My lad probably has lockdown to thank for his place at Oxford. When his GCSEs were cancelled, he devoted his time instead to learning all about cryptocurrencies and decentralised finance, which evolv… (View Post)

According to this, from 2018: https://www.statista.com/chart/12492/who-russians-consider-their-greatest-enemies/ we weren't hated by the Russians as much as the Americans (obviously) and the erstwhil… (View Post)

We're planning on taking a family holiday to Japan in the autumn, to see a friend of mine who has lived there for ages. With this in mind, I'm happily learning the rudiments of Japanese using the Duo… (View Post)

And is also sheltering over a million Ukrainian refugees, compared with our couple of hundred thousand. (View Post)

It's certainly unnerving. A substantial number of Americans would likely agree that it wouldn't be a bad thing for democracy to be suspended so that Trump could take absolute power. (View Post)