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‘The view from the column is ever distant’
Risotto is great partly because it’s one of those dishes which is both simple (rice and chicken stock) and quite complicated (achieving a good balance of flavours *and* textures).
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 9h agoI must have cooked more than a thousand risottos, yet every time the emergence of something that looks edible from what had previously resembled a pond is a blessed relief.
For the purposes of preventing the arrival of refugees / asylum seekers where are the UK’s *effective* borders? Certainly not within the UK’s own territorial jurisdiction since when en route the small boats are unstoppable as a practical matter.
Well one can only hope that KB will have to resign after this catastrophic error of judgement.
Also the Common Travel Area with Ireland is suspended and NI faces either a land border or "temporary" alignment with RoI.
Worth noting that these guys getting into power with an effective majority would be a generational disaster.
Lewis Baston@lewisbaston.bsky.social · yesterdayThe borders of the U.K. have been in place since 1922.
Chakaiseki Akiyoshi, one of the best (and priciest) Japanese restaurants in Paris has decided to do their own extremely well priced sort of bistro éphémère during the summer…unsurprisingly it’s rammed…
Absolute scenes — the initial response was such a debacle and now largely walked back www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
Informal video conference of home affairs ministers
Over video conference, ministers of home affairs addressed current developments in Ceuta.
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So I bet (notionally) there’ll be a Hormuz agreement which will last c 48 hours.
Because fantasy war is all about agency. Valiant individuals performing constraint free acts of heroism.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · yesterdayThe war. It always comes back to the war. That happened long before they were born.
the lists/labelling thing is an absolute shitshow, and I really hope someone eventually takes legal action. A libel action would I'm sure focus minds quite sharply on what a problem they are.
There’s this weird notion that social media platforms like Bluesky somehow belong to a particular faction / group of people by reason of longevity (say) or ideology. This is not true!
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · yesterdaysaying this not as a dig to Paul but as a general point, but it does worry me that we've ended up in a world where the two options are seemingly "leftist bubble" or "oh hey the nazis are here" - surely we should be able to have a politically heterogenous platform with tight rules on hate speech etc?
Pupdate (care edition) Baloo placed his puppy at the water bowl, to make sure he was staying hydrated in the hot Paris weather. What a sweet pup 🥹 #baloobear
War with France is the logical outcome of the Brexit fantasy of sovereign control
Hadn’t occurred to me that completely mad board game enthusiasts was a thing but here we are
Sadly, the time has come to begin writing the conference paper I said I would write.
It is possible (very possible) that I am stupid but why did Farage have to ensure the repayment of the Tice loan to Reform when / if he became leader of the party?
The retrospective Covid discussion generally makes me feel sad.
I agree! And I also think the idea of electoral fragmentation as a long term phenomenon is somewhat overdone.
George Eaton@georgeeaton.bsky.social · 2d agoIt’s long been clear that Reform is beatable – Farage’s terrible personal ratings, toxic brand, mass tactical voting against them. The narrative that victory for them is inevitable was based on superficial analysis + wishful thinking on the right.
Curious as to what happens to the well regarded and expensive (think Art Basel) but not prime (say Anish Kapoor) modern art resell value over a period of time — anecdotally I hear that the below prime part of the market has cratered.
Josh Spero@joshspero.ft.com · 2d agoInteresting piece from @felixsalmon.com on the "great art transfer", the billions of dollars of (unwanted?) art boomers will leave to their kids www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The 22 EU nation Ceuta letter is a bit of a damp squib…self ineffectualised by the problem itself being rapidly reversed so now it’s a ‘perception’ issue, which has itself been largely (though not entirely) self manufactured.
Not sure I agree with this. Firstly, counterfactual arguments are not very convincing (if the situation wss very different then x…) and, secondly, in this case, the specific counterfactual is surely Cleverly and its not at all obvious he wouldn’t have done a better job.
Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · 4d agoAs I say in this thread from our groups and polling I think Badenoch leadership critics ignore the counterfactual of not badenoch when the party could have collapsed entirely. In other words I think she might be inlynthing holding them at ~20%. bsky.app/profile/luke...
For dinner tonight, we are having a LANGOUSTE ROYALE.
Samuel L. Jackson's Iconic 'Go On!' from Pulp Fiction
ALT: Samuel L. Jackson's Iconic 'Go On!' from Pulp Fiction
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