. She ended up going on a rant saying "I specifically asked to not be given one of these foreign cars. Can't you give me something British, like a Vauxhall?"

I checked her account and could see she was driving an Opel Astra. She wouldn't believe me Vauxhall and Opel were the same brand.

I'm not even going to go into her referring to things as foreign while she was literally in a foreign country...

[-] talab@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is that you, Reagan?

[-] talab@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

The comments point you make is a really great one. I was the same on Reddit, never engaging on something because by the time it appeared in my feed, it would be thousands of comments deep. Everything that needed to be said had been said.

But on Lemmy, it's much easier to jump in and actually have a conversation.

I switched over when it was announced Sync for Reddit was closing, but became much more active when Sync for Lemmy arrived due to it being an interface I had been familiar with for a decade. But the move came at a time where I was taking steps to reduce my empty consumption too, deleting social accounts and replacing them with books and newspaper subscriptions. The lower content count on Lemmy is perfect for that as it means I still get great stuff in my feed, but it's not really possible to scroll forever. Instead I now open a newspaper app, use Pocket to read an article I've saved or pick up my book on the Kindle app. I'm generally just consuming much better quality media due to much fewer distractions.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Strongly recommend this too. It's takes a minute to get used to but once you do, it feels very natural.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

The article summariser is such a fantastic addition!

[-] talab@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I second this!

I actually use an Orbitkey holder to keep things neat and less bulky. Strongly recommend adding their multitool to that too, which I find super helpful.

I have a Secrid Miniwallet for cards and some cash, but usually I just use Google Pay so rarely even have that with me now.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

I'm an immigrant in the UK and the country keeps giving me more and more reasons to leave. It's turned into an absolute xenophobic hellhole in the last few years.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago

Hard to describe how good it feels to have Sync back! Was worried the tablet experience would be left behind but it's as smooth as ever. Thank you LJ! Instant subscription, absolutely no hesitation on that one.

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