Andrew C.A. Elliott
@acaelliott.bsky.social
Writing, Softwaring, Figuring, Photo-ing, Listening. Some sax playing. Trying to make sense of the time I've spent on this planet.
Writer: "Is that a Big Number?" & "What are the Chances of That?" - how we understand numbers and probability, respectively.
Writer: "Is that a Big Number?" & "What are the Chances of That?" - how we understand numbers and probability, respectively.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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My great grandmother painted for fun. I grew up with one of her paintings – a stand of pine trees weighted down with heavy snow. I’ve always loved that painting so I thought I would create my own version. I hope you enjoy the results!
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My great grandmother painted for fun. I grew up with one of her paintings – a stand of pine trees weighted down with heavy snow. I’ve always loved that painting so I thought I would create my own version. I hope you enjoy the results!
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
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if you are in a mental place where working your smartphone is hard, then you are in a mental place where life without a smartphone is hard
smartphones aren't the problem; lack of support for old people is
smartphones aren't the problem; lack of support for old people is
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
if you are in a mental place where working your smartphone is hard, then you are in a mental place where life without a smartphone is hard
smartphones aren't the problem; lack of support for old people is
smartphones aren't the problem; lack of support for old people is
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Another thing. If you know someone (like my mom) who falls prey to things like: "Your PC is infected, please call xxx to get it fixed".
Tell them in no uncertain terms: If you did not initiate this conversation first, then DO NOT respond to it. And...if you get confused, call me.
Tell them in no uncertain terms: If you did not initiate this conversation first, then DO NOT respond to it. And...if you get confused, call me.
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another thing. If you know someone (like my mom) who falls prey to things like: "Your PC is infected, please call xxx to get it fixed".
Tell them in no uncertain terms: If you did not initiate this conversation first, then DO NOT respond to it. And...if you get confused, call me.
Tell them in no uncertain terms: If you did not initiate this conversation first, then DO NOT respond to it. And...if you get confused, call me.
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Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. 🎨
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. 🎨
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Trump seems to think that if he repeats the same lie over and over again, well, be duped into believing it.
Russia invaded a sovereign Ukraine for their resources. They are murdering civilians. We all know it.
Russia invaded a sovereign Ukraine for their resources. They are murdering civilians. We all know it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump seems to think that if he repeats the same lie over and over again, well, be duped into believing it.
Russia invaded a sovereign Ukraine for their resources. They are murdering civilians. We all know it.
Russia invaded a sovereign Ukraine for their resources. They are murdering civilians. We all know it.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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The only principled stance is to punish Russia into retreat: militarily, economically, diplomatically. Let the future imperialists see what becomes of invaders.
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The only principled stance is to punish Russia into retreat: militarily, economically, diplomatically. Let the future imperialists see what becomes of invaders.
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It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
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The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
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Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
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First snowfall on a Vermont barn.
📸 Ken Rachlis
📸 Ken Rachlis
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
First snowfall on a Vermont barn.
📸 Ken Rachlis
📸 Ken Rachlis
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Germany looked like it was winning the war in the spring of 1918. But its offensive was unsustainable, and the Allies held their nerve and won.
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Germany looked like it was winning the war in the spring of 1918. But its offensive was unsustainable, and the Allies held their nerve and won.
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
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This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. How it all began.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. How it all began.
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Why should Ukraine ever TRUST the US AGAIN on "Security Guarantees" when the US had PREVIOUSLY guaranteed their "security" IF Ukraine gave up their Nuclear Weapons, which they did ?
All that RE Developers Trump, Witkoff & Kushner re are really negotiating are their own Biz Interests in Russia. 🤬
All that RE Developers Trump, Witkoff & Kushner re are really negotiating are their own Biz Interests in Russia. 🤬
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Why should Ukraine ever TRUST the US AGAIN on "Security Guarantees" when the US had PREVIOUSLY guaranteed their "security" IF Ukraine gave up their Nuclear Weapons, which they did ?
All that RE Developers Trump, Witkoff & Kushner re are really negotiating are their own Biz Interests in Russia. 🤬
All that RE Developers Trump, Witkoff & Kushner re are really negotiating are their own Biz Interests in Russia. 🤬
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It is not normal for the media to dictate who stays and who goes in politics by hounding someone out of office.
It is not normal for the media’s national pastime to be How to bring down my own Country’s government.
This isn’t a step too far it’s a world too far.
It is not normal for the media’s national pastime to be How to bring down my own Country’s government.
This isn’t a step too far it’s a world too far.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It is not normal for the media to dictate who stays and who goes in politics by hounding someone out of office.
It is not normal for the media’s national pastime to be How to bring down my own Country’s government.
This isn’t a step too far it’s a world too far.
It is not normal for the media’s national pastime to be How to bring down my own Country’s government.
This isn’t a step too far it’s a world too far.