I think it’s just not really in the spirit of the event. It’s not meant to be a completely serious athletic endeavour, it’s a bit of fun and fundraising. They’re getting 2,000 people of all ages on to a tiny island with a population of 61 to chuck some stones across a pond. There doesn’t seem to be a big cash prize or anything. There was a raffle to win a wheelbarrow described as doing “0-3 mph in 1 second”

Here was me thinking that Toss Master was the one to go for

I think I can skim a stone farther than I can throw one, given a good stone and flat water… and a few attempts. I’m definitely not getting remotely near 60m though, that’s wild

Aside from that this article only comes to the conclusion of broad implications and the author himself says he used both interchangeably in his book, this is an American source and the headline for this post is British. I don’t know about American Engkish, but there is no expectation of a stone being worked by humans in British English. In common usage here a rock is generally bigger than a stone - I’d say whether you can throw it one-handed is roughly where the extremely fuzzy line is - but you could absolutely just pick up any small piece of stone from the ground in nature and call it “a stone” without anyone questioning it

4% of the troops in the one before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

They need a convenient victim so they’re antagonising one of the most powerful militaries in NATO and the EU?

He was in for a bit, got out at the end of May. Seems to have remained every bit as nauseating as he was before

China isn’t even taking over BEV sales in the EU, German manufacturers (especially Volkswagen) are the clear leaders. They make up three of the top four for new BEV registrations in the EU for this year up to April, and third place is Skoda which is still part of the VW Group. The Germa manufacturers absolutely do have the market and for some reason are still mad about it

https://www.jato.com/resources/media-and-press-releases/byd-outsells-tesla-in-europe-for-the-first-time-as-registrations-surge-in-april

Yeah, the last one wanted to marry an American divorcee and that just won’t do

It’s Ukraine’s call whether to fight or not, but even if they stopped fighting altogether right this instant it’s not going to magically un-injure all these people is it?

Ehh… Fuck the royal family and abolish the monarchy, but for so long as they’re around I’d rather they did something worthwhile with the power like this. Much better that the revenue of his portfolio goes to helping these people than on some luxury frivolities

Not quite that. He essentially quit the job of representing the royal family and no longer gets money from the British state as a result, but he retains his place in line for the throne. He also retains his titles but agreed not to publically use them, so he’s still the Duke of Sussex but won’t call himself that

The contest has never been a strictly European one, despite the name. Morocco has entered before, the rest of the North African countries are eligible, and the Caucasian countries are regular entrants. There are good reasons to kick Israel out but geography definitely isn’t one of them

Makes a lot of sense. Ukraine has the expertise, we’ve got the resources to manufacture. It’s a win-win

Probably a good counterpart to that Dragonfire laser that we’re putting into service too

While they’ve not been super successful in recent years, Ireland has won the contest more than any other country except Sweden. Hopefully that means that their position holds particular weight here

Ehh… The engine is a just a little 50hp thing designed in the 80s. I am quite sure Iran could do that by themselves with or without China or Germany being involved

To quote former NATO Secretary General George Robertson:

“Putin said: ‘When are you going to invite us to join Nato?’ And I said: ‘Well, we don’t invite people to join Nato, they apply to join Nato.’ And he said: ‘Well, we’re not standing in line with a lot of countries that don’t matter.’”

If a country’s position is that other members don’t matter, the whole idea of mutual defence is out the window

For anyone that isn’t already familiar with this oxygen thief, he was the foremost leading figure in the Brexit campaign but also quietly made sure that his kids had German passports immediately after the referendum said yes to Brexit

I also don’t have an account, I just hit the x button at the top right of the log in box and it worked fine

Edit: or alternatively, the PM is Per Hækkerup and the oilfield is Ekofisk

Both, based on IFW Kiel’s numbers. Military aid was about even until the end of Biden’s term, Europe generally provided a bit more non-military. The US sent a huge amount right at the end of Biden’s term. Since then, the US has sent basically nothing and Europe has mostly covered the shortfall