Sanakism
@sanakism.bsky.social
Increasingly grumpy software engineer from the English midlands; plays board games, paints miniatures, tries to convince everyone with a pulse to play Netrunner.
On Instagram, Mastodon.Social and technically Threads and Twitter with the same name.
On Instagram, Mastodon.Social and technically Threads and Twitter with the same name.
Oh cool. Now do a 30-year-old British couple who face exactly the same tax regime but also spent 18 years of childhood here being a drain on state finances.
"in order to be a net fiscal contributor over their lifetime, the average couple arriving in the UK at age 30 needs the primary earner to have a salary at the 55th percentile of the overall earnings distribution, compared to the 45th in France and 28th in Germany"
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Unpacking the real fiscal costs of immigration
Low taxes on low earners mean the same immigrants cost the UK more than they would elsewhere
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September 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Oh cool. Now do a 30-year-old British couple who face exactly the same tax regime but also spent 18 years of childhood here being a drain on state finances.
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"They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient."
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient."
100% agree with this. Require funding only from membership fees, each party only allowed one tier of membership open to all, no gifts, and have the public purse fund some activity directly, not through disbursement.
And ban from all politics for life anyone found violating funding rules even once.
And ban from all politics for life anyone found violating funding rules even once.
Crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy.
This is more than that. Politicians are bought by corporations and the super rich.
Normal people can't compete in the auction.
Must ban all political donations. Let parties be funded by modest membership fees and public money.
This is more than that. Politicians are bought by corporations and the super rich.
Normal people can't compete in the auction.
Must ban all political donations. Let parties be funded by modest membership fees and public money.
The Guardian view on Reform UK: crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy | Editorial
Editorial: The vast sums given to Nigel Farage’s party in recent days must lead to action on political funding
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
100% agree with this. Require funding only from membership fees, each party only allowed one tier of membership open to all, no gifts, and have the public purse fund some activity directly, not through disbursement.
And ban from all politics for life anyone found violating funding rules even once.
And ban from all politics for life anyone found violating funding rules even once.
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Season 4 of Thinky Dailies has begun! 🎉
Our hero is setting off to the big city, but we've got to pack our bags first - which of course means solving our first ever Spiral Galaxies puzzle!
Join the daily puzzle adventure here: thinkygames.com/dail...
Our hero is setting off to the big city, but we've got to pack our bags first - which of course means solving our first ever Spiral Galaxies puzzle!
Join the daily puzzle adventure here: thinkygames.com/dail...
September 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Season 4 of Thinky Dailies has begun! 🎉
Our hero is setting off to the big city, but we've got to pack our bags first - which of course means solving our first ever Spiral Galaxies puzzle!
Join the daily puzzle adventure here: thinkygames.com/dail...
Our hero is setting off to the big city, but we've got to pack our bags first - which of course means solving our first ever Spiral Galaxies puzzle!
Join the daily puzzle adventure here: thinkygames.com/dail...
If you want an insight on my general feelings about the state of modern capitalism: I went to buy a train ticket and the fare had jumped up by about 50%... and that just seemed like a normal thing that happens.
(I'd left "1 adult, 1 child" selected from planning a trip with my son at the weekend.)
(I'd left "1 adult, 1 child" selected from planning a trip with my son at the weekend.)
September 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If you want an insight on my general feelings about the state of modern capitalism: I went to buy a train ticket and the fare had jumped up by about 50%... and that just seemed like a normal thing that happens.
(I'd left "1 adult, 1 child" selected from planning a trip with my son at the weekend.)
(I'd left "1 adult, 1 child" selected from planning a trip with my son at the weekend.)
It would be nice if at some point someone tried being the party of not being total shits. Just a thought.
Ian Gilmour posited that the SDP failed because they lacked a constituency - Labour was the party of labour and the Conservatives the party of capital.
