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Towers like this still exist in places like San Gimignano.

Nah, they just used them to show off. My tower is bigger than yours.

Nah. Millions of people protesting didn't stop Brexit. Millions of people protesting didn't stop Tory cuts. A few thousand people protesting in separate towns is going to achieve squat. Trump is already making fun of it.

When you look at parties, progressive ones are less likely to compromise with other progressive parties while conservative parties are happy to hate everyone together.

Ridiculously soapy period drama with a huge amount of money thrown at it for costumes and locations. See Sissi and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Volgens mij spreekt Wiersma Luwaddes of zo. Nederlands met een Friese draai.

Correcties is korreksjes in het Fries, bijvoorbeeld.

My mother (rich family) met my dad (student, father unemployed) while camping in Greece. None of her siblings married rich spouses either.

For someone interested in journalism it's odd you don't know about the Bylines network.

Menopause.

I make nothing. I can no longer work thanks to Long Covid, but I'm not getting any benefits.

I is po', to badly quote Sofia from Golden Girls.

So you want them to install a potentially dodgy app like Signal or WhatsApp to send the odd message?

Have fun in jail! I warned you.