Mayfair Cynic
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Xbox LIVE was willing to do in 2013 what the entire US establishment was not.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Xbox LIVE was willing to do in 2013 what the entire US establishment was not.
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While I'm on my bullshit: scientists in the late middle-20th century had terrible naming conventions. The universe has noticed. Supersymmetry is probably false because gauginos and sfermions are stupid fucking names. The Graviton is probably real because that's a great name (also QFT is prob base).
January 31, 2026 at 8:16 AM
While I'm on my bullshit: scientists in the late middle-20th century had terrible naming conventions. The universe has noticed. Supersymmetry is probably false because gauginos and sfermions are stupid fucking names. The Graviton is probably real because that's a great name (also QFT is prob base).
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every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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We know JD Vance is a /pol weirdo, but to think the whole thing may have originated with Epstein... like, Jeffrey Epstein genuinely seems to sit at the middle of every horrific thing in the last couple decades.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
We know JD Vance is a /pol weirdo, but to think the whole thing may have originated with Epstein... like, Jeffrey Epstein genuinely seems to sit at the middle of every horrific thing in the last couple decades.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
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groimes please tell them uhhh that i wasn’t uh begging in an email to uh be invited to a pedo party
January 31, 2026 at 12:13 AM
groimes please tell them uhhh that i wasn’t uh begging in an email to uh be invited to a pedo party
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He's a pilot with real flying exoerience. Where he may clash with orthodoxy is on taking off and, more troublingly, landing.
Kevin Warsh may be chameleonic but is not an unknown species and has real Federal Reserve experience. Where he may clash with orthodoxy is on interest rates and, more troublingly, independence
What will Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?
Donald Trump’s nominee was an inflation hawk—until he wasn’t
econ.st
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
He's a pilot with real flying exoerience. Where he may clash with orthodoxy is on taking off and, more troublingly, landing.
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SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These Epstein files are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Let's send ICE to invade Minneapolis!"
SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These videos of ICE in Minneapolis are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Release some more Epstein files!"
TRUMP: "Let's send ICE to invade Minneapolis!"
SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These videos of ICE in Minneapolis are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Release some more Epstein files!"
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These Epstein files are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Let's send ICE to invade Minneapolis!"
SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These videos of ICE in Minneapolis are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Release some more Epstein files!"
TRUMP: "Let's send ICE to invade Minneapolis!"
SUSIE WILES, CHIEF OF STAFF: "These videos of ICE in Minneapolis are really bad for us!"
TRUMP: "Release some more Epstein files!"
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Jesus. Also something wearily familiar about the fact that ‘a person close to Mandelson’ denied the story when the FT first got it
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Jesus. Also something wearily familiar about the fact that ‘a person close to Mandelson’ denied the story when the FT first got it
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this is the other reason I trust Signal: @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is the CEO
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 AM
this is the other reason I trust Signal: @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is the CEO
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"cash only love, saves on the paperwork"
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"cash only love, saves on the paperwork"
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Trump comes out against presidential immunity for acts done during a term of office.
Do not pass this off as the ravings of a looney, old, narcissist. These false reports are going to be used to try and corrupt the 2026 elections by increasing White House Power over the vote. It could spark off the greatest crisis in the USA since the Civil War.
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Trump comes out against presidential immunity for acts done during a term of office.
Every year I forget that FirstDirect only issue tax certificates through the post, not in their app, and every year I try to remember to order one automatically...
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Every year I forget that FirstDirect only issue tax certificates through the post, not in their app, and every year I try to remember to order one automatically...
I'm doing some investigation into slow disk access on a local database and this is probably the most useful diagnostic site I've ever come across.
Hope some of you find it useful.
Hope some of you find it useful.
It's not working! Should I blame caching?
shouldiblamecach.ing
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I'm doing some investigation into slow disk access on a local database and this is probably the most useful diagnostic site I've ever come across.
Hope some of you find it useful.
Hope some of you find it useful.
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This is a very good point. bsky.app/profile/harr...
The pivot from 'we shouldn't bother with Net Zero 'cause China' to 'How does China have a massive lead in so many key 21st century technologies' doesn't seem to have caused any reflection at all from quite a few parties.
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 AM
This is a very good point. bsky.app/profile/harr...
Who the heck is Konstantin Kisin, the <checks notes> Russian translator of video games who is on Question Time?
Oh...
Oh...
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Who the heck is Konstantin Kisin, the <checks notes> Russian translator of video games who is on Question Time?
Oh...
Oh...
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I'm definitely up for this.
January 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I'm definitely up for this.
"One bus ticket, please"
"Where to?"
"I'd like to get off at Crotch Crescent"
"Wouldn't we all, mate?"
"Where to?"
"I'd like to get off at Crotch Crescent"
"Wouldn't we all, mate?"
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"One bus ticket, please"
"Where to?"
"I'd like to get off at Crotch Crescent"
"Wouldn't we all, mate?"
"Where to?"
"I'd like to get off at Crotch Crescent"
"Wouldn't we all, mate?"
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Gotta suck shit being a true Trump believer. You spend years roiling in anger over made-up bullshit. You fill a little bottle with piss or whatever and spray a 5-foot tall woman with it. She instantly squares up to kick the shit out of you. You go to jail. The goons you idolize say you work for her.
Until it was silenced 10 months ago by DOGE and self-proclaimed USAGM acting CEO Kari Lake, along with the rest of the nearly 50 language services of the Voice of America, VOA Somali reached on a weekly basis ~65% of adults in Somalia.
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Gotta suck shit being a true Trump believer. You spend years roiling in anger over made-up bullshit. You fill a little bottle with piss or whatever and spray a 5-foot tall woman with it. She instantly squares up to kick the shit out of you. You go to jail. The goons you idolize say you work for her.
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Post I wrote today for @alphaville.ft.com about Czechoslovak Group’s successful €3.8bn IPO. I remember working on EADS’s IPO 26 years ago when quite a few European investors balked at defence sector on ethical grounds. Not anymore. www.ft.com/content/a620...
European defence is so hot right now
Investors suddenly love guns and ammo
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Post I wrote today for @alphaville.ft.com about Czechoslovak Group’s successful €3.8bn IPO. I remember working on EADS’s IPO 26 years ago when quite a few European investors balked at defence sector on ethical grounds. Not anymore. www.ft.com/content/a620...
"Why are you looking so pained?"
"Cucumbers are up"
"..."
"Cucumbers are up"
"..."
With the FSB set to secure broad powers to cut communications, one Russian paper criticises the idea: “It's impossible to imagine the functioning of a modern economy without a functioning Internet.” Another paper on prices in 2026: “Vodka up 17%, cucumbers 21.3%.” #ReadingRussia
Russian paper concerned about "Off-switch for the Internet"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
"Why are you looking so pained?"
"Cucumbers are up"
"..."
"Cucumbers are up"
"..."