Dan Davies
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Malcolm Sparrow in the streets, Stafford Beer in the sheets. Once I wrote about fraud and its detection; currently writing about the industrialisation of decision making in general
My theory is that Marie's pension is a little buy to let flat that she doesn't want to talk about
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
My theory is that Marie's pension is a little buy to let flat that she doesn't want to talk about
Not really - just my usual view that all housing markets are local, Honolulu being particularly likely to be sui generis imo
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Not really - just my usual view that all housing markets are local, Honolulu being particularly likely to be sui generis imo
As Noel Gallagher said "I've never known a girl called Elsa. I've never known a girl called Sally. I've never been down the alley. It's just because it rhymes or scans. Will you please stop bothering me"
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As Noel Gallagher said "I've never known a girl called Elsa. I've never known a girl called Sally. I've never been down the alley. It's just because it rhymes or scans. Will you please stop bothering me"
I hear that the Irish language has more than 50 words for "boiled"
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I hear that the Irish language has more than 50 words for "boiled"
Get yourself a Green Egg bay
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Get yourself a Green Egg bay
But also - some people really like throwing parties. Some people really enjoy hospitality.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
But also - some people really like throwing parties. Some people really enjoy hospitality.
It's like emergency room medicine, which my sister tells me is also a speciality where people either burn out horribly in the first six months or love it and make a life in it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's like emergency room medicine, which my sister tells me is also a speciality where people either burn out horribly in the first six months or love it and make a life in it.
There is something about the hospitality business that drags people in. I grew up having every Saturday ruined cleaning rental cottages with one eye on "world of sport", swore I would never go near that again, and guess what I'm doing this Saturday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There is something about the hospitality business that drags people in. I grew up having every Saturday ruined cleaning rental cottages with one eye on "world of sport", swore I would never go near that again, and guess what I'm doing this Saturday.
I once had to remind an Ecuadorian who was giving it that about "America" that there were other places on the equator too.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I once had to remind an Ecuadorian who was giving it that about "America" that there were other places on the equator too.
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Signs and signifiers Jerry! Signs AND signifiers! Do we have signifiers? Sure sure! Does that mean we have signs??? No it does not!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Signs and signifiers Jerry! Signs AND signifiers! Do we have signifiers? Sure sure! Does that mean we have signs??? No it does not!!!!
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If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
IANAApiarist, but honey is regurgitated by bees in the hive, I don't know what this butthole stuff is that you chaps are putting on toast but it's not the internationally famous product
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
IANAApiarist, but honey is regurgitated by bees in the hive, I don't know what this butthole stuff is that you chaps are putting on toast but it's not the internationally famous product
The only good investment maxim is Will Rogers. "Buy some good stocks, wait till they go up, then sell 'em. If they don't go up, don't buy 'em"
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The only good investment maxim is Will Rogers. "Buy some good stocks, wait till they go up, then sell 'em. If they don't go up, don't buy 'em"
also the equivalent of "islamism" not so long ago
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
also the equivalent of "islamism" not so long ago
Amateurs go bust taking big losses, pros go bust taking small profits
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Amateurs go bust taking big losses, pros go bust taking small profits