Varric Stormblessed

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

The measles outbreaks when Facebook mums start applying the anti-COVID vaccine logic to all vaccines gonna be funny

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

High risk no reward

[jepri @callmejeprian]

can we stop serving food like this?😑

[Ioan Grillo @ioangrillo]

That is not crazy. It’s totally predictable unless you have never left the United States.

[usaama @yoUsaama]

6 weeks ago, two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green. @Keir_Starmer convened an emergency Cobra meeting the same day, gave a national Ted Talk about "Jewish Pain", omitted any mention of the Muslim victim of the same attacker earlier the same day, and the Home Office increased the national terrorism threat level.

today, we have now seen two days of racist pogroms beginning in Belfast and large groups of white supremacists terrorizing entire communities across multiple cities in the UK, with families being firebombed in their homes, people calling in sick to work because they're too afraid to step outside, and Black and brown people literally sheltering and hiding in their white friends homes - and @Keir_Starmer has issued a few twitter condemnations.

right.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Greater Manchester Police have issued an appeal for information after a suspected arson attack on the home of an Imam in Bolton last night.

Footage shows a masked man throwing a lit object through a front window.

The Patel family were safely evacuated by emergency services and no one was injured.

Police said they believe the incident was targeted and are investigating.

In a statement, Hassan Patel said the attack has caused "significant damage to our house and emotional distress to our family, including our children.”

[Madeleine @JournoMaddie]

This is the kind of thing the international community condemns China or North Korea for doing. Anyone who thinks we’re still a free country is completely deluded.

[J @BigJamzLdn]

Lucy Letby had an 8 baby kill streak and no one rioted

[RK☄️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @mygoatiswashed]

2am - Haiti vs Scotland

5am - Australia vs Turkey

6pm - Germany vs Curacao

9pm - Netherlands vs Japan

[umair. @umairrg]

Is this not a terrorist attack then?

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Wild stat.

"France has roughly the same population as the U.K., but almost 50 percent more homes."

https://t.co/XZD2IVBeB4

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

Wait a minute.

All of this happened but why did company profits and executive compensation rise so dramatically while we all got poorer?

That sounds like SOMEONE captured all that surplus wealth. I think you're missing "4." 🤔

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

If wages had kept pace with the economy, the average worker would be on $150k+.

Wages have fallen since the 1970s for 3 real reasons…

1. Technology has undermined the value of labour. Tech makes hard jobs easy. It outsources labour to cheaper countries. It completely replaces some jobs.

2. Governments print money and create cheap debt to stimulate the headline numbers of the economy. When they do it it’s an invisible tax on work and it inflates the value of anything that can be bought with debt (ie: houses but not wages).

3. We’ve massively increased the supply of labour. Both genders working full time doubled the supply of labour for many types of work. Then the ability to make work remote more than doubled it again. More supply equals lower prices.

Until we address the real reasons why the value of labour is so low we can’t solve the real problem. It might feel good to blame “billionaires” for everything but it’s a waste of time and energy if they’re not the real cause of the problem.

[LT Jonathan Kendrick @PlisskenPatriot]

Imagine being so mentally fragile that you view every small question as a huge decision. “How can I make myself the victim today?” Just say that you hate your husband. Cleaner.

[Turk Scout @ScouTurk]

🇩🇪🇶🇦 Joshua Kimmich in 2021 on Qatar 🗣️

“I see us as having a responsibility to address things. That’s what we tried.”

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Joshua Kimmich in 2026 on the USA 🗣️

“That we players can solve these problems or change anything about them: that’s the wrong expectation.”

[CJ☔️ @samwakinsvv]

Ngl he was minding his business and they turned him into a freedom fighter in under a minute LMFAOO

[Paul @LeftySeparatist]

Just in case you’re wondering what kind of place the UK is, a few jewish ambulances being set on fire will bring about more COBRA meetings and hysterical mass media coverage than actual people being burned out of their homes by masked gangs rampaging through the streets.

[Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws1]

WOW.

AlJazeera just dropped a ONE HOUR documentary about ISRAEL’s CRIMES against the PALESTINIANS.

This is very HARD TO WATCH.

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

SoftBank invested $41 billion into OpenAI.

Then tried to borrow $10 billion against that stake.

Banks said that’s too much.

Cut it to $6 billion.

Banks still said no.

SoftBank shares dropped nearly 10% this morning. 

The banks don’t believe OpenAI is worth $852 billion.

The same OpenAI losing $14 billion a year.

That just filed for a $1 trillion IPO.

SoftBank needed the loan to keep funding OpenAI.

To fund the company they already own 13% of.

With money borrowed against the stake they already own.

Masayoshi Son previously lost $70 billion on WeWork.

Called it the most valuable company in the world.

The banks remember WeWork.

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

Modric is the same age and is still slapping it top bins btw

[Barcelona Da Depressão | Fã @BarcaDepressaoo]

Cristiano Ronaldo acabou KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

This you?

[Amazon Web Services @awscloud]

More AI-generated code doesn't make your team faster. It might actually slow you down.

[Varric Stormblessed @GreyThoughts]

every plan inflates the house market, if ppl can't afford it let the price drop

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Young people could swap a year's state pension for £12,500 cash to get on property ladder under new proposal https://t.co/X4HBPfyhEj

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’

Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.

So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.