It’s not at all weird and very easy to explain. The BBC positions itself as an impartial reporter. Anything that appears to be a judgement call by someone else is (quite rightly) put into quotes.

In this case, I would have simply left out the words “innocent victim “ myself, as it’s a bit odd - but that is the rationale.

Sentencing July 11 - delayed because the original date would clash with a court appearance in Florida

Certainly, if you on an ‘agile’ tariff in the UK it can be a lot cheaper. There were times a few month ago when it was particularly windy - they were paying me to use electricity/charge my solar batteries from the grid.

For me the headline was drowned out by the sound of Beavis and Butthead laughter

Very good explanation of the situation here: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/oak-processionary-moth-thaumetopoea-processionea/

I wonder how many manufacturers can currently manage that.

However, the upside is that there are no bots, dark patterns, or manipulated feeds.

There’s a huge amount of incoming spam, much of it, I suspect posted by bots. I’ve also seen account posting ‘news’ from sites that are clearly AI generated

To be honest, it feels much more likely to see posts on the Fediverse with many upvotes, few or no comments

It can work where there is real competition. For natural monopolies, not so much.

Usually it happens because the state wants to sell off family silver to make some short term cash :(

So, if I gave you some volunteering contacts as links, would you commit to starting next month for me? Or would it take a threat of fines/court action?

Would you be up for being compelled to give up a day a month to do good works? Not volunteering, mind, compelled.

£115? That’s nearly 3 pints of bitter

I contribute plenty. I volunteer for several charities including AgeUK and a local food bank and I give blood.

Want to make it mandatory? piss off.

Absolutely - more about Midichlorians, I say!

Hopefully the plughole is clogged with hair

Indeed. To be honest, I’d probably fall back on the old idea of filling the bath right up if the shit looked like it was about to hit the fan.

Yeh. I’m pretty comfortable with this broad mix.

I think that ‘resilience in depth’ is a reasonable idea. The NHS exists, but I still have a first aid kit at home.

In practice, I think it will be difficult fir a household to store 3 days drinking water.

You might be interested in mbin - a fork of kbin that I believe is being actively maintained https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin?tab=readme-ov-file

…adding that they’re not too sure about this Jesus bloke though. He seems dangerously woke