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Richard K

@rkemb.bsky.social

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A company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.

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Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 15m

What an arsehole

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 15m

All I can think is that some day she's going to see that look on her dad's face when he found out he was having a daughter

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 23m

That poor guy who dogs just dislike

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 1h

DAMMIT it happened AGAIN

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 1h

I got really hung up on the terrible arrhythmia of the rhyming in Angels and it stopped me thinking about anything else for a whole day.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 1h

Reducing the deficit everywhere but in credibility

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 1h

"Properly costed" in the sense that the spreadsheet adds up, not that it reflects what anything actually costs.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 1h

There's quite a long tradition of country lyrics being more coherent and storytelling than mainstream pop; it's got quite a lot of good lyricists.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 2h

Why don't we call someone with lots of Lego a Legionnaire?

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 2h

Source: married a cox

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 2h

On the other hand the cox and the stroke are both very good at insisting it's the other's fault that they had a bad outing.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 2h

Top screenshotting for future use as well.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 3h

*like deducting business expenses

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 3h

I've always had the feeling as well that there's a risk of it coming back later to bite you in the ass; there's always a difference between something open and deliberate in law* and something that's a loophole.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 3h

I've been in positions where I could make myself "tax efficient" a few times and I've never hated public services enough to put in the effort that would have been required.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 4h

Do you know about @blumineck.bsky.social ? Does a good line in which weapons were effective and why.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 4h

@jonworth.eu if you haven't already seen it

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 4h

Interested in cycling and Europe?
Fancy talking with other researchers about how we might develop our work?

Then sign up for the launch webinar of a new network, Cycling Europe Study Circle, with me and @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social, on 24 October, 14-16 UK time

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Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 4h

More than that: if you need to keep cash back for stamp duty, you've got less to put down as capital. Since mortgages are leveraged on the capital down, no stamp duty means more capital means much higher house prices because banks will lend more.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 9h

Used to fold that stuff out, hook those PE benches on to it, and play Pirates.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 9h

Return to The Greats.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 9h

Soft power is woke

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 10h

Contribution of the arts and culture industry to the UK economy
This report is an update of the Centre for Economics and Business Research’s (Cebr) 2015 study, on behalf of Arts Council England, on the contribution made by the arts and culture industry to the UK’s national and regional economies.

The report includes new figures that show;

New figures show the arts and culture industry has grown 10% in a year, and now contributes £8.5bn to the UK economy.
There were £5.2bn exports of arts and culture goods and services in 2013, more than 3 times that of UK film sector. With 84% going outside the EU.
Culture pays £2.6bn in taxes, £5 for every £1 of public funding.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 10h

Would absolutely be worth it at twice the price.

Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 1d

You can get my book Borderlines in electronic form for an amazing 99p at the moment; at a time when politicians are fetishising borders, why not look at them in a bit more detail, and get the view from Europe’s borders? www.amazon.co.uk/Borderlines-...

Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders

Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders eBook : Baston, Lewis: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 11h

Oh yes, The Bends is a completely different record and then OK Computer is a shift again. But I don't think you can retrospectively escape the context of the time.