Prof. Ras el-Aaloo
@aaloo69.bsky.social
Casual observer, cautious thinker, professional procrastinator.
Trial and error. Mostly error.
Trial and error. Mostly error.
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The best thing about this is Jenrick's defection is now worth much less to Farage reducing his leverage. Very enjoyable.
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The best thing about this is Jenrick's defection is now worth much less to Farage reducing his leverage. Very enjoyable.
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Welcome to Reform, Robert Jenrick
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Welcome to Reform, Robert Jenrick
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Sums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Sums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.
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Nice to see those happy, not in the least bit misanthropic sociopaths on Reddit taking the most optimistic reading from this.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Nice to see those happy, not in the least bit misanthropic sociopaths on Reddit taking the most optimistic reading from this.
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Ageing populations will lead to lower living standards - EBRD report on.ft.com/49FdGeu
Ageing populations will lead to lower living standards, warns study
Growth in annual GDP per capita will fall by more than a full percentage point in some countries over the next 25 years
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ageing populations will lead to lower living standards - EBRD report on.ft.com/49FdGeu
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Interesting suggestion from EBRD chief economist that countries will suffer policy lock in once the electorate ages, and so there is an urgency to acting early
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Interesting suggestion from EBRD chief economist that countries will suffer policy lock in once the electorate ages, and so there is an urgency to acting early
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Robert Jenrick MP (Newark) has been suspended from the Conservative Party by party leader Kemi Badenoch x.com/KemiBadenoch...
x.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Robert Jenrick MP (Newark) has been suspended from the Conservative Party by party leader Kemi Badenoch x.com/KemiBadenoch...
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The muted response to the undressing of women and children by Elon Musk’s Grok is the latest symptom of a culture of impunity—and a chance to address that culture head-on, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social argue.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The muted response to the undressing of women and children by Elon Musk’s Grok is the latest symptom of a culture of impunity—and a chance to address that culture head-on, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social argue.
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Grok is evil by design.
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Grok is evil by design.
Rosenior is the weirdest managerial appointments of recent times and could be one of the shortest tenures ever
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Rosenior is the weirdest managerial appointments of recent times and could be one of the shortest tenures ever
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This is a cracking chart from the FT.
The two outliers are about 90% underground. However, one of them is because Justine Greening didn’t want to annoy voters in Oxfordshire whereas the other is because of (to use a technical term) massive fuck-off mountains!
(Also it’s way higher tech/better)
The two outliers are about 90% underground. However, one of them is because Justine Greening didn’t want to annoy voters in Oxfordshire whereas the other is because of (to use a technical term) massive fuck-off mountains!
(Also it’s way higher tech/better)
January 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
This is a cracking chart from the FT.
The two outliers are about 90% underground. However, one of them is because Justine Greening didn’t want to annoy voters in Oxfordshire whereas the other is because of (to use a technical term) massive fuck-off mountains!
(Also it’s way higher tech/better)
The two outliers are about 90% underground. However, one of them is because Justine Greening didn’t want to annoy voters in Oxfordshire whereas the other is because of (to use a technical term) massive fuck-off mountains!
(Also it’s way higher tech/better)
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I am terrible at football – but love playing. Can I change my game completely in my mid-30s?
I am terrible at football – but love playing. Can I change my game completely in my mid-30s?
For fifteen years I have been devoted to the sport, but can still barely tackle or shoot. I decided to get a coach and give him the challenge of a lifetime
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I am terrible at football – but love playing. Can I change my game completely in my mid-30s?
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Could have used this back when I was a PhD student. I had to extract graph data from papers that were >50 years old. Asked PI how, he said "I'll show you" & left the room. Thought he was getting software
He came back with a ruler, a magnifying glass & a sheaf of graph paper & told me to have fun
He came back with a ruler, a magnifying glass & a sheaf of graph paper & told me to have fun
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Could have used this back when I was a PhD student. I had to extract graph data from papers that were >50 years old. Asked PI how, he said "I'll show you" & left the room. Thought he was getting software
He came back with a ruler, a magnifying glass & a sheaf of graph paper & told me to have fun
He came back with a ruler, a magnifying glass & a sheaf of graph paper & told me to have fun
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Elon Musk Plays Disinfo Telephone: How Oregon’s Mundane Voter Roll Cleanup Is Turned Into False Claim Of ‘Fake Voters’
I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of…
I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of…
Elon Musk Plays Disinfo Telephone: How Oregon’s Mundane Voter Roll Cleanup Is Turned Into False Claim Of ‘Fake Voters’
I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of “disinformation telephone” gets played. Let's walk through it, because understanding how this works is important. The game works like this: Someone takes a factual but largely unremarkable story, gives it a slight spin, and passes it along.
www.techdirt.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk Plays Disinfo Telephone: How Oregon’s Mundane Voter Roll Cleanup Is Turned Into False Claim Of ‘Fake Voters’
I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of…
I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of…
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These Tories deflected to Reform. A Trojan Horse.
Lee Anderson
Dann Kruger
Zahawi
Dorries
Gullis
Jake Berry
Maria Caulfield
Andrea Jenkyns
Ben Bradley
Anne Marie Morris
Lia Nici
Adam Holloway
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Aidan Burley
Sarah Atherton
Lucy Allan
Mark Reckless
Alan Amos
Ann Widdecombe
Lee Anderson
Dann Kruger
Zahawi
Dorries
Gullis
Jake Berry
Maria Caulfield
Andrea Jenkyns
Ben Bradley
Anne Marie Morris
Lia Nici
Adam Holloway
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Aidan Burley
Sarah Atherton
Lucy Allan
Mark Reckless
Alan Amos
Ann Widdecombe
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
These Tories deflected to Reform. A Trojan Horse.
Lee Anderson
Dann Kruger
Zahawi
Dorries
Gullis
Jake Berry
Maria Caulfield
Andrea Jenkyns
Ben Bradley
Anne Marie Morris
Lia Nici
Adam Holloway
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Aidan Burley
Sarah Atherton
Lucy Allan
Mark Reckless
Alan Amos
Ann Widdecombe
Lee Anderson
Dann Kruger
Zahawi
Dorries
Gullis
Jake Berry
Maria Caulfield
Andrea Jenkyns
Ben Bradley
Anne Marie Morris
Lia Nici
Adam Holloway
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Aidan Burley
Sarah Atherton
Lucy Allan
Mark Reckless
Alan Amos
Ann Widdecombe
There’s not even a need to ban it. All that’s needed is a moral compass and a conscience. If/when UK Gov, NHS, academic and commercial entities leave en masse for what is a totally appalling state of affairs, then it leaves only the very worst behind on that platform.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
There’s not even a need to ban it. All that’s needed is a moral compass and a conscience. If/when UK Gov, NHS, academic and commercial entities leave en masse for what is a totally appalling state of affairs, then it leaves only the very worst behind on that platform.
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Long overdue. How does anyone justify maintaining an X account?
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Long overdue. How does anyone justify maintaining an X account?
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Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️
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Show me how you don’t understand London.
This is one of the world’s safest big cities but Reform are always - always - talking London down.
It’s almost as if they are working for a foreign power 🤔
This is one of the world’s safest big cities but Reform are always - always - talking London down.
It’s almost as if they are working for a foreign power 🤔
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Show me how you don’t understand London.
This is one of the world’s safest big cities but Reform are always - always - talking London down.
It’s almost as if they are working for a foreign power 🤔
This is one of the world’s safest big cities but Reform are always - always - talking London down.
It’s almost as if they are working for a foreign power 🤔
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Britfash "patriots" revealing who their masters are
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Britfash "patriots" revealing who their masters are
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"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..."
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Who was the first king of England?
A surprisingly complicated question.
jonn.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..."
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
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Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
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This is just what you like to see on here
January 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This is just what you like to see on here
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Delighted to have been verified by Bluesky, maybe that's the push I need to wean off the dopamine of watching my 20 year Twitter account burn under the flames of the unhinged, racist, fascist and genuinely evil.
Hope all are well 🙌🏽❤️
Hope all are well 🙌🏽❤️
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Delighted to have been verified by Bluesky, maybe that's the push I need to wean off the dopamine of watching my 20 year Twitter account burn under the flames of the unhinged, racist, fascist and genuinely evil.
Hope all are well 🙌🏽❤️
Hope all are well 🙌🏽❤️
Arsenal were atrocious. I’ve never seen a team at the top of the table, 6 point clear play at home against a severely depleted mediocre Liverpool side and park the bus. Abysmal. It will be good for football for them to NOT win the league.
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Arsenal were atrocious. I’ve never seen a team at the top of the table, 6 point clear play at home against a severely depleted mediocre Liverpool side and park the bus. Abysmal. It will be good for football for them to NOT win the league.