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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 2h

(the quoted post has a mistake in it, I meant home insurance where models *are* being adjusted and research is being conducted in anticipation of further climate change)

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 2h

Asked a very knowledgeable person about it today. The answer is that everyone indeed expected it to happen years ago, and then it never did, so the consensus now is that it's going to be slow & gradual with plenty of time to adapt.

The likely model is going to be fleet insurance with automakers.

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 6d

I work in motor insurance and inside the industry there is next to no preparation for self-driving (unlike, for example, in motor insurance where you DO see adjustments to climate change forecasts, often in the same companies). Could be a silly mistake of a legacy industry. Could be not.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 8h

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 10h

What really jumps out, in growth terms, is the big Russian downgrade.
Growth slowing to a crawl in 2025 & 2026.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10h

STARMER SURGE

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 10h

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 11-13 October 2025

Approve: 14% (+1 from 4-6 Oct)
Disapprove: 69% (=)
Net: -55 (+1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 10h

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 16h

For the record, I don't think such overreliance on immigrant labour should be celebrated as a good thing, it is a bad sign all things considered, but if you have time after time made a policy choice for that, you should at least "say thank you".

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 16h

I live next to an assisted living OAP block, which has flags in many of its windows, while carers coming there to work are almost universally black.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Yes, but they won't be able to sell the excess to someone on the other side of the globe.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

A transition to green energy is way less scary for ExxonMobil than it is for Saudi Arabia

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Perhaps the only good legacy of the pandemic is that I now know how to wash my hand properly without re-washing them again and again paranoidly.

I can now just do it once and be confident they're sterile for all practical intends and purposes. Very useful skill when you have small kids!

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Oh, apparently it is still not formally decriminalised in... Scotland.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

I meant NI only decriminalising it recently, but yes apparently even that was too optimistic!

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Hate to admit that, but starting 2022 Tory approach to Russia was very firm, and on many occasions the strongest in Europe outside of the Baltic states.

Wouldn't be surprised if it is no longer like that, e.g. I follow the topic very closely and cannot recall any recent Badenoch's opinion on Russia

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

From my memory, 2019 for Northern Ireland, but also I remember this was actively disputed. In any case, very very recently.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Shotgun!

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

When was abortion decriminalised in the UK? Think carefully!

Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wingers who think tactics they've used to criminalize abortion in the US will have the same kind of traction in the UK fail to grasp that religious fundamentalism is widely viewed as nuts in the UK, & has been for many decades, if not centuries.

As much chance of abolishing UK gun controls.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

'Fun' question: when was abortion decriminalised in the UK?

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Hello Fresh сам выбирает рецепты (неплохие и разнообразные, но часто трудоемкие и долгие). Мы через какое-то время отказались.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

This is what happened between Armenia and Azerbaijan btw, basically he allowed Armenian leadership to save face by legitimising their acceptance of the other side's demands.

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Yes, if they are committing to Russia in an organised official manner this is on a different scale.

It is wild how there is always a talk about Europeans theoretically joining the war even in very limited non-frontline capacity is a massive escalation while Russian allies are already sending troops

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Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

I am not going to engage with a furry porn account, I am sorry.

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Tbh if the truce holds it MAY make a chance of a Palestinian state more viable. It now entirely holds on the US opinion about it as Israel had alienated much of its other traditional support. Of course I am not intending to say that it was a cunning move, it's unlikely he had that outcome in mind.

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · 1d

Davey has been very clear and unambiguous on death and destruction caused by Israel in Gaza, and if you've been following him you'd know.

Is your first reaction to people posting about Gaza and Gazans also to ask "what about Israeli hostages"?

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