Reform showing that they are the party of crypto:
Reform showing that they are the party of crypto:
How it started / How it's going
September 11, 2026 at 11:11 PM
It would be nice if at some point someone tried being the party of not being total shits. Just a thought.
Is "medal" some new slang for "prison sentence" or is Jenrick still an odious piece of shit traitor?
Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
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Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Is "medal" some new slang for "prison sentence" or is Jenrick still an odious piece of shit traitor?
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Rupert Murdoch should be sent to the Hague
September 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Rupert Murdoch should be sent to the Hague
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If you're in government watching criminal-led blackshirt thugs in balaclavas wage war on the RNLI and you're hedging your bets because you're not sure who the majority of the country will side with, why do you even want to be in government?
Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of?
Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of?
September 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
If you're in government watching criminal-led blackshirt thugs in balaclavas wage war on the RNLI and you're hedging your bets because you're not sure who the majority of the country will side with, why do you even want to be in government?
Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of?
Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of?
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Do you ever stop and think that Donald Trump has by now probably cost you personally thousands of dollars, regardless of where you live in the world?
Like, your actual own money that you could have spent on stuff.
Like, your actual own money that you could have spent on stuff.
September 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Do you ever stop and think that Donald Trump has by now probably cost you personally thousands of dollars, regardless of where you live in the world?
Like, your actual own money that you could have spent on stuff.
Like, your actual own money that you could have spent on stuff.
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September 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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To ALL media outlets. If the tone of your story implies that *if only* govt ‘stopped the boats’, the cowardly, masked, fascist thugs wouldn’t *need* to intimidate RNLI volunteers, then go have a think about your life choices.
September 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
To ALL media outlets. If the tone of your story implies that *if only* govt ‘stopped the boats’, the cowardly, masked, fascist thugs wouldn’t *need* to intimidate RNLI volunteers, then go have a think about your life choices.
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Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town.
This is how street fascism is normalised
This is how street fascism is normalised
September 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town.
This is how street fascism is normalised
This is how street fascism is normalised
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Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
September 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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Abolish the Home Office.
Home Office response to Fascist thugs at Portsmouth, from Grdn.
September 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Abolish the Home Office.
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Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago.
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
September 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago.
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
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So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is:
"Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country."
Ok.
"Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country."
Ok.
September 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is:
"Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country."
Ok.
"Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country."
Ok.
If chatbots really cared about me they'd know what I want already, I shouldn't have to explain it to them in great detail and still have them not get it right.
September 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
If chatbots really cared about me they'd know what I want already, I shouldn't have to explain it to them in great detail and still have them not get it right.
I'm 100% expecting the Electoral Commission to spend the next month performatively over-analysing and passing comment on anything and everything done by the Greens, Lib Dems, and Plaid Cymru over the last five years.
Just an idea, but maybe the spineless organ that is supposed to regulate our political parties could grow one.
September 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
I'm 100% expecting the Electoral Commission to spend the next month performatively over-analysing and passing comment on anything and everything done by the Greens, Lib Dems, and Plaid Cymru over the last five years.
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I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
September 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
My memory of London, all else aside, is that for a day after you visit you're blowing your nose and having this weird black snot come out from all the fumes.
I went down a few months back for the first time in eight years for an interview and this just... didn't happen.
I went down a few months back for the first time in eight years for an interview and this just... didn't happen.
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
September 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
My memory of London, all else aside, is that for a day after you visit you're blowing your nose and having this weird black snot come out from all the fumes.
I went down a few months back for the first time in eight years for an interview and this just... didn't happen.
I went down a few months back for the first time in eight years for an interview and this just... didn't happen.
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The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually
September 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually
Mostly just morbidly curious what he saw in Edwina Currie but honestly I don't care that much and have no idea why it's suddenly relevant in 2026. Seems like a weird distraction?
September 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Mostly just morbidly curious what he saw in Edwina Currie but honestly I don't care that much and have no idea why it's suddenly relevant in 2026. Seems like a weird distraction?