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James Thomson
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Interests: classical music, wine (James__t on CT), sailing (own a Boreal), food and cuisine, photography, mathematics
…completely. I get the impression that he actually has no conception of what a deal or an agreement consists of. He instinctively cheats whenever he can, and so assumes everyone else is the same. Elections are the same for him. If he wins, fine, if he loses, his opponent was cheating
September 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What an interesting one. Tricky for A level - and for me TBH!
July 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Look at the legs!
May 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
My approach:

y = log(7)4

thus 7^y = 4

substituting:

x = (7^y)^(y+1)/y

= 7^(y+1)

= 7 * 7^y

= 7 * 4

= 28

which, I submit, is quite elegant
April 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you look at any of his business relationships the other general public - and we can only see those - defrauding the public has anyways been his modus operandi. I genuinely cannot think of a counter example where he proposed selling an honestly produced, reasonably priced offering. Am I wrong?
April 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This Trump thinks that trade with the US necessarily involves the US being “ripped off”, because that is what he would try to do were he the other party. This is an economically and morally bankrupt viewpoint.
April 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
For Trump, every transaction is an opportunity to defraud or cheat the other party, or risk being defrauded or cheated. The idea of a trade that makes both parties better off is entirely foreign to him. His approach has always been to cheat on the basis that that is what people inevitably do
April 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ukraine, ICE roundups, tariffs, NATO, DOGE, Canada, Greenland, lawsuits against individual law firms, health research, vaccines, science policy…the list goes on. It is all either stupid or wicked, and frequently both
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Proponents of Brexit and tariffs are both motivated by isolationism, itself fueled by nationalism and xenophobia
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is SO important. So often I hear intelligent educated parents say that they can’t help their children with maths because “I was no good at it myself”.
March 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We just cancelled our subscription. Shameful.
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I completely agree. It was truly dreadful.. a disservice even to Abba
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM