Primary sources? No, but there are independent secondary sources by people with no skin in the game.

Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus (circa 93–94 CE).

Annals by Tacitus (circa 116 CE)

The earliest Christian writings are also more about the teachings of a disruptive Jewish preacher who was then crucified, than they are about magic.

Let’s not do the ‘every Christian’ thing. It’s worth remembering the US has a very ‘unique’ type of Christian.

This. There is evidence that a preacher called Jesus existed, was crucified, and was well-regarded enough to start a following that persisted even after his death.

There isn’t, however, strong historical evidence for any of the magical parts of it.

I’d recommend something like a Renault Zoe over a Leaf for old people for one reason - the handbrake.

The handbrake in the Leaf is a pedal where the clutch normally lives. Even after driving for some time, I’d instinctively move my foot over it when approaching roundabouts, etc. As for the few times I pressed it accidentally, well, I’m glad there were no cars behind me.

I’ve had a second hand Leaf and currently drive a second hand Zoe. They are the two best cars I’ve ever had.

The Leaf was quite old, but the battery was still over 90%. It definitely might have something to do with living in Northern England, though - our climate isn’t exactly stressful for batteries!

The Zoe was only a few years old, and the battery is essentially as new. I only replaced the Leaf because my sister-in-law lives over an hour away, and we couldn’t do the return trip on a single charge.

Is that actually true? I suspect not.

Most people start “enjoying their own company” years before getting to try for real.

If there was a question of insensitivity, then surely problems would be much more prevalent at ages when people are enjoying themselves more frequently. But it’s not the case at all.

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There’s the Rainbow Warriors, they’re a UM successor chapter dating all the way back to Rogue Trader.

Just for balance, I can see how you could think shipping slaves from Africa to America via the Pacific and then the North Sea (of all places?) was unlikely. Maybe this person just isn’t aware of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ah, they’re great! GW missed a trick by not making space versions of these guys - they could have kept using the cool creature design whilst simultaneously reworking the problematic fluff.

Is this pipe?

Is this what happens if you type 5318008 too often?

Fact 1 - sexually active people subconsciously look at peoples’ crotches when meeting them.

Fact 2 - evolution doesn’t fine tune things if they’re good enough to get the job done well.

So the fact that pubic hairs are unsightly crazy-looking things might not be because they are fine tuned to be like that - it might just be because they do their job well enough and they just ended up looking like that.

What job could that be?

To confirm visually that you are sexually mature.

That may literally be it - a localised fuzzy indicator of whether or not you’re able to make babies.

I remember reading this exact article as a kid!

This was back when White Dwarf still showed you how to construct buildings and tanks out of household rubbish. Good times.

We’ll still have diversity (such as it is) - we have more than two parties.

If the local elections are anything to go by, however, the Tories have slipped into third place for the first time in history.

(Of course, I’m not daft enough to think local elections accurately predict general elections).

I’m not trying to downplay the reality of serious health concerns sometimes being behind food habits, but I think I need to say…

Picky eating is an absolutely normal part of child development. Anecdotally, both of my kids went through two distinct phases of picky eating, at around 3-5 and 8-11.

They gradually grow out of it. All you can do is try to make sure what they are eating is nutritious enough while they are going through it.

Dry cereal always worked (still does!) as a nutritious snack. Granted, the nutrition has all been sprayed on, but it’s still there.

A little mixed tub of Cornflakes/Branflakes/Rice Crispies/Coco Pops always goes down well.

Nerf Herder have a song called Courtney about Courtney Love.

You have to remember that America’s political spectrum is skewed heavily to the right.

‘Liberals’ only appear left-wing because your centre ground is much further to the right than many other developed countries.

In other countries ‘Liberals’ occupy the centre ground, with the left and right wings on either side.

I always wanted a Nokia - I know it was a cliche, but I was amazed at how indestructible they were. Even when they did actually break apart, you could just pick up the bits, clip them back together, and it would just work again - with no visible damage.

Also, SNAKE