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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 2d

The banality of evil

Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 2d

The American right can’t cope with autism — because neurodiversity breaks their worldview. When your politics depend on hierarchy and blame, every difference looks like a defect. #Autism #Neurodiversity #Politics #RFKJr #CrankMedicine #IndustrialEstateOfMind
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How the American Right Turned Autism Into a Culture War - Industrial Estate of Mind

The American right’s obsession with “curing” autism reveals how crank medicine, conspiracy theories, and authoritarian ideology overlap. Autism challenges their worldview — and they can’t handle it.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 4d

Where did the money come from to bail out Prince Andrew?
#princeandrew #epsteinfiles
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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 5d

Former Reform UK leader Nathan Gill’s guilty plea exposes a deeper web of Russian money and influence running through Farage’s parties, GB News, and Britain’s populist right.
#ReformUK #Farage #RussianInterference #UKPolitics #Disinformation #GBNews #Populism

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Reform: Bribes, Broadcasters and Bad Faith - Industrial Estate of Mind

Former Reform UK leader Nathan Gill plead guilty for taking Russian bribes reveals long-standing ties between Nigel Farage’s parties and Moscow’s influence machine

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 8d

I think you miss the enormous impact that the Empire had on lives of millions of people in the UK whose families originated in countries that we imperialised.

Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 8d

Still pretty high caste. And the assocation of all high caste Hindus as Brahmin is quite common in British Imperial thinking

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 9d

UK borrowing costs are rising even as interest rates fall. The reason lies less in Threadneedle Street and more in Washington DC. Here’s why markets are pushing up the price of government debt.
#Economics #UKPolitics #Debt #InterestRates #BondMarkets #Inflation

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Why UK Government Borrowing Costs Are Rising as Interest Rates Fall - Industrial Estate of Mind

UK government borrowing costs are rising as Bank of England rates fall. US debt, and long-term inflation fears push up the price of government borrowing.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 11d

I think somethings matter more to the Telegraph than backing the Tory party

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 11d

Islamaphobia has it's origins in British Imperialism

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 13d

I honestly don't know. One in the eye for the sandies

Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 13d

The British Empire had a strict hierarchy of race and religion, which still permeates British society. Which is why the Daily Telegraph would accept Sunak, a brahmin Hindu, but not Sadiq Khan.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 13d

“Everything is fake but the hate is real.”
Fake content, algorithms and nostalgia turns politics into performance, and breaks people.

#FakeNews #FarRight #OnlineRadicalisation #UKPolitics #SocialMedia #Disinformation #ReformUK #Facebook #Democracy
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Fake It Until You Break It: How the Internet Turned Politics into Performance - Industrial Estate of Mind

The internet blurs truth and lies, fuels far-right radicalisation through fake content, algorithms, nostalgia, and anger. Everything is fake but the hate is real.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 15d

Labour, the Conservatives, and Reform all want to change Indefinite Leave to Remain — but their plans are radically different. Here’s what they really mean
#Immigration #ILR #UKPolitics #Labour #Conservatives #ReformUK

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The Battle Over Indefinite Leave to Remain: Labour, Conservatives, and Reform Compared - Industrial Estate of Mind

Labour, the Conservatives, and Reform all want to change Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). Here’s how each party’s plan could affect immigration, ILR , and the UK’s post-Brexit settlement.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 22d

Why am I not surprised?

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 26d

In 1977, Muhammad Ali came to South Shields. He toured the town, sparred with locals — and even held a wedding ceremony in the mosque. A forgotten story of British history.
#MuhammadAli #BoxingHistory #SouthShields #BritishMuslims #CulturalHistory

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Muhammad Ali Got Married in South Shields

Dennis Acapone - Cassius Clay 1973/Dr. Alimantado And Soul Syndicate – I Am The Greatest Says Muhammad Ali 1974 Two massive mid 70s reggae cuts about the greatest sportsman of all time. OK — I know t...

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 27d

The right once stood for “sound money.” Now it’s Trump coins, Melania coins, and crypto scams. Casino capitalism is the new Conservative ideology
#Crypto #Politics #RightWing #DarkMoney #Trump #Farage #ReformUK

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Trump, Farage and the Politics of Crypto - Industrial Estate of Mind

From Trump’s memecoins to Reform’s crypto deregulation, the right has abandoned “sound money” for speculative scams—and opened the door to dark money in politics.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · 27d

And here it is, September’s quiz. Share the pain/pleasure with your friends and family

#quiz
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Quiz September - Industrial Estate of Mind

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 24

AI is great at chasing the perfect answer—but terrible at knowing when “good enough” is better. Vinyl collecting taught me more about bounded rationality than ChatGPT ever could. 🎶🤖
#AI #BoundedRationality #Economics #BehaviouralEconomics #Vinyl #DouglasAdams
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AI and Bounded Rationality - Industrial Estate of Mind

AI doesn’t always know when “good enough” beats “perfect.” Bounded rationality, vinyl collecting, and why humans still outperform AI at compromise.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 21

Far right promised a “summer of riots.” Britain got protests smaller than a non-league football crowd — and one big Tommy Robinson march.

Why are politicians and the press so keen to talk up violence?

#UKPolitics #FarRight #CivilUnrest #NigelFarage #TommyRobinson

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Talking Up Violence: The Summer the Riots Didn’t Come - Industrial Estate of Mind

The far right promised a “summer of riots.” What we got was smaller than a non-league football crowd, but the press still reported chaos.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 20

America has entered its third great era of political violence. The lynchings after the Civil War, the assassinations of the 1960s — and now. Are we already seeing the first casualties of a new civil war?

#America #CivilWar #Democracy #PoliticalViolence #charliekirk
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The Death of Charlie Kirk. America’s Third Era of Political Violence - Industrial Estate of Mind

America is in its third era of political violence. From lynchings to today’s far-right terror, is the US sliding into a new civil war?

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 16

The legendary Blue Monkey nightclub in Sunderland is being reborn — not as a rave venue, but as the Redeemed Christian Church of God.”
 #Sunderland #BlueMonkey #RCCG #Immigration #LocalHistory #VenerableBede #NorthEast
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The Blue Monkey Reborn: Sunderland’s Redeemed Christian Church of God - Industrial Estate of Mind

The old Blue Monkey nightclub in Sunderland is being redeveloped as the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Immigration, faith, and the city’s deep Christian history all shape this latest chapter.

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 15

They want power for powers sake.

Power to control others, to make everyone else do what they want, obey their whims

That is the basis of all forms of authoritarianism

Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 14

The Action: the 1960s mod band who never had a hit but inspired generations — from soul clubs to Sufi devotion.
 #TheAction #ModCulture #60sMusic #PaulWeller #SoulRock #MusicHistory #fileunderpopular #musichistory

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The Action, Motown, Mods and Muslims

Back in the 1980s, before the internet and YouTube, it was hard to dig up information about forgotten 1960s bands. Knowledge was at a premium. In 1980, Edsel Records released a compilation called The ...

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Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 13

@bobmort.bsky.social always pleases

Jon Chadwick @jonchadwick.bsky.social · Sep 13

Why do people hate woke? The backlash isn’t really about pronouns — it’s about class, globalisation, and who got left behind. #WokeCulture #CultureWars #Globalisation #ClassPolitics #UKPolitics #IdentityPolitics

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Why Do People Hate Woke? - Industrial Estate of Mind

Why do people hate woke? Behind the culture wars is the rise of a diverse but smug professional elite. The backlash runs deeper than pronouns

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