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‘The view from the column is ever distant’ (Anon, early 21st century) Befuddling mix of politics, art, literary theory, philosophy, financial markets, international relations, cooking, and…dog photos… ‘Wow just wow what a skeeter’ ‘Such a cute dog’
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This all just seems incredibly confused. Huge thirst for < checks notes > 2.5% defense spending, some bizarre Mandelson scheme which seems to bear no resemblance to reality.

This does not fill one with confidence about Mr Casey’s level of insight…

No you went to the fancy restaurant and accidentally set your scarf on fire on the candle…

No you went to the fancy restaurant and accidentally set your scarf on fire on the candle…

TIL you can request an emergency supply of medication from a pharmacist in the UK without a prescription. That definitely seems like something worth knowing if you have a cliff-edge condition like epilepsy or #AddisonsDisease @addisonsdisease.bsky.social

Aging well…

Excuse me what

People seem to assume EM cares particularly about Tesla as a car manufacturing company.

The occasional but noticeable v abusive reply now creeping into my mentions. A straight block.

In effect this seems to preclude independent non US regulation of tech cos. That strikes me as completely unworkable (for literally everyone) and consequently bad news for the US tech cos.* *Who knows how this leaves the Apple / UK encryption issue…

Every so often I meet random UK people in Paris literally all of whom have some terrible story about healthcare.