Alert but Anxious Tarragon Mustard
howardvaan.bsky.social
Alert but Anxious Tarragon Mustard
@howardvaan.bsky.social
I like food and drink and music and geopolitics. I live in Basel.
Bon voyage!
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Alert but Anxious Tarragon Mustard
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net approval for Trump [at the start of his second term | when last asked] for his handling of...
His job +6 | -14
Crime +12 | -1
Immigration +11 | -7
Foreign policy +3 | -11
The economy +12 | -22
Inflation +6 | -28
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
They only care about social media regulation when it might affect a platform with a rightward-tilt. It's a variant of their free speech arguments, which are mostly about excusing racism.
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The South Park new joke was the flappy heads. The Canadian accent stereotype (based on the real "Canadian Raising"linguistic difference) was around years before South Park came along
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's aboot a boot
January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
You're a fan of sportswear?
January 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The irrational actor will not listen, but all of these approaches are still important, partly to persuade and make aware others of the bad actor’s malfeasance
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Specifically the Eastern Roman Empire
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
There are ways to make it more interesting. Cut, provenance, prep, sauce. Aged Spanish dairy became fashionable. I had a good supplier of aged Simental. My favourite sauce to make Mallman’s version of chimichurri
December 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Bari Weiss is Germany’s greatest romantic crooner
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Some of those are not European countries
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Well, one side of the planet . . .
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Landjäger and a protein bar :-/
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM