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Cyclist, flaneur, retired EM banker. Dublin / Hong Kong / Jakarta / Beijing / Shanghai / Kuala Lumpur / Paris / Moscow / Mauritius / London

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Continued in Dublin until well into the β€˜80s.

17.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s always one member who just leaves voice notes that no-one else listens to… wonder who that is

20.01.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They did a World Cup in Russia after they invaded Ukraine.

18.01.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gen-X Irish here. We were the β€œlatchkey” kids who had to let ourselves in after school & fend for ourselves for a couple of hours. A brewing social catastrophe, it was said to be.

14.01.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant, both of you.

10.01.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/26^10

07.01.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How much of the post-Covid gap is due to higher EU energy prices, arising I suppose largely from the Ukraine war?

14.12.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That seems helpful and good to know, but the resources required to investigate and pursue false or AI-hallucinated claims would easily be overwhelmed - it still seems preferable to me to filter spam objections via a fee / pricing mechanism.

09.11.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The solution has to include some sort of fee to lodge objections - preferably one equivalent to the cost of evaluating and responding to them.

09.11.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He could have ordered these at many other Burgers King as well.

27.10.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been having exactly these thoughts. The need to start having a plan.

19.10.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, I wouldn’t β€œlet the kid die” or apply this to anyone under 18. But in my view an adult who refuses vaccinations without a valid reason ought to be refused care… even if that is seen as β€œletting them die”.

07.10.2025 05:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Access to NHS care should be based on proof of vaccination. Why should the state care for people who won’t care for themselves or their children?

06.10.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It turns out that a lot of meetings could have been an email.

05.10.2025 06:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe they think net migration is 3x what it actually is?

26.09.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A bit like achieving a reduction in your blood pressure by bleeding out a pint of blood.

22.09.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Him & Van Morrisson

04.09.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LITTLE BIG – SKIBIDI (official music video)
LITTLE BIG – SKIBIDI (official music video) YouTube video by Little Big

It was a hit pop song in Russia in 2019: youtu.be/mDFBTdToRmw?...

28.08.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My fear is that a future Reform or Conservative govt would trigger a border poll in order to escape ECHR, they would be quite happy to lose an ill-prepared and disruptive referendum and then simply walk away and leave Ireland to deal with the consequences. Even the
CTA might come under question.

16.08.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Philip I enjoyed very much this thoughtful article, and I look forward to the book.

16.08.2025 11:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

W2

13.08.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Presumably Cork is no.1 due to the presence of big US pharma companies booking all their revenue there?

25.07.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And every other large or rich state in the region to acquire their own bomb.

23.06.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the right-wing equivalent of MMT.

18.04.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Recent US$ weakness has flipped the usual rate response - higher Treasury yields AND FX weakness mean it is not merely no longer a safe haven - it isn’t even behaving like a DM currency - see Karthik Sangaran.

18.04.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

China’s model requires the renminbi to remain weak against the dollar, which means keeping export proceeds in dollar assets, rather than converting dollars into renminbi, and thereby driving up the renminbi’s value against the dollar.

15.04.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Great Leap Faceplantward

06.04.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Conversations with Ireland’s most notorious murderer The long read: Malcolm Macarthur was the wealthy, bookish socialite who shocked Ireland with a brutal double killing in 1982, and caused a major political scandal. I tracked him down and heard, for th...

The Man-Eater of Malahide would’ve been about this lad: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...

01.04.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Swap lines to support eurodollar banking system are based on definition of eligible collateral, which is an FOMC matter - so look safe so long as Powell is in the chair.

25.03.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Poland has more tanks than
Ger, Fra, UK combined. Finland has more artillery than Ger, Fra, UK combined. Ukraine has more troops than… etc

18.03.2025 08:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0