Would be interesting to see if they can do the same with Epsilon Eridani, it’s supposedly more likely to have habitable planets.

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Knowing someone who was once caught by one of those interviews, they talk to a lot of people and then use small clips that make people look stupid.

Unfortunately it seems to be legal currently, despite being completely against the spirit of the GDPR.

https://cy.ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/online-tracking/consent-or-pay/

https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal

The scorpion and the frog.

Except oracle is more of a venomous toad

Isn’t there several in the old testament?

Why not put them in cold places, like Alaska?

I’m sorry but, whatever you think of him, these powers are clearly being abused.

He meant straight as in not bent or corrupt.

Beat me to it.

It seems like some parts of Australia have something called a “no conviction”. Never seen that before.

For a minute I thought he was saying only gay politicians make money.

Around 1650

“Too many people are ignoring our state propaganda, we need to force them to watch it.”

Nothing, federation is effectively done by bots.

You wouldn’t download a starship…

They tend to attract autistic people, who can have trouble with bathing for various reasons.

Good to see phantasmagoria get a mention

It’s not the same, but having different terms for different types of animal reminds me of terms of venery https://www.proofreadingservices.com/pages/nouns-of-venery

Not really, the closest I can think of is the use of “pieces” or “each” when writing prices or inventory, to make clear you aren’t talking about kilograms or pounds.