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I've watched the first couple of episodes of season 3 of Fisk and I think this storyline is coming up.
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've watched the first couple of episodes of season 3 of Fisk and I think this storyline is coming up.
This is a very funny callback for people who were here yesterday. I did not think there was >24 hours worth of heated gilet jokes but I was wrong.
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is a very funny callback for people who were here yesterday. I did not think there was >24 hours worth of heated gilet jokes but I was wrong.
I felt grose even typing it. Sorry.
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I felt grose even typing it. Sorry.
Do you want to pop on a call to discuss this?
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Do you want to pop on a call to discuss this?
I keep thinking about Subway sandwich guy and how sometimes, when the law is being an ass, it's convenient to have a way to make that go away.
Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't harms in the other direction too - sexual assault cases being the most extreme example.
Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't harms in the other direction too - sexual assault cases being the most extreme example.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I keep thinking about Subway sandwich guy and how sometimes, when the law is being an ass, it's convenient to have a way to make that go away.
Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't harms in the other direction too - sexual assault cases being the most extreme example.
Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't harms in the other direction too - sexual assault cases being the most extreme example.
One year there was a competition to find the most expired tube of medicine in your parents' medicine cabinet. A real community moment.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
One year there was a competition to find the most expired tube of medicine in your parents' medicine cabinet. A real community moment.
For those of us who were following the story 5 years ago, it seems incredible - but not surprising - that they haven’t used this time to get ahead of the story. Maybe this time around some corrupt men will lose their jobs?
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For those of us who were following the story 5 years ago, it seems incredible - but not surprising - that they haven’t used this time to get ahead of the story. Maybe this time around some corrupt men will lose their jobs?
Rest assured, he told his Harvard class that he was only going to step back from public activities "for a time". bsky.app/profile/phil...
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Rest assured, he told his Harvard class that he was only going to step back from public activities "for a time". bsky.app/profile/phil...
My partner's reading a book about him right now - I got the highlights over dinner. Women really wasted their time on him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My partner's reading a book about him right now - I got the highlights over dinner. Women really wasted their time on him.
The Greens are going to do so well out of this.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Greens are going to do so well out of this.
Adjacent, but not everyone who dies of cancer, or with cancer, "lost a battle."
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Adjacent, but not everyone who dies of cancer, or with cancer, "lost a battle."
I saw an Israeli acquaintance re-posting an Italian far-right post about how everyone should wrap themselves in their country's flag, apparently unaware of what has happened to Jewish communities in Europe when people start wrapping themselves in the flag. Mainstream Israeli media is baaaaaad.
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I saw an Israeli acquaintance re-posting an Italian far-right post about how everyone should wrap themselves in their country's flag, apparently unaware of what has happened to Jewish communities in Europe when people start wrapping themselves in the flag. Mainstream Israeli media is baaaaaad.
Something like that, but worse, and then he doubled down, and then presidents continued to appoint him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
Summers' Comments on Women and Science Draw Ire | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers has triggered criticism by telling an economics conference Friday that the under-representation of female scientists
www.thecrimson.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Something like that, but worse, and then he doubled down, and then presidents continued to appoint him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
This statement is disgusting:
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This statement is disgusting:
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
"In a statement Northamptonshire police said: “An apology for the issues has already been given in the shape of the chief constable’s witness statement which has been entered as evidence."
You might think that, but actually it had a pouch full of magnets and could not resist the pull of my 1988 Holden Astra.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You might think that, but actually it had a pouch full of magnets and could not resist the pull of my 1988 Holden Astra.
Once I was driving and I saw a kangaroo crossing a paddock towards me so I slowed to a complete stop. The kangaroo, having the vast expanse of Australia at its disposal, hit my car and broke the wing mirror off.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Once I was driving and I saw a kangaroo crossing a paddock towards me so I slowed to a complete stop. The kangaroo, having the vast expanse of Australia at its disposal, hit my car and broke the wing mirror off.
and in general fails every basic economic and legal test for equitable and efficient taxation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
and in general fails every basic economic and legal test for equitable and efficient taxation.
by requiring a separate enforcement mechanism; imposes harsh penalties on vulnerable households that forget or otherwise fail to pay; requires a whole separate payment process for users; imposes costs in a way that is almost entirely uncorrelated with consumers and beneficiaries...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
by requiring a separate enforcement mechanism; imposes harsh penalties on vulnerable households that forget or otherwise fail to pay; requires a whole separate payment process for users; imposes costs in a way that is almost entirely uncorrelated with consumers and beneficiaries...
I think somebody who wanted to design the least efficient and inequitable revenue collection plan would do well with one that charges per household, meaning it costs more per head for smaller households, and the most for single people; duplicates the work of HMRC...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I think somebody who wanted to design the least efficient and inequitable revenue collection plan would do well with one that charges per household, meaning it costs more per head for smaller households, and the most for single people; duplicates the work of HMRC...
Mostly because I come from a country with a publicly-funded broadcaster that isn't that different in performance and challenges from the BBC, and it doesn't depend on a licence fee.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Mostly because I come from a country with a publicly-funded broadcaster that isn't that different in performance and challenges from the BBC, and it doesn't depend on a licence fee.
I agree that it would be better if the funding is less vulnerable to government interference, but the licence fee isn't the mechanism to achieve that. People can avoid paying the licence fee even as everybody in the country would benefit from independent, publicly-funded journalism.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I agree that it would be better if the funding is less vulnerable to government interference, but the licence fee isn't the mechanism to achieve that. People can avoid paying the licence fee even as everybody in the country would benefit from independent, publicly-funded journalism.
A Reform govt could wreck the BBC's funding anyway. I don't see how the licence fee offers any genuine protection from political interference.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A Reform govt could wreck the BBC's funding anyway. I don't see how the licence fee offers any genuine protection from political interference.
Funding only from people who consume it directly has built-in issues too though - like the need to chase viewers. I'm not across the lawfulness of what Trump did to NPR but in a functioning parliamentary system there should be enough pressure via MPs to stop extreme cuts to the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Funding only from people who consume it directly has built-in issues too though - like the need to chase viewers. I'm not across the lawfulness of what Trump did to NPR but in a functioning parliamentary system there should be enough pressure via MPs to stop extreme cuts to the BBC.
I want the BBC to exist even if I don't watch it, because publicly funded journalism is essential. The two changes I want most are to get rid of the licence fee and fund the BBC from general revenue instead, and to stop chasing viewing metrics. We need news, not news-as-entertainment.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I want the BBC to exist even if I don't watch it, because publicly funded journalism is essential. The two changes I want most are to get rid of the licence fee and fund the BBC from general revenue instead, and to stop chasing viewing metrics. We need news, not news-as-entertainment.