alistair pomegranate 'lappy' percival

alistair pomegranate 'lappy' percival

@lappypercival.bsky.social

chairman of the overseas committee for the promotion and defence of british interests | nanny-statist | anglican protestant (TEC) | grad student somewhere (econ) Philippians 2:12-13 | Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.

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genuinely surprised people say positive things about the FED

John Gramlich@johngramlich.bsky.social

How Republicans and Democrats view federal agencies Majorities in both parties have a favorable opinion of three agencies: the National Park Service, the National Weather Service and the US Postal Service. www.pewresearch.org/fact-sheet/h...

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the old lady in binghamton yesterday still thinks we don't have an ozone layer

Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster@chriswarcraft.bsky.social

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

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Replying to @besttrousers.bsky.social

People keep saying "how do you not know 3 facts about your kid?" and that's just not what is being asked of the parent.

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Replying to @adsquires.bsky.social

"pick something that is unremarkable enough for the teacher not to think you're a weirdo and the kid not to get picked on, but specific enough for the kid to then draw a picture of it or whateve" Yes - that's a good description of the implied task!

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Ok I'm going to be all in team Mayer here - it's a slightly irritating task, and your job is to pick something that is unremarkable enough for the teacher not to think you're a weirdo and the kid not to get picked on, but specific enough for the kid to then draw a picture of it or whatever.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

i'm not exactly hiding it but i generally think governments can and should be a lot more intrusive in social policy than they are now in the west

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

what is an *actual*, *specific* opinion that you hold that will be unpopular on bluesky ? Mine is that Javier Milei is horrible but probably did a better job in fixing Argentina’s hyperinflation crisis than any of his opponents would have

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I am glad the vibes are putrid for Rs right now but I really, really need everyone to be skeptical of anything involving modeled votes.

AdotSad@adotsad.bsky.social

This guy is hated on ConET right now but I'm pretty sure he's a Republican too lol

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I once got into an argument with someone when I pointed out that this is the textbook example of a revealed preference, which is how I learned that a whole bunch of people think that "revealed preferences" are bad things that only big evil corporations corporations do.

James Ball@jamesrball.com

The British syndrome, summarised: 78% of us say our high streets are important to us. But only 28% of us actually use their local high street even once a week – and only 53% of people said they used theirs *once a month*. We won't use it, and we won't lose it.

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but you have to consider what you're paying for: the opportunity to live in a permanent sauna convenient to a wide variety of predatory lizards and the rising seas that periodically try to kill you with hurricanes

David H. Montgomery@dhmontgomery.com

Median rent as a share of median income of renter households in major U.S. metros, 2010 vs. 2024. Minneapolis is lowest on the list, at 29%, down from 30.4% in 2010. www.artio.so/dataviz/page...

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Replying to @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

I see this kind of complaint a lot with Trump too. "Crazy how it takes hours to built this sandcastle and only seconds to knock it down" Like, yeah, that's how the world works, bad things are often easier than good things.

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i don't think it's that crazy it's a lot harder to use public money to build a complicated interconnected grid of rail infrastructure than it is to use private money to build a bunch of big warehouses. like i don't think it's great only one of those is possible but what i do not think it is is crazy

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Replying to @proptermalone.bsky.social

also and respectfully "the teacher sent home a prompt for you to come up with three things that describe your kid" is not some beautiful opportunity for human connection and growth it is a mildly annoying task