I've seen this happen before, I guess it's when the derailleur gets too close to the spokes and they make contact.
A good reason for us to all check our rear derailleurs and limit screws.
Outrage bait like this is just stupid.
The people fuelling the outrage (e.g. the South African billionaire and the Reform MP mentioned in the article) don't care about you and never will. They are only stoking outrage for their own amusement or gain.
Oxford professor advises against putting private data on platform in case it could be shared with Chinese state

Also interesting is this other story from The Guardian:
We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
Maybe there will be some small movements towards more co-operation with the EU, but probably not any big moves for at least the next few years.
The UK could even join the EU customs union without joining the single market or the EU itself, like Turkey has done, but yeah it's probably unlikely for the moment. Labour don't want to take a big political risk I guess.
Pressure growing on Labour to improve trade with EU as Rachel Reeves admits Brexit damaged UK

Do you think the UK should seek ties with Europe instead of with the US?
“This is the very beginning of the Space Age.”…

Do you think it's good that SpaceX might end up facing competition?
Maybe I should text random numbers and maybe I'll get lucky. Or I'll get in trouble for being a public nuisance.
Good points to be honest.
Yeah that makes sense. But on the other hand, jailing people for life costs money and there's the slim chance they can escape. But I suppose if you have good security then a full life sentence would be an effective deterrent, so maybe you wouldn't have to pay for very many people to have such long sentences, so it might not cost so much.
I'm not sure, but the UK's National Health Service mentions depression as a potential side effect.
Drugs can have all sorts of side effects through mechanisms that we might not fully understand (maybe scientists do understand this particular mechanism though, I don't know).
Some online sites prescribe a potentially risky hair loss drug without consistent safety checks, BBC finds.

I have considered this drug in the past but I thought the expense and the side effects would make it not worth it. Looks like maybe it is indeed not worth it, given how bad the side effects can be.
I guess I'm being downvoted due to just mentioning the death penalty. The only reason I asked is because callers on LBC (radio) were mentioning the death penalty so I wondered what people on Lemmy would think.
Do you guys on here think this is an acceptable sentence, or do you think Britain should have the death penalty for cases like this?
Turkey is in the customs union without being in the EEA right?
You're probably right. Things like joining the customs union probably won't happen until at least the next government in 2029.
Editorial: Sir Ed Davey – and even Kemi Badenoch – are saying new things about post-Brexit challenges. It is time for Sir Keir Starmer to do likewise

This quote is a good summary of the article:
>It is time to rebuild meaningful working and trading relations with Europe. This does not have to mean rejoining the EU. But it does mean recognising where our security and our prosperity both lie.
Thoughts?
Fair points. I guess I don't mention Lemmy much online anymore anyway. If I mention it to somebody in real life I guess I'll tell them there are multiple servers to choose from.
True. I don't think I would recommend someone to look at Hexbear or Lemmygrad. Maybe I would mention Lemmy.world as the easiest entry point to Lemmy, and the existence of other servers like Feddit.org, Lemm.ee, etc.
Can Trump's incoming administration really be said to stand "for the little guys" when it's full of millionaires and billionaires?
Good points. Maybe if I'm trying to explain Lemmy to someone I should just link them to a list of servers, like the one here, so they can pick a server for themselves.
Yeah fair enough. I'm just thinking some people might not want the hassle of deciding between instances, they might just want the most popular one, because popular things are usually reliable.
But yes there are obviously good reasons to use different instances, like I am using a British instance so I can easily see stuff from various British communities. I think I only found out about my instance by lurking lemmy.world though.
Fair points. I just think some people won't want the hassle of weighing up different instances, they might just want the instance with the most content and people, because I guess the most people implies reliability.
As for reasons for picking an instance, yes those are valid reasons. I picked this British instance so I can see all the British stuff when I view local posts, and other stuff when I view all posts. From another instance I guess I'd have to check every British community on feddit.uk manually.
Fair enough. Some people might just want the most active instance though.
Or https://lemmy.world/ if you just want the most active instance
I think it would be good to try and boost the UK's tech sector, and use that sector to help the country in various ways. But I think everybody knows that AI is a bit of a tired meme at the moment.
‘Sir Queue Jumper’ for Sir Keir Starmer? Even Liz Truss would deserve better puns than this

Do you think the press is too critical of Keir Starmer?
Amid deepening debt and an onslaught by the president-elect, Labour must calm the markets, then think big economically

Should we try to bolster our friendship with Europe?
The author claims that the UK government "must unambiguously launch talks on a big, expansive trade deal with the EU coupled with a deal on European defence".
Do you agree?
Zuckerberg even offers Republicans another target: Apple.

I read this story and thought it was interesting. Essentially it's saying that Zuck's recent changes to Meta moderation are almost certainly a response to Republican pressure, despite what Zuck claims.
I noticed that they disabled the comments on this story, while most stories have comments enabled. I guess they don't want a lot of angry comments from Trump supporters.
The education secretary defends ending tax breaks for private schools as the policy is set to begin.

Do you think the government should tax private school fees?
Former deputy PM suggests European Union must change or risk falling apart

Clegg said:
>My own view... is that the United Kingdom will have to sort of architect a sort of rapprochement, or re-entry into the European Union in one shape or form
Do you agree with him?


>The last time house prices were this expensive relative to average earnings was in the year 1876, nearly 150 years ago.
Source: https://www.schroders.com/en-gb/uk/individual/insights/what-174-years-of-data-tell-us-about-house-price-affordability-in-the-uk/
From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Do you agree with this or not?
Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK

Give it some time and maybe Lemmy will enter the top 10...
The government wants more young people in work as it aims to boost the overall employment rate.

What do you think the solution is for the growing number of people who aren't in work?
Tsai Ing-wen says Kyiv needs weapons more urgently than Taipei and says Ukrainian victory will be ‘effective deterrent to future aggression’

>Tsai, who left office in January, added: “A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression.” This suggests Tsai believes that US military support for Kyiv... would help deter China from a cross-strait attack.
Former German chancellor’s book tells how she tried to help David Cameron win over Britain’s Eurosceptics

Do you agree with Merkel that Brexit was a "humiliation" for the EU?
I'm not sure if I would use that word, but I wonder what other people think.
Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States

Archive of article is here:
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/CgjxA
https://web.archive.org/web/20241124021745/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/turn-away-from-trtrump-eu-trade-uk-voters-pollump-and-look-to-eu-for-trade-say-voters-3388992
Apparently, over 50% of voters think Europe is more important for trade than the US:
>Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States