Throwing money

This sounds like our issues with grant funding writ large.

‘We was hoodwinked’: Inside the ex-mining town that backed Brexit despite millions of pounds of EU funding

They want the 'sexy' projects to fund, and not the fundamental things non-profits do to keep history, culture, and community alive.

It's just summer

At least bots on social media have mindless algorithms to blame for making stupid comments about the current heatwave. My favourite one today said students should just do their learning outdoors this week. At least I hope it's a bot, because I'd be concerned if this was a living, breathing human commenting and they were allowed to breed.

No more originality

I am so, so tired of these posters for events that are clearly created by the same 'AI generator'. It's dull and it's uninspiring. I'm not anywhere near a designer, but please, I beg of you: when you prompt, go into more detail and get the software to produce a design that is a little more unique to your organisation.

Preferential voting, please

Today, I voted tactically for our borough council elections (to help keep the total idiots out of the ward, who I voted for have actually done a decent job). I voted based on principle for parish council elections (no total idiots running in the ward).

We need preferential voting, man.

Don't turn around

What if the other guy said,

I actually wonder how good he is at understanding Farsi, because there are things that he said that, frankly, didn’t make sense in the context of the negotiations.

Vance says US never promised Lebanon ceasefire