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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Whichever communications "Consultant" told UK politicians that the phrase "...and that's why..." sounds authentic and authoritative needs to either undo the damage or face a firing squad.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Super tempring to go for retribution when the chance comes, but post Trump USA needs something more like a Truth and Reconciliation process than a purge. Same outcome for the worst criminals. It takes longer and is less likely to seed more resentment.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Obviously a good thing that Trump chickened out again but it should be equally obvious that he needs to be removed from office. Only question is whether he leaves in cuffs or a straight jacket.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Five-time draft dodger says what now?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Microslop is driving me nuts. Linux experiment has been good im some respects, but I think it's time to order a Mac and kiss Copilot and Onedrive goodbye forever.

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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

How dare her!! 🧐🤨 "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

People who walk backwards in crowds should be forced to be fitted with wing mirrors.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I think I'm becoming "Linux-curious"

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Its time to speak the language Trump understands. Make him poor. Freeze all assets held in the EU or friendly countries. Padlock the gates to his Golf Clubs and launch crimimal monry laundering investigations against his family members and close associates. #maketrumppoor

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Will British politicians ever realise that normal people have learned to interpret their use of the phrase "...and that is why..." as "incoming bullshit alert"?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hot take; Poor Donald Trump has succumbed to dementia and evil Stephen Miller has manipulated him into terrible decision making. This narrative allows for a legal removal of Trump, creates context for a GOP move back to sanity and gives MAGA a scapegoat.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Nor did I! Must have been quite a school.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year old friend. Lets just hope Post-Scarcity happens before Post-Democracy

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

100%! I won't admit to how many times I pressed "Manifest Mind" already

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Instead of breeding ever weirder designer dogs to look a certain way, do you think we could figure out a way to selectively breed dogs who will eat a breath mint from time time?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

If I were a Qatari I'd be asking for my jet back.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Does anyone else have a ten year old who doesn't use gendered pronouns when talking about kids in their class? To the point where it's confusing; like "Florence and Dragomir are in the kitchen. Oh and they're allergic to nuts". If you assume both kids are allergic; wrong. He just won't say "He"

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It had to happen I suppose, but so much if my identity was bound up in being really good at Excel, I do find this sad. At least I got to teach my kids the good stuff. Although I might as well have taught them how to shoe a horse, for all the practical value it will add to them. #RIPGETPIVOTDATA

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

...also there is every chance that such companies could displace companies that actually do employment people. Without adeguate taxation, real companies that pay taxes and salaries cannot compete. Just look at Amazon's effect on retail if you want a case study.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Innovation isn't as helpful as it sounds if it doesn't create employment at scale. The current generation of tech unicorns have high corporate earning per employee, AI productivity could grow that exponentially. So they may boost GDP but without creating wealth for many people

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I moved to Scandinavia, expecting to pay more in tax but feel the benefit in terms of better public services. I was half right. Public services are better. Weirdly, thanks to the way the British tax system works, I pay less tax here.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

It is. The cost of living is sky high, but so is the standard of living.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

So you're saying they tax wealth, not work? Rates are progressive and vary by Canton which does make it hard to compare. How about the nightmare scenario; a country with very high rates of personal taxation and wealth taxes? That must be a recipe for disaster, right?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Those Swiss are some crazy leftist commies. Their unemployment benefits are so generous, no wonder they all sit at home watching flat screen tvs and vaping

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Yeah Wealth Taxes are the sole preserve of looney left basket case economies like (checks notes) Switzerland 🇨🇭

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

@Rory-stewart.bsky.social seemed very discomfited by Gary. Perhaps he should re-read Piketty?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"Sacred quest" is another term to consider on this one. If those Euromillions numbers come up, we're going. I also propose that we vigourously argue that, if you pronunce the "H" in "Hotel" and "Hospital", you must also pronunce it in "Herb" (unless you're a rastafarian)

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"With a la mode" is the perfect way to make the point. Now must find a restaurant with "pie a la mode" and a sandwich "with au jus" so i can go and have this argument live. Maybe all the restaurants that have both. The war is not lost, mon ami. ZE WAR IS JUST BEGINNING! VIVE LA FRANCE!

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

American foodies! "Au jus" is NOT A NOUN! The sandwich is served "au jus", not "with au jus". Every time I see or hear this inanity it really grinds my gears!

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Listening to Project Hail Mary on Audible. Sci fi written in 2021 and there's already a whole chapter that has become irrelevant thanks to commercially available ai

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

My ten year old explained the difference between turtles and tortoises to be today. Embarrassed that I got this old without knowing.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

There's probably a joke to be made about Teslas, Trump and abrupt U-turns but I just can't be bothered.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Hopefully people will learn that just writing* a book called "Art of the Deal" doesn't make you a great dealmaker. I could put my name on a book about figure skating and I'd still be a danger to myself and others on an Ice rink. *paying a ghost writer to write

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Is there any way we could all just get on with trading and cut USA out of all of it?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So my pension fund manager just sent out a "Don't shit the bed" email about Tariffs. How bad is this gonna be?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

If Boris Johnson was "Britain Trump", is Trump going to be "America Truss"?

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... 100% agree with this. UK housebuilders are a blight on the country. They should be taxed on the land they're holding back to restrict supply. While we're at it, we need to enforce higher Environmental and quality standards.

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UK housebuilders ‘very bad’ at building houses, says wildlife charity CEO

Land speculation to blame for lack of progress amid Labour drive to build 1.5m new homes, says Wildlife Trusts head

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I have a client in retail. They had samples. That, and morbid curiosity

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

"Staring at the blank screen" time endee eight minutes ago. And yet here I am, still.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I tried Huel. The name is onomatopoeiaic

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If I were a very sneaky foreign oligarch, I can't think of a better way to get even richer than buying myself a US president. Short everything, cash in when he's crashed the market and then buy up the asset cheap when the market bottoms out.

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GSV Empiricist @gsvempiricist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Alex Karp (CEO, Palentir) on status tech billionaires like Musk and Bezos; They want to be protected by laws, but not bound by them . They want everyone else to be bound by laws but not protected by them. Highly recommend his book.

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