DBurx
@dburx.bsky.social
Londoner. Was Montrealer. Also Italian. Commercial Banker. Citizen of leisure. Trying to make jokes and find light humour. Quarreler. Can't be pigeonholed.
You can really see some US history: Italian names show a distinct pattern of none before 1900, the a break in WWII. Compare Luigi vs Louis. Here is "Caterina", a southern Italian name.
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
You can really see some US history: Italian names show a distinct pattern of none before 1900, the a break in WWII. Compare Luigi vs Louis. Here is "Caterina", a southern Italian name.
Flat pack instructions eh:
The physical part has the arrow the other way relative to the text
The physical part has the arrow the other way relative to the text
August 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Flat pack instructions eh:
The physical part has the arrow the other way relative to the text
The physical part has the arrow the other way relative to the text
#proofofcat our multicoloured barn cat
August 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#proofofcat our multicoloured barn cat
Mood: moon rises over the cherry tree and grape vine in the mountains of Basilicata.
August 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mood: moon rises over the cherry tree and grape vine in the mountains of Basilicata.
Having just spent several days touring it, I confirm its a lovely and underrated country, that knows a thing or 2 about imperial domination, and doing something about it
August 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Having just spent several days touring it, I confirm its a lovely and underrated country, that knows a thing or 2 about imperial domination, and doing something about it
This is fun nonsense. Totally US centric. Still, upper middle is right.
June 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is fun nonsense. Totally US centric. Still, upper middle is right.
I see we're into Italian referendum season....with the usual easy the understand questions, and not at all the greatest mockery of a democratic process that exists #Italia
May 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I see we're into Italian referendum season....with the usual easy the understand questions, and not at all the greatest mockery of a democratic process that exists #Italia
Same kind of energy on this?
April 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Same kind of energy on this?
That's proves my point: you can't see the Rich / Middle distinction. See here. There is a huge difference of interests in the 99th %'ile to the middle classes in the £6k region to the working classes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
That's proves my point: you can't see the Rich / Middle distinction. See here. There is a huge difference of interests in the 99th %'ile to the middle classes in the £6k region to the working classes.
Magnificent Easychair column by Matthew Karp on the conservatism and uselessness of the Democrats @harpers.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Magnificent Easychair column by Matthew Karp on the conservatism and uselessness of the Democrats @harpers.bsky.social
Its been inverted for a while of course, but it's still amazing to me to see all retail fixed term savings below Instant access
February 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Its been inverted for a while of course, but it's still amazing to me to see all retail fixed term savings below Instant access
Perhaps better than a vacuous big blond hairdo style...What's the difference exactly between Meloni & Starmer's position on sending troops? www.ft.com/content/0dea...
February 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Perhaps better than a vacuous big blond hairdo style...What's the difference exactly between Meloni & Starmer's position on sending troops? www.ft.com/content/0dea...
I wish we had not seen this before, so long ago, but in living memory: remember David Stockman?
February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I wish we had not seen this before, so long ago, but in living memory: remember David Stockman?
I say sometimes the me of 19 years ago knew what he was doing: and thanks @thewinesociety.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I say sometimes the me of 19 years ago knew what he was doing: and thanks @thewinesociety.bsky.social
All countries, undergoing modernisation, have a period of pop and housing growth, and then it stops. It cannot restart. We have reached the end of 'growth'. See from UKs age of reform:
January 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
All countries, undergoing modernisation, have a period of pop and housing growth, and then it stops. It cannot restart. We have reached the end of 'growth'. See from UKs age of reform:
Why come here? See below:
January 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Why come here? See below:
The Italian President managed a response that shut Musk up. It can be done.
January 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Italian President managed a response that shut Musk up. It can be done.
1) American immigration arguments assume a vast country of unlimited resources, and for the most part this is correct. It is not so in England. And Housing we see it most clearly. Here is English housing in the Age of Reform:
December 26, 2024 at 8:02 PM
1) American immigration arguments assume a vast country of unlimited resources, and for the most part this is correct. It is not so in England. And Housing we see it most clearly. Here is English housing in the Age of Reform:
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,745,296!
September 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,745,296!