If I'm walking on the pavement and a cyclist rings their bell to make me get out of their way, I'm gonna get mad
I know cars suck. But you're meant to cycle on the road - You're not supposed to cycle on the pavement. I don't care if you do if the road is horrible, fair play, but ringing your bell at me? It's my right of way, so no thanks
They've brought brought them back, at least temporarily. Got a six pack in my cupboard right now!
History is key, which is why in parliament square opposite the statue of Churchill there's a statue of Hitler
... Oh there isn't? Huh
“While casinos and junkets have for years served as vehicles for regional underground banking and money laundering, the proliferation of ... underregulated cryptocurrency exchanges has changed the game, allowing for faster anonymized movement of funds"
From a 2024 UN report on money-laundering in casinos in South East Asia
Money laundering with casinos and with crypto aren't necessarily separate issues, particularly with the rise of online and digital gambling.
Casinos can be and often are fined if regulators suspect money laundering - the majority have systems in place to crack down on it. Crypto is part of this arms race between casinos and criminals.
Expect =/= deserve
The black panthers open carried in part to expose the hypocrisy of a system that was already indiscriminantly violent towards black people
It's 'psychic paper', it shows what the holder wants it to. Like a super adaptable fake ID
It's 'shorted out' like an electrical appliance would if you overload it, because it's been asked to do too much
(in the Dr Who world, 'magic' things like psychic paper are acutally just advanced technology)
Cyclists ringing their bell at pedestrians on the pavement is like cars honking their horns at cyclists in a bike lane
It's not your space, so don't impose on the people using it properly
I'm sorry that roads can be bad for cyclists, but making the pavement bad for pedestrians isn't the answer