cook_pass_babtridge

joined 2 years ago
[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 13 points 4 weeks ago

Tablecloth checks out.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty cool that Macron and Zelenskyy get to see the new pre-release hats. Perks like this are why they became world leaders.

There's a St. Petersburg in Florida? That place must be insane.

Ah I see, so "registered Republican" is similar to "Conservative party member" here. Thanks, that always confused me.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can someone explain this to me as a non-American: why do people register to vote as a particular party? I thought you'd just register to vote, then vote for a particular party at the election (and that ballot is secret, so nobody can say for sure who you voted for)?

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"UK pornography task force"

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 19 points 1 month ago

He could give the money in the form of Amazon stock, or if he doesn't want to dilute his ownership he could get a loan backed by his assets. The same way he does things like buying the biggest yacht in the world or hiring Venice for a wedding.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks! This seems to work.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How do you block them? I keep pressing "show fewer shorts" but they keep popping up and I can't find an option to block them entirely.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago

That's.... completely mental.

 

I've been loving the Private Eye podcast, but they only seem to do about one episode a month. I sometimes listen to The Rest Is Politics but I find it quite hard not to hate Alastair Campbell and Rory Stuart.

Any other good UK politics podcasts out there?

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