Alix Mortimer
@alixmortimer.bsky.social
I(i)mpact and engagement for my brilliant colleagues in politics, economics, social sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Often I dream of islands.
🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
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🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
Can’t see DMs, sorry!
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I think though a lot of the US media elites in particular bet hard on MAGA as the new norm, and even when it's visibly wounded and flailing their egos are going to make them try and Weekend at Bernie's it, without even any pressure from Trump.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think though a lot of the US media elites in particular bet hard on MAGA as the new norm, and even when it's visibly wounded and flailing their egos are going to make them try and Weekend at Bernie's it, without even any pressure from Trump.
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Running the [insert]* has become an impossible job on.ft.com/4oE2cwk
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
Running the BBC has become an impossible job
The broadcaster should rethink the role of director-general and reclaim editorial independence
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Running the [insert]* has become an impossible job on.ft.com/4oE2cwk
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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oh no
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
oh no
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super oh no
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
super oh no
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I am sure there will be no economic or structual consequences to this, in a country with a rapidly aging population and unsustainable population pyramid
Net migration now estimated to have fallen from 944,000 to 345,000 in Dec ‘24.
Some projections even suggest David Cameron’s old target of “tens of thousands” could be met. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
Some projections even suggest David Cameron’s old target of “tens of thousands” could be met. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I am sure there will be no economic or structual consequences to this, in a country with a rapidly aging population and unsustainable population pyramid
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Great news everyone, the techbros have killed online surveys as a research tool. Super. Still, any minute now GenAI is going to double our lifespans, cure cancer, and colonise Mars, so swings and roundabouts.
"In over 43,000 tests, the tool fooled 99.8 per cent of systems into thinking it was human. It made zero errors on logic puzzles and bypassed traditional safeguards designed to detect automated responses, like reCAPTCHA."
AI can impersonate humans in public opinion polls, study finds
‘We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people,’ said the lead author of a new study from Dartmouth University.
www.euronews.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Great news everyone, the techbros have killed online surveys as a research tool. Super. Still, any minute now GenAI is going to double our lifespans, cure cancer, and colonise Mars, so swings and roundabouts.
I have been a little out of things for maybe 3 days at most, what in god’s name is going on
Based on this link, it seems Olivia Nuzzi's debut pop single was titled "Jailbait." www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have been a little out of things for maybe 3 days at most, what in god’s name is going on
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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Imagine if we’d spent the year leading up to the budget talking about the NHS…
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Imagine if we’d spent the year leading up to the budget talking about the NHS…
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More excellent reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social as they work to track down Andrew Milne. And it starts with a really heartbreaking tale. It does feels like they’ve really broken any power this guy had over anyone… www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/after-beckys...
After Becky’s mum died, it was time to sell her childhood home. Then Andrew Milne got in touch
Plus: As the search for answers continues, The Tribune takes to the road
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More excellent reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social as they work to track down Andrew Milne. And it starts with a really heartbreaking tale. It does feels like they’ve really broken any power this guy had over anyone… www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/after-beckys...
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The contaminated waste piled high in a field near Kidlington is now washing into River Cherwell. In the last 48 hours, the water level has risen 4+ feet and is lapping against the illegal dump.
We stand on the edge of an environmental disaster. We need urgent action from the Environment Agency.
We stand on the edge of an environmental disaster. We need urgent action from the Environment Agency.
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The contaminated waste piled high in a field near Kidlington is now washing into River Cherwell. In the last 48 hours, the water level has risen 4+ feet and is lapping against the illegal dump.
We stand on the edge of an environmental disaster. We need urgent action from the Environment Agency.
We stand on the edge of an environmental disaster. We need urgent action from the Environment Agency.
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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By over-spinning its proposals so much, this government is articulating an anti-refugee principle to two-thirds of its own supporters (support control and compassion + integration is good, not bad) but making claims that it can not deliver (which the quarter who want no refugees won't ever believe)
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
By over-spinning its proposals so much, this government is articulating an anti-refugee principle to two-thirds of its own supporters (support control and compassion + integration is good, not bad) but making claims that it can not deliver (which the quarter who want no refugees won't ever believe)
Hrvatska Pošta version of these is even closer to the platonic ideal!
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hrvatska Pošta version of these is even closer to the platonic ideal!
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
This honestly does explain a lot. What if fact checking disinformation doesn’t work, not because of cognitive bias etc, but because a % people can’t really read. But think they can. Think everyone is kind of guessing words or inventing what they mean and that’s “reading”. It’s mind-blowing.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This honestly does explain a lot. What if fact checking disinformation doesn’t work, not because of cognitive bias etc, but because a % people can’t really read. But think they can. Think everyone is kind of guessing words or inventing what they mean and that’s “reading”. It’s mind-blowing.
Adding a third list, though my idea of an exciting night out these days is a pilates class
1. Water Rats King’s X, used to be legendary, any updates?
2. Amersham Arms New X. Goldsmiths students and locals, late dancing.
3. Vortex Dalston. Civilised lovely jazz venue, has French bistro chairs.
1. Water Rats King’s X, used to be legendary, any updates?
2. Amersham Arms New X. Goldsmiths students and locals, late dancing.
3. Vortex Dalston. Civilised lovely jazz venue, has French bistro chairs.
Gig venues I can't see mentioned in this list ( correct me if I've missed them).
1. Shacklewell Arms.
Proper toilet venue. Always something rather bizarre. Further down the street from the Dalston High Street than you think it is...
1. Shacklewell Arms.
Proper toilet venue. Always something rather bizarre. Further down the street from the Dalston High Street than you think it is...
So once a band gets too big for these smaller venues, I'm probably not going to buy a ticket...
There are lots of really great, but small, music venues around London.
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There are lots of really great, but small, music venues around London.
(2/25)
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Adding a third list, though my idea of an exciting night out these days is a pilates class
1. Water Rats King’s X, used to be legendary, any updates?
2. Amersham Arms New X. Goldsmiths students and locals, late dancing.
3. Vortex Dalston. Civilised lovely jazz venue, has French bistro chairs.
1. Water Rats King’s X, used to be legendary, any updates?
2. Amersham Arms New X. Goldsmiths students and locals, late dancing.
3. Vortex Dalston. Civilised lovely jazz venue, has French bistro chairs.
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We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
EJM - Econ Job Market
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
Jesus, let none of these people know peace, if they’re still alive. Let them fear the knock on the door.
This also shows what you can achieve as a private citizen, and maybe what we must, if authorities won’t do work like this:
This also shows what you can achieve as a private citizen, and maybe what we must, if authorities won’t do work like this:
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Jesus, let none of these people know peace, if they’re still alive. Let them fear the knock on the door.
This also shows what you can achieve as a private citizen, and maybe what we must, if authorities won’t do work like this:
This also shows what you can achieve as a private citizen, and maybe what we must, if authorities won’t do work like this:
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...