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patanegra··on How can England possibly be running out of water?
Can you show me which UK water companies are in such a situation?

My provider is Thames Water. They are losing money.

patanegra··on How can England possibly be running out of water?
My provider of water is Thames Water. In the past 10 years, they did cumulative turnover £18,107 turnover, and profit -£1,180. So they in fact operate with a negative margin -6.52%.

In the UK, owning a utility company is nothing easy. Shareholders are definitely not stuffing their pockets. The biggest owner is Ontario pension fund (32%). I guess, poor retired Canadians are not very happy about this investment.

So I would say, your framing sounds interesting, until one digs deeper into facts.

patanegra··on 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal
It's because they have been actors in cancel culture and progressive left propaganda machine. They have been exactly those who were harming free expression, in collusion with social networks.

Now, they reap what they sow.

patanegra··on We're bringing Pebble back
It sounds a lot like you might appreciate Garmin watch, too.
patanegra··on I Met Paul Graham Once
I think being gay and having gender identity disorder are two things that are somewhat related culturally, but not that much as a condition.

Being gay has no negative consequences and when homosexuals are left to live how they want, they are happy and overall have no problems. Also, this identity doesn't change much during their lives.

In comparison with that, people who are delusional, are not feeling any better when they recognize their delusion. And it might actually be dangerous to affirm them in their delusion.

People with GID are somewhere on a spectrum between homosexuals and delusional people. Even the most affirming countries are clearly not enough. They still have a very high suicide rate. Plenty of them detransition, especially kids. There is statistically significant prevalence of mental disorders. 58% of people with GID have at least one psychiatric diagnosis (source https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6830528/).

Personally, I think that society is accepting gays for a good reason and not affirming people with GID for a good reason, too. It's not bigotry, it's a recognition of reality.

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