Calvin Jones

@calvjones.bsky.social

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Regional Economist and sometime troublemaker.

Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.

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Economics 20%

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Institute of Welsh Affairs @iwa-wales.bsky.social · 1d

🔈 NEW EVENT 🔈

Join us, WISERD and Carnegie UK as we reflect on 10 years of the Future Generations Act, and debate how we can enable it to deliver its policy aspirations better ⤵️

🗓️ 15 January
⏰ 10am
📍Cardiff
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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft:
We've recently invested, directly and indirectly, more than $50bn in Large Language Models.

Also Microsoft:
Hello Jones, Calvin!

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 2d

I'm giving evidence a British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Committee on #rural housing in Dec, and I've just looked at the membership and frankly I'm in awe of this bloke's name.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry I mis-wrote, yes of the marginal. Typical economist!

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

Reinforces what @mariaabreu.bsky.social and I found in 2021 - along with higher political disengagement, cynicism and apathy. There is something differently dysfunctional about the coalfields.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

Unbelievable.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

is @theguardian.com really suggesting *ministers* are briefing against the leadership like this, or do they mean backbenchers?

#Graun

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

Good post that.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

We could do with meeting up for a pint tbh

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

Ended up in Mad Dog again which has good beer but terrible seating.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

😬

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD

Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage

Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner

on.ft.com

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 3d

An hour free before a work event and am reminded yet again how shit Cardiff pubs are.

Not sure there's a UK town I wouldn't rather be in. Except Portsmouth obvs

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 3d

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 4d

Quite aside from the horrifically shallow, performative and stigmatising policy itself... this is @alfaromeo.bsky.social's biggest PR win since Mussolini chose them for his parademobile.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 4d

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 5d

Too late for the Valleys 🫥

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 5d

this. I can bear the Rest is History in my lugholes but man, have you seen those boys IRL?

Also, they ABSOLUTELY HAVE EACH OTHER'S EXPECTED VOICE it's so annoying.

Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 8d

*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*

people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*

STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO

www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...

Audio Remains The Primary Mode Of Podcast Consumption, Despite Growing Video Use; 92% Say They “Listen” To Podcasts, According To Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2025 Report

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 5d

Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes

Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies

Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds

Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance

www.theguardian.com

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d

Not a great parallel. Not that anything is actually parallel at cosmic scale.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d

Saucy!

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 7d

As someone with a sentiment attachment to dark skies I look forward to reading this.

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 7d

I'm sure @steveormerod.bsky.social will tell me it's common as muck but still...

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 8d

It's inordinately depressing that Cymru are staying doggedly on track to qualify for what could be the most politically nefarious global sporting event since 1936.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...