AJP (James Phillips)
@ajamesphillips.com
Building WikiSim.org to hold data, calcs and sims on economics, energy, health, transport. If you're interested, msg me! :-)
Starting to share my thoughts: https://sense-making.leaflet.pub/
Previous projects TheWorldSim.org, Anot8.org, DataCurator.org
Starting to share my thoughts: https://sense-making.leaflet.pub/
Previous projects TheWorldSim.org, Anot8.org, DataCurator.org
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AJP (James Phillips)
@ajamesphillips.com
· Oct 13
First post! Excited to announce you can now upload your own games, simulations and interactive mini sites to WikiSim! For example here's Noughts and Crosses (Tic-Tac-Toe) wikisim.org/wiki/1031
It's been a long journey to get to this point 🌱 The end of the beginning awaits!...
It's been a long journey to get to this point 🌱 The end of the beginning awaits!...
Looking forward to the day I wake up to find someone else has shared their own game / sim to help make sense of our complex world.
Noughts and Crosses is just a toy game but I'm now working on some follow up sims that will have more depth and potential for insights!
Noughts and Crosses is just a toy game but I'm now working on some follow up sims that will have more depth and potential for insights!
Every little helps for one last push for Dr Day to defend all NHS doctors as whistleblowers www.crowdjustice.com/case/what-wi...
What more will they turn a blind eye to in my NHS whistleblowing case?
Locum A&E Doctor. I am 10 years into an NHS whistlleblowing case and want to make it count for my family, NHS staff and patients.
www.crowdjustice.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Every little helps for one last push for Dr Day to defend all NHS doctors as whistleblowers www.crowdjustice.com/case/what-wi...
There are so many amazing UK institutions and organisations to help us.
I learnt about www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locks... today and I knew we had the ONS but on Tuesday I learnt we also have osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/what-we-do/ and uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-au... ...
I learnt about www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locks... today and I knew we had the ONS but on Tuesday I learnt we also have osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/what-we-do/ and uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-au... ...
Locksmith Near Me - Find a Local MLA Approved Master Locksmith
Find local master locksmiths near your current location approved by Master Locksmiths Association MLA, all Master Locksmiths are vetted, inspected & qualified.
www.locksmiths.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
There are so many amazing UK institutions and organisations to help us.
I learnt about www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locks... today and I knew we had the ONS but on Tuesday I learnt we also have osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/what-we-do/ and uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-au... ...
I learnt about www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locks... today and I knew we had the ONS but on Tuesday I learnt we also have osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/what-we-do/ and uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-au... ...
This sounds like a wholesome event to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/havering-c... cc @haveringstreets.bsky.social
#peace through listening, understanding, discernment and wisdom.
#peace through listening, understanding, discernment and wisdom.
Havering Cohesion Summit
Get ready to connect, learn, and celebrate unity at the Havering Cohesion Summit!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This sounds like a wholesome event to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/havering-c... cc @haveringstreets.bsky.social
#peace through listening, understanding, discernment and wisdom.
#peace through listening, understanding, discernment and wisdom.
Great finding from @ipsa.org by NewCitizenProject.com like:
> Citizens want more participation. Every single participant said they would take part again. As one member put it: “this is what democracy should look like”.
theipsa.org.uk/whats-democr...
www.newcitizenproject.com/projects/ips...
> Citizens want more participation. Every single participant said they would take part again. As one member put it: “this is what democracy should look like”.
theipsa.org.uk/whats-democr...
www.newcitizenproject.com/projects/ips...
Delivering a Citizens' Forum on MPs' pay and funding | New Citizen Project
www.newcitizenproject.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Great finding from @ipsa.org by NewCitizenProject.com like:
> Citizens want more participation. Every single participant said they would take part again. As one member put it: “this is what democracy should look like”.
theipsa.org.uk/whats-democr...
www.newcitizenproject.com/projects/ips...
> Citizens want more participation. Every single participant said they would take part again. As one member put it: “this is what democracy should look like”.
theipsa.org.uk/whats-democr...
www.newcitizenproject.com/projects/ips...
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ICYMI, we joined @oxfamgb.bsky.social and @mills4humanity.bsky.social in signing a letter urging leaders at Davos to tax millionaires more.
