Cal
@ballyshann.bsky.social
Known as Simpganassi on the other place. Mainly housing, data, economics, policy and cats
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omg it’s a crossover episode with @ballyshann.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
omg it’s a crossover episode with @ballyshann.bsky.social
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A reminder that the Luftwaffe wasted a load of high explosives bombing Britain. They should instead have found a way to drop 20-30cm of snow nightly. Would have crippled the economy.
January 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A reminder that the Luftwaffe wasted a load of high explosives bombing Britain. They should instead have found a way to drop 20-30cm of snow nightly. Would have crippled the economy.
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An MRP? 4 years from an election?
December 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM
An MRP? 4 years from an election?
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the Malaysians to Singapore, 1965
December 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
the Malaysians to Singapore, 1965
I have about three on my road, they’re always busy and they’re not cheap either. The one I use is cash only so I assume it’s probably not paying its true tax bill but I also doubt its the front for anything more nefarious, they’ll be making more than enough money to make a tidy profit
This Mail piece on the spread of Turkish barbers is quite funny because (and god knows I have doubts about the mysterious number of cash-only establishments) they just keep finding incredibly busy shops? Filled with British men who treat themselves all the time? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Interactive map reveals the towns with the MOST barbers
Across England and Wales, with its population of 60,854,727, there are now 44,995 barber shops and salons - one for every 1,352 people on average.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 22, 2024 at 10:45 PM
I have about three on my road, they’re always busy and they’re not cheap either. The one I use is cash only so I assume it’s probably not paying its true tax bill but I also doubt its the front for anything more nefarious, they’ll be making more than enough money to make a tidy profit
Guys I’ve lost Mushroom can you help me find her?
December 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Guys I’ve lost Mushroom can you help me find her?
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life imitates art 😍
December 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM
life imitates art 😍
The fishing industry is worth about £600m in GVA to the British economy. To understand just how tiny that is, the British wine industry is worth £8.9 *billion*
I: EU tells Starmer : your Brexit reset is doomed without a better offer on fish and under-30’s #TomorrowsPapersToday
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
The fishing industry is worth about £600m in GVA to the British economy. To understand just how tiny that is, the British wine industry is worth £8.9 *billion*
I have no idea what she’s doing
December 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
I have no idea what she’s doing
The kids are alright
a middle-aged friend of mine who runs his own company told me that his young gen-z employees staged an intervention like christopher moltisanti and told him he has to stop wearing slim fit pants
December 14, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The kids are alright
Great piece. The first paragraph hits the nail right on the head: its connectivity. Brighton is ~1 hour from London by train, Scarborough is 1 hour 37 from Leeds and you need to change at York. Brighton has the M23 and A23, Scarborough has the single lane A64
🦀 Forgotten shores: the decline of the North’s coastal towns
Many northern coastal towns are in decline due to loss of industry, poor investment and policy imbalances unlike thriving southern resorts
By John Hall
@johnfromyorkshire.bsky.social
Many northern coastal towns are in decline due to loss of industry, poor investment and policy imbalances unlike thriving southern resorts
By John Hall
@johnfromyorkshire.bsky.social
Forgotten shores: the decline of the North’s coastal towns
Many northern coastal towns are in decline due to loss of industry, poor investment and policy imbalances unlike thriving southern resorts
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Great piece. The first paragraph hits the nail right on the head: its connectivity. Brighton is ~1 hour from London by train, Scarborough is 1 hour 37 from Leeds and you need to change at York. Brighton has the M23 and A23, Scarborough has the single lane A64
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We're gonna have lots and lots of attempts to classify and categorise Mangione because the big picture is just too banal and futile to even bother wheeling out anymore - that in a society where gun violence is normalised, gun violence is normal.
I agree it’s hard to define this particular kind of guy, and whether or not Mangione belonged, I definitely recognise the phenotype of a young male self optimiser, podcast-listener, rationalist, ‘science’-driven, vaguely libertarian, productivity-minded, supplement-popping, Huel-guzzling tech bro
December 10, 2024 at 11:07 PM
We're gonna have lots and lots of attempts to classify and categorise Mangione because the big picture is just too banal and futile to even bother wheeling out anymore - that in a society where gun violence is normalised, gun violence is normal.
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I keep reading pieces that say Reform came from nowhere to win 5 seats and 14% of the vote in 2024 - did everyone forget 2015? Or even June 2019?
