Literary studies - The author's intention isn't that important; what matters is what the work actually does. An architect could have a brilliant plan for a building but if it's built and the roof leaks the plans to keep everyone dry don't matter.
“LVT won’t raise rents”. There’s no economic case to be made that a land value tax could raise housing rents but people are obsessed with businesses ‘passing on’ taxes and can’t think about the mechanism by which that happens (or doesn’t)
Stephen Buggy
TIL: Ireland’s population still hasn’t recovered from The Great Famine of 1845-52.
Stephen Buggy
Matthew Downhour
Mark Chadbourn
The Hibernian Society served as a meeting point for business elites and slave owners in the Irish community in South Carolina to make connections as they sought to enrich themselves via the racial slave system they adopted. One of its early presidents owned approx 400 slaves.
God left us a long time ago and He’s never coming back
"Bunch of guys obsessed with Ancient Sparta can't beat the Persians at sea" was probably one of the known-knowns, come to think of it.
Nobody understands this about the government’s settlement reforms. People think it's 10 years for most & 15 years for care workers
But its 15 years for all midskill roles, whatever the salary, if not a graduate job role classified at RQF level 6. Lab technicians, data analysts, hotel managers
The current administration is really living up to its promise of bringing back Spartan military ethos by talking loudly and losing more than winning.