Read this week’s Closer Look to see how taxing the super rich can help win back our democracies.
patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Read this week’s Closer Look to see how taxing the super rich can help win back our democracies.
patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Time to win back our democracies before it's too late
patrioticmillionaires.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
ICYMI, we joined @oxfamgb.bsky.social and @mills4humanity.bsky.social in signing a letter urging leaders at Davos to tax millionaires more.
Read this week’s Closer Look to see how taxing the super rich can help win back our democracies.
patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Read this week’s Closer Look to see how taxing the super rich can help win back our democracies.
patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
We've got the internet, but it still seems safer, easier and more reliable to copy data rather than rely on flaky URLs to connect to it. Some data design philosophy for @wikisim.org.
Thanks Stefan Magdalinski and Icebreaker One for prompting this post.
Thanks Stefan Magdalinski and Icebreaker One for prompting this post.
Connect or Collect Data?
Should WikiSim connect to data rather than collect it?
sense-making.leaflet.pub
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
We've got the internet, but it still seems safer, easier and more reliable to copy data rather than rely on flaky URLs to connect to it. Some data design philosophy for @wikisim.org.
Thanks Stefan Magdalinski and Icebreaker One for prompting this post.
Thanks Stefan Magdalinski and Icebreaker One for prompting this post.
I agree though when we look at this through the lens of #5whys / dependent origination then the aspects of our societies, economies, legal systems that originated clickbait are still in place. Without changing those dependencies then clickbait (& worse like AI nonsense titles) will keep originating
Headline writers have been responsible for much of the collapse of journalism (and I say that as someone who used to write headlines professionally). Replacing information with clickbait was always a bad idea. But replacing the headlines with AI nonsense is worse
www.theverge.com/tech/865168/...
www.theverge.com/tech/865168/...
Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI
“This feature performs well for user satisfaction,” claims Google.
www.theverge.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I agree though when we look at this through the lens of #5whys / dependent origination then the aspects of our societies, economies, legal systems that originated clickbait are still in place. Without changing those dependencies then clickbait (& worse like AI nonsense titles) will keep originating
I finally have a reason to go to the gym again:
Claims:
> one of the best ways to help democracy and reintegration of our societal fabric is to be in person with others
> "45% of people spend more time alone than they did 10 years ago."
youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?... (3 mins or youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?...)
Claims:
> one of the best ways to help democracy and reintegration of our societal fabric is to be in person with others
> "45% of people spend more time alone than they did 10 years ago."
youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?... (3 mins or youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?...)
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I finally have a reason to go to the gym again:
Claims:
> one of the best ways to help democracy and reintegration of our societal fabric is to be in person with others
> "45% of people spend more time alone than they did 10 years ago."
youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?... (3 mins or youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?...)
Claims:
> one of the best ways to help democracy and reintegration of our societal fabric is to be in person with others
> "45% of people spend more time alone than they did 10 years ago."
youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?... (3 mins or youtu.be/qogvYkSGp-s?...)
@rob.pickering.org this article was fascinating www.forestcity.uk/blog/buildin...! Would be interested to hear how it's progressing, and if there are any existing crowd source platforms you're thinking of leveraging. I'd also like to offer to help start a DigitalTwin of the city if interested?
Building a City and Thinking in 50 Year Cycles
How do you plan Europe's first city in 50 years without it becoming outdated? Forest City's Technology Group Lead Rob tackles the challenge of staying ahead of the curve.
www.forestcity.uk
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@rob.pickering.org this article was fascinating www.forestcity.uk/blog/buildin...! Would be interested to hear how it's progressing, and if there are any existing crowd source platforms you're thinking of leveraging. I'd also like to offer to help start a DigitalTwin of the city if interested?
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Billionaire wealth jumps to highest ever at $18.3 trillion, up 16% in 2025, up 81% since 2020
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Billionaire wealth jumps to highest ever at $18.3 trillion, up 16% in 2025, up 81% since 2020
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
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“I’ll do a war because I didn’t get a Peace Prize” is such open abuser logic
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 AM
“I’ll do a war because I didn’t get a Peace Prize” is such open abuser logic
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It still surprises me you can get good performance with even tiny models on top of TESSERA embeddings. Here's how to find solar farms in the UK with a small ~42k CNN: toao.com/blog/earth-o...
Earth Observation on a Budget: Finding Solar Farms with a 42k-Parameter Model
- Sadiq Jaffer
toao.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It still surprises me you can get good performance with even tiny models on top of TESSERA embeddings. Here's how to find solar farms in the UK with a small ~42k CNN: toao.com/blog/earth-o...
