@dwazoup I thought former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was supposed to like Donald Trump (BJ likes cycling so much that he persuaded local councils in the UK to spend money on cycling infrastructure)

@cstross @gerikson This doesn't sound promising: "A growing body of evidence is finding that robots tend to end up creating more work for caregivers"

https://www.technologyreview.com/...

@dgerard and that's why Reach have loads of stories where they ingest the reviews from Trip Advisor, or try to get people to hate cyclists and pedestrians

@dgerard and then Microsoft increases the subscription fee before the Government discovers that chatbots can't replace so many civil servants

@Davriellelouna the 85% rule is still big in England unfortunately. Also, trying to get the Police to agree to enforce reduced speed limits is difficult, and the Government resists attempts by local Councils to take pn responsibility for speed limit enforcement (presumably because they would actually be successful)

@PugJesus I must be on some kind of alternate political/beer system (I'm not seeing bitters or porters on there!)

Having said that, there were giving away free mead at the last two castles I visited, and it seemed great.

@YourNetworkIsHaunted @BioMan That reminds me of "Peace on Earth" by Stanisław Lem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace/_on/Earth/(novel)

@grue @Davriellelouna which is great if roads only exist for motorists (in England, they're also there for pedestrians, horse riders, cyclists, and I assume driving (of animals) is still allowed)

@o7___o7 @Ardubal the book ban in #Fahrenheit451 was apparently the result of democracy too:-

"But the public, knowing what it wanted, spinning happily, let the comic-books survive. And the three-dimensional sex-magazines, of course. There you have it, Montag. It didn’t come from the Government down."

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451: The gripping and inspiring classic of dystopian science fiction (p. 76). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.