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@alsvha I’m Irish, living in Dublin. So still in the EU.

But as an Irish person, watching the chaos in the UK has a certain therapeutic effect given our shared history

The impact on the UK GDP is something like 6-8% below where it would otherwise be (https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/brexits-slow-burn-hit-uk-economy).

And there was also a significant increase in the number of Irish passports issued when Brexit kicked in, so that’s unlikely to be a good sign of how Brexit is doing (https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/record-surge-in-irish-passport-applications-from-british-citizens-since-brexit).

@alsvha In a word: Brexit

The chaos and idiocy from about 2015 onwards got me hooked on news and current affairs podcasts. It was like a soap opera!

It also seemed to align with me running out of new and interesting music to listen to on my daily commute.

Recently I’ve moved off current affairs and news podcasts because every podcast is about Trump. It’s just too draining.

I tend to listen to book review or history podcasts now, with a couple of tech ones thrown in.

@alsvha I haven’t quite burned out but for the past few years, have been looking for more meaning in life, especially after nearly 40 years in tech.

I found some podcasts to be quite enlightening, especially those outlining the lives of people not involved in the fast paced life of tech and software development.

For example: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/sunday-miscellany/ or https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-dublin-review-podcast/

Your mileage may vary, as they say.

Stay safe. Stay positive.

@Daojoan Washington Post: The radical left prefer drinking Pepsi over Coca Cola

@grrlscientist A great start is to change the balance of elected officials. Otherwise, you haven’t got women around the table making decisions.

Remember this next time you vote.

Vote the same - get the same, and nothing changes.