Re: [Evolution] Discourse and the situation for Mailman lists hosted by Gnome.org

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 13:45 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list
wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 12:31 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > The PTB would all say that this is not abrupt.
>       ^^^
>       Pass the bong :D
>
> What is PTB for?

The "Powers That Be". Usually reserved for faceless people who make
decisions for what they perceive to be the best interests of other
people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_powers_that_be#:~:text=In%20idiomatic%20English%2C%20%22the%20powers,rather%20than%20a%20subjunctive%20be.


P.