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Dilettante, but quite good at it because I put the hard yards in. I contain multitudes, it's a shame they don't get on.
1. Wealthy people don't get rich by spending money, but hoarding it. 2. This means they are shameless about hustling freebies. 3. It disconnects them from the concept of buying stuff to the point it sinply has no logic for them other than diminishing their perceived wealth.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "If we decided not to buy watches from Switzerland, they wouldn't be elite anymore and we would save about $40 billion"
The real problems with IHT are the undeniably emotive picture of the state sweeping in and grabbing a slice of the inheritance grieving relatives, the small amount it actually raises, and the fact that it doesn't really address the underlying issue of wealth fossilisation.
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 2d agoBadenoch says IHT hits “ordinary middle class families” across the country (whereas I’m pretty sure that only 1 in 20 estates pay it) She has promised to exempt family homes from IHT
Seen a few allusions to Cyberpunk 2077, which I find funny as it's a game I love, but its mostly about a cybernetic mercenary in the near future spending time waiting at traffic lights and road crossings.
Neil Briscoe@neilmbriscoe.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s here. It’s real. It’s going to be divisive but that’s kind of the point. It’s the Jaguar Type 01 and we have all the details of the all-electric 1,030hp super saloon. Via @irishtimes.com #Jaguar #Type01 #Electric #EV #Luxury www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...
A minor point, but when mouthpieces say "promising future" they don't mean the person concerned is on a clear path to do things of great importance for the benefit of society that is redemptive for the terrible things they have done now. It means they've been promised a future that's good for them.
Kaitlin Kal Lee@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 4d ago
I've seen shopping trolleys on sloped car-parks with a better sense of direction
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump isn't beating the "can't walk in a straight line" allegations
'Apaches' the public information film about how lethal rural life can be. Shown to me and fellow 5&6 year olds at primary school. So terrifying, when I heard it was being shown again to us the following year I hid under a table to avoid going. It regularly puts the shits up adults 50 years later.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 5d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
I'm generally mild-mannered, easygoing, but put one of those electrified tennis rackets in my hand and I'm feckin John Wick for flies.
Simplest ethical philosophy analogy I can give here: would his Christian, forgiving family welcome me with open arms if I was able to re-animate the victims corpse and make it say those same words?
Pop Base@popbase.tv · 6d agoAn Arizona man that fatally shot another male in a road-rage incident will be resentenced after an AI-generated video of the victim forgiving him was improperly used during sentencing. The initial judge said he felt that the AI-generated depiction of the victim portrayed “genuine forgiveness.”
If this was true 100% of the time, Lord of the Rings would be about 15 minutes long.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last wk.One of the first things they teach you in film school is to cut "shoe leather" out of scenes — instead of starting the scene with people walking into a room, saying hello and sitting down, they're already sitting down, mid-conversation — and idk take it a step further and do that to a lot of plot
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Duncan Jones@manmademoon.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
I read this immediately after reading another post that said a full quarter of Brits have no sympathy for those crossing the Channel in small boats. Here, what should be our natural instincts are on show; when a helpless life is in danger our first response should be to offer aid.
Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · last wk.Paddling (canoeing) across Windermere today, into the teeth of a pretty stiff Force 3 wind - lumpy, and just this side of whitecaps - I came across a swimming squirrel, looking very stressed. Not a planned swim, I'm guessing. It was 300m to either shore, so I'm not sure s/he was going to be okay.
I cast the chicken entrails.about me, seeking divination in the patterns of blood and gore they have strewn on the sandy floor. The future of Warfare will be... GROK!
Christoph Harig@charig.bsky.social · last wk.Pete Hegseth appoints Milo Minderbinder to US taskforce on future of cotton farming www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Alright there,lads, just off out to buy a leather recliner and get hammered.
NationCymru@nation.cymru · last wk.A UK-wide brand is bringing a new shopping experience to Wales with a 13,500 sq ft retail space including atelier and in-store bar.
I used to work for an incredibly demanding and intransigent sculptor. He was all "it's my way or the Ai Wei Wei"
Love this, but they really didn't need to apologise so much. Or at all, really.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2w agoDenmark is trolling Trump.
Pretty good of Loomer to give up on at least two days of trapping kidnapped people in deadly puzzle rooms for this
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump traveled all the way to Tennessee for the Tennessee-Texas football game just to leave at halftime (also, you can't see it in this pic, but Laura Ingraham is on Air Force One with him today) (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Didn't wear a Balaclava and black shorts did he? Rookie error.
Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
We have hot sandwiches already. They're called kebabs.
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2w agoCan’t believe no one has ever thought of the idea of selling us hot food. I, for one, am both excited and, if I’m honest, a little apprehensive about the idea of warm food. www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’
Dog bouncer- "you're not on the list, you're not coming in"
SlenderSherbet@slendersherbet.bsky.social · 2w ago"I don't fucking think so"
If I'd been there it would have been so tempting to start chanting "3D TV".
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2w agoBasingstoke police station.
