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Farmers protests at 6:30am driving past my house. I no longer believe in free speech
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Farmers protests at 6:30am driving past my house. I no longer believe in free speech
"Going for pensioners" is good. Pensioners are the richest people in the country.
The median 25-44 year old has £52k
The median 65-74 year old has £338k
By contrast:
People with disabilities are 4% poorer than those without.
People born outside the UK are 60% poorer than those born here.
The median 25-44 year old has £52k
The median 65-74 year old has £338k
By contrast:
People with disabilities are 4% poorer than those without.
People born outside the UK are 60% poorer than those born here.
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Going for pensioners" is good. Pensioners are the richest people in the country.
The median 25-44 year old has £52k
The median 65-74 year old has £338k
By contrast:
People with disabilities are 4% poorer than those without.
People born outside the UK are 60% poorer than those born here.
The median 25-44 year old has £52k
The median 65-74 year old has £338k
By contrast:
People with disabilities are 4% poorer than those without.
People born outside the UK are 60% poorer than those born here.
When I worked at a video game company, we accidentally released a game that basically had the difficulty turned off.
Would be funny if Silksong accidentally got released with "difficulty=DebugTestMaximum" or some such.
Would be funny if Silksong accidentally got released with "difficulty=DebugTestMaximum" or some such.
I think Silksong may just be too hard for me :(
Hollow Knight was doable but a proper challenge, whereas this just feels too punishing from the outset :(
Hollow Knight was doable but a proper challenge, whereas this just feels too punishing from the outset :(
September 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
When I worked at a video game company, we accidentally released a game that basically had the difficulty turned off.
Would be funny if Silksong accidentally got released with "difficulty=DebugTestMaximum" or some such.
Would be funny if Silksong accidentally got released with "difficulty=DebugTestMaximum" or some such.
Fun trick: ask someone how to say "why" in their language, and then ask how to say "for what" or "what reason" as the realisation hits them. Works with Farsi and Russian. Russian even has "for this" for "because".
Doesn't work with English's "why", but we do at least have "wherefore"/"therefore".
Doesn't work with English's "why", but we do at least have "wherefore"/"therefore".
Seems trivial to say, but learning a foreign language so often illuminates my native English. Just today, by thinking how a Czech word for the 'primrose' plant (prvosenka) resembles the word for 'first' (první), I then realised that 'primrose' is likewise the 'prime-rose'.
September 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Fun trick: ask someone how to say "why" in their language, and then ask how to say "for what" or "what reason" as the realisation hits them. Works with Farsi and Russian. Russian even has "for this" for "because".
Doesn't work with English's "why", but we do at least have "wherefore"/"therefore".
Doesn't work with English's "why", but we do at least have "wherefore"/"therefore".
Rush:
- The woke left are going to make guitars illegal and ban the word "I"
- 'Live for yourself. Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more'
- Song about a guy using his fortune to pay homeless people to beat each other up
Nevertheless, bangers from the 1st album to the 19th
- The woke left are going to make guitars illegal and ban the word "I"
- 'Live for yourself. Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more'
- Song about a guy using his fortune to pay homeless people to beat each other up
Nevertheless, bangers from the 1st album to the 19th
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Rush:
- The woke left are going to make guitars illegal and ban the word "I"
- 'Live for yourself. Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more'
- Song about a guy using his fortune to pay homeless people to beat each other up
Nevertheless, bangers from the 1st album to the 19th
- The woke left are going to make guitars illegal and ban the word "I"
- 'Live for yourself. Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more'
- Song about a guy using his fortune to pay homeless people to beat each other up
Nevertheless, bangers from the 1st album to the 19th
What if I'm nostalgic for the golden age of uncontrolled immigration into the United States
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What if I'm nostalgic for the golden age of uncontrolled immigration into the United States
If they introduce through-running commuter rail to New York, I may be forced to concede that New York is better than London...
Why did they build this separate PATH system with tunnels under the Hudson rather than building tunnels for the NJ Transit trains to run through instead of stopping in Hoboken?
May 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If they introduce through-running commuter rail to New York, I may be forced to concede that New York is better than London...
November substack is up! Not as fun as the past few: motivated mostly by exhaustion, and a righteous disdain for millionaire rural landowners.
Nevertheless, HERE'S a budget with some chest hair (Property Tax, UBI, and nerd stuff)
open.substack.com/pub/distants...
Nevertheless, HERE'S a budget with some chest hair (Property Tax, UBI, and nerd stuff)
open.substack.com/pub/distants...
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
November substack is up! Not as fun as the past few: motivated mostly by exhaustion, and a righteous disdain for millionaire rural landowners.
Nevertheless, HERE'S a budget with some chest hair (Property Tax, UBI, and nerd stuff)
open.substack.com/pub/distants...
Nevertheless, HERE'S a budget with some chest hair (Property Tax, UBI, and nerd stuff)
open.substack.com/pub/distants...
Greens seeking to preserve tax loophole for millionaire landowners. Curious.
🚜 NEW: Greens join growing rebellion against Labour’s tax on farming
Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay tells me the government should take “another look” at their plans to introduce IHT for farmers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay tells me the government should take “another look” at their plans to introduce IHT for farmers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Greens Join Growing Rebellion Against Labour’s Tax On Farming
The Green Party has urged the government to take “another look” at its plans to introduce inheritance tax on farm land, as farmers prepare protests...
www.politicshome.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Greens seeking to preserve tax loophole for millionaire landowners. Curious.
Join the dakotas and cut new jersey in half.
Benefits:
1. Bipartisan. Each party loses 2 senators
2. Dakota would be soooo big
3. Solve the bob menendez bribe scandal
4. New Jersey dumb state anyway
Benefits:
1. Bipartisan. Each party loses 2 senators
2. Dakota would be soooo big
3. Solve the bob menendez bribe scandal
4. New Jersey dumb state anyway
September 28, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Join the dakotas and cut new jersey in half.
Benefits:
1. Bipartisan. Each party loses 2 senators
2. Dakota would be soooo big
3. Solve the bob menendez bribe scandal
4. New Jersey dumb state anyway
Benefits:
1. Bipartisan. Each party loses 2 senators
2. Dakota would be soooo big
3. Solve the bob menendez bribe scandal
4. New Jersey dumb state anyway