The mods were actually very clear about it in the thread. Pinned comment.

No worries. Yeah the article is great. They did go to some lengths to try to get to the bottom of it in fairness. Those BBC Verify articles are always absolutely spot on.

That all started from one news outlet that quickly shut it down but the far right ran with it like a baton at the Olympics.

BBC did a great BBC verify article on it.

I remember when that video came out and I was truly impressed at watching good regulations in action.

Luv me some EU I does. 🇪🇺

Wow. I was there in the late 90’s and looks more or less exactly how I remember it. Is that the “gaslight” area? (I think that’s what it’s called but it was a long time ago, maybe “oldtown”?)

Ha! I’ve seen some of those too but this one is done properly.

Here’s a clearer picture, hot off the press.

Oh, sorry. I see them every day so I forget that others don’t have context.

It’s a set of bars designed to stop cars coming up a pedestrian lane and / or slow down bicycles at the intersection. There are two sets of bars so you have to sort of swerve through them.

Typically, as I am walking towards the sea in this picture, I grab the bars to swing right towards the town. I recently noticed that I’m not alone because one side (for folks turning right) is worn down by the friction of those hands grabbing to swing right.

It’s not just former POTUS though, it’s presidential candidate also. It honestly looks like a gargantuan fuck up.

Brace yourself…450 feet, not yards. It’s a reasonable distance for anyone with a good rifle, scope and experience.

Apparently the shooter was rejected from his school rifle club and asked not to come back.

The segfault at the end was perfection.

Oh it’s on my to-do list. I’m just an ocean away. Closest I’ve gotten so far is Southern California but I’ll make it!

My wife and I currently have two plans for when we retire:

1. Tour the US by road with a focus on national parks
2. Take a year to tour Italy, find our spot and settle there. Olive tree essential. The kids and grandkids can come visit. We’ve been telling all the kids about this forever so they don’t get upset when it happens.

Texas with fireworks and alcohol definitely part of #1.

Happy independence day!

You make me want to visit Texas. They should sign you up for the tourist board.

the bad eye could see clear underwater he’d say.

Well that’s fuckin’ fascinating! I want an amphibious uncle.

Sending this to my English brother in law in 3…2…1…

Magnificent machine. I loved mine so much for so many years.

Or when your mobile phone was about to ring.

Oh wow. I totally forgot about those.

That’s correct. Jesus they were awful yokes but they were really mostly intended for letting you know that your hardware was bollixed at boot time.

PC’s had mostly been business machines really until the 90s if my memory is correct.

If you wanted gaming you got a more gaming focused machine like an Amiga or console.

Pechanga Arena was just “The Sports Arena”

That’s what I thought! But it just seemed like my memory playing tricks on me for a place to be called “The Sports Arena”. LOL.

Random other info about that place, they shot a scene from Almost Famous at one of the freight entrances there.

WHAAAT!?!?! Love that movie and I only rewatched it there a few months ago not knowing that. That’s a cool little nugget. Thanks!