Matthew Harries
@matthewharries.bsky.social
Research and Campaigns Director, Labour Movement for Europe. Previously RUSI, Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, IISS and KCL
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Delighted to publish this personal essay by me and John: Getting Britain out of the hole.
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Delighted to publish this personal essay by me and John: Getting Britain out of the hole.
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Have to admire the chutzpah of academic publishers.
£23 for a 180-day “subscription” to an e-book. Tremendous racket 👏
£23 for a 180-day “subscription” to an e-book. Tremendous racket 👏
March 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Have to admire the chutzpah of academic publishers.
£23 for a 180-day “subscription” to an e-book. Tremendous racket 👏
£23 for a 180-day “subscription” to an e-book. Tremendous racket 👏
github.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A decision by Russia to build nuclear power plants in Iran won't be a business decision. Rosatom took a USD 3-digit million loss at Bushehr-1, Iran proved a difficult client, & company management by itself would not be very inclined. en.mehrnews.com/news/227056/...
Russia, Iran discuss construction of nuclear power units
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Russia and Iran are discussing the construction of additional nuclear power units in the republic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following talks w...
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January 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A decision by Russia to build nuclear power plants in Iran won't be a business decision. Rosatom took a USD 3-digit million loss at Bushehr-1, Iran proved a difficult client, & company management by itself would not be very inclined. en.mehrnews.com/news/227056/...
zhengdongwang.com/2024/12/29/2... Super interesting
2024 letter
zhengdongwang.com
December 31, 2024 at 12:55 PM
zhengdongwang.com/2024/12/29/2... Super interesting
December 27, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Reading @milesbrundage.bsky.social, @kpdmusing.bsky.social, wondering when to shout fire
December 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Reading @milesbrundage.bsky.social, @kpdmusing.bsky.social, wondering when to shout fire
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🎺 Here comes the official 2024 NeurIPS paper browser:
- browse all NeurIPS papers in a visual way
- select clusters of interest and get cluster summary
- ZOOOOM in
- filter by human assigned keywords
- filter by substring (authors, titles)
neurips2024.vizhub.ai
#neurips by IBM Research Cambridge
- browse all NeurIPS papers in a visual way
- select clusters of interest and get cluster summary
- ZOOOOM in
- filter by human assigned keywords
- filter by substring (authors, titles)
neurips2024.vizhub.ai
#neurips by IBM Research Cambridge
December 3, 2024 at 5:01 PM
🎺 Here comes the official 2024 NeurIPS paper browser:
- browse all NeurIPS papers in a visual way
- select clusters of interest and get cluster summary
- ZOOOOM in
- filter by human assigned keywords
- filter by substring (authors, titles)
neurips2024.vizhub.ai
#neurips by IBM Research Cambridge
- browse all NeurIPS papers in a visual way
- select clusters of interest and get cluster summary
- ZOOOOM in
- filter by human assigned keywords
- filter by substring (authors, titles)
neurips2024.vizhub.ai
#neurips by IBM Research Cambridge
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Worth recalling how little we know about Syria’s former nuclear weapons effort. Whoever rules Syria next stands to inherit whatever documents the Assad regime retained (and let’s hope that’s all it is) assuming they haven’t been/won’t be destroyed.
December 7, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Worth recalling how little we know about Syria’s former nuclear weapons effort. Whoever rules Syria next stands to inherit whatever documents the Assad regime retained (and let’s hope that’s all it is) assuming they haven’t been/won’t be destroyed.
this is quite a story, if it really is the same person www.shine.cn/news/nation/...
Former ByteDance intern wins NeurIPS award amid legal battle
Recognition for Tian Keyu notable not only due to influence of NeurIPS in the industry but also beca
www.shine.cn
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
this is quite a story, if it really is the same person www.shine.cn/news/nation/...
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Six months ago I handed back my body armour after 30+ years covering conflict for the BBC. How have our ways of surviving on the battlefield evolve over those decades? Here’s a bumper 🧵of hard won personal experience
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Six months ago I handed back my body armour after 30+ years covering conflict for the BBC. How have our ways of surviving on the battlefield evolve over those decades? Here’s a bumper 🧵of hard won personal experience
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A Russian sanctions "sandbox": China has set up a study group and has been sending officials to Moscow to learn how Beijing could blunt Western sanctions in the event of an invasion of Taiwan. Our exclusive www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Exclusive | China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict
An interagency group set up in the wake of the Ukraine invasion has been reporting back to Beijing with lessons it can use in case of war and Western penalties.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:38 AM
A Russian sanctions "sandbox": China has set up a study group and has been sending officials to Moscow to learn how Beijing could blunt Western sanctions in the event of an invasion of Taiwan. Our exclusive www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Your periodic reminder that there is a Gift Links feed where you can read all the latest non-paywalled articles from major publishers legally, courtesy of subscribers/authors. Save to your feeds and enjoy access to paywalled articles. bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 25, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Some personal and professional news: Today is my last day as Research Director, International Security @ChathamHouse. I am retiring to write and contribute to the world in a different way.
a shark is jumping out of the water with the words so long and thanks for all the fish below it
ALT: a shark is jumping out of the water with the words so long and thanks for all the fish below it
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November 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Some personal and professional news: Today is my last day as Research Director, International Security @ChathamHouse. I am retiring to write and contribute to the world in a different way.
Chinese Supreme Court releases “FaXin foundation model” for legal profession english.news.cn/20241115/20c...
China unveils AI model to facilitate judicial work
english.news.cn
November 29, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Chinese Supreme Court releases “FaXin foundation model” for legal profession english.news.cn/20241115/20c...
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OMG guys I just got to see an official badge from the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon last year and I…. I cannot stop laughing. 🎈 ✈️ 😂
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
OMG guys I just got to see an official badge from the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon last year and I…. I cannot stop laughing. 🎈 ✈️ 😂