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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 2d

I live in Andalusia, it's common here. Used to live in Singapore, almost compulsory there; grew up in Liverpool, also used all the time.

Friends from many other places use it.

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 2d

Aunt & Uncle common names for any older person in many cultures.

These people are morons

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 5d

Hard Left, what kind of description is that. Thoughtful left more like

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 5d

It's all the animals that get me, bloody meerkats coming over here!

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 7d

Making same mistakes as Democratic party leaders in US, not surprising given they share common background, opinions and advisors.

Frightening to watch

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 10d

So close to £5k: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 12d

Simply not true though, perhaps if you only eat in tourist traps.

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 12d

I live in Andalucia, eat out all the time and don't have ham very often (also ham covers a lot of different things here)

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 13d

Also, enshitiffication not recorded as a negative

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 15d

Only one tune The Vanilla like - they are one hit wonders

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 15d

I get annoyed that these people call them conservatives when they are clearly not. Wankers more accurate

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 15d

Chris Dillow pointed out correlation between far right and economic hard times years ago, and posited some plausible reasons why

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 17d

Too brutal even for the inquisition, for Isabel "hard as fucking nails" la Catolicá.

Most conquistadors managed to buy there way back into the good books with massive donations to the Church (blinged up churches ten a penny in Andalusia). They wouldn't even bury Colon.

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 17d

Still have fond memories of "On the Move" and can remember the theme song

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 17d

Fash but not totally mental. A Franco style figure, can't decide if is actually more or less dangerous (suspect Vance in power would follow that model)

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 19d

For rich small countries like Qatar and Singapore the question of overseas bases is about space not power projection. Overseas facilities are for training. The Singapore Air force has bases in France & Australia. If your country is 25x15 miles you need somewhere else.

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 20d

Only fair, the US has one in Qatar

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 20d

Blues bots

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 23d

Handy for kids forced to read & regugitate stuff they have zero interest in perhaps.

Love reading, at least a book per week, but hated half the stuff meant to read at school (some wasn't right time for me, most had zero interest and subtracted time that could be spent reading what I wanted)

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 23d

The hardest hit not people living in the EU for long periods already, most resident under A50 but new movers. Legal routes for workers & lower income retirees to legally get residence narrowed in many EU states in response to rising housing costs.

The rich will have no problems as always.

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 23d

"Could be banned" is not right.

They are banned already, however enforcement of the ban is going to be stepped up. How many people will be hit is mostly guesswork.

However, if you want to spend more than 90/180 days in the place it is probably not best described as a holiday home

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Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 27d

Politicians usually nice people to talk to, as are CEOs. Doesn't really tell you very much about their morality though.

If politicians with no obvious talent for business leaving office and being appointed to well renumerated board level jobs one has to wonder why?

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 27d

Issue arises from legality. Modern corruption mostly legal, getting highly renumerated job with share options after leaving office or a massive advance on a book even your own mum unlikely to buy.

People see politicians, ex civil servants and generals becoming rich and see it as corruption.

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 27d

Or they are so stiff that they include blokes with collar length hair or women who wear trousers in their definition.

Or maybe people who prefer vinyl, surely analogue is non-binary.

Tim Bassett @timbassett.bsky.social · 27d

He's taken it to another level, but the corruption in Western democracies has been a festering sore for a long while (the preferred solution of making the immoral legal has just made it worse - see Tony Blair)