sebboyd.bsky.social
Markets Live strategist at Bloomberg News. Politics and history nerd. Book-lover. Opinions are my own (or plagiarized from the wise and witty). Based in Chile.
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Haters will probably say it has something to do with widespread access to penicillin in the US, but those in the know say FinReg.
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My daughter here in Chile is preparing for exams at the end of this year, the equivalent of UK A-levels. Here results will be blended with the average of her test and coursework scores from school and if she doesn't do well she can resit twice. It's best of 3 attempts.
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Umm. I think you misread that remark by prominent German historian Helene von Bismarck.
www.helenevonbismarck.com
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Because they want the interviewee to explain why they disagree.
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
NW by Zadie Smith
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I think it's a decent song, badly overproduced. I'll wait for Birdy to cover it.
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Those both look like excellent choices. I have my eye on a little dinghy for mucking around in.
www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/geist...
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This is the correct answer. You're paying for 2 quids worth of looking out the window and dreaming.
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Well, given that I ask it for help with coding and my coding's terrible, I'm not sure I'd like being called out for my idiocy every five minutes! I'd settle for it sounding less like a creepy henchman.
"Wonderful idea, master! How perceptive you are!" *wrings hands and simpers*
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If you tell it to stop the flattery, it will. It's a personality that tested well. People like being told how smart they are, but it will adapt its tone to yours over time.
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Henry James uses them a lot, IIRC.
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Is there a wealthy tulip lobby that might be prepared to contribute campaign funding in hopes your SWF boosts the price of bulbs?
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It's been too long since we had a good spaghetti war. Who wants to see my recipe for authentic Spanish paella?
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This meme would be better if that were, in fact, Indian PM Modi.
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It's not as funny as Twitter was before it got broken.
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I have the exact same issue with Toulon.
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Yes his wife's name was Evelyn, so Evelyn Waugh was a woman, just not the Evelyn Waugh you may be thinking of.
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Ha! Fair point. I didn't think that through!
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Almost every country borrows in a currency they can issue unlimited amounts of. Just ask Argentina and Greece.
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Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +9.3%
🇮🇹 +6.9% (thru Q4)
🇯🇵 +3.1% (thru Q4)
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q4)
🇬🇧 -0.4%
🇨🇦 -1.4% (thru Q4)
🇩🇪 -2.1% (thru Q4)
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In the 1980s, the city of Glasgow changed the name of the square where the South African consulate was based to Nelson Mandela Place, so they had to use that address on all their correspondence.
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youtu.be/jYXWzP-GuUc?...
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Mother's gambling has got out of control again, so we're going to have to tighten our belts for a while (or at least until the 3:30 at Chepstow.)
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It does have a secret doorway at least.
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www.countrylife.co.uk/property/a-2...
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Ironically, dressing up as law enforcement to kidnap people without a warrant is something Tren de Aragua has been known to do. Last year, they abducted a murdered a Venezuelan dissident in Santiago Chile, while dressed as police.
www.nytimes.com/es/2025/02/1...
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Add some fried onions and you've got yourself beef 'a lo pobre', Chilean style.
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It's been suspended.
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This is a chart of eggs per hen, not a chart of eggs. If the flock has been culled, there will be fewer hens.
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I love this series of yours.
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Solid list though. Also could have had
youtu.be/O8maBsuhHr4?...
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Only English people would think there's no difference between English and British. Welsh, Scottish, and about 1/2 the people in Northern Ireland have no difficulty with the concept.
Elliding the two is the most English traits of all.
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I'm just jealous of the length of that headline.
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Any idea why POTUS might be nervous?