Stephenbc
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Something always puzzles me in the stories super-rich quitting UK for Dubai. With a billion in the bank I would be congratulating myself I could afford to pay a bit more tax to live in such a great country rather than share desert bling with a bunch of despots, oligarchs and assorted hucksters.
December 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Something always puzzles me in the stories super-rich quitting UK for Dubai. With a billion in the bank I would be congratulating myself I could afford to pay a bit more tax to live in such a great country rather than share desert bling with a bunch of despots, oligarchs and assorted hucksters.
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To wit, love this graph, via @sciencehippies.bsky.social.
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
To wit, love this graph, via @sciencehippies.bsky.social.
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sorry im not posting a whole lot these days because ive been sick and whenever im feeling a bit less sick just been outside or working on longer term projects. =_= wants to be healthy..
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sorry im not posting a whole lot these days because ive been sick and whenever im feeling a bit less sick just been outside or working on longer term projects. =_= wants to be healthy..
I wonder if we'll ever get to see these "amazingly cool things" they are building? 🤔
I think people who don't spend time here regularly have no idea what "Silicon Valley" is and probably picture some tech'd out version of Disneyland rather than just suburbs with amazingly cool things being built inside fancy office buildings.
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I wonder if we'll ever get to see these "amazingly cool things" they are building? 🤔
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Not to sound trite stump speech but it is literally so far removed from what anyone actually cares about. I'm not sure your average person in Big Tesco wants to discuss old tweets, citizenship, loyalties to Britain - they sort of just want to pay for their shop without getting gouged.
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Not to sound trite stump speech but it is literally so far removed from what anyone actually cares about. I'm not sure your average person in Big Tesco wants to discuss old tweets, citizenship, loyalties to Britain - they sort of just want to pay for their shop without getting gouged.
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Hard Right: deport and strip this man of his citizenship, ignore who gave it to him- there's a race war coming what side are you on?
[Average working person back to work after finishing the toffee Quality Street and their 17th viewing of The Scarecrow's Throuple]: what day is it. when is new years
[Average working person back to work after finishing the toffee Quality Street and their 17th viewing of The Scarecrow's Throuple]: what day is it. when is new years
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Hard Right: deport and strip this man of his citizenship, ignore who gave it to him- there's a race war coming what side are you on?
[Average working person back to work after finishing the toffee Quality Street and their 17th viewing of The Scarecrow's Throuple]: what day is it. when is new years
[Average working person back to work after finishing the toffee Quality Street and their 17th viewing of The Scarecrow's Throuple]: what day is it. when is new years
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Rather than play their cards carefully the Russian leadership around Putin is gleefully using Trump's cognitive collapse to use every opportunity to humiliate the United States
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rather than play their cards carefully the Russian leadership around Putin is gleefully using Trump's cognitive collapse to use every opportunity to humiliate the United States
The best blog on Spanish politics for English speakers. Highly recommended!! Ditch El Pais and pay Éamann!!
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The best blog on Spanish politics for English speakers. Highly recommended!! Ditch El Pais and pay Éamann!!
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December 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🤬 On December 21, two Russian soldiers shot and killed 7 civilians in Pokrovsk.
Rinat Galimzyanov and Aleksey Agafonov broke into the basement of a house where civilians were sheltering.
When father and son told there was no alcohol, the Russians opened fire and killed the father and son.
Rinat Galimzyanov and Aleksey Agafonov broke into the basement of a house where civilians were sheltering.
When father and son told there was no alcohol, the Russians opened fire and killed the father and son.
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🤬 On December 21, two Russian soldiers shot and killed 7 civilians in Pokrovsk.
Rinat Galimzyanov and Aleksey Agafonov broke into the basement of a house where civilians were sheltering.
When father and son told there was no alcohol, the Russians opened fire and killed the father and son.
Rinat Galimzyanov and Aleksey Agafonov broke into the basement of a house where civilians were sheltering.
When father and son told there was no alcohol, the Russians opened fire and killed the father and son.
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Reminded, by something else, of the peak opening biographical paragraph on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_...
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reminded, by something else, of the peak opening biographical paragraph on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_...
@jonnelledge.bsky.social In this book, Pacheco has this amazing passage:
"Most fortunate Prince, we have known and seen how in the third year of your reign in the year of Our Lord 1498, in which your Highness ordered us to discover the Western region, a very large landmass is found and navigated,...