> Krapivin was not held back by the conventional wisdom for the simple reason that he was unaware of it. “I did this without knowing about Yao’s conjecture”
This is my excuse for not reading much heheh!
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat... via @joshtuddenham.dev joshtuddenham.dev/blog/hashmaps/
This is my excuse for not reading much heheh!
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat... via @joshtuddenham.dev joshtuddenham.dev/blog/hashmaps/
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture | Quanta Magazine
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 AM
> Krapivin was not held back by the conventional wisdom for the simple reason that he was unaware of it. “I did this without knowing about Yao’s conjecture”
This is my excuse for not reading much heheh!
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat... via @joshtuddenham.dev joshtuddenham.dev/blog/hashmaps/
This is my excuse for not reading much heheh!
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat... via @joshtuddenham.dev joshtuddenham.dev/blog/hashmaps/
I’m excited to start a new #ConversationUpgrades series. The first was rewarding and fun to write. If you’ve seen conversations, online or otherwise, bogged down by partial truths, name-calling, or misinformation, share them here. I’d love to uncover the insights hiding beneath.
Conversation Upgrade #1 - GBP to EUR exchange rate around Brexit
sense-making.leaflet.pub
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I’m excited to start a new #ConversationUpgrades series. The first was rewarding and fun to write. If you’ve seen conversations, online or otherwise, bogged down by partial truths, name-calling, or misinformation, share them here. I’d love to uncover the insights hiding beneath.
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Ever wonder how our economy actually works and why it feels stacked against working people?
Our Founder & President Erica Payne breaks it down on Let’s Address This with @qasimrashid.com on how the tax code functions and what it would actually take to fix it. www.qasimrashid.com/p/episode-20...
Our Founder & President Erica Payne breaks it down on Let’s Address This with @qasimrashid.com on how the tax code functions and what it would actually take to fix it. www.qasimrashid.com/p/episode-20...
Episode 202: Patriotic Millionaires & Corrupt SCOTUS
Listen now | Why it's patriotic for the super wealthy to want higher taxes, and how Justice Roberts has quietly destroyed the American experiment
www.qasimrashid.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Ever wonder how our economy actually works and why it feels stacked against working people?
Our Founder & President Erica Payne breaks it down on Let’s Address This with @qasimrashid.com on how the tax code functions and what it would actually take to fix it. www.qasimrashid.com/p/episode-20...
Our Founder & President Erica Payne breaks it down on Let’s Address This with @qasimrashid.com on how the tax code functions and what it would actually take to fix it. www.qasimrashid.com/p/episode-20...
Inspiring. True strength. (And finishes with a classic British understatement):
> I didn't want to be consumed with grief and this is my way forward... Other people in his gang have changed their life around because of it, so surely some good's coming out of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
> I didn't want to be consumed with grief and this is my way forward... Other people in his gang have changed their life around because of it, so surely some good's coming out of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Why I now hug my son's killer on stage'
Joan Scourfield joins forces with Jacob Dunne to highlight the benefits of restorative justice.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Inspiring. True strength. (And finishes with a classic British understatement):
> I didn't want to be consumed with grief and this is my way forward... Other people in his gang have changed their life around because of it, so surely some good's coming out of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
> I didn't want to be consumed with grief and this is my way forward... Other people in his gang have changed their life around because of it, so surely some good's coming out of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😂😂
> I don’t remember why we ran this study. I definitely remember seeing the results and going “yes!! We nailed it!! It all makes sense!” but now I can’t remember why. I asked Ethan about it and he was like, “bro I do not even remember RUNNING this one,”
www.experimental-history.com/i/84559197/s...
> I don’t remember why we ran this study. I definitely remember seeing the results and going “yes!! We nailed it!! It all makes sense!” but now I can’t remember why. I asked Ethan about it and he was like, “bro I do not even remember RUNNING this one,”
www.experimental-history.com/i/84559197/s...
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
😂😂
> I don’t remember why we ran this study. I definitely remember seeing the results and going “yes!! We nailed it!! It all makes sense!” but now I can’t remember why. I asked Ethan about it and he was like, “bro I do not even remember RUNNING this one,”
www.experimental-history.com/i/84559197/s...
> I don’t remember why we ran this study. I definitely remember seeing the results and going “yes!! We nailed it!! It all makes sense!” but now I can’t remember why. I asked Ethan about it and he was like, “bro I do not even remember RUNNING this one,”
www.experimental-history.com/i/84559197/s...
