Not sure why this statement has been downvoted

Here is a link (it's not a hidden fact): https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/explainer-why-is-natural-gas-still-flowing-from-russia-to-europe-across-ukraine/ar-AA1oQhst

(Sorry it's an MSN amp style link)

I think UK is generally understood to mean

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

But yes, it's only England that's highlighted.

It's also including only parts of China, the UK, Italy, Spain and France. My geography is not good enough to recognise the other parts of European countries.

I'm surprised California is not included in the US.

[Edited first sentence to make it clearer that it's only parts of all the listed countries that are included, e.g northern Spain, eastern China, England, etc]

I guess they are safe, but there's something about them that worries me!

Also here's a near animation of a medieval cofferdam https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/10/how-medieval-bridges-were-builtan.html?m=1

Lol it's clearly from the statue level in Goldeneye..

Mission successful? ... he infiltrated pretty darn deep

Very interesting, and some excellent points. I suppose we'd probably see that similar split in literacy levels between cities and rural areas in the last few hundred years in much of western Europe.

Anecdotally, living in Norfolk in the UK, growing up I can count at least 2 older people who were effectively illiterate.

I wonder if it's more to do with levels of literacy. Seems there was no (or little) free public schooling so I'd imagine most labourers, who might visit such a food stall, would be illiterate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_ancient_Rome

Roman society was largely agrarian and afflictions such as low literacy rates.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_ancient_Rome

Of course, I'm happy to be corrected.

What is the length of that ruler? I'm guessing 30cm (UK school sized) but those were also 12 inches so I wondered if Polish rulers would be the same?

Really is!

Unit cost: 4.5 million $ (T-90MS) https://armedforces.eu/compare/tanks_T-90_vs_T-72 (Plus crew training, maintenance, logistics, etc)

Vs one fpv drone, maybe $2000 ... https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/01/ukraines-one-million-fpv-drones-will-be-outnumbered-by-5-million-russian-drones.html

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So you've also had recently the 4K transfers of Aliens and True Lies that came out. It did get blowback in the fan community, some feeling that the image quality wasn't as high as they wanted it to be. You obviously have a very high standard. So l'm wondering what you thought?

When people start reviewing your grain structure, they need to move out of mom's basement and meet somebody. Right? Im serious. I mean, are you fucking kidding me? I've got a great team that does the transfers. I do all the color and density work. I look at every shot, every frame, and then the final transfer is done by a guy who has been with me [for years]. All the Avatar films are done that way. Everything is done that way. Get a life, people, seriously.

Also, having all your money in the bank is unlikely to earn much interest!