Peter Scott Reid
@peterscottreid.bsky.social
user researcher
Cambridge, UK
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banner is a photo of Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
Cambridge, UK
he | him
banner is a photo of Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
Fascinating review of Michael Barr's 'Singapore: A Modern History' from 2021
Thomas Meaney · The Bayswater Grocer: The Singapore Formula
The well-oiled pistons of the market-state are increasingly accompanied by the creaks and squabbles of a Chinese dynasty...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fascinating review of Michael Barr's 'Singapore: A Modern History' from 2021
10/10 the most devious species
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
10/10 the most devious species
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A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
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taking a quick break from the serious journalistic project of explaining how my ex-wife repeatedly violated professional ethical standards to quote verbatim how I totally roasted her
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
taking a quick break from the serious journalistic project of explaining how my ex-wife repeatedly violated professional ethical standards to quote verbatim how I totally roasted her
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The failure of car clubs to spread beyond major cities or to be sustainable within them is a real instance of market failure which government policy should be looking to fix. Allowing people to live car-free is a public good we should be looking to make as widely available as possible.
Zipcar is shutting down its UK operations, basically the only car club that worked in London. Massive kick to anyone who tries to live in capital without owning a car. Having been a customer for 17 years and used Zipvans to move house repeatedly, this is.... very bad! (Zipcar is owned by Avis)
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The failure of car clubs to spread beyond major cities or to be sustainable within them is a real instance of market failure which government policy should be looking to fix. Allowing people to live car-free is a public good we should be looking to make as widely available as possible.
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Everyone at Google should look at how their company was once a verb and has now become a heaping plate of nonsense and revolt against the dipshits forcing this on everyone
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everyone at Google should look at how their company was once a verb and has now become a heaping plate of nonsense and revolt against the dipshits forcing this on everyone
Intriguing piece
A Tech Millionaire’s Costly Quest to Prove His Brother Was Murdered
Steve Johnson became convinced that his brother was the victim of an anti-gay hate crime. Decades later, a man was convicted for the killing. But did the police solve the case or perpetrate a miscarri...
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Intriguing piece
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have written that piece before but there's a whole lot of "oh wow this generation of kids are fucked" and nowhere near enough "huh what exactly have that generation of parents been doing and how can we not do that, going forward"
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
have written that piece before but there's a whole lot of "oh wow this generation of kids are fucked" and nowhere near enough "huh what exactly have that generation of parents been doing and how can we not do that, going forward"
THOMASINA: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
SEPTIMUS: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
THOMASINA: Is that all?
SEPTIMUS: No... a shoulder of mutton, a haunch of venison well hugged, an embrace of grouse ... caro, carnis, feminine; flesh.
SEPTIMUS: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
THOMASINA: Is that all?
SEPTIMUS: No... a shoulder of mutton, a haunch of venison well hugged, an embrace of grouse ... caro, carnis, feminine; flesh.
Arcadia is my favorite modern play. Maybe my favorite play. The live performance I saw in NY all those years ago the greatest play going experience of my life
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
THOMASINA: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
SEPTIMUS: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
THOMASINA: Is that all?
SEPTIMUS: No... a shoulder of mutton, a haunch of venison well hugged, an embrace of grouse ... caro, carnis, feminine; flesh.
SEPTIMUS: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
THOMASINA: Is that all?
SEPTIMUS: No... a shoulder of mutton, a haunch of venison well hugged, an embrace of grouse ... caro, carnis, feminine; flesh.
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Ottone Rosai
Belvedere
Belvedere
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ottone Rosai
Belvedere
Belvedere
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slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
'[AI models have] been recklessly jammed into commercial software despite not actually being capable of the things tech companies claim they are.'
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
'[AI models have] been recklessly jammed into commercial software despite not actually being capable of the things tech companies claim they are.'
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
'Is the cost of the learning and development greater than £10,000?'
I want an £8.99 paperback, pls have mercy
I want an £8.99 paperback, pls have mercy
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
'Is the cost of the learning and development greater than £10,000?'
I want an £8.99 paperback, pls have mercy
I want an £8.99 paperback, pls have mercy
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Jules Renard’s journal, 28 June 1899
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jules Renard’s journal, 28 June 1899
Listening to @duncanweldon.bsky.social's great overview of budgets and bond markets intertwining - from April this year
Currently - Of Budgets and Bond Markets - BBC Sounds
Duncan Weldon explores the political and economic reality of relying on the bond markets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Listening to @duncanweldon.bsky.social's great overview of budgets and bond markets intertwining - from April this year
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Time to post this banger again
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Time to post this banger again
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
I followed a fair bit of the twitter acquisition but my jaw dropped reading this
By @jacobsilverman.com
By @jacobsilverman.com
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I followed a fair bit of the twitter acquisition but my jaw dropped reading this
By @jacobsilverman.com
By @jacobsilverman.com
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
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I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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All the Camelot shit really broke people huh. You can’t just say a guy is a rich crank who thinks he’s smarter than everybody, he has to cut some sort of a tragic figure
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
All the Camelot shit really broke people huh. You can’t just say a guy is a rich crank who thinks he’s smarter than everybody, he has to cut some sort of a tragic figure