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I really do not want to share the planet with self-driving road vehicles, or with anyone who thinks they're a good idea.
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In August, all the public transport in Paris grinds down to a Christmas Day service. I'm glad there's time off for transport staff, but people still live here. They need to get around without getting heat stroke waiting 49 minutes for a bus.
The pedestrianisation of the road between Il Duomo and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is great because when I was gazing over the renaissance buildings towards the alps from the roof of the cathedral, I could hear the echoes of a busker on the ground playing Wonderwall.
Rugby fans probably wondering if they've fallen into a Mandela effect parallel universe with everyone claiming it's the first time they've seen England win an international tournament.
England are one minute from winning an international football tournament. This better not awaken patriotism in me.
Ma chose préférée de l'Euro 2022, c'est regarder 43 minutes des pubs sur TF1 avant qu'elle me montre les dernières moments. Ça ajoute vraiment de l'intrigue.
Man, just imagine if we did this with housing too. We'd be pissing away money every month while struggling to eat.
'The rolling stock companies contribute absolutely no additional value whatsoever, but they take a rent on every ticket that you buy.'
@RMTunion President @alexgordon4me on the rail industry’s biggest secret: the “ludicrous” rolling stock companies.
It looks like, eventually, streaming will replace broadcast and premium TV, but it will also start to look like it too. There'll be a gap for turning on a live feed of shows that you're barely watching and not choosing. There'll be ads on services you already paid for.
There'll be the vertical integration streamers the same way there were vertical integration channels. There'll be the independent compilations, the rerun services, the national streaming services.