So MI5 can get parties to drop candidates just by saying they “could” be a spy, without proof, or conviction?

Literally anyone “could” be a spy.

Doesn’t that mean the spooks can basically veto any candidate they don’t like?

I’d say it was written by an AI, but I doubt even an AI would make such a mistake.

Only 73% I expected it to be higher.

Perhaps it’s more to do with changes to the internet over the past 5 or so years? Such as the pervasive rise of algorithmic feeds designed to drive “engagement”?

KGB still exists in Belarus.

Damn, imagine dying during open heart surgery because some old fart couldn’t stop himself from grabbing a booby.

Looking at their annual report on company house, last year they had a total revenue of £228,923, hardly a “giant”.

Yeah, that’s what I assumed it was supposed to mean, but it really doesn’t read that way to me.

Does nobody make backups any more?

Beehaw is looking to shut down and or completely defederate.

They already de-federated 447 instances, I doubt that will make much difference.

As someone who mostly likes those things, that does seem to be a big problem here.

Who let the dogs out?

Wait until you see what the GNU/Linux sublemmy (lem?) is called.

Yeah, but you can’t use that to push sinophobia.

Aren’t our roads generally much narrower than most other countries.

The co-op famously concerned about their customers’ privacy

more likely to fail to compare a photo ID to the person presenting that document if the person is of a different ethnicity

Wait, are they saying if someone is a different ethnicity they are more likely to not check if the ID matches?

That’s how it reads to me but I don’t think it’s the intention?

If they were popular with the upper class she wouldn’t be doing this.

It’s also the main component of some plastic model glues.

Paying off the loan they took out to compensate the slave owners for their “property” to be more precise.

As repugnant as that was, it was still preferable to the terrible waste of life the USA endured fighting a civil war over slavery.