"Most fortunate Prince, we have known and seen how in the third year of your reign in the year of Our Lord 1498, in which your Highness ordered us to discover the Western region, a very large landmass is found and navigated,...
I'm reading Esmeraldo De Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco, which was completed around 1508. It is a history of Portuguese exploration up to that time, and was banned from being published by the Portuguese until 1892! It has some wonderful lines in it, and here's one that struck me; 1/2
December 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social In this book, Pacheco has this amazing passage:
"Most fortunate Prince, we have known and seen how in the third year of your reign in the year of Our Lord 1498, in which your Highness ordered us to discover the Western region, a very large landmass is found and navigated,...
"Most fortunate Prince, we have known and seen how in the third year of your reign in the year of Our Lord 1498, in which your Highness ordered us to discover the Western region, a very large landmass is found and navigated,...
I'm reading Esmeraldo De Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco, which was completed around 1508. It is a history of Portuguese exploration up to that time, and was banned from being published by the Portuguese until 1892! It has some wonderful lines in it, and here's one that struck me; 1/2
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm reading Esmeraldo De Situ Orbis, by Duarte Pacheco, which was completed around 1508. It is a history of Portuguese exploration up to that time, and was banned from being published by the Portuguese until 1892! It has some wonderful lines in it, and here's one that struck me; 1/2
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La Fórmula 1 que no iba a costar “ni un euro”: Ayuso sigue la estela de Camps y su agujero de 300 millones.
Contratos secretos pagados con dinero público, trámites de urgencia que acaban judicializados y viajes a otros grandes premios constituyen la hoja de ruta de la Comunidad de Madrid
Contratos secretos pagados con dinero público, trámites de urgencia que acaban judicializados y viajes a otros grandes premios constituyen la hoja de ruta de la Comunidad de Madrid
La Fórmula 1 que no iba a costar "ni un euro": Ayuso sigue la estela de Camps y su agujero de 300 millones
Contratos secretos pagados con dinero público, trámites de urgencia que acaban judicializados y viajes a otros grandes premios constituyen la hoja de ruta de la Comunidad de Madrid que antes siguió la...
www.eldiario.es
December 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
La Fórmula 1 que no iba a costar “ni un euro”: Ayuso sigue la estela de Camps y su agujero de 300 millones.
Contratos secretos pagados con dinero público, trámites de urgencia que acaban judicializados y viajes a otros grandes premios constituyen la hoja de ruta de la Comunidad de Madrid
Contratos secretos pagados con dinero público, trámites de urgencia que acaban judicializados y viajes a otros grandes premios constituyen la hoja de ruta de la Comunidad de Madrid
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Man knows how to walk down stairs with vigor and panache.
Zelensky has arrived in Miami, where a meeting with Trump is scheduled for today.
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man knows how to walk down stairs with vigor and panache.
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Good morning. A jobless expansion at the least and possible decoupling of growth, productivity & hiring. The US economy only needs to generate roughly 50K per month to keep the labor market stable: The corporate playbook for next year? Don’t hire.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Companies Are Outlining Plans for 2026. Hiring Isn’t One of Them.
Large employers indicate that they either want to maintain the size of their teams next year or let go of workers.
www.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning. A jobless expansion at the least and possible decoupling of growth, productivity & hiring. The US economy only needs to generate roughly 50K per month to keep the labor market stable: The corporate playbook for next year? Don’t hire.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Equal pay settlements for females? Ridiculous waste of money. Look at these gloating harpies!
They should be at home providing lovemaking and delicious meals for their hardworking men.
Reform will fix this problem very, very quickly. Trust me.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They should be at home providing lovemaking and delicious meals for their hardworking men.
Reform will fix this problem very, very quickly. Trust me.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Equal pay settlements for female council workers pass £1bn
GMB union says 30,000 claims settled with six local councils for average of £30,000 and expects 10,000 more in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Equal pay settlements for females? Ridiculous waste of money. Look at these gloating harpies!
They should be at home providing lovemaking and delicious meals for their hardworking men.
Reform will fix this problem very, very quickly. Trust me.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They should be at home providing lovemaking and delicious meals for their hardworking men.
