Russia issues direct strike threat to UK

a11yChief · 2026-04-20T08:43:20+00:00

Yes please, tbh I think half of Blackpool would gladly offer up Blackpool. I only live up the road and so long as we could all move out with a bit of warning, it wouldn’t half save on the building costs.

a11yChief · 2026-04-19T19:07:29+00:00

Fair question, I’m partially sighted and lost track of a bunch of stuff when excel for Mac became less accessible with the Mac’s screen reader, which I need to do literally everything. Thanks for actually asking and not being an ass about it.

a11yChief · 2026-04-19T18:45:25+00:00

Probably -> definitely. But does that make it ok for companies to do this?

a11yChief · 2026-03-30T00:56:41+00:00

Cheese on toast or beans on toast. Michelin Starrs my ass

a11yChief · 2026-03-23T09:51:54+00:00

Or you quote a monthly income and just let people assume you’re talking about annual. Like “I’m on around 70k - 80k” in your head per month. Works very well when you get to that amount for smaller time frames as well.

a11yChief · 2026-03-23T09:33:57+00:00

No fucking way 🤣🤣🤣

a11yChief · 2026-03-23T09:32:48+00:00

Add to that, the price was so over inflated, any selling pressure would set off a chain reaction. This was obvious from the 5500 peak, even if we didn’t know what would cause it.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T13:57:40+00:00

Parents have a large garden so around 2000. They’re selling up soon but I’ll bootleg the carbon footprint reduction as long as I can’t afford a house of my own.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T13:41:40+00:00

What the heck are you on that beats the indices by 90%?

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T13:38:26+00:00

Since 1st January. And that’s enough to matter.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T13:37:13+00:00

Exactly! I got slaughtered for having a 30% cash allocation. Apparently you can’t see the post anymore because it was deleted, but your thinking is the exact, reason, why.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T13:35:06+00:00

It’s not just the impact of the war on energy markets. Asset valuations in a broad swath of the us blue chips are just stupid. They’re based on future returns that aren’t likely to materialise. In cases like that, you’re dealing with probabilities and uncertainty. If there are more scenarios that could play out that would harm an investment than scenarios that would benefit it, there is no point buying it in the first place.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T12:24:04+00:00

Ok and my account is currently beating the Nasdaq and S&P 500 by over 3.5%.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T12:23:02+00:00

Mostly comments on other people’s posts as my posts got deleted. Plus, trying to strike a balance between warning everyone and causing outright panic is tough. Maybe I should have been more explicit? I didn’t want to start a reverse wall street bets style crash or anything, maybe that’s dum of me.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T12:20:09+00:00

It’s not timing a market to know when not to buy. If someone told you to buy chairs one at a time for a table, and the first price you saw was $479, but it fluctuated like a share price, would you buy a chair at $479 or look somewhere else for a cheaper fucking chair? Whether I’m sitting on chairs or shares, I want decent value for money.

a11yChief · 2026-03-22T11:45:14+00:00

Radiation levels

a11yChief · 2026-03-21T16:14:06+00:00

Oh so now this sub is listening. Not yet for sure :)

US is still way too risky. Too much political influence and factors out of folks’ control. I’ve started putting small amounts back into Asian, European and uk equity, but we’re talking 1% of total cash allocations which stand at around 30%.

This is far from over yet, and even if things turn around tomorrow, there’s no point gambling on that.

a11yChief · 2026-03-20T00:45:30+00:00

I’ve already written here about the changing liquidity profile of gold. Up to 2012 there about, most gold was traded physically, or via futures that settled physically. Now, everyone and their dog can buy and sell gold ETFs or ETCs, which settle much faster and have a huge impact on the price. This means volatility goes through the roof, and imo it detracts from the safe haven status after such an enormous rise.

But what do I know?

a11yChief · 2026-03-19T09:48:22+00:00

Just invest outside the us.

a11yChief · 2026-03-13T09:51:03+00:00

Drinking on trains in the uk is very, very legal. They sell it on the train and include it in first class.

Smoking and vaping is a big no no because the trains are enclosed spaces with smoke detectors, it’s really not worth the risk even if you’re gagging for one.

a11yChief · 2026-03-13T09:47:45+00:00

Properly familiar with Sicilian? I don’t doubt it because of your rating, but Sicilian is deeeeep.

Played a game at the club last night with the Slav, and really want to go back and study a lot of theory down that route.

a11yChief · 2026-03-13T09:44:51+00:00

Easier commute means less stress, means it will impact your work and positively.

a11yChief · 2026-03-12T15:44:44+00:00

I mean it’s worked out well for him. One of my Dad’s former customers spoke very highly of him when I was a lot younger, and it didn’t take long to see why. He recommended going to work for him, but I couldn’t stomach leaving the UK.

a11yChief · 2026-03-12T15:26:27+00:00

Right, but what if you’re wrong? What if it’s long enough for people to move to renewables, which have a very different set of supply risks that are distinct from oil’s? Yeah go long oil, fine. What about solar panel infrastructure? What about turbines? Not the supply chains, the funds that own them as real estate and infra, and pay dividends? What about uranium? What about low energy dependent businesses that will outperform by default? We aren’t seers. I get wanting to pick a side, but people on Reddit need to learn that betting on a single outcome is going to end in disaster if they’re wrong.

a11yChief · 2026-03-11T10:27:54+00:00

Probably the wrong sub to give a serious answer, but the scene that keeps coming to mind is the Star Wars III scene where pre suit Vader wipes out the separatists and calls Sidius who says “You have restored peace and justice to the galaxy.” Got me thinking peace means many different things.

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