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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some punctuation wouldn't go amiss here, David. 😉

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think she's earned a whisky and a revolver.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 01/10/2026

Yes, yes, dogs saying "sausages", but this video of dogs in a pub catching squirts from a soda siphon is the greatest That's Life video of all time. youtu.be/IahcZyBsDG8?...

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Three German Shepherds In A Pub

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Where possible, always store your Li-Ion devices outdoors and never charge them unsupervised. Lithium-ion battery caused fire that killed mum and 3 children www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Lithium-ion battery fire killed Bootle mum and three children

Elisha Brabin, 36, and three of her children, died after a blaze at their home in Bootle, Merseyside.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Comparing, Breaking Bad followed one character's narrative in a classic Shakespearean drama that progressed from series to series. The Sopranos — brilliant, obviously — had many side plots and characters introduced along the way, to keep the story going. Unlike BB, no beginning, middle and end.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nothing controversial to hold that immigration, selective and controlled, is a good thing.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And that The Sopranos was a soap

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

BSky is fine, but I find engagement very slow.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, I'm sure there's social media fatigue out there, which will make getting another one off the ground quite testing. Having said that, this one's mission is to get back to what Twitter was at the outset. I'm finding Threads travelling towards X rapidly, and Zuck will enshittify it soon enough.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The bird is back, and it's very much a Musk-free zone. Looks promising, and hopefully also a good alternative to Meta's algo-driven Threads. Get yours here: signup.tweet.app/r/jvb

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK govt expected 50K Poles, but 500,000 came, very quickly. Everyone needs housing, schools, GPs, jobs, transport, etc. Nothing to do with ethnicity, origin, or any other factor. Without adequate facilities, the system falls over.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OK, the first time I was a child (14) of a British parent being dragged (reluctantly) from NL to UK. Met plenty of xenophobia, thanks. Later moved from UK to ES, because I met the criteria. Having qualifiers in place is responsible. A completely open border (like the UK had) is not.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

...the ground it can lead to tension, such as that which led to Brexit. Plus GDP ≠ GDP per capita, which doesn't increase, while services are pressured. Immigration, good, but qualified, with limitations, not a free-for-all.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As an immigrant (twice over) myself, I would say that immigration is a good thing, while open borders are something else. Given the rapid expansion of the EU, people will inevitably migrate towards prosperity, but the infrastructure to absorb it is often lacking. Govts love the GDP effect, but on...

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meta employees not happy being filmed by Meta Glasses... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHKh...

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Do META EMPLOYEES like their own META GLASSES?

YouTube video by Roel Maalderink

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The UK had the power of veto, plus it failed to implement measures (which other members did) that would have stemmed EU immigration.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Judging by your bio, I see that you are eminently more qualified than I. But I would (humbly) argue that the original Rome treaty did not set out the steps (Maastricht) that took the EU to where it is today.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't disagree. The problem is that British politicians of all stripes have, for decades, blamed 'the EU' for whatever they were unable/unwilling to fix. Having painted the EU as a bogeyman for so long, the result of the 2016 referendum shouldn't have been that surprising.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some punctuation would help here. FOM is the most triggering aspect for the pitchfork brigade, so that just won't fly.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Because rule-taking means being unable to trade freely outside of the SM.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Why is that controversial? Of course, the single market was the original premise of the EEC. The problem is its subsequent transformation into a political bloc, for which no one had voted.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did you know that a (non-Musk) Twitter is back?! As Threads is increasingly Zuck-ified and X is a toxic swamp, the reimagined, non-algo-driven bird app is here: app.tweet.app/feed

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reeta Chakrabarti: £325,000 🤦‍♂️

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It seems bizarre how the 'MSM' fails to pay attention to or follow up on so much Eye content. Used to subscribe and was often flabbergasted when a story would hit the headlines months/years after reading about it in the mag. 🤷‍♂️

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Plus, there are another few billion euros' worth of gin palaces afloat offshore, many of which are too large to dock in Port Hercule... Good to see the world's industry titans, oligarchs and techbros enjoying their toys 😉

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cost of living crisis? What cost of living crisis? We plebs should take comfort from the superyacht market's rude health. Today sees the start of the annual Monaco Yacht Show, with no less than €4.5 billion worth of boats on show. www.vesselfinder.com#google_vigne...

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

True, but he will almost certainly be even less popular and less powerful.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

JD hitching his wagon firmly to Trump this week should diminish his chances in 2028, insh'allah 🙏

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

25th Amendment is evidently not fit for purpose. The only hope for the US now is for the generals to step in and remove him.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Evidently the 25th Amendment isn't fit for purpose. The US' only hope now is for the generals to step and remove this senile imbecile.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The pedant in me sees the dyslexic in you 😉

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026

A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

By contrast, these moody Guinness crisps are rather good, if they're still around.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"... Tremendous...the greatest thing ever, nobody's ever seen anything like it, everybody says so. Nobody thought it was possible, but we're the hottest country and the tariffs are generating trillions..." Something like that, yeah?

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Imagine if the entire WH press pool handed in their credentials in solidarity...

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tell me again. What would Trump be doing differently if he really was a Russian asset?

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Says a multiple bankrupt who knows nothing.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"...my telephone number has been 'gifted'..." What a twat.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada's would need to be a different category from the EEA, without free movement and rule-taking. If a new trade and security category comes about, this could be open to the UK too. The greatest difference, however, between Norway and Canada vs the UK is that they are both resource economies.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada isn't joining the EU. But who knows, perhaps some new counterparty/associate category could be created, which may be open to the UK too.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Of course, because Putin regards Zelenskyy as an illegitimate president of a country that doesn't really exist.

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