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Nick 🏳️‍🌈
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Interested in lots of things. I write for a living and code for fun. Traveller who has settled down with husband and two cats. This is the private me, my professional presence is elsewhere. (Usual disclaimers.) GenX. 🧢👨🏽‍💻📺🚅 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇩🇪🇳🇱
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Dutch elections marginally strengthened the far right; the seats are just more distributed over different parties.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Flag Generator

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August 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Pisa, Italy.
Graffiti on a yellow wall, apparently from two different writers: Tourists go home Immigrants welcome
June 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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LOL WTF!
TMTG said in a statement that “apparently the Financial Times has dumb writers listening to even dumber sources” but did not comment further.
May 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This is poetry - top-performing companies by demographic in the 2025 Axios Harris Poll 100
A table titled "Generation" lists the top 5 companies by reputation for "GEN Z/MILLENNIAL" and "GEN X/BOOMER." **GEN Z/MILLENNIAL:** 1. Patagonia 2. Trader Joe's 3. Nintendo 4. Arizona Beverage Co. 5. Samsung **GEN X/BOOMER:** 1. John Deere 2. Costco 3. Nvidia 4. Patagonia 5. Toyota Motor Corp.
May 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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My favorite is this one
May 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This paragraph (from the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs) has not aged too well…
But taking advantage of lucky breaks requires preparation as well as agility. In this regard, the United States has two major assets. The first is its network of alliances, which greatly magnifies Washington's leverage and room to maneuver. The second is the American practice of economic statecraft, which expands U.S. access to markets and critical resources, attracts outside investment, and maintains the American financial system as a central node of the global economy. Protectionism and coercive economic policies have their place, but they should be subordinate to a broader, more optimistic vision of American prosperity, and one that privileges long-time allies and partners.
April 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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How many iPhones fit into a cargo 747?
April 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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IKEA ftw 💙
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Scatter plot visualizing the misalignment between official time and local (sun) time for cities with populations exceeding 500,000. The Y-axis represents time zones (hours from GMT), and the X-axis shows the misalignment in minutes. Dot colour indicates city population, with darker dots representing bigger cities. The chart highlights Sevilla as an outlier with a significant time difference.
March 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Ummm…what??
A digital advertisement by Dell Technologies featuring a laptop transforming into a beer barrel with the text "Putting the AI in IPA".
February 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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If all goes to plan, we'll also have flying electric cars and sentient humanoid robots.
"World's first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant announced in the US Virginia may become the site of the world's first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant - if all goes to plan. Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a startup that plans to make a multibillion-dollar investment into building the facility near Richmond. The plant will be able to produce enough energy to power 150,000 homes. The path forward for the project is unlikely to be smooth as the technology has not yet been proven viable."
December 24, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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Last night
I was dreaning a full-fledged science fiction nevie last night with time travel, a war or insurrection fought across spave and time, androids and even a romantic gay subplot. I can't piece it all together anymore but it was damn cool.
December 1, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/a...
November 29, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Interesting read from the FT: Central banks may have been targeting the wrong variable. Voters look at prices, not inflation. (Paywall)

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November 25, 2024 at 6:07 AM
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Skate to where the puck is going.
November 16, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Cats and geometry
October 29, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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All right then let’s brag a little. Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #522,348.
Image showing the number 522,348, stamped with the text “Bluesky elder certified first 10%”
September 17, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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August 25, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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Oh the irony.
March 2, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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lol
November 6, 2023 at 5:29 PM
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I should be using it more.
August 25, 2023 at 7:49 PM