In the UK, why is there not a national campaign to convert larger properties in maisonettes? Household sizes are shrinking as families are having fewer kids, or none at all. We need more housing stock but nobody wants to build more and we don't have enough skilled tradespeople. Surely adding a staircase, a kitchen, and a bathroom is easier than building a whole new building?
@anon_opin Here's my proposal: if I put it in a colander and come back in 10 minutes, and it's still in the colander then it's a dough.
@scottearle @anon_opin there’s a tax credit Americans can claim to avoid double taxation. As for why someone living abroad should still pay taxes in their home country: people of working age are net contributors to the tax coffers, supporting the education of children and the welfare of the elderly. Allowing working age people to work in tax havens without consequences forces those who are less mobile to pay more. Put it this way: if you move abroad whose paying for your parents state pension or paying back the money the state spent on your education
@anon_opin If America can extra-territorially tax it’s citizens and Brits still have to pay back their student loans after moving abroad, why can’t we tax billionaires even after they leave?
“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”
— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team
Self-care basketry projects this weekend: one uh... birdhouse? (or maybe suet block holder?) and one partially finished basket.
I was looking at various willow artists' websites for inspiration and the pictures on this website are just gorgeous: https://www.blithfieldwillow.com/basket-gallery . Everything from wine stands to giant rabbits to coffins.
Everything is willow-able!!
(Where there's a willow, there's a way! Sorry I'm going outside now)
Software engineer by trade. Programmer by hobby too (in addition to basketry and spoon carving). Personal website: https://rlamacraft.uk/. Gemini capsule: gemini://gemini.rlamacraft.uk