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@matigo Well I am a Canadian citizen so that would be the most straightforward path. I don't really fancy living in a Vancouver, but that's where I have the most family so it would be my first stop.

However, my third passport is the British National Overseas — currently one of the less useful booklets in the world, but Dominic Raab and Boris Johnson have committed to making it more useful regarding right of abode/citizenship in the UK if the things keep going down the same path. London is an attractive place to live.

Currently looking at tax implications for me opening a bank account in Canada and just holding a minimum deposit there. Also looks like there are a few UK banks (like Monzo) which don't require you to have residency in the UK, or even UK ID, as long as you can provide some UK address for them to send you a card; I'll try to open one in the near future (once the BNO passport gets renewed) and also keep a minimum deposit.

I won't be moving my assets out just yet (I don't have the energy to handle capital gains declarations etc. for multiple jurisdictions, nor do I want to pay tax if I can help it) but it will give me great peace of mind to have at least one bank account elsewhere that I can transfer everything to, when it comes to it.

It has always been "when", not "if", for me. The agreement expires in just 27 years; even with the amount I drink, I'll probably still be alive at that point. Even when things were just dandy here, I had long committed to shifting my assets starting from 2040 and fully leaving by 2045. This has been on my mind for almost a decade now — a shame that the timeline seems to have been fast-forwarded so much, but it may be a blessing in disguise. Never hurts to prepare yourself earlier.

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I have not, for a few months now, left home without eye protection, because many of those who most easily carry firearms have lost any trust I once had.

For the same reason, I also regularly remind friends that everyone has a right to silence…

What a funny little place this has become (said whilst in the process of renewing a long-expired third passport).

@matigo It's a lovely thing to have technology that can parse human language seamlessly, but, perhaps because I started in the era before such witchcraft, I generally try to avoid such things.

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@variablepulserate Anything is possible on the internet.

But once you step out into the real world, that carriage turns back into a pumpkin.

// @matigo

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@matigo That might be more cost and trouble than I'm willing to put into a car. I don't even have a license at the moment — no reason to drive in Hong Kong.

But one day I will do a nice long roadtrip in the US.

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Are there any cars made today that look like Cadillacs from the 1960s? (That super elongated design.)

That would definitely motivate me to (finally) get a driving license.

My other concern would be getting a car that didn't have any weird technology in it. Perhaps Bluetooth and GPS with a small touchscreen can't be avoided, but I would never drive a car with "smart" features.

It's a funny kind of excitement to track a parcel being shipped.

Especially weird when the parcel is only two foot-shaped slabs with some straps.

But extreme heat does funny things to the mind, like make you not want to wear shoes.

@matigo Half bottle of wine for me. Cheers.

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Youtube has made "Made for Kids" content impossible to save to playlists. Which means I can't save the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures to my "watch later" playlist.

I really miss the "wild west" days of the early 2000s. No filters, no "people need to be protected" bullshit…

@matigo Well you're certainly not helping yourself with that mindset.

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