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2022 Jul 12, 1:18pm 43,814 views 670 comments

Arrived in London this morning. Internet is spotty, but I'll try to report thoughts.

- almost no homeless, saw just one so far
- lots of trash though
- prices seem reasonable, a bit lower than SF, but that's because the pound is so low against the dollar
- the majority of people on the street are clearly not English; they are from everywhere else on earth

I did not know there was a Saint Chad:

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HeadSet 2026 Jan 19, 6:11pm

stereotomy says

why doesn't Ulster belong to the Irish, instead of being the British satrapy of Northern Ireland?

If one were to take a vote with the folks in Northern Ireland, whose families have been living in Northern Ireland for centuries, would they choose to join the rest of Ireland or stay with the UK?

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Patrick 2026 Jan 19, 8:05pm

There are rich colonial Protestant families who own a lot of land in the north, but they are outnumbered by the native Irish even in the north.

A truly democratic vote would result in the north joining the Republic.

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stereotomy 2026 Jan 19, 8:05pm

HeadSet says

stereotomy says

why doesn't Ulster belong to the Irish, instead of being the British satrapy of Northern Ireland?

If one were to take a vote with the folks in Northern Ireland, whose families have been living in Northern Ireland for centuries, would they choose to join the rest of Ireland or stay with the UK?

Northern Ireland was majority Protestant / CoE until the late 1960's. When it looked like the Catholic minority was set to become the majority, TPTB panicked, and started passing bullshit laws to limit the political power of Catholics (who were presumed to support reintegration with the rest of Ireland). This led to the Troubles of the 1960's - 1990's (financed largely by the USSR).

Now that Ireland is still part of the globohomo EU while Northern Ireland has Brexited, this has actually led TPTB in Northern Ireland to consider reintegration.

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HeadSet 2026 Jan 20, 6:41am

Patrick says