@leaflet.pub , I just lost some drafted work when I refreshed a draft that I was editing. Anything I can do to maybe recover it? Are there versions stored anywhere local or remote? Thanks for your help!
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
@leaflet.pub , I just lost some drafted work when I refreshed a draft that I was editing. Anything I can do to maybe recover it? Are there versions stored anywhere local or remote? Thanks for your help!
Related to @wikisim.org's mission: "We've got this problem at the moment where there's no agreement over what facts are or what the truth is. So you can hardly even have a debate about some of these issues let alone come to any conclusion." - former head of MI6’s Russia desk youtu.be/7YOQ64iEB78?...
January 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Related to @wikisim.org's mission: "We've got this problem at the moment where there's no agreement over what facts are or what the truth is. So you can hardly even have a debate about some of these issues let alone come to any conclusion." - former head of MI6’s Russia desk youtu.be/7YOQ64iEB78?...
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Most of the billionaires who own superyachts are converging on the small island of St. Barts for NYE, and Maduro has the chance to put on the funniest fireworks display ever.
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Most of the billionaires who own superyachts are converging on the small island of St. Barts for NYE, and Maduro has the chance to put on the funniest fireworks display ever.
A humorous and arresting sentence!
> Wikimedia editors' current power structure is an ad-hocracy, a mix of anarchic, despotic, democratic, republican, meritocratic, plutocratic, technocratic, ochlocratic, and bureaucratic elements.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
> Wikimedia editors' current power structure is an ad-hocracy, a mix of anarchic, despotic, democratic, republican, meritocratic, plutocratic, technocratic, ochlocratic, and bureaucratic elements.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
Wikimedia power structure - Meta-Wiki
meta.wikimedia.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A humorous and arresting sentence!
> Wikimedia editors' current power structure is an ad-hocracy, a mix of anarchic, despotic, democratic, republican, meritocratic, plutocratic, technocratic, ochlocratic, and bureaucratic elements.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
> Wikimedia editors' current power structure is an ad-hocracy, a mix of anarchic, despotic, democratic, republican, meritocratic, plutocratic, technocratic, ochlocratic, and bureaucratic elements.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
Finally written up anot8.org after 5 years, better late than never! Would be great to see sub-citations start to appear in more places like academia, news and social media. They're so much more joyful and efficient to work with and definitely aid #SenseMaking
sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mbapo32hx22w
sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mbapo32hx22w
Sub-citations for efficient recall and validation of references - Sense making
We already use sub-citations for books and legal documents, why not academic / scientific papers?
sense-making.leaflet.pub
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Finally written up anot8.org after 5 years, better late than never! Would be great to see sub-citations start to appear in more places like academia, news and social media. They're so much more joyful and efficient to work with and definitely aid #SenseMaking
sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mbapo32hx22w
sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mbapo32hx22w
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We just have to be patient!
At some point, politeness, decency and education will be cool again!
At some point, politeness, decency and education will be cool again!
December 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We just have to be patient!
At some point, politeness, decency and education will be cool again!
At some point, politeness, decency and education will be cool again!
That was a great curve ball! Makes sense but was not expecting that:
> The people who are fighting only for themselves are very pessimistic, the people who are working for themselves And others are optimistic
Beautiful. Sympathetic joy, true love at work.
youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk?...
> The people who are fighting only for themselves are very pessimistic, the people who are working for themselves And others are optimistic
Beautiful. Sympathetic joy, true love at work.
youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk?...
December 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
That was a great curve ball! Makes sense but was not expecting that:
> The people who are fighting only for themselves are very pessimistic, the people who are working for themselves And others are optimistic
Beautiful. Sympathetic joy, true love at work.
youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk?...
> The people who are fighting only for themselves are very pessimistic, the people who are working for themselves And others are optimistic
Beautiful. Sympathetic joy, true love at work.
youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk?...
Hey thank you for this @nonzerosumjames.bsky.social. I have contemplated this a lot and was struggling with it but I think I've found some easier ways of thinking about it. I wrote some reflections here, I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts on them: sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mahfu6sepk22
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hey thank you for this @nonzerosumjames.bsky.social. I have contemplated this a lot and was struggling with it but I think I've found some easier ways of thinking about it. I wrote some reflections here, I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts on them: sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mahfu6sepk22