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Of course you're abolutely right about average incomes there, much higher.

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ccss.public.lu/en/parametre... This says 17% for pension from employment taxes, plus 8.5% from the government, so 25.5% into the pension fund in total.

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Social parameters

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But that's for everything. The 25.5% is just for the pension.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Luxembourg state pension is funded by a tax of 25.5% on gross incomes (split between employers and employees), a lot more than we pay in the UK, and any surplus is invested on international markets. Quite unlike the UK system. Would a 25% tax just for pensions be supported electorally in the UK?

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Worst stag weekend ever?

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Over £1000 at Currys that model

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not been to the Canal Museum near Kings Cross? The C goes missing regularly.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So tired of billionaires. Who cares what they think? Stay and pay tax, then you can comment. Otherwise, leave and shut up.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Guardian report says this has been ongoing for over a week. Incredible this is allowed to carry on for so long.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It was the 8:10 interview

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Will theirs be a hard exit on WTO terms?

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They obviously watched The Spy Who Loved Me

Submarines inside a ship, in The Spy Who Loved Me

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I imagine the distributor can influence scheduling, but the big guys have software (often using AI :-)) that does it centrally and the smaller ones do it themselves. It's one of the reasons you generally don't see the following week's schedule until Thursday or Friday a lot of the time.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think mostly cinemas do the scheduling, not studios or distributors. Still sounds like someone's making bad decisions though.

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Jenrick covering for @mrjamesob.bsky.social ??? OMG. Come back soon James!

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Defecting to Labour so he can run against Burnham for the leadership

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hope he got a doggy bag

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Does that work for people in wheelchairs? How do they step carefully around the robot?

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Can't beat David Copperfield on this question:

Some happy talent, and some fortunate opportunity, may form the two sides of the ladder on which some men mount, but the rounds of that ladder must be made of stuff to stand wear and tear; and there is no substitute for thorough-going, ardent, and sincere earnestness

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

sites.middlebury.edu/presidential... I think this came from @theresthistory.bsky.social ... Jimmy Carter was significantly over-invested in the White House tennis court calendar

sites.middlebury.edu

Carter Tennis Courts – Presidential Power

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

100% agree. I am waiting for good solar tiles that look as good as traditional tiles, and I only just discovered air to air heat pumps, which can also do AC. When to dive in when it keeps changing?

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Narcissists have a history with reflecting pools

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Did the Tories all take the day off today? Are they OK?

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

His comments on Mythos on the Today Programme (Anthropic's shiny new hacking thing) were embarrassingly misinformed. Cyber security practitioners are achieving the same sorts of results with previous iterations and a bit of human know-how.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/05/2026

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One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

He's tucked his top into his shorts, so weird, runners don't do that until it's -5 degrees

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Paging Gareth Southgate!

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Educated at St Paul's School apparently. Nothing like a British public school for fostering self-confidence!

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Trump's gonna be so cross when he reads this😆

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm reading them like they were announcements in Hi De Hi now, makes it a bit more tolerable

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Wonderful episode again! Where would I find the interview with the futurologist you mention in the bonus episode?

Greg 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @gregb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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They really need to learn that paying taxes is the happy outcome for them.

Two small children labeled “the rich” cry and shrink back in terror from a rabbit labeled “taxes” while behind them, unseen, lurks a tiger labeled “guillotines”

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/04/2026

Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive! If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email tuna@ourworldindata.org.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Does Luxembourg have anti-bribery laws?

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r... Some data in the latest Ofcom report would seem to support this argument. Active posting or commenting fell from 61% to 49% in 1 year. Only 36% think using social media sites is good for their mental health down from 42%.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Sun also ran an Ed Miliband themed April Fools story. He must be very proud.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I wonder if it would make any difference if people were to contact support@samsunguk.zendesk.com to complain in large enough volumes. This is their UK complaints email address.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

They've clearly never seen the size of a real life tanker.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Boat Race on the radio sounds like top entertainment.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The movie industry gets massive tax concessions (worth hundreds of millions p.a. in the UK alone), so they can hardly talk about subsidies.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It almost seems like the Conservatives don't understand markets, or supply and demand.

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Calvin Bailey very good just now about Starmer, Iran etc on @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The way the BBC website is interacting with the Brave browser led to some confusing results, which is a shame. Apologies.

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Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I think it was Emily Thornberry, talking a lot of sense

Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

For balance, might highlighting who will be able to read those DMs if they are not encrypted be a good idea?