Isn’t that a ‘necessary but not sufficient’ condition though? I’m thinking principally of the struggles in Zimbabwe here.

It’s been 15 years and I’m still not sure if MMT is an accurate description of Economics, a persuasive analogy, or convincing bunkum.

This isn’t a comment in support of the actions described, but a comment about unintended consequences…

If you reclassify putting stickers on a car as domestic terrorism, you’re somewhat removing the disincentive for some in doing an actual terrorism.

I love how memes (in the Dawkinsian sense) work. Lots of people have enjoyed this, but I can imagine this being quoted as the original is lost to the sands of time.

Young people everywhere thinking that Aquaman was someone who just bought failing assets from everyone.

I’m not sure this is fair. I don’t think this is in lieu of such a conversation, but about some ideas on how to pitch the conversation. If you don’t have any friends in similar circumstances, it’s worth finding out what other people do.

That said, the range of suggestions here is so broad that I’m not sure it’s going to help!

New clothes, often Uniqlo is my first stop. But more and more I go to Vinted and Charity stores for anything that isn’t sportswear.

There was a period in my life when I had to remind people frequently that NoSQL stood for ‘not only SQL’.

Cowardly from Keir’s Labour

That’s seems to be a theme. I thought I would be underwhelmed by this government, but at least thankful for a period of sensible leadership who understood the benefit of a strong public sector.

Actually I’m more than disappointed. Cowardice is their watchword. Cowardly hiding from the right wing media, from US authoritarianism, from market fundamentalists. We’ll get Reform next at this rate, because we’ll be encouraged to give up by astroturfers who will similarly be whipping the rarely engaged into a frenzy.