Marius S.
@unmariuss.bsky.social
I still think Tumblr is the best social media.
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The second problem with this — after the fact that it will bankrupt a bunch of institutions — is that the government doesn’t seem to know if it wants to a) raise lots of money from intentional students or b) discourage universities from relying on international students. You can’t have both!!
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The second problem with this — after the fact that it will bankrupt a bunch of institutions — is that the government doesn’t seem to know if it wants to a) raise lots of money from intentional students or b) discourage universities from relying on international students. You can’t have both!!
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It's to be expected for the EU to ask the UK to make budgetary contributions to gain access to and it is to be expected for the UK in talks to see how much it can save on or get from agreed contributions.
Now all that's needed is for the UK to wisely know where to concede and where to be stubborn.
Now all that's needed is for the UK to wisely know where to concede and where to be stubborn.
UK payment for greater access to the single market beyond the specifics of the common understanding is fine and expected, probably helpful actually, and suggestions within of flexibility in SAFE funding equally. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
‘Politically realistic’ for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's to be expected for the EU to ask the UK to make budgetary contributions to gain access to and it is to be expected for the UK in talks to see how much it can save on or get from agreed contributions.
Now all that's needed is for the UK to wisely know where to concede and where to be stubborn.
Now all that's needed is for the UK to wisely know where to concede and where to be stubborn.
Liberal Brits clutching their pearls at this is why Brexit happened, they never understood how the EU works.
Ministers have warned the European Union that the UK will walk away from the bloc’s rearmament programme, after rejecting French demands to pay more than £5bn to participate
UK could walk away from EU rearmament plan over French demands
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Liberal Brits clutching their pearls at this is why Brexit happened, they never understood how the EU works.
Remember this next time the EU refuses to show even the slightest good will in negotiating new deals with the UK
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Remember this next time the EU refuses to show even the slightest good will in negotiating new deals with the UK
This graph, but for a US tech bubble burst.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This graph, but for a US tech bubble burst.
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I shall just take this opportunity to reiterate that the world will look / feel quite different if there’s a material correction in US tech stocks.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I shall just take this opportunity to reiterate that the world will look / feel quite different if there’s a material correction in US tech stocks.
I see this going around. It shows how ignorant people are of tax stats. This is total bullshit, the numbers are fully made up and easily verifiable yet hundreds of people take them for granted.
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I see this going around. It shows how ignorant people are of tax stats. This is total bullshit, the numbers are fully made up and easily verifiable yet hundreds of people take them for granted.
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This is what I mean. It's grotesque to describe some idiotic policy - cruel and racist though it is - as "eerily similar" to a World War and the extermination of millions. It utterly degrades any framework of logic within which we can discuss things, to the direct benefit of those who exploit fear.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is what I mean. It's grotesque to describe some idiotic policy - cruel and racist though it is - as "eerily similar" to a World War and the extermination of millions. It utterly degrades any framework of logic within which we can discuss things, to the direct benefit of those who exploit fear.
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Golly, that is *excellent*
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Golly, that is *excellent*
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Oh god AI powered NIMBYs this really is the worst timeline
‘A new service called Objector is offering “policy-backed objections in minutes” to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes.’
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Bloody hell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh god AI powered NIMBYs this really is the worst timeline
Controversial but I think this is a great idea and would love to see it applied in the West too. Willing to debate to what extent it should apply, but if you’re a content creator, you should help some knowledge on the content you are creating.
🇨🇳 China passes new law requiring Chinese influencers to hold a degree in the topics they discuss in their content.
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Controversial but I think this is a great idea and would love to see it applied in the West too. Willing to debate to what extent it should apply, but if you’re a content creator, you should help some knowledge on the content you are creating.
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Orban's effects will wear off the moment Macron, Merz, Starmer and Meloni call Trump.
Trump's brain is mush. All that sways him is the last person he's talked to.
Trump's brain is mush. All that sways him is the last person he's talked to.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Orban's effects will wear off the moment Macron, Merz, Starmer and Meloni call Trump.
Trump's brain is mush. All that sways him is the last person he's talked to.
