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The department in charge of banning things that can be used to do harm shouldn't run out of work until everything is made out of sponge. Edit: but then they'll just move on to choke hazards

Carbonated drinks release approx. 1.5 million tons of C02 annually in the UK alone but for some reason this C02 isn't touted as a problem that needs addressing, It's a shame because giving up/reducing consumption of fizzy drinks would improve public health and make more environmental impact than...

Most agenda driven alarmist rhetoric falls apart when you scratch the surface or ponder the absurdity of the solution. How many people who bought a supermarket bag for life because single use plastic is bad but failed to notice that nearly everything you can buy in a supermarket is still...

Ambient atmospheric C02 levels fluctuate around 400 ppm (0.04%), Most plants respond to higher concentrations of C02 up to 1500 ppm.( 0.15 %) by growing faster, stronger, producing higher yields and releasing more oxygen. When levels drop below 200 ppm (0.02%) plants stop growing and yield no...

A quick scrub with a wire brush and a wipe with an oily rag does wonders for old metal, it's like what beeswax does for wood.

Joe X (the king of ping) just destruction tested the Lionsteel T6

It's intriguing how so many native species have inadvertently become extinct yet when experts are tasked with eradicating invasive species they always seem to settle for perpetually managing the numbers.

Apparently they had to shut the bird registration website down because it crashed due to "technical issues" from high traffic. lots of trolls trying to register roasted and frozen chickens in their fridges for Sunday lunch...

I saw a TV documentary years ago about the pine martens in Scotland and it was mentioned that the last remaining colonies of native red squirrels in the British Isles were thriving in Scotland where there were populations of pine martens but the invasive grey squirrels were absent. I don't...

My local motorcycle tyre shop doesn't sell any roadside puncture repair kits but he does recommend these https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/388316 He says most motorcycle tyre specialists won't patch 6mm holes for liability reasons because of the Z speed ratings and...

Natural law.

JOE X likes the Dozyn, made in Poland by KW Knives. costs 1500 Polish zloties (about £295)

The cheap, simple, ribbon mackerel trace rigs work really well for beach casting so I'd imagine they'd would work just as well being towed by a kayak, to stop them tangling you could tie a float or an empty plastic bottle to one end with a small weight on the other, or just cut off the extra hooks.

Internet algorithms have corralled the masses into echo chambers in which their whole world view is cultivated, The serotonin boost provided by likes and shares motivates them to stay in their given echo chamber so espousing opposing views is perceived as a buzz kill and tantamount to stealing a...

"Supt Rob Bosson said it was "welcome news" that the weapons had been removed from circulation." Supt Rob Bosson probably wasn't aware that the BBC news article photo of the seized knives would be accompanied with a "Visual search" icon provided by google that you can click on which opens...

Farmers grow peoples food, cyclists just get on peoples nerves. The cyclist may not have deserved being sprayed for wild camping but wild camping is a hard sell when you're wearing spandex, Maybe he got sprayed just for being a cyclist.

Everything modern is designed to break and be be thrown away, a good quality old watch may be costly to repair but it will at least be worth repairing.

Forces Uniform And Kit https://forcesuniformandkit.co.uk/collections/footwear-all/products/austrian-lightweight-combat-boots Have Austrian Bundesheer Feldschuh Leicht back in stock again.

In the US if any bird test positive for bird flu the whole flock is culled, ensuring that all the birds with natural immunity are removed from the gene pool. If they'd let the flu run it's course some birds would survive and pass their immunity down in perpetuity, creating whole flocks with...

It's probably not a popular opinion but nominating the best types of dog for the worst types of owners doesn't really do those dogs any favours. They may not pose a significant threat to people but poor social skills can and will draw aggression out of other dogs, making other dogs look bad for...