It's the unknowns I miss after leaving London. Chance encounters can really affect a life and you get a lot more when around many millions of people. (View Post)

Sort of related: https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/ (View Post)

I don't think they were all verified. IMO the Trump admin is bringing the GWOT methodology to the Americas. The difference is journalistic access when compared to Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq… (View Post)

I imagine that correlates pretty well with poverty. So a poorer => fatter feedback loop is probably a thing. May god have mercy on the North East hospital trusts. (View Post)

I've a hunch that the death of these mildly generous schemes will have an outsized affect on the 'small people economy'. By that I mean a lot of the excess goes straight back out to su… (View Post)