Trump's brain is mush. All that sways him is the last person he's talked to.
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You can't compare the stock of *value* like corporate valuation to economic *output* like GDP. It's like saying your car makes up "30% of your annual income" because it's worth $30k and you make $100k.
A $5T valuation is big but total US household net worth is like $167T
A $5T valuation is big but total US household net worth is like $167T
NVIDIA is now 16% of the US economy, in case you're wondering if your labor has any remaining value
The Value of NVIDIA Now Exceeds an Unprecedented 16% of U.S. GDP
With 16% of GDP riding on a single chipmaker, the U.S. economy is dangerously over-leveraged — and Wall Street is betting blind
medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You can't compare the stock of *value* like corporate valuation to economic *output* like GDP. It's like saying your car makes up "30% of your annual income" because it's worth $30k and you make $100k.
A $5T valuation is big but total US household net worth is like $167T
A $5T valuation is big but total US household net worth is like $167T
Can’t wait for his humiliating defeat. I hope he crawls back to the hole he came from and never coms out again.
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Can’t wait for his humiliating defeat. I hope he crawls back to the hole he came from and never coms out again.
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Ah yes, the years 1997-2010, definitely a period the former chairman of Northern Rock should be casting a stone at the public sector over
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ah yes, the years 1997-2010, definitely a period the former chairman of Northern Rock should be casting a stone at the public sector over
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1980:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
1980:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
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We are watching some of the key training and recruitment pipelines into America's foreign policy and national security institutions being destroyed in real time
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We are watching some of the key training and recruitment pipelines into America's foreign policy and national security institutions being destroyed in real time
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Nothing is real to MAGA, that's what you need to understand. Everything can be true or false at any time, or even the same time, depending on what they need to believe in order to feel catharsis. They have created vast, insular social environments for the purpose of endless emotional indulgence.
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nothing is real to MAGA, that's what you need to understand. Everything can be true or false at any time, or even the same time, depending on what they need to believe in order to feel catharsis. They have created vast, insular social environments for the purpose of endless emotional indulgence.
This is the literal definition of threatening with a good time
Betfred threatens to close all 1,300 UK high street shops if taxes rise on.ft.com/47lrRm3
Betfred threatens to close all 1,300 UK high street shops if taxes rise
Raising gambling tax could put 7,500 jobs at risk, warns chair
on.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the literal definition of threatening with a good time
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As you know, I'm a fan of Zack - he's been on QR twice. But I am worried that a lot of people are transferring extremely unrealistic expectations to yet another politician they want to hail as a saviour - based on a very short period - and, in doing that, setting up yet another good person to fail.
October 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As you know, I'm a fan of Zack - he's been on QR twice. But I am worried that a lot of people are transferring extremely unrealistic expectations to yet another politician they want to hail as a saviour - based on a very short period - and, in doing that, setting up yet another good person to fail.
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America: No Kings
Britain: No Dukes of York
Britain: No Dukes of York
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
America: No Kings
Britain: No Dukes of York
Britain: No Dukes of York
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immigrant grocery store owner who voted for Trump to lower grocery prices and then got wrecked by tariffs. mfer you run a business called "Wong Kai Imports" what the hell did you think was gonna happen
"A beloved family-run grocery store in Florida may have to close its doors after 43 years because of tariffs." www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/ar...
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
immigrant grocery store owner who voted for Trump to lower grocery prices and then got wrecked by tariffs. mfer you run a business called "Wong Kai Imports" what the hell did you think was gonna happen
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Happy 100th birthday *checks notes* Margaret Thatcher
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy 100th birthday *checks notes* Margaret Thatcher
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Excellent article. With a very grim chart.
on.ft.com/4odeaMH UK consumers curb spending more than anywhere else in G7
on.ft.com/4odeaMH UK consumers curb spending more than anywhere else in G7
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Excellent article. With a very grim chart.
on.ft.com/4odeaMH UK consumers curb spending more than anywhere else in G7
on.ft.com/4odeaMH UK consumers curb spending more than anywhere else in G7