Turquoise Cyprus

(More seriously it’d probably be Türkish if you were going to do that, but as far as I’m aware the request at the UN to use the name Türkiye does not seem to have come with a new adjectival form to go with it)

This kind of interoperability is really useful for getting people to switch over. The only reason to use these apps is to talk to other people, so the network effect has a heavy hand on people’s decisions

Madness. It’s still a month before there’s even a chance that Orban gets voted out. The EU needs to come down hard on this

As the article says, Mexico said it didn’t want American troops in the country. There is no indication that that happened. The US contribution here, as far as we know just now, is information

Even then, though, Mexico may well decide that even if it doesn’t want US troops, bringing them in to cooperate might be preferable to fighting the US over it when the US is being so belligerent

To be fair, Europe gets a bit overrepresented in that regard because it can send loads of athletes as separate countries. To take the men’s mass start speed skating final as an example, ten of the sixteen competitors were from the EU, but it would only be allowed to send two as a single country

On the other hand, Norway alone beat everyone of course, and European countries are eight of the top ten on the medal table

You don’t have to like Cuba’s government to have some sympathy for the people. Countries regularly send food aid to North Korea when its people are starving

Not to mention that a huge segment of the public that does already own at least one house actually doesn’t want them to get cheaper

It’s not that I think there is an easy way, it’s just that I don’t think that his position in the line of succession is a meaningful response to whether or not he is in it in this context

No, I don’t think there is. I was only saying that in response to the claim that he’s now 8th in line - yes, he is, but not because of any actual intention from the monarchy

Fair enough, thanks! I’ll edit my initial comment

I did. I found the 30th October 2025 statement from the royal family saying they had “initiated a formal process” to do so, and Andrew’s corresponding one agreeing not to publically use the titles, but nothing since. So what am I missing?

When did that actually happen? Last I saw, he was just agreeing not to use them publically

He was born 2nd in line, now he’s about 8th in line

So still in line for the throne. He’s 8th because other people were born ahead of him in the succession, not because the monarchy demoted him or something

Here’s the police statement https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2026/february/16-02-25/thames-valley-police-open-investigation-into-misconduct-in-public-office/

Major UK news outlets like the BBC and Guardian are reporting it

I do wish that the news would stop calling him ex-Prince or ex-Duke until he actually is one. He just agreed to stop using the titles, he still has them. < Edit: Andrew actually was stripped of said titles in November 2025, though remains in line for the throne. > He’s still in line for the fucking throne. Don’t pretend that the monarchy has done more than it actually has here.

Also, though, good

I also quite enjoyed the Guardian article’s picture of this policeman having a really good day at work

There’s also this in the last paragraph:

The most recent video on Look Mum No Computer’s YouTube channel is a clip from a concert, where he attempts to piece together a Blur song on the fly, all by himself, on a bank of ancient electronic instruments.

The link goes to Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz. The title says Gorillaz too. I mean, sure, Damon Albarn is in both of them, but if he knew that in order to make the Blur connection then it only makes it weirder to mix them up

Oh shit, we’re doing something cool this year? Assuming the whole event doesn’t collapse over Israel

1dalm has said the same now, so it seems you were the one to read it correctly in the first place. Such is the difficulty of communication by text!

I dunno about you, but as a man I really don’t see why I should be upset about not being in a document about women. Not every conversation has to be about me.

It’s a document about women, not about trans people, so trans men just weren’t covered. The line about trans women is a single very short clause to make sure they’re included in all the other stuff