Hakugard
@hakugard.bsky.social
Works in green/fintech as a software developer, fighting for the energy transition using real economics and modelling.
Likes technology, economics, and the environment. Dangerously woke.
Likes technology, economics, and the environment. Dangerously woke.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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A tired mix of the post-war and post-wall order was already fragile due to technology-enabled openness and the rise of China in particular, and when the main designer of that order also behaves erratically towards it then best we look for replacements.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A tired mix of the post-war and post-wall order was already fragile due to technology-enabled openness and the rise of China in particular, and when the main designer of that order also behaves erratically towards it then best we look for replacements.
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
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Zack Polanski, "Our country stands In solidarity with Ukrainians"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Zack Polanski, "Our country stands In solidarity with Ukrainians"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
Sometimes I wonder whether the women ghosting me on dating apps are either bored with me already but don't want to unmatch, or are in stunned silence that I in fact type in full sentences.
Either way... The apps are hell.
Either way... The apps are hell.
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sometimes I wonder whether the women ghosting me on dating apps are either bored with me already but don't want to unmatch, or are in stunned silence that I in fact type in full sentences.
Either way... The apps are hell.
Either way... The apps are hell.
If you are using undocumented immigrants’ tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If you are using undocumented immigrants’ tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
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"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gent with stubble, "Just with regards to the idea that cutting net zero is going to reduce energy prices"
"Renewable power is cheaper to generate than gas energy"
"How do you square those two things, it just doesn't make sense" #BBCQT
"Renewable power is cheaper to generate than gas energy"
"How do you square those two things, it just doesn't make sense" #BBCQT
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Gent with stubble, "Just with regards to the idea that cutting net zero is going to reduce energy prices"
"Renewable power is cheaper to generate than gas energy"
"How do you square those two things, it just doesn't make sense" #BBCQT
"Renewable power is cheaper to generate than gas energy"
"How do you square those two things, it just doesn't make sense" #BBCQT
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The Mayor of London has told me in public just now he supports scrapping the two child benefit cap - when the Chancellor can afford to do so.
I asked him if he'd support a wealth tax on assets - and he refused to answer the question.
Labour always supporting the 1%.
I asked him if he'd support a wealth tax on assets - and he refused to answer the question.
Labour always supporting the 1%.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Mayor of London has told me in public just now he supports scrapping the two child benefit cap - when the Chancellor can afford to do so.
I asked him if he'd support a wealth tax on assets - and he refused to answer the question.
Labour always supporting the 1%.
I asked him if he'd support a wealth tax on assets - and he refused to answer the question.
Labour always supporting the 1%.
FORTY FIVE PERCENT of under 25s in the UK intend to vote Green.
At those rates will labour renege on it's 16+ voting plans?
At those rates will labour renege on it's 16+ voting plans?
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
FORTY FIVE PERCENT of under 25s in the UK intend to vote Green.
At those rates will labour renege on it's 16+ voting plans?
At those rates will labour renege on it's 16+ voting plans?
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Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
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"Taking back control"
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Taking back control"
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Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
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A network of Safe routes with fast ‘yes/no’ decisions, a positive message on immigration would take the small boats gangs out of business and be acceptable to the great majority. Instead we get a poor man’s Farage tribute act.
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A network of Safe routes with fast ‘yes/no’ decisions, a positive message on immigration would take the small boats gangs out of business and be acceptable to the great majority. Instead we get a poor man’s Farage tribute act.
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Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story on.ft.com/47WDgKJ
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story on.ft.com/47WDgKJ
Life begins at 178BPM.
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Life begins at 178BPM.
Happy independence day Latvia!
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy independence day Latvia!
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When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour's asylum plan is straight from the Trump playbook – it'll backfire on them
It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and basic fairness
inews.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
The only explanation I can find as to why Labour are even considering some of the measures they are on immigration is this:
They are all still on the open sewer that is Xitter. They have no thread or handle on what the public feels and are in a blind panic of their own making.
They are all still on the open sewer that is Xitter. They have no thread or handle on what the public feels and are in a blind panic of their own making.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The only explanation I can find as to why Labour are even considering some of the measures they are on immigration is this:
They are all still on the open sewer that is Xitter. They have no thread or handle on what the public feels and are in a blind panic of their own making.
They are all still on the open sewer that is Xitter. They have no thread or handle on what the public feels and are in a blind panic of their own making.