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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 4h

I am completely dumbfounded by Labour’s reluctance to take on these people and to apply legal restraints to foreign interference in our politics and while I’m at it do something about GBNews! Does anybody have any sensible explanation for this reluctance?

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4h

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4h

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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James Winters @replicatedtypo.bsky.social · 4h

It was cool to see that Mokyr got the Nobel in economics. @antonhowes.bsky.social has a nice write up here: www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inv...

Age of Invention: Joel Mokyr's Nobel

A triumph for history and the importance of ideas

www.ageofinvention.xyz

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 12h

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 5h

Like Comey, she is going to have an array of lawyers that demolish the mopes who currently work at Trump's behest. And we should all be here for that.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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hyperplanes.bsky.social @hyperplanes.bsky.social · 5h

Casually tossing into the middle of this that Air Force One might already be heaven is curious bsky.app/profile/cnn....

CNN @cnn.com · 6h

Speaking on Air Force One, President Donald Trump said that he doesn't think he's "heaven-bound" in response to a question about previous statements he had made about how brokering a possible peace deal between Ukraine and Russia could help him get into heaven.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 5h

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 13h

£100 a day? That'll teach 'em!

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Yep, the arguments imply a desire for knowledge and competence that few of us are prepared to pursue to their logical conclusions. Everyone just awkwardly points at a number in the late teens.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Stoller seems like someone who is constantly at war with himself, and winning.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22h

Stoller really seems like a normal and well-adjusted guy

Matt Stoller @ @matthewstol...14h S
Your weird insecurities aside, you consistently lie that native born Americans can't and never have made clothes, and push offshoring in sleazy ways. Then when confronted you talk about your left wing views. You're slime.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

I forgot about this incredible piece. I kind of like it. It has a conceptual coherence but utter madness that appeals to people like me who like economic theory. [I mean obvs I am not in favour].

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Pathetic.... and what about X?

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

4chan has ghosted Ofcom, and is ignoring the UK regulators' pleas to comply with the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it will fine them £100 a day until they answer their email.

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Ofcom fines 4chan £20K for Online Safety Act failings

: Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork

www.theregister.com

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

My dude I don't work for the BoE any more. This is not a piece about monetary policy. If you don't think politics affects growth then you don't understand growth.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Aghion and Howitt *is* macro, very consciously in the Lucas/Sargent tradition. It's the same tradition that birthed the DSGE models Howitt criticises in this piece, but it's interesting nonetheless that he does so. I'll need to read it properly to try to reconcile this.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Comment from @paddycarter.bsky.social

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Hardly needs saying that the Aghion-Howitt's incentives/institutions theoretical work has a lot to say implicitly about the effects of undermining property rights and the rule of law, which Trump's corrupt regime is doing in spades.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Mokyr's work recognised here is about how prevailing beliefs about science, religion, human behaviour, social progress affect the accumulation and use of knowledge. Trump's regime is a disaster for this, promoting anti science and extreme religious views and stifling dissent.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone who thinks today's Nobel has nothing to do with what Trump is doing is a moron and I explain why in the piece.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

I only read Ender's Game last year I think. Loved it.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry to hear this Sam.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

[Fondly recalling the guy on here who scoffed at my list, said he would be proud to be on it, then later circulated a blog about his concern for the decline of anti racism norms LoL.]

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

All of you still on X should think about what you are supporting.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, extremely this take. The experience of driving just keeps getting worse because everything could be shoved into a screen.

Erica "digifox" Kovac @digifox.binaryden.net · 14h

Every piece of electronics in cars smarter than traction control was a mistake.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

Strong agree. I do wonder about say being able to say 'how fast am i going can you check the speed limit how far is the turn off' etc and getting audio responses.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14h

He's been saying that I should be appointed to re-write the English literature curricula? That's incredible.

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