Reform will fix this problem very, very quickly. Trust me.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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US intelligence believes Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to restore Moscow’s control not only over all of Ukraine but also over other former Soviet republics, including the Baltic states. Reuters reported this on December 19, citing six sources familiar with US intelligence assessments.
December 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
US intelligence believes Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to restore Moscow’s control not only over all of Ukraine but also over other former Soviet republics, including the Baltic states. Reuters reported this on December 19, citing six sources familiar with US intelligence assessments.
There is zero chance of the far left taking over the Dems. Gays are not safe outside Tel Aviv, Lebanon and Jordan have Christians in government, etc....These guys believe ALL the myths 🤷
It's simpler than that, folks. It's existential to her, in fact.
So long as Israel is the main hate object for overly-online lefties whose ideology can be traced back to the USSR or the PRC, and who intend to hijack the Democratic Party despite hating it, Weiss is going to stick with Republicans.
So long as Israel is the main hate object for overly-online lefties whose ideology can be traced back to the USSR or the PRC, and who intend to hijack the Democratic Party despite hating it, Weiss is going to stick with Republicans.
My theory, in short, is that Weiss is the modern version of Hayek backing Pinochet on free market grounds. Only she is no Hayek, intellectually, and her role in enabling repression is more direct.
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There is zero chance of the far left taking over the Dems. Gays are not safe outside Tel Aviv, Lebanon and Jordan have Christians in government, etc....These guys believe ALL the myths 🤷
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what's a matter babe you hardly touched your clud sandwich
December 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
what's a matter babe you hardly touched your clud sandwich
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Ante todo LIBERTAD, a no ser que sea para decir "felices fiestas" en lugar de "feliz Navidad" o para ser ateo, de izquierdas, feminista, formar un matrimonio no tradicional de cara a la iglesia católica, ser aintitaurino, vamos, lo que viene siendo una balsa de aceite.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ante todo LIBERTAD, a no ser que sea para decir "felices fiestas" en lugar de "feliz Navidad" o para ser ateo, de izquierdas, feminista, formar un matrimonio no tradicional de cara a la iglesia católica, ser aintitaurino, vamos, lo que viene siendo una balsa de aceite.
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2026 will be the year of combat donkeys and hypersonic missiles; of machine intelligence creating the first Top 40 hit and medieval grifters speaking in tongues in the Oval Office. It will be the year of monsters and dark miracles.
Another combat donkey joins the Russian army, now upgraded with helmet and body armor.
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
2026 will be the year of combat donkeys and hypersonic missiles; of machine intelligence creating the first Top 40 hit and medieval grifters speaking in tongues in the Oval Office. It will be the year of monsters and dark miracles.
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Thread I'll occasionally add to until new years on books I enjoyed this year
"Green Shirts and the Others" by Nagy Talavera was really amongst the best ones. The cover is deceptive because its a book mainly about Hungarian fascism and Holocaust, which the author lived
"Green Shirts and the Others" by Nagy Talavera was really amongst the best ones. The cover is deceptive because its a book mainly about Hungarian fascism and Holocaust, which the author lived
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thread I'll occasionally add to until new years on books I enjoyed this year
"Green Shirts and the Others" by Nagy Talavera was really amongst the best ones. The cover is deceptive because its a book mainly about Hungarian fascism and Holocaust, which the author lived
"Green Shirts and the Others" by Nagy Talavera was really amongst the best ones. The cover is deceptive because its a book mainly about Hungarian fascism and Holocaust, which the author lived
@almagroschool.bsky.social This was four hours ago and I'm still confused!! 🤣🤣
An astonishing thing happened in Sabadell this morning. I parked up in town and paid at the machine. The other machines I've used don't give a ticket, just out your number in the system, but unknown to me, this machine did. I go to the bank, return and think "how have I got a ticket? I paid!" But...
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@almagroschool.bsky.social This was four hours ago and I'm still confused!! 🤣🤣
An astonishing thing happened in Sabadell this morning. I parked up in town and paid at the machine. The other machines I've used don't give a ticket, just out your number in the system, but unknown to me, this machine did. I go to the bank, return and think "how have I got a ticket? I paid!" But...
December 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
An astonishing thing happened in Sabadell this morning. I parked up in town and paid at the machine. The other machines I've used don't give a ticket, just out your number in the system, but unknown to me, this machine did. I go to the bank, return and think "how have I got a ticket? I paid!" But...