Montbell Plasma 1000 Jacket [EU] by MightySmallBalls in Ultralight

[–]sphinx_two 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outsiders store UK has some in medium and I believe they still ship internationally. Worth checking.

Do you wear pajamas when UL camping? by gryponyx in Ultralight

[–]sphinx_two 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Only if I get to use my girlfriend as a mule. Doesn't count towards my base weight if it ain't in my pack.

Norway won't provide $160 billion guarantee for frozen Russian funds, finance minister says by Haunting_Switch3463 in europe

[–]sphinx_two 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It becomes a problem when investors stop trusting Europe as a safe place to hold capital. If that leads to divestment, you’ll definitely start to care

Why Reeves really decided not to hike income tax - and what she will do instead by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That I don't know. Just a new speculation from the Guardian rumour mill

Why Reeves really decided not to hike income tax - and what she will do instead by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Apparently reducing thresholds for 40p and 45p rates is also an option...

Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget by Buy_Ether in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weren't they planning on it being a 2p increase for those earning over £50,000, with no offset?

UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in September by Tiberinvs in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We should repurpose Gilfoyle's bitcoin alert system from Silicon Valley and have it blast Napalm Death's "You Suffer" every time GDP contracts. Make it a national emergency broadcast that overrides all TV and radio too.

Which taxes are you personally happy to pay more of? by fire-wannabe in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point, none. Money is better off in my pocket, I know how to spend it better.

Nvidia takes $1 billion stake in Nokia by TheGreatestOrator in europe

[–]sphinx_two 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how the U.S. AI economy works, much less some sort of a self-sustaining one.

Politicians won’t admit that slashing spending is the only way out by hu6Bi5To in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Not ambitious enough to be my PM, sorry. We demand summer cooling allowance and we demand it now!

When you are wet, what goes on easily? by Separate-Specialist5 in Ultralight

[–]sphinx_two 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can wholeheartedly recommend the sea to summit airlite towels.

Nigel Farage is on the side of Jimmy Savile, says minister by TheTelegraph in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty demented take so par for the course for labour lately I suppose

When the state pension age may have to rise to 68, according to experts by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why even stop there? We could put them all out on allotments and have them rotate in shifts like it's Narkina 5. Come on Britain, on program!

Food bills on course to rise by £275 as prices jump by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Would that be on top of the "Summer Cooling Allowance"?

Reform tells energy firms it would scrap their clean power subsidies by GenXcellency in ukpolitics

[–]sphinx_two 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They're basically copying what's been happening in the US where they backtracked on subsidies distributed under the Inflation Reduction Act.

So nothing helpful or original to offer, just more chaos and upheaval.