Daniel Rooney
@lampang.bsky.social
Thai-English translator; keen on dogs; distressed by Bluesky's apparent feline bias.
Almost no chance that I would have grabbed a copy had it not been for Zuckerberg's backhand endorsement.
March 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Almost no chance that I would have grabbed a copy had it not been for Zuckerberg's backhand endorsement.
I suspect that the public display of violence is the point for many of these people - dogs and pepper spray and batons and blood is all part of the attraction.
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I suspect that the public display of violence is the point for many of these people - dogs and pepper spray and batons and blood is all part of the attraction.
The latter. It points to this www.gbnews.com/news/migrant... (also have a look at the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome and Firefox).
Bombshell new poll shows OVERWHELMING number of Britons back mass deportation of foreign offenders
Fresh data shared with GB News has revealed staggering support for deporting foreign offenders from Britain
www.gbnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The latter. It points to this www.gbnews.com/news/migrant... (also have a look at the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome and Firefox).
A man whose ignorance, arrogance, and charmlessness is at such Olympic heights that he makes Trump look elegant and urbane by comparison.
March 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A man whose ignorance, arrogance, and charmlessness is at such Olympic heights that he makes Trump look elegant and urbane by comparison.
Safe to assume that the government knows exactly that, and rather a lot more. But it's probably wise not to burn our bridges too early.
March 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Safe to assume that the government knows exactly that, and rather a lot more. But it's probably wise not to burn our bridges too early.
Relative to total population, US and UK deaths in Afghanistan were close to equal. Hard to know what would more a country could do to demonstrate its (now apparently deeply unwise) desire to support the US. Perhaps Vance could let us know.
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Relative to total population, US and UK deaths in Afghanistan were close to equal. Hard to know what would more a country could do to demonstrate its (now apparently deeply unwise) desire to support the US. Perhaps Vance could let us know.
Isn't that absolutely fantastic.
August 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Isn't that absolutely fantastic.
They seem to be discovering my account here so give it time.
August 16, 2024 at 12:45 AM
They seem to be discovering my account here so give it time.
I'll post the one about doing as well as one can do in your A-levels (for the same reason) and then making a comprehensive fuck up of everything subsequent to that; schadenfreude is, after all, much more comforting than hope.
August 15, 2024 at 7:48 AM
I'll post the one about doing as well as one can do in your A-levels (for the same reason) and then making a comprehensive fuck up of everything subsequent to that; schadenfreude is, after all, much more comforting than hope.
^Clearly giving serious consideration to which wine to choose.
Charles (golden retriever) and Daisy (bouncy little street dog). Love Charles because he's an idiot and Daisy because she's not. Plus, what would one do without them?
Charles (golden retriever) and Daisy (bouncy little street dog). Love Charles because he's an idiot and Daisy because she's not. Plus, what would one do without them?
August 15, 2024 at 4:39 AM
^Clearly giving serious consideration to which wine to choose.
Charles (golden retriever) and Daisy (bouncy little street dog). Love Charles because he's an idiot and Daisy because she's not. Plus, what would one do without them?
Charles (golden retriever) and Daisy (bouncy little street dog). Love Charles because he's an idiot and Daisy because she's not. Plus, what would one do without them?
Daisy says hi right back. And if anyone finds her missing ear, please could you pop it in the post.
August 15, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Daisy says hi right back. And if anyone finds her missing ear, please could you pop it in the post.
Unfortunately, learning from your experiences requires a degree of self-awareness that she lacks.
August 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Unfortunately, learning from your experiences requires a degree of self-awareness that she lacks.
She manages to be simultaneously utterly shameless and absurdly thin-skinned.
August 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM
She manages to be simultaneously utterly shameless and absurdly thin-skinned.
As somebody else said, it's like Russell Brand at his most irritating.
August 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
As somebody else said, it's like Russell Brand at his most irritating.
In fact, even if you just divide GDP among the working population, you still don't close to THB 77,000 each (it's slightly less than half that) so I'm not sure where all this extra money is coming from.
August 14, 2024 at 1:34 PM
In fact, even if you just divide GDP among the working population, you still don't close to THB 77,000 each (it's slightly less than half that) so I'm not sure where all this extra money is coming from.
Also slightly peculiar to claim that average wages are some 10-times higher than the minimum wage.
August 14, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Also slightly peculiar to claim that average wages are some 10-times higher than the minimum wage.
Yes, that's obviously so. But as I said, having lived and worked in Thailand for 20-odd years, those figures sound a little off, so if you have it, I'd be interested see some official data that indicates that average salaries are anywhere close to THB 77,000/month.
August 14, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Yes, that's obviously so. But as I said, having lived and worked in Thailand for 20-odd years, those figures sound a little off, so if you have it, I'd be interested see some official data that indicates that average salaries are anywhere close to THB 77,000/month.
Having lived in Thailand for two decades, the NSO statistics sound believable to me; average incomes of THB 77,000/month do not.
August 14, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Having lived in Thailand for two decades, the NSO statistics sound believable to me; average incomes of THB 77,000/month do not.
Reported by who? The National Statistical Office reports that in 2023 "ครัวเรือนทั่วประเทศ มีรายได้ทั้งสิ้นเฉลี่ยเดือนละ 29,030 บาท" (household income from all sources averaged THB 29,030/month) www.nso.go.th/nsoweb/stora...
www.nso.go.th
August 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Reported by who? The National Statistical Office reports that in 2023 "ครัวเรือนทั่วประเทศ มีรายได้ทั้งสิ้นเฉลี่ยเดือนละ 29,030 บาท" (household income from all sources averaged THB 29,030/month) www.nso.go.th/nsoweb/stora...
Quite. No particular reason why anyone from the States should know that, unless of course they feel the urge to write the most unreadable, turgid crap about British history. In which case, it turns out to be somewhat important.
August 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Quite. No particular reason why anyone from the States should know that, unless of course they feel the urge to write the most unreadable, turgid crap about British history. In which case, it turns out to be somewhat important.
Interestingly, Cromwell's time in Ireland was almost instantly lost to history. If it wasn't for the work of a handful of dedicated historians beavering away in obscurity, we'd know nothing about it. Or so I'm told.
August 14, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Interestingly, Cromwell's time in Ireland was almost instantly lost to history. If it wasn't for the work of a handful of dedicated historians beavering away in obscurity, we'd know nothing about it. Or so I'm told.
According to the source for that data, average Thai salaries are c.THB 100,000 but according to the Thai government, average household incomes are less than a third of that.
August 14, 2024 at 10:42 AM
According to the source for that data, average Thai salaries are c.THB 100,000 but according to the Thai government, average household incomes are less than a third of that.
That graph looks very dodgy - I very much doubt that the average salary for Thai IT engineers is THB 75,000/month
August 14, 2024 at 10:39 AM
That graph looks very dodgy - I very much doubt that the average salary for Thai IT engineers is THB 75,000/month
Moral - I was fairly successful in avoiding the idiots/lunatics on X but I really can't square my participation there (in any form, even as only a passive consumer) with Musk being so determined to be such an atrocious individual and to use the platform for such awful ends.
August 13, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Moral - I was fairly successful in avoiding the idiots/lunatics on X but I really can't square my participation there (in any form, even as only a passive consumer) with Musk being so determined to be such an atrocious individual and to use the platform for such awful ends.