Nando

Ex-this, ex-that, ex-economist, ex-writer
@blinkcursor.bsky.social

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Looking at @ABBAVoyage prices you might think it's a bit of a rip-off—
—it's worse than that, it's an actual scam, involving shady outfit @AXS_UK

Spend '00s on tickets, you must download their app, but it's just a dummy screen. Loads of 1* reviews, no support, no gig. Avoid both

[Nando @blinkcursor]

@bookingcom Hah! As noted, we already contacted your customer support twice and you weren't interested.

The fact that you are still not interested clearly shows why fake AI-generated listings can thrive on https://t.co/1bLe6rZWcb

Sorry, I'm not doing your job for you any more.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Probably shouldn't be surprised to find scam listings on @bookingcom (complete with fake reviews).

Not sure whether to be surprised or not that when alerting @bookingcom to it they suggested contacting the owner with any concerns and were uninterested.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

@bookingcom We contacted your support twice about this, and they brushed us off. The hosts send a custom payment link (through your messaging!) to a website branded as https://t.co/1bLe6rZWcb that obviously isn't. We've cancelled the booking, and booked somewhere on AirBnB instead.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Thinking of @AVIVAIRELAND for car insurance if you have a teenager learning to drive?

Think again.

If you want them to learn in your car you have to sit in the car with them during all driving lessons and in the driving test to be covered.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Thinking of @AVIVAIRELAND for car insurance if you have a teenager learning to drive?

Think again.

If you want them to learn in your car you have to sit in the car with them during all driving lessons and in the driving test to be covered.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Thinking of switching to @eir ?

Don't! They've no modems. They'll activate your broadband but can't tell you when they'll send a modem because they've none in stock, leaving you days with no internet.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Pre-sale tickets have gone live for the @aerlingus College Football game in Dublin this summer, and most years I'm there with my family. This year? Meh. More likely to be protesting and telling them to go home.

@cfbireland

[Nando @blinkcursor]

If you were on the fence about whether the actions in #palestine amount to #genocide or "just" crimes against humanity, adding ethnic cleansing to the mix should pretty much settle that question for you.

[Nando @blinkcursor]

@Wexfordbus Same question, until what time do you expect these restrictions to be in place and affect pick-ups this afternoon?

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Yes, but can we be *sure* Elon Musk really did a Nazi salute? Or might he have paid someone to do it for him?

#elonmusk #nazisalute

[Nando @blinkcursor]

@SamanthaTaghoy @littlelouandMM Clearly not working

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Good, but slightly misses the point. Insurers are responsible for expensive healthcare in the same way car insurers are responsible for high repair costs. They don't exert downward pressure because they are not the ultimate payers, they just pass costs on via premiums.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Insurance companies are low-paid middlemen who are hired to play the bad guy in the bloated U.S. health care system. The real people overcharging you are the providers themselves.

https://t.co/85WX02feew

[Nando @blinkcursor]

Hey @Trustpilot https://t.co/Px6NQdisZG are infringing your copyright with fake recommendations & reviews on their homepage. There are no reviews on https://t.co/M7o057n8Hc, and the ones for https://t.co/vkxxpyhgf3 are terrible (aside from the fake Dutch ones).

[Nando @blinkcursor]

@gavreilly Nobody wanted the new Wicklow Wexford constituency and it was a dismal offering. Returning all 3 TDs from Wexford, this will have to change after the next review in 2027. The constituency needs to be rebalanced by shifting Wicklow Town into it, which they will hate.

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Listening to reasons why Israel massacres defenceless civilians in a territory it occupies is like listening to why a rapist rapes women. I don’t fucking care. I want it to stop and I want the perpetrators held accountable, as should everyone who cares about justice or humanity.

[Dario Perkins @darioperkins]

After decades of central-bank watching, I think I've managed to decipher the hidden code behind monetary policy moves:

25bps - "measured", precise, CHILLED
50 bps - "I'm not panicking, YOU are panicking"
75bps - OMFG we are so f***ed

Works in both directions.
Hope it helps

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Witnesses: Israeli soldiers shot and killed an American protester

🇮🇱: We shot at the demonstrators

🇺🇸: We don’t know who shot her but we’ve asked Israel to investigate

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

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