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Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 7h

And in the event intellectual rootedness is a comparative electoral advantage, I really don't see that much of an arms race from the other parties to worry him.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 8h

Part of me thinks of it helps make foreign interference in UK politics, (including and beyond the China spy case) a big issue, then good. Some feet need dragging over coals.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 10h

It simply should not be possible to make a steam train out of our marginal taxation rate graph.

UK marginal taxation chart crudely turned into a steam train

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Alexander have you been at the brownies again? how to do you expect me to exert naval power over Alaska. Now pass a brownie.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

This really isn't the point, but what annoys me is they used a bust for the image of Stalin. Is that to try and give it some intellectual heft on anti-inheritance tax Facebook pages?

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm probably a bit deterministic but when the Spanish we established in the Carribbean islands and got a taste for previous metal it think it was going to happen. Just that the Spanish effort to achieve it may have needed to have been much higher.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

I found Sapiens like talking to someone charasmatic when under the influence. The prose is very good and I was "yeah that makes so much sense, we should definitely start that business". Then the next morning "waaaaait a minute"

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Lake Como would be cheaper than Iceland if that helps at all.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, like nearly everywhere, can be visited on the cheap if you to stay a bit outside the prime areas and get most of your food in the supermarket rather than a restaurant. But I picked it as a cliche well heeled holiday destination. It's not cheap.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

I have used it occasionally. It can be quite an angry place, I once found a thread on what age to use shampoo on kids. (They say not to on babies but that's unbounded). Benign question I thought. Wow, basically both sides of the debate accusing the other of causing untold harm to their children.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, plenty of 'recommendations for lake Como with a two year old in may please' nestled alongside thrift posts.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Another counterfactual is that even without the disease killing vast numbers the Spanish still would have come to dominate. And I think there's a lot to be said for that. Technology is huge.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

The slightly iffy translation from French of this is 'worship in a bag'. Which also is also a fitting of their current situational awareness.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Also the wider point of the counterfactual is a bit mad. From the 1st empires forewarning didn't often help anyone with less advanced technology resist imperialism for long.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

'Neighbours' isn't really applicable here. They didn't have sailing ships and there is a lot* of jungle in the way. The Spanish could reach the Aztecs from Spain faster than the Incas could I imagine.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Well your subconscious is funny at least.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

I will assume niche complaint is a deliberate pun. Clap.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Asahi resorted to paper. If you've not done it in 30 years imagine how hard it is to revert.- Can I order some beer? - Let me check our stock. - Hang on where's the bit of paper that says how much beer we have?

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

OP "will someone good at budgeting help, my family is dying"

-"well my first tip is definitely max out your full 20k ISA allowance, and THEN top up your pension"

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

You ultra marathon peeps are like people who really enjoy reading Ulysses. In that I respect you a lot, but really don't understand you.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah and very retro PC chat is definitely boomers. Big varied range.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

I've never understood the proliferation of Re: in spam. Who is that working on.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

I think you underplay the span of ages. The mean average may be 30 something IT professional, but it covers teenagers through gen x in a way not many social networks do. Telegraph ads are a function of the gen x I guess.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 1d

We need both. I love old books, To get them, we need some people to look after them. And we need some people to lend them to people or what's the point.

Tootlefish @tootlefish.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yes, this is just a prediction based on given the choice of two candidates, I back the membership to pick the most batshit more often than not.