Government spending and budget deficits are going up and or relatively high, yet not only is debt to GDP low its actually been falling.
How is Türkiye managing this?
Bluey is filled with hidden details, probably thousands to name, almost Caravaggio esq levels of hidden stuff, we may never spot.
I will tell you mine.
If you look closely at the opening credits, they are actually playing musical statues.
When they say the relative name, that is where they were meant to have stopped dancing, however, you can see bar Bluey, they all carry on dancing when they should have been a statue. Hence why they go to the otherside of the room and watch the rest (who are still in the game of musical statues).
Bluey celebrates because he won the game of musical statues.
What are you favourite hidden stuff in Bluey
If so, why do results keep improving? Are the exams being dumbed down? Or are they not improving and children now coming through have lower levels of literacy etc.
Be interesting to hear from teachers, any anecdotal experiences.
Or is screen time getting a bad rep, can it be used in a positive way?
Yes you heard it, from a technical point of view its on par with Stairway to heaven ,strawberry fields and time by Pink Floyd.
Once you get pas the initial "who let the dogs out" it a very technically proficient song on par with Neil Young stuff.
Firstly once you get past the annoying first 20 seconds its a melodic opening verse about a party thats going very well.
then it has a bridge section at the middle part, a bridge is contrasting musical part that has little reference musically to the rest of the song.
Then the ending bit as a crescendo and amalgamation of the verse, the bridge and the chorus calmly played at once then drifts off to the distance.
incredible piece of writing, ruined by the first 2o seconds, almost opposite to that Fras Ferdinand song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2nuKFM33s
5.20 mark, top song writer Acknowledges the woeful New York times "30 song writers list"
Missy Elliot, Bad Bunny, young thug...I think NY times were trolling for click bait with this list.
Good to see Rick give Em his props.
I am no super fan but comon...Missy Elliot, Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar??
Simple criteria, America, Alive and song writer...
Embarrassing. No Eminem
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/greatest-american-songwriters-alive.html
What is the motive to leave out a top 10 ALL time selling Grammy award winning artist?
I get the stock market is forward thinking etc. but surely with the consumer morale being lower than 2008, etc, you would think the stock market would have a major correction/bear market.
But its not, it again at record highs.
Why is there such a disconnect between stock market and consumer morale, can this continue?