Banks lending 5x joint income is totally crazy. As one may have said before, you can have around 4-5% money terms deflation in the housing market for a couple of decades, without anyone on a repaymen… (View Post)

Russia is now blocking registrations for Telegram and WhatsApp messaging services. https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1983981541090074718 They’re trying to get everyone to use a new Russian app cal… (View Post)

Alternatively, ministers could concentrate on getting rid of these ‘everyday tripwires’ that can ruin lives and reputations of ordinary people for seemingly minor paperwork errors. (View Post)

At least four Russian energy facilities taken offline overnight. Ukranian kinetic sanctions are clearly still working. https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1984129561542488141 (View Post)

The story of The Times being duped by a random guy called Bill DeBlasio is rather amusing. https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1983728764174717161 The British newspaper of record confused him with the fo… (View Post)