Richard J
@preachypreach.bsky.social
Tax nerd, still atrocious at amusing profiles
Made my West End debut as a duck-billed platypus
Made my West End debut as a duck-billed platypus
How the hell did I managed to torture Spotify enough to get *this* stalwart of early afternoon of the first day on the indie stage of a mid-90s festival recommended to me?
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
How the hell did I managed to torture Spotify enough to get *this* stalwart of early afternoon of the first day on the indie stage of a mid-90s festival recommended to me?
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kinda worrying that every popular post on the internet about Epstein will have at least one comment stating as unquestionable fact that he was a Mossad agent.
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
kinda worrying that every popular post on the internet about Epstein will have at least one comment stating as unquestionable fact that he was a Mossad agent.
I really know exceptionally little about post-WW2 reconstruction Japanese politics but it's always exceptionally weird even on a superficial glance.
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I really know exceptionally little about post-WW2 reconstruction Japanese politics but it's always exceptionally weird even on a superficial glance.
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I genuinely can't think of someone in British politics who's knifed as many of his supposed political allies as Farage, tbh. Has anybody survived working with him?
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I genuinely can't think of someone in British politics who's knifed as many of his supposed political allies as Farage, tbh. Has anybody survived working with him?
Massive canary in the coalmine if even comedy panel shows are too expensive for modern TV tbh.
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Massive canary in the coalmine if even comedy panel shows are too expensive for modern TV tbh.
Now reading; which feels from the first few chapters to be attempting to be as balanced as is possible but unavoidably struggling a bit with the lack of sources from below , but this anecdote is interesting nonetheless
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Now reading; which feels from the first few chapters to be attempting to be as balanced as is possible but unavoidably struggling a bit with the lack of sources from below , but this anecdote is interesting nonetheless
That’s the top 30% right?
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Oh right
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Oh right
Bank of America: the top 30 customers could be making up ~35% of total volume on Kalshi so far in 2026
(I get that the 80/20 rule is a thing, but still unsettling to see it be this extreme and apply to zero/negative sum outcome biz)
(I get that the 80/20 rule is a thing, but still unsettling to see it be this extreme and apply to zero/negative sum outcome biz)
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
That’s the top 30% right?
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Oh right
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Oh right
Genies wishes always backfire, don’t forget
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Genies wishes always backfire, don’t forget
Anyway
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Anyway
Et tu Anas
Huge breaking news. Anas Sarwar is going to call for Sir Keir Starmer to quit. Emergency press conference at 2.30pm. Follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social live blog here www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583840...
Anas Sarwar to call for Keir Starmer to stand down as Prime Minister
Anas Sarwar is set to address reporters in Glasgow city centre this afternoon.
www.heraldscotland.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Et tu Anas
The Art World in one image and one article www.frieze.com/article/guts...
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The Art World in one image and one article www.frieze.com/article/guts...
Now that is how you elegantly disseminate a rumour
Keir Starmer's spokesman won't say why his Comms Director Tim Allan resigned, when Starmer first knew he was resigning, or whether he asked him to step down.
Also won't say whether evidence has been found suggesting an ongoing relationship between Allan and Mandelson
Also won't say whether evidence has been found suggesting an ongoing relationship between Allan and Mandelson
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Now that is how you elegantly disseminate a rumour
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Indeed! People keep talking about 'oh, the soft left this', 'oh, his rivals in Downing Street that'. No, it's not the soft left on the backbenches or the Blairites in the Cabinet or No 10. It's the 'alliance of MPs who can count and would like to remain MPs'.
In danger of repeating myself, but the tone mismatch between the way they talk about MMcS and then the facts of Labour polling around 19% average (and Starmer at -50) is very disorienting.
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Indeed! People keep talking about 'oh, the soft left this', 'oh, his rivals in Downing Street that'. No, it's not the soft left on the backbenches or the Blairites in the Cabinet or No 10. It's the 'alliance of MPs who can count and would like to remain MPs'.
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Today in entirely legitimate businesses
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Today in entirely legitimate businesses
<sigh> Author X just stop getting finance wrong.
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
<sigh> Author X just stop getting finance wrong.
Well, there’s an ironic choice of song
“The Man I Love” by Billy Tipton #nowplaying #radio3
February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Well, there’s an ironic choice of song
I come back, once again, to the repeatable finding in numerous polls that statistically zero Reform voters in 2024 have moved to Labour
February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I come back, once again, to the repeatable finding in numerous polls that statistically zero Reform voters in 2024 have moved to Labour
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Right, but just to clarify, you did not appoint Peter Mandelson, because you were not Prime Minister.
NEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Right, but just to clarify, you did not appoint Peter Mandelson, because you were not Prime Minister.
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Having disembarked unprepared for the campaign, the British Army was soon forced to retreat.”
“Having disembarked unprepared for the campaign, the British Army was soon forced to retreat.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It feels like we’re trying to nail jello to the wall”
“It feels like we’re trying to nail jello to the wall”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
February 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Having disembarked unprepared for the campaign, the British Army was soon forced to retreat.”
“Having disembarked unprepared for the campaign, the British Army was soon forced to retreat.”
ding dong
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
ding dong
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The printers are can't be telling the truth. The imprint wasn’t trimmed off. It wasn’t on the proof. If it was, the letter would be shorter, or the imprint was outside the print area. It’s a cover-up.
This is what happened in 5 posts:
1.
In order to make the ‘neighbour-to-neighbour’ letter...
This is what happened in 5 posts:
1.
In order to make the ‘neighbour-to-neighbour’ letter...
February 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The printers are can't be telling the truth. The imprint wasn’t trimmed off. It wasn’t on the proof. If it was, the letter would be shorter, or the imprint was outside the print area. It’s a cover-up.
This is what happened in 5 posts:
1.
In order to make the ‘neighbour-to-neighbour’ letter...
This is what happened in 5 posts:
1.
In order to make the ‘neighbour-to-neighbour’ letter...
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Concorde's first commercial flight was in 1976 and it was retired in 2003, or 27 years.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Concorde's first commercial flight was in 1976 and it was retired in 2003, or 27 years.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.