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‘The moment has come’: pro-building Labour yimbys are set to raise the roof (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Greens very much do run on nimby platforms, including their co-leader, mentioned in the article. And it is just deeply aggravating when they oppose green infrastructure for nimby reasons, whether it wins them votes or not.

Also, lots of words start off as acronyms and then lose that status. 'Laser' is a good example: originally 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation', but now always written in lowercase.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also, lots of words start off as acronyms and then lose that status. ‘Laser’ is a good example: originally ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation’, but now always written in lowercase.

But we generally only do that for acronyms that become familiar and well know (scuba, taser, etc). The article itself feels the need to spell out what it stands for and putting it in lower case just reeks of trying to manufacture that familiarity and the legitimacy such familiarity carries.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's a fair point. I think the downside of caps is that it feels like the article is screaming at you!