marcusalonso

Spaniard in Sussex. Looking for inspiration. Failing to avoid the culture wars. I/me

[Kyle Smith @rkylesmith]

Every word of this Sam Harris essay on Israel is obviously true and it’s crazy that we live in an intellectual environment where this is called contrarianism.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@CarterRoutes @cmwilliams99 Do you know what marginal tax rate means?

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@beauti_animals D urham

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@PolitlcsUK @Telegraph So random. Why those businesses. Why do cafes get a bigger cut than pubs?

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@jaimerh354 The strike worked very quickly last time. Why not just strike again and demand a multi year deal?

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@lawrencenewport Is it not just fluffing itself ahead of the ipo?

[Ramon Agusta @ramonagusta]

800% worse than they forecast... and it has cost jobs, ruined families and *raised no net tax revenue*.

Halt the policy immediately.

[RGill @robggill]

Kalibr subsonic cruise missiles are 60% aluminum; 40% of the structural weight of drones is alum; 20% of Ballistic missiles such as Iskanders is aluminum. These missiles can not be constructed without aluminum and aluminum coming from the Shannon Estuary.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@tc1415 Seems remarkable. How many millions of hours of professional time was wasted complying with the implications of Cheshire West.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@post_liberal It's hard to imagine it would have changed the outcome but it does seem procedurally odd that the document be suppressed. What's the point?

[Colin Wynter KC @QcWynter]

I have just seen Keir answer questions about the Henry Nowak murder.
He seemed overcome by emotion and possibly terrified of where this may all lead if current concerns are not "managed".
All the progressive shibboleths- hate crime, EDI, anti-racism- may now face scrutiny.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@jaimerh354 @PuzzlerSharpe So it's a matter that the judge needs to form a view on based on the evidence available? Not sure routinely carrying it means he didn't enjoy it's potential as a weapon. Seems a big call the sentencing remarks don't address. Open to appeal?

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@jaimerh354 @PuzzlerSharpe But how is that determined? He owned 20 knives and seems to have loved weapons. Is it not likely having it available to use as a weapon was at least part of the attraction?

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@jaimerh354 @PuzzlerSharpe Can you explain why the starting point was not 25 years given he was carrying a knife. Is it because the judge thought this was justified given his religion?

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Every day, ships leave this russian owned factory in Ireland straight for St Petersburg carrying thousands of tonnes of raw alumina for the war machine.

There’s corruption everywhere. Locals tell me politicians are bought by oligarchs.

Ireland is no longer militarily neutral.

[Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @lugaricano]

And again, and again, and again, the market proves to be more flexible and adaptable than the engineers, extrapolating, with their calculators expect. When prices change, behaviour changes. Believe in substitution, in elasticity, in human ingenuity, that is, in the market, and you will get a closer approximation than all doom-mongers. For this of course, a market must exist (e.g., does not apply to the fertility collapse).

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@nuwandiss @Hartushare I think she's making the point it's not smi. Which is true.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@ShipleyWrites @HeracleanVision But the most chaotic and costly people do not voluntarily leave and just exist in the underground economy etc. The home office makes minimal effort to actually remove people that remain after their visa expires.

[marcusalonso @anothermarcusa]

@MentalHealthCop How strong is the evidence for that actually being casual?

[max tempers @maxtempers]

The Economist makes the Effective Altruism case for scrapping the asylum system: instead of redirecting foreign aid into £4,000-per-month asylum accommodation bills in the UK, as we presently do, why not just help people where they are at one-hundredth of the cost?