And what’s interesting is that the suffragists (Millicent Fawcett chief among them) were at the same time working to peacefully lobby for suffrage, and yet they are not remembered remotely as much as the suffragettes.

What I personally believe is that the more militant wings of movements work best when they are bringing into focus something that the public already broadly believes. When people say ‘I agree with their point, but not their methods’, they’re doing a whole lot of discussion of your issue, and agreeing with your message.

At the same time I think you do need the quiet lobbying to be done to effectively push for specific legislation. Both a carrot to offer government an easy path, and a stick to keep it in the public spotlight.

The point is, I think, if they were to become billionaires (say Bll Gtes leaves it to them in his will), then they wouldn’t be billionaires for long – their moral compasses (given they’ve spent their lives on non-profit causes) dictate that they’d likely put the money into other non-profit ventures.

The suffragettes put acid in postboxes, chained themselves to railings, and bombed the Chancellor of the Exchecquer’s house.

Honestly; didn’t you read the definition? It says it’s too strong to be penetrated smh

(/s)

Probably not:

"impregnable

adjective

1. Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.

2. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable. “an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.” Similar: unconquerable

3. Too strong to be penetrated. "

Dan Olsen, my beloved.

Absolutely a good point, answering the question ‘why is it a problem?’, to go alongside ‘how can it be fixed?’. Thanks for the thought provocation

There are plenty of reasons a disabled person could exist in a fantasy setting. A transaction, giving something up for power (e.g. Odin). A curse from an enchanter, that they do not have the power to remove. A religious superstition around those that have had accidents befall them (that it is the will of their god). Or even simply the fact that a number of common people may not be able to afford the services of a cleric (for a villager in the mountains, a journey to the city to have their paralysis cured may be beyond what they can manage).

For sure. Systems engineering is a way of trying to apply more rigid thinking to what are known as ‘wicked’ problems. There’s a whole bunch of tools that come under the discipline, but to pick one specific example, causal loop diagrams are often used to help understand why complex phenomena happen. An example:

This shows a causal loop diagram for an energy network. The pluses indicate positive causation in the direction of the arrows, the minuses negative causation. If you were tasked with coming up with all the causes and impacts of fluctuations in energy demand, you might find it difficult to show (e.g.) positive and negative feedback loops

You might find the discipline of systems engineering of interest.

No-one has said ketchup, which is clearly the condiment of choice (with tartar sauce a close-ish second)

Glad it’s not just me that becomes mega camp. For some reason I go full Joe Lycett in voice and mannerisms.

Eyyyy always nice to be able to share – it’s a genre I really like, but just isn’t widely popular.

I prefer the Sidh live – I feel like they have more energy. Would thoroughly recommend Peatbog Faeries if you like that genre.

Other similar bands: Monster Ceilidh Band (prefer their studio stuff – Venus is a good track to gauge if you’ll like it), Elephant sessions, Niteworks.

Peatbog Faeries just dropped a banger of an album in this genre – my particular favourite

Beep boop

Well for starters you’re missing Cornish off your list.

Laxatives?

Edit: for the latter

Or possibly footsteps

Hot. Get jar jar in there too.

“whinging poms”

unpleasant ashes memories dragged kicking and screaming to the surface

In support of your point, and to help clarify it, there’s a lot of train lines where the cost (and the carbon output) of electrification is far beyond the benefit. A lot of the North Wales coast, for example, because working in the tunnels would be prohibitively expensive. In these cases it makes sense to have bi/trimodal trains, at least until electrification technology makes significant breakthroughs.

Another example might be cases where an old rail line (e.g. ex-mining) is looking at being reopened at a low capacity. It would be madness to immediately electrify. An example I have looked at was running a train for tourists on what is currently a little-used freight line (that still uses tokens!) in the Lake District.