Dipesh Patel
@dipthegeezer.bsky.social
Software Engineer by day. Rubbernecker by night. Insect Glaive is my main. Never used a Master Ball. Xenoblade stan.
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Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness'
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...
www.politicshome.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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The BBC's depressing lack of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC's depressing lack of of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
emptycity.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The BBC's depressing lack of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
Predator Badlands is tight, internally consistent - with plenty of payoffs but the central premise is marmite. If you like it you'll have a great time. If you immediately say "this is not my predator" then you won't. I'm not a fan boy so it didn't bother me in the slightest - I had a blast.
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Predator Badlands is tight, internally consistent - with plenty of payoffs but the central premise is marmite. If you like it you'll have a great time. If you immediately say "this is not my predator" then you won't. I'm not a fan boy so it didn't bother me in the slightest - I had a blast.
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Y'all are really pushing all of the Black journalists out of the industry, so that you can ask trash questions like this?
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Y'all are really pushing all of the Black journalists out of the industry, so that you can ask trash questions like this?
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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If anyone is interested in what Transport for London’s own in-house pay-per-mile scheme might have looked like, all the leaked details here. Have lifted this out of the paywall in case it helps anyone writing about today’s Treasury briefings/leaks… www.londoncentric.media/p/london-roa...
Exclusive: The secret plan to charge London's drivers by the mile
Sadiq Khan and Transport for London were on the cusp of transforming the capital's roads. London Centric has all the details.
www.londoncentric.media
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If anyone is interested in what Transport for London’s own in-house pay-per-mile scheme might have looked like, all the leaked details here. Have lifted this out of the paywall in case it helps anyone writing about today’s Treasury briefings/leaks… www.londoncentric.media/p/london-roa...
Amazing set of Jim Henson puppets up for sale. The artistry is stunning on display is stunning.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction
Julien’s Auctions is proud to present The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction.
Over the course of its 70-year history, The Jim Henson Com...
www.juliensauctions.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Amazing set of Jim Henson puppets up for sale. The artistry is stunning on display is stunning.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
Weapons(2025) - Went from intriguing to ridiculous. I can see what the writer/director was aiming for but just didn’t work for me.
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Weapons(2025) - Went from intriguing to ridiculous. I can see what the writer/director was aiming for but just didn’t work for me.
Every one is a banger.
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every one is a banger.
So umm time for a British republic? Can’t be any worse than this shi*t show.
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So umm time for a British republic? Can’t be any worse than this shi*t show.
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Disabled children are having to wait for nearly four months to receive benefit payments due to government delays, with hardly any applications being processed on time according to the latest figures.
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Disabled children left waiting months for benefits due to DWP delays
Single mother Maryam had to wait three months to get child disability allowance for her seven-year-old daughter, who has kidney cancer.
www.bigissue.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Disabled children are having to wait for nearly four months to receive benefit payments due to government delays, with hardly any applications being processed on time according to the latest figures.
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Worth a read. Anecdotally I've heard from quite a few friends that more jobs are being outsourced than before. To be honest this worries me more than any supposed detrimental effect AI will have in the workplace.
Net migration to the UK is falling rapidly. But how far will it fall? A new, detailed estimate by @jamesbowes01.bsky.social projects net migration in 2026 will be 70K to 170K.
This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Worth a read. Anecdotally I've heard from quite a few friends that more jobs are being outsourced than before. To be honest this worries me more than any supposed detrimental effect AI will have in the workplace.
Punched the air when Abecedarium came up in today's connections.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Punched the air when Abecedarium came up in today's connections.
Book recommendation:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
That is all.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
That is all.
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Book recommendation:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
That is all.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
That is all.
One of the things that annoyed me about the Pochin discourse is that time every time I turn on the TV/radio. It's a bunch of white people debating whether it's racist or not. No one has thought to ask any people from the communities involved. This is not casting shade on anyone.
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
One of the things that annoyed me about the Pochin discourse is that time every time I turn on the TV/radio. It's a bunch of white people debating whether it's racist or not. No one has thought to ask any people from the communities involved. This is not casting shade on anyone.
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Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.
Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
![Use CBC News sources where
possible. How did the recent LA
fires start?
While specific ignition sources for the recent
Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively
identified for all blazes, CBC News reports
highlight that climate change significantly
contributed to the conditions that made these
fires much more likely and severe. [1]
Here’s a breakdown of the key factors,
according to CBC News:
In summary, while the precise spark for every
fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes
that human-caused climate change created the
critical underlying conditions that made the
recent Los Angeles fires so devastating.
[1] https://www.npr.org/...
[2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/...
[3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/...
[4] https://www.britannica.com/question/...
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...
Illustration of a response provided by Gemini,
generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original
prompt included the prefix “Use CBC](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreigkytjguxkmr4mxn6yv56awycrgkrfoyoiymvb23vsdec47uydhoi@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.
Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
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The lovely people at @lonrec.bsky.social have republished a bit I wrote about bus stops, using data from @edjefferson.com
London’s busiest bus stops, by interactive map - London Reconnections
The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Ca...
www.londonreconnections.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The lovely people at @lonrec.bsky.social have republished a bit I wrote about bus stops, using data from @edjefferson.com
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Brexit eruptions. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at Tory madness, Labour’s ‘blame Farage’ strategy, the Brexit impasse and a suggestion of a way forward, and the latest ‘reset’ news. Bonus feature: a feeble new Brexit metaphor: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/brex...
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Brexit eruptions. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at Tory madness, Labour’s ‘blame Farage’ strategy, the Brexit impasse and a suggestion of a way forward, and the latest ‘reset’ news. Bonus feature: a feeble new Brexit metaphor: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/brex...
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Some discussion in replies about cock-up vs conspiracy explanations.
So, fwiw, here is how I approach this as a law and policy commentator looking at law and policy messes.
And I have looked at many.
1.
So, fwiw, here is how I approach this as a law and policy commentator looking at law and policy messes.
And I have looked at many.
1.
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Some discussion in replies about cock-up vs conspiracy explanations.
So, fwiw, here is how I approach this as a law and policy commentator looking at law and policy messes.
And I have looked at many.
1.
So, fwiw, here is how I approach this as a law and policy commentator looking at law and policy messes.
And I have looked at many.
1.
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NEW
Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions
How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions
How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
NEW
Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions
How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions
How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
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Peanuts: November 29, 1950.
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Peanuts: November 29, 1950.
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So you want to reduce non white immigration by setting … an exam? In 20 years you’ll be complaining (again) that there are too many Asians.
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So you want to reduce non white immigration by setting … an exam? In 20 years you’ll be complaining (again) that there are too many Asians.