Abelian
@abelian.bsky.social
Trying to commute less these days.
DMs turned off because of the UK censors.
DMs turned off because of the UK censors.
So campaign for Farage. Or for Labour to make itself attractive to voters with other options, that works too. Stockholm Syndrome is not a viable electoral strategy.
We have three years left to prove that there is at least one national UK party that isn't a disaster, and it doesn't look promising.
We have three years left to prove that there is at least one national UK party that isn't a disaster, and it doesn't look promising.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So campaign for Farage. Or for Labour to make itself attractive to voters with other options, that works too. Stockholm Syndrome is not a viable electoral strategy.
We have three years left to prove that there is at least one national UK party that isn't a disaster, and it doesn't look promising.
We have three years left to prove that there is at least one national UK party that isn't a disaster, and it doesn't look promising.
They have been third in the Welsh polls since about April. "It's Labour or Reform" just looks delusional out here.
Plaid aren't actually saying "a vote for Labour is a vote for Farage" but it's only because they are doing so well with "a vote for Labour is a vote for Starmer".
Plaid aren't actually saying "a vote for Labour is a vote for Farage" but it's only because they are doing so well with "a vote for Labour is a vote for Starmer".
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
They have been third in the Welsh polls since about April. "It's Labour or Reform" just looks delusional out here.
Plaid aren't actually saying "a vote for Labour is a vote for Farage" but it's only because they are doing so well with "a vote for Labour is a vote for Starmer".
Plaid aren't actually saying "a vote for Labour is a vote for Farage" but it's only because they are doing so well with "a vote for Labour is a vote for Starmer".
You might not like them, but the voters made sure they got a non-Reform MP instead of wasting their votes on some no-hoper third party.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
You might not like them, but the voters made sure they got a non-Reform MP instead of wasting their votes on some no-hoper third party.
Mine is also good. But my previous one was dire - drunkenness, understaffing, incompetent admin, the works. Most practices are fine in my experience, but there are some absolute shockers out there. There doesn't seem to be proper oversight when they fail.
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mine is also good. But my previous one was dire - drunkenness, understaffing, incompetent admin, the works. Most practices are fine in my experience, but there are some absolute shockers out there. There doesn't seem to be proper oversight when they fail.
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The children have suffered enough with this monstrosity
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The children have suffered enough with this monstrosity
This might be the only good consequence of the OSA. Obviously they're only doing it to fend off Ofcom fines, but social media companies cleaning out all the "health advice" grifters would save lives. Instagram is not your health care provider.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This might be the only good consequence of the OSA. Obviously they're only doing it to fend off Ofcom fines, but social media companies cleaning out all the "health advice" grifters would save lives. Instagram is not your health care provider.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
It should be illegal to overtake a cyclist in a vehicle that needs that.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It should be illegal to overtake a cyclist in a vehicle that needs that.
While you're at it, exactly how festive is this "festive parking" going to be? There should at least be a silly hat for every driver, and tin whistles and Haribo for the children.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
While you're at it, exactly how festive is this "festive parking" going to be? There should at least be a silly hat for every driver, and tin whistles and Haribo for the children.
(For government applications, the Pro version throws two dice and adds the scores. Same AI-beating 100% score, but reassuringly more expensive.)
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
(For government applications, the Pro version throws two dice and adds the scores. Same AI-beating 100% score, but reassuringly more expensive.)
My algorithm (roll a normal six-sided die; the number on top is the estimated age) scores a perfect 100% on both those metrics.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My algorithm (roll a normal six-sided die; the number on top is the estimated age) scores a perfect 100% on both those metrics.
UK-style political journalism never worked. It relied on the readers' ability to interpret self-evidently nonsensical phrases like "friends of the Home Secretary". Normal people don't have time for Kremlinology over their cornflakes; they just assume that the journalists are making stuff up again.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
UK-style political journalism never worked. It relied on the readers' ability to interpret self-evidently nonsensical phrases like "friends of the Home Secretary". Normal people don't have time for Kremlinology over their cornflakes; they just assume that the journalists are making stuff up again.
My point is that it isn't a choice between wage inflation and fixing the housing supply. After 30 years of house price inflation, the wage inflation is baked in now. It is going to to be very hard for the UK to be competitive without reducing housing costs.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My point is that it isn't a choice between wage inflation and fixing the housing supply. After 30 years of house price inflation, the wage inflation is baked in now. It is going to to be very hard for the UK to be competitive without reducing housing costs.
They will have to suck it up anyway. Younger employees will cost more, because they didn't buy houses in the 1990s but still need somewhere to live. It isn't a profession that attracts large numbers of the independently wealthy.
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
They will have to suck it up anyway. Younger employees will cost more, because they didn't buy houses in the 1990s but still need somewhere to live. It isn't a profession that attracts large numbers of the independently wealthy.
So it's one of those brownfield sites that the CPRE says we should be building houses on?
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
So it's one of those brownfield sites that the CPRE says we should be building houses on?
Maybe the New Yorker just prefers commutative algebra?
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Maybe the New Yorker just prefers commutative algebra?
I cancelled my British Cycling membership a few years ago when they started pushing this nonsense. Can anyone recommend an alternative that isn't a hate group on wheels?
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I cancelled my British Cycling membership a few years ago when they started pushing this nonsense. Can anyone recommend an alternative that isn't a hate group on wheels?
We will know they are getting close when we see astroturf campaigns to raise the minimum wage.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We will know they are getting close when we see astroturf campaigns to raise the minimum wage.
Yes, you could probably buy several streets of terraced mining cottages with no bus service for the cost of a Chelsea townhouse a short stroll from the tube. That isn't in itself a strong reason to raise taxes preferentially on the people in the village.
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yes, you could probably buy several streets of terraced mining cottages with no bus service for the cost of a Chelsea townhouse a short stroll from the tube. That isn't in itself a strong reason to raise taxes preferentially on the people in the village.
Maybe I'm misreading the Guardian article, but the proposal seems to be a flat rate charge per mile regardless of vehicle size.
I know I'm overreacting, but I keep seeing this weird stereotype of the rural population, and it's particularly annoying when it comes from my own side of the debate.
I know I'm overreacting, but I keep seeing this weird stereotype of the rural population, and it's particularly annoying when it comes from my own side of the debate.
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Maybe I'm misreading the Guardian article, but the proposal seems to be a flat rate charge per mile regardless of vehicle size.
I know I'm overreacting, but I keep seeing this weird stereotype of the rural population, and it's particularly annoying when it comes from my own side of the debate.
I know I'm overreacting, but I keep seeing this weird stereotype of the rural population, and it's particularly annoying when it comes from my own side of the debate.
Round here, rural villages are full of miners' widows. We can hallucinate that they are really Surrey stockbrokers in disguise, but that isn't really a sound basis for tax policy.
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Round here, rural villages are full of miners' widows. We can hallucinate that they are really Surrey stockbrokers in disguise, but that isn't really a sound basis for tax policy.
As descendants of the House of Hanover they would presumably have an arguable claim to be Saxons.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
As descendants of the House of Hanover they would presumably have an arguable claim to be Saxons.
Random shitposters on the Internet: is it better to criticise the government from a Marxist or a Hayekian viewpoint?
His Majesty's Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Anyone who disagrees with me is a paedophile LOL
His Majesty's Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Anyone who disagrees with me is a paedophile LOL
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Random shitposters on the Internet: is it better to criticise the government from a Marxist or a Hayekian viewpoint?
His Majesty's Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Anyone who disagrees with me is a paedophile LOL
His Majesty's Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Anyone who disagrees with me is a paedophile LOL