December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
I keep reading pieces that say Reform came from nowhere to win 5 seats and 14% of the vote in 2024 - did everyone forget 2015? Or even June 2019?
In France the rebuild the Notre Dame in 5 years, in Britain we dither at the planning stage for years over extending a provincial church
📣 Breaking News: Ripon City Council objects to £8mn development plans from Ripon Cathedral
With 3,000 objections against the revised plans, local councillors have listened to the community and city
By Brian McHugh
With 3,000 objections against the revised plans, local councillors have listened to the community and city
By Brian McHugh
Ripon City Council objects to £8mn development plans from Ripon Cathedral
With 3,000 objections against the revised plans, local councillors have listened to the community and city
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 9:47 PM
In France the rebuild the Notre Dame in 5 years, in Britain we dither at the planning stage for years over extending a provincial church
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It’s sort of impressive how Macron has managed to turn the Notre Dame reopening into a big international occasion out of nothing. There’s no reason a tonne of world leaders need to be there, but they are!
December 7, 2024 at 6:14 PM
It’s sort of impressive how Macron has managed to turn the Notre Dame reopening into a big international occasion out of nothing. There’s no reason a tonne of world leaders need to be there, but they are!
It’s a good day for wind power ⚡️
December 7, 2024 at 9:48 AM
It’s a good day for wind power ⚡️
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Reservoirs. We gave up building them in the early 1990s. Great to hear @Keir_Starmer raise on of my favourite symbols of Britain's low investment disease - here's the relevant section of Great Britain? www.penguin.co.uk/books/461720...
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Reservoirs. We gave up building them in the early 1990s. Great to hear @Keir_Starmer raise on of my favourite symbols of Britain's low investment disease - here's the relevant section of Great Britain? www.penguin.co.uk/books/461720...
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My daughter has been given a role in the school nativity play.
She's one of the three wise men. Well, she's a five-year-old girl, so this is clearly yet another example of wokery gone mad.
She's one of the three wise men. Well, she's a five-year-old girl, so this is clearly yet another example of wokery gone mad.
December 5, 2024 at 8:11 AM
My daughter has been given a role in the school nativity play.
She's one of the three wise men. Well, she's a five-year-old girl, so this is clearly yet another example of wokery gone mad.
She's one of the three wise men. Well, she's a five-year-old girl, so this is clearly yet another example of wokery gone mad.
Local NIMBYs: nooo don’t build solar farms, we need the land for agriculture!
also local NIMBYs:
also local NIMBYs:
A plan to create one of Europe’s largest livestock farms, sparking 15,000 objections...
Local residents and environmental groups warn of health risks, pollution, and climate impact from plans to create a chicken and pig megafarm that will spread across the villages of Methwold and Feltwell.
Local residents and environmental groups warn of health risks, pollution, and climate impact from plans to create a chicken and pig megafarm that will spread across the villages of Methwold and Feltwell.
15,000 say no: Norfolk’s ‘megafarm’ plans face backlash
Local residents and environmental groups warn of health risks, pollution, and climate impact from massive farm expansion
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Local NIMBYs: nooo don’t build solar farms, we need the land for agriculture!
also local NIMBYs:
also local NIMBYs:
Imagine waking up to this every day ❤️
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Imagine waking up to this every day ❤️
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The lack of numeracy in right-wing "think-tanks" is a real problem.
Given that the OBR *explicitly* stated that the yellow line represented earnings at the 25th percentile (lower quartile) for new working-age migrants, Karl Williams is objectively wrong.
Given that the OBR *explicitly* stated that the yellow line represented earnings at the 25th percentile (lower quartile) for new working-age migrants, Karl Williams is objectively wrong.
December 3, 2024 at 12:06 PM
The lack of numeracy in right-wing "think-tanks" is a real problem.
Given that the OBR *explicitly* stated that the yellow line represented earnings at the 25th percentile (lower quartile) for new working-age migrants, Karl Williams is objectively wrong.
Given that the OBR *explicitly* stated that the yellow line represented earnings at the 25th percentile (lower quartile) for new working-age migrants, Karl Williams is objectively wrong.
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It’s times like this I’m glad Britain is a constitutional monarchy
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
It’s times like this I’m glad Britain is a constitutional monarchy
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Maybe it would be easier just to list the countries not having a war or political/constitutional crisis?
December 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Maybe it would be easier just to list the countries not having a war or political/constitutional crisis?