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Pulling together thoughts on the Plan B student loans, the way the system is set up means there will be a 40-50% chunk of people who for some of the most expensive years of their careers will pay a 9% higher tax rate than the other 50-60% and this does basically make it impossible to do tax policy.

I can buy he's being misleading and quoting profit not revenue, but then his 5% discount makes no financial sense. just really poor journalism that this hasn't been explained or explored

need to get them out of the house and into the real world, but they don't want to! phone is too powerful

the fascists don't go outdoor swimming. they sit at home getting radicalised by short form video

another point in favour of the thesis that having literally any hobbies or community at all is lib coded

Interesting to observe contrast between the shrieking and howling about this in the national press vs the actual consultation responses (in a very large response)

Private Eye have, incidentally, never apologized to anywhere near the extent necessary for their role in promoting this.

don't have strong views on social media bans, but find it sickening that this campaign is that the victims of hate crimes wouldn't be murdered if they didn't have social media.

It remains to be seen how the Venezuelan people will respond to a more overt CIA presence in the country post-Maduro. For years, Maduro cast the CIA as a convenient boogey man, repeatedly accusing the agency – without evidence – of attempting to topple his regime as he clung to power despite US opposition. Now, the CIA has helped supplant Maduro and is poised to help actively manage the Trump administration’s dealings with Venezuela’s new leadership.

Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.

"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."

in which case offering the 5% discount will be massively losing money

Herefordshire pub landlord offers discount for cash payments as card charges soar Alan Davies says he loses about £5 in transaction charges for every £50 made.

BBC local reporting credulous as always with a guy pretending he's paying a 10% card transaction fee

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think this is necessary but too optimistic tbh, I don't think this is the problem for the guy in the first chart

tinder has been dead for a long time

that covered about 9 months in 2023 I think. early 30s woman living in london. none of those 2+ dates were my now partner, and none of the people I became friends with I am still in touch with.

sankey diagram of dating. I did not collect data on number of swipes, and after I collate the total matches, I have not disaggregated by app.

I've been in a relationship for a while now, but when I was single I did my own Sankey diagram. thankfully nobody came in fluffer

to be blunt, some people are ugly and not very charismatic. there isn't a magic app free world where they are drowning in suitors.

people are too down on apps, this is very far left tail of distribution. most people have an ok time, and most people meet someone they like eventually.

the BBC has to hire top journalists who somehow don't care about anything. an impossibility. look what happened to poor robert peston, he can't even read.

chris mason is a tragic figure. a man obsessed by politics, but forbidden to have a moral stance on it. he produces articles aimed at 5 year olds who consume news 24 hours a day. he can't resolve the contradictions without lobotomy.

would also recommend xylometolazine nasal spray which really works!

there's good Sudafed and fake Sudafed. confusingly the good Sudafed is called pseudoephedrine, and the fake Sudafed is called phenylephrine.

what decongestants are you using? lots of stuff they sell in pharmacies doesn't work at all, need The Good Stuff

Nobody gets kicked out of a pub for their "views". They get kicked out for being a gobby cunt.

Alex Pretti's vigil

how did you end up following me?

There are much more serious issues on the table but few things drive me up the wall as much as WASPI women, and especially the MPs who encourage and support them. A profoundly dishonest & greedy campaign to give some extremely foolish people undeserved money. It needs to die a long overdue death.

surely americans have enough fascists that the nyt don't have to import ours to spit in the face of their readers too

the people of Minnesota may not be out of the woods but they fucking won and no one can take that from them