Michael Carley
@drmcarley.bsky.social
If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property. Lefty migrant
Huh you can just do that???? Financial Times: "China has launched a global hunt for hundreds of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes going back decades as Beijing seeks to fill a deepening fiscal hole by targeting the ultra rich." www.ft.com/content/e179...
China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows
ft.com
Tangent to this on why I like Guardian flags old articles: Not only does it make for great cold takes (see below ⤵️), it seems genuinely designed to inform readers. A simple sentence, does the math of converting publication date to a relative article 'age', and highlighted in yellow. I like it.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3h ago
This MinutePhysics video takes a close look at the true motion of string instruments, such as the guitar, which has really bizarre movement compared to how you might imagine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYdXa_yp0fc
Say what you like about Reform UK, but at least they pretend to be embarrassed when one of their candidates turns out to have been a neo-Nazi
You mean you got taken by the guy who's entire existence is a scam who has never created anything ever and is only thought of a a genius because a style reporter from the WaPo said so? Weird. I cannot believe this is happening
The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterdaySpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.
I want a show called Tradies At The Movies. Lots of sucking of teeth.
Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · yesterdayYou can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
My daughter is watching Cruella, or as I like to call it, 'The Devil Wears Madra'.
Just combining my UK political takes today into 1 post: 1) if Burnham does an Epstein enquiry and uses it as a purge list, it is the single smartest thing he can possibly do in his situation 2) why is there a Nazi called Bonehill Pain. You couldn't get away with that in a videogame let alone a book
This is all horrific stuff, and I invite you to go back to 2018/19 and reread her columns, newspaper interviews and podcast appearances talking about it, and then decide who it sounds like it was, that had been doing all this.
If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator.
I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w agoA quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
Memories of Nancy Pelosi having to read Bono's Ukraine poem to the US Congress.
Ima gonna make American cheese eaters go mad
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
If it was truly a Welsh dub - the first five minutes would involve Han Solo and Skylwalker realising that they went to the same primary school.
Mark Rees@reviewwales.bsky.social · yesterdayStar Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time as the classic film prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Actor Matthew Rhys will voice Han Solo, with Rhys Ifans as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Princess Leia. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
So in order to avoid being sued, the Christian Bros declined to put forward a 'nominee', leaving abuse victims to sue individuals rather than the org. The judge said, fine, we will just publish the names of all 341 members of the order and summons you all. And that's what happened.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d agoThe names of 341 former Christian Brothers have been published in the Irish Independent following an order from the High Court in relation to an abuse case. None of those named are accused of abuse, but their names have been published in the hope that they will come forward. jrnl.ie/7120723
Almost *everything* you see in this format, whether infinite power cubes or solar powered houses for the homeless that fold out of suitcases or French "bread libraries" for the poor is liberal catnip bullshit by content farms. Stop being idiots. Thank you.
The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer
This is why engineers use integer-only mathematics when designing bridges. Things get weird when you allow a floating point.
![Comic. [Bridge with three peaks. The ones on the outside have pillars digging under the water. The middle one is held up by a hot air balloon, surrounded by equations.] [caption] How to get past the 3-4 km limit on suspension bridge main spans](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihizprhfnte5c5fr7ytsgbmsod7u7u3kwixv27tmsku4d4y6de4oe)
Things have reached a level where we have to rely on The Dogs In The Street for info
