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Glasgow bureaucrat, photograher and hiker/cyclist. Participant in contemporary LGBT and anti-racism activism.
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I recognise her (or him)! A notable appearance in a great movie.
The culture clashes were the highlight of The Last Emperor.
The culture clashes were the highlight of The Last Emperor.
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I recognise her (or him)! A notable appearance in a great movie.
The culture clashes were the highlight of The Last Emperor.
The culture clashes were the highlight of The Last Emperor.
Considering the abject failure of rent control regimes, yes.
Regardless, if you want to decrease their bargaining power, build more housing.
The wages speak for themselves:
Regardless, if you want to decrease their bargaining power, build more housing.
The wages speak for themselves:
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Considering the abject failure of rent control regimes, yes.
Regardless, if you want to decrease their bargaining power, build more housing.
The wages speak for themselves:
Regardless, if you want to decrease their bargaining power, build more housing.
The wages speak for themselves:
Just move the excess population, how bad can the attrition rate be?
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just move the excess population, how bad can the attrition rate be?
Hmm, that first room:
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hmm, that first room:
Why aren't the Faroe Islands part of Britain even though they are much closer to Britain than Denmark?
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Why aren't the Faroe Islands part of Britain even though they are much closer to Britain than Denmark?
Pictured soldiers not settlers:
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pictured soldiers not settlers:
Just simplify it down to terms that an East Euro with D30 eyes can understand:
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just simplify it down to terms that an East Euro with D30 eyes can understand:
Explain these esoteric terms, please.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Explain these esoteric terms, please.
The Argentinian people:
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Argentinian people:
You don't get Argentinian demographics just by foreign bribery:
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
You don't get Argentinian demographics just by foreign bribery:
Argentinians like to pull this rhetoric because they safely annihilated almost every group who would ask for the same thing in their own country:
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Argentinians like to pull this rhetoric because they safely annihilated almost every group who would ask for the same thing in their own country:
We had dutchmen garrisoning the streets of London, hard to remain unusurped when your crowned and anointed King flees the country.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We had dutchmen garrisoning the streets of London, hard to remain unusurped when your crowned and anointed King flees the country.
You don't bother transporting victims to a specific place of slaughter unless there are truly huge numbers involved combined with a formidable organisational structure.
Or, the there is more going on than just killing.
Or, the there is more going on than just killing.
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You don't bother transporting victims to a specific place of slaughter unless there are truly huge numbers involved combined with a formidable organisational structure.
Or, the there is more going on than just killing.
Or, the there is more going on than just killing.
It's irresistible at the moment, but it remains a fact that by 2030 we could be staring at a completely reversed situation.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's irresistible at the moment, but it remains a fact that by 2030 we could be staring at a completely reversed situation.
One might detect a smidgen of sarcasm here.
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One might detect a smidgen of sarcasm here.
He has chutzpah, of a given sort:
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
He has chutzpah, of a given sort:
With such Mainstreet quality, we are well on our way to a universe where President Piker is in a deadlock with House Majority Leader Feuntes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
With such Mainstreet quality, we are well on our way to a universe where President Piker is in a deadlock with House Majority Leader Feuntes.
I cannot begin to describe the hype of playing Dynasty Tactics 2 and realising that you can change history by unifying China as Cao Cao.
Perhaps the greatest moment I ever experienced in gaming.
Perhaps the greatest moment I ever experienced in gaming.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I cannot begin to describe the hype of playing Dynasty Tactics 2 and realising that you can change history by unifying China as Cao Cao.
Perhaps the greatest moment I ever experienced in gaming.
Perhaps the greatest moment I ever experienced in gaming.
The aesthetics of moderation. Connecting to the legend of FDR was a nice bonus.
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The aesthetics of moderation. Connecting to the legend of FDR was a nice bonus.
A basic test of political IQ is whether you are befuddled by why Trump was able to get away with doing this, while Jeb Bush obviously wouldn't.
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A basic test of political IQ is whether you are befuddled by why Trump was able to get away with doing this, while Jeb Bush obviously wouldn't.