Richard J
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Tax nerd, still atrocious at amusing profiles Made my West End debut as a duck-billed platypus
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... huh, interesting about what archaeology and dna is showing about Scandinavian ties to Rome, even in the absence of (like any) written source
Michael Kulikowski · Polar Bears in Rome: Roman Scandinavia
Writing protohistory – the narrative of times and places that don’t have a written history of their own, but are...
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the only one here I would sort of accept there being a case for is The Odyssey/Spartacus comparison, as the latter is the most blatantly 'work for hire' of all of Kubrick's stuff.
Dan Schkade@danschkade.bsky.social · 11h agoListen, strokes/folks etc, but "Batman Begins > Barry Lyndon" should trigger a wellness check
I feel in a need of self-verification
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
Unregulated landlord tax firm Property118 just surprisingly won against HMRC in a tax tribunal. Unsurprisingly, they're using it to resume marketing their very dubious scheme. Our analysis of what this means, and HMRC's chances on any appeal: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/08/05/p...
Property118 v HMRC: the tribunal win that changes nothing
Property 118 won its DOTAS appeal, but the tribunal only decided its schemes needn’t be disclosed - not that they work. Clients remain under HMRC enquiry.
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youtu.be/oINXyR5NPjU Anyway, enjoy the new Bobby Fingers; not quite as good as the Michael Jackson one but still pretty great as always
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Thanks to Kew’s team outdoor exhibition of a lot of Henry Moore sculptures right now; the big surprise is how non abstract and figurative his work is when you see it in, erm, bulk
King George to his 18th century craftsman building him a pagoda in Kew “I’m not quite sure what Chinese dragons look like either; give it your best shot”
catfishing.net #772 - 9/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 that 20% of players got the one I got wrong is a time zone effect I suspect. (Also belated rip to #9)
catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser. Continue reading...
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There is a subtext here very carefully elided over in the plain text of the article, isn’t there?
Leftback@leftback.bsky.social · 2d agoAlright, who on here is this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Dixon’s book is dated, both in its martial case studies and much of its science. " (kind of a euphemism for 'he blames it on toilet-training', but the book itself is one of those ones strangely better than its theoretical and factual framework)
Foreign Policy@foreignpolicy.com · 2d agoA 50-year old book reveals the tendencies that undermine military competence—a century ago and today. Read our analysis for free:
#taxnerdery www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKF... surprising one here given @danneidle.bsky.social 's work; suspect it will be appealed.
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i really think our language could fit one more word for attaching each of someone’s limbs to a different chariot and dismembering them
#taxnerdery ahah, a central management and control case about offshore family investment vehicles; I draw tax nerds' attention to para 57 www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKF...
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Trouble in the toy train industry www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... "The evidence clearly showed a tendency for subterfuge on the part of R1. There was evidence that he had evidently practised forging P's signature, a remarkable disclosure which he brazenly informed P about"
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It gives me great joy that the activation code word for the voice recognition on modern Seats is “hola hola”
Also evangelicalism outside the US is just politically pretty different. Your typical British evangelical is someone who supports the Foodbank and thinks there is too much poverty and too much homelessness – and they even end up in centre-left parties! Just don't ask them about abortion
youtu.be/vYzvkzteexI?... huh, a single player FPS involving Chinese soldiers fighting against Japan? This… might be interesting, on quite a few levels tbh
The Defiant is a Story-Driven Shooter that Explores a Rarely Seen Side of WW2 | IGN Preview
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“How one Bluesky post reopened the Wars of Religion”
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 5d agoName a villain who was actually right.
