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Indy @indy.bsky.social · Sep 20

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #542!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #542, Indy ‪@indy.bsky.social‬, joined on Feb 27, 2023"

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 9h

6/7 for me

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 10h

Extend the radius just a little and you can go to Shayona

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 12h

Catchin' Juice

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 17h

It's such an odd set up there.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 18h

This is a really important thing, it wasn't just BBC.
(Of course BBC stuff not only got cut down, it also got pushed out to BBC4 as well.)

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 18h

Magaluf again?

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 22h

Final random thought - one of the mismatches re:aggregate and firm level can be accessed through the question: which economies (and then which firms) increase productivity even when growth is low? 3/3

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 22h

I'd also note that too often aggregate productivity shifts are not properly rebased to account for import/export, energy price and currency fluctuations. 2/3

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 22h

I'm sure you've already got this on the list, but the mismatch between the macro (economist/economy wide) level and micro (firm level) definitions of productivity causes a lot of issues. 1/3

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 22h

One of the things we have to find on our side (which is difficult, because I think it's not natural to our way of thinking) is some of the absolute conviction that characters like Trump and Farage are able to project.

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 23h

I can't say (after everything since 2015) that I'm altogether surprised where we've ended up, but the lack of pushback has really left me wondering.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

New edition of goblin mode just dropped @sonofsuntzu.bsky.social

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s true to the book, but they quickly realised it wouldn’t make for good TV long term?

See also book Morse’s tendency to look for “erotica” in every dead person’s home.

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

LSD?

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

The government wants more deportations.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 1d

From the FT:
“UK consumers have curbed spending more than anywhere else in the G7 since the pandemic…
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, UK household spending has risen just 1 per cent in real terms and fallen 3 per cent on a per capita basis.”
#economy #uk @financialtimes.com

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

Tess is behind you. 🙃

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

I always remember Grant McCracken asking us (participants in a workshop) - "so given VUCA, when should we flip from 'Keep Calm and Carry On' to 'Freak Out and Throw Things'?"

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like good extra evidence for your theory.
Great (but depressing) piece.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

It looks very naive in retrospect, but have to say even in 2015 (as this period of British politics was just getting started) I didn't think we'd have "normal/sensible journalists" and mainstream political parties endorsing mass deportations and reneging on things like ILR in 2025.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer & Badenoch: "That sounds like hard work Mr Higham"

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

I'd predictably say there's something about the (post) Hayekian frame of the market as being like the weather/climate. An independent force of nature, revealing truth(s).

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

There's a certain national team that just seems to have a certain preference for fighting it out.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! It's just so bizarre.