Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It is November 4th that you need to worry about. Even if the elections go well, the danger is not past! 010
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Only in America... My wife is American, she has trouble with numbers but tells time really well. I just have problems with what day it is (base 7). 😀 010
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Clock arithmetic can work quite well as a way to imagine other base forms. 12 is the most common, but 4 and 6 are good... 110
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These are public services, the oil that keeps capitalism functioning. You can add welfare, which means consumers can keep buying stuff and let Walmart and local stores keep making a profit. 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A 12 litre can of 'regular' for the mower usually costs me about 18 euros, this year it is about 30. Not taxes either. 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not quite, perhaps Northern Italy. France is a big country and we are a good 5 hours from Paris... but that's not taxes, it's Trump's war. 100
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026French prices in $C deisel about 3.93, regular a bit less but still over $C 3.00. 200
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All taxes... so income tax, sales tax/VAT... what else? 200
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just looked it up on the OECD website and the figure for Canada was just below the average at around 30%. The highest seems to be Belgium at around 55%. Where do your figures come from? 200
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think it might be because he's a sociopathic narcissist. 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So, are we to understand that you think the 'trump promise' is OK and legal? It seems to me that it is unethical in the context of democracy although perhaps inevitable in the context of capitalism. 100
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It isn't the 'reasonable person' that would be most likely to be influenced, 100
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Under U.S. federal law (specifically 18 U.S. Code § 597 and 52 U.S. Code § 10307), it is a criminal offense to pay, offer to pay, or accept payment for voting or registering to vote. That's from Google, I'm not a lawyer. 100
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If it is from his pocket or from campaign funds, it is a bribe. If it is from government funds, it requires legislative approval. 200
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No, that's a policy which has been tried and evaluated in other countries and would need approval from the legislature, not a direct enticement to vote a certain way. 100
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well it is a direct inducement to vote one way, that is against election law (and not usually a campaigning strategy). 200
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Really need to add the health impact to those. Such impact assessments should routinely be part of new developments. 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The story of forced deportees in Trump's USA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comBanished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation dealsAfter a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea... 000
Reposted by Occasionally poeticChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New substack: You can marginalize Marxism, but you cannot marginalize the facts. chrisdillow.substack.com/p/marx-on-aichrisdillow.substack.comMarx on AITechnical change is an issue of what capitalism does to workers. 63726
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm not a doggie person, but it has to be the dog... and only the dog! 010
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There is no single official percentage NHS diagnostic error, but research estimates that misdiagnoses affect about 5.5% (or 1 in 18) of patients (BMJ, 2023). 020
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Fascism is not 'state capitalism', it is collusion between the powerful forces of the state and capitalism. Corporations like Krupp and Siemanns made huge profits from the rearmament that followed the Nazi regime. 120
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Suddenly I'm being asked to verify my age... it is 72. 020
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You are not Germany which a peaceful and civilised country. You are authoritarian America led by a lying criminal gang. 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 13/07/2026All crispy-brown today... 30⁰+ for weeks and in water restrictions! 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 10/07/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Should we tell her about the 'secret ballot'?theguardian.comGreater Manchester candidate says non-Reform voters should house ‘migrant rapists’Sian Astley doubles down on stance that ‘people who vote for open borders should house criminals and rapists who enter UK’ 000
Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 07/07/2026May raise the PH a bit, but I'd go with something stronger! 010