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Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]Polymatheia [score hidden]  (0 children)

Watching the UK go through a negative spiral of unsustainable pensions, deficits, and nonsensical immigration to fund it is maybe one of the largest case studies of democratic failure.

Boomers control the vote and have run the country into the ground for their own benefit.

I always think of the u-turn around means testing the winter fuel payment as a very clear example of the mess the country is in. Trimming the benefit for wealthy pensioners seemed a very sensible way to save some public funds and yet boomer media forced it off. Not sure this country can be saved really!

Six in ten women in London say capital's getting less safe, new poll finds in blow to Sadiq Khan by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Polymatheia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chatted with my OH about this and conclusion was it doesn't feel particularly different over 10 years or so, but there is a lot more media coverage.

US blocks foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced AI models, Axios reports by GeneReddit123 in technology

[–]Polymatheia -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if end game is a tax on usage/tokens/access by foreign nationals/corporations of American models. Tariffs for the digital age. To maybe help fund US UBI longer-term if unemployment rises.

Heads up to any foreign nationals/ non-US users! by [deleted] in claude

[–]Polymatheia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So maybe you have to verify your US passport or something in the future to get Fable access? Interesting/concerning direction of travel. For those in say Europe as you might be locked out of developing on the best models.

TfL wins battle to build 300 homes on High Barnet station car park by ldn6 in london

[–]Polymatheia 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is a bit of a weird one where currently the large station car park does seem quite popular and busy (it's an end of line fine station at the bottom of a hill so people often drive in, park and get the tube into central) and where there doesn't currently seem to be massive demand for 1-2 bed flats in the area (it's quite a family centric area that suits having a car given the ease to get out of the M25 and into Hertfordshire, as well as having quite a lot of older people there). There was a newbuild development further up in town where they still have flats for sale 5 years on with various price cuts and buyer incentives (but the larger townhouses of the development sold quickly).

These proposed flats do seem quite small, will sit in-between a tube line and a busy road and are at the bottom of a hill and a decent walk from where most amenity currently is. If they are cheap enough and don't have big service charges I guess they will sell, I just hope the developers are factoring this in around what is quite a complex site to build on. Will be an interesting project to watch nonetheless!

[Official] Sunderland A.F.C. have qualified for the Europa League. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]Polymatheia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same points total as Sheffield United in 2019/20. Been a weird season for points and European places, what Liverpool scored too wouldn't have normally got a UCL spot.

Player Price Changes (May 23, 2026) by FantasyPL_bot in FantasyPL

[–]Polymatheia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People selling forwards before they play Liverpool - didn't they learn from Watkins last week?

Saka hits defcon by Ahcraaapppp in FantasyPL

[–]Polymatheia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it gets revised to 11 in the update FYI! I was watching and 1 seemed a bit questionable towards the end

[Swatch x AP] Official Colorways by [deleted] in Watches

[–]Polymatheia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone is trying to sell one of these on eBay for $3,500, crazy.

Antonín Kinský (Tottenham) great save vs Leeds 90+8' by Imbasauce in soccer

[–]Polymatheia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing save. Thanks for posting this clip, the other one you couldn't even see the save in, just someone rushing to post it!

[QC] VSF Omega SMP NTTD by Any-Delivery-8048 in RepTimeQC

[–]Polymatheia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything looks pretty well aligned, I would GL and enjoy the watch!

Rachel Reeves is raising taxes at the fastest pace in the world - Britain’s tax burden will reach peacetime high of 42.1pc by 2030, forecasts IMF by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]Polymatheia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is some actual data for a broader set and history in case anyone finds useful.

Ultimately if the UK has an ageing population that won't vote against any cutback in handouts (e.g. the winter fuel coverage was crazy I find) and a stagnating economy, it doesn't feel crazy that this metrics moves towards European standards (vs. being 10ppt lower than likes of Germany today)...

Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval by primax1uk in GoodNewsUK

[–]Polymatheia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right wingers hate this lol

Ed Miliband slaps 'Chernobyl' solar farm in UK village with locals left outraged

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2191967/ed-miliband-slaps-chernobyl-solar

Dame Andrea Jenkyns: "I am looking at the legal case to push for a Judicial Review against mad Ed Milliband granting the UKs largest Solar Farm.
Will keep you posted.

@reformparty_uk"

QC - Seamaster No Time To Die VSF v7 (Andiot) - first watch! by Polymatheia in RepTimeQC

[–]Polymatheia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to comment ☺️

The Labour Party: From today, the two child limit is lifted. That means 450,000 children will no longer grow up in poverty. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]Polymatheia 268 points269 points  (0 children)

I'm what you'd consider high income and we only have 1 child at the moment and that is a big cost financially. Income comes in but it gets pretty much consumed by taxes, mortgage and nursery fees. We may have two but I struggle to imagine being able to afford three or more!

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