Calvin Jones
@calvjones.bsky.social
Regional Economist and sometime troublemaker.
Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.
Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.
Reinforces what @mariaabreu.bsky.social and I found in 2021 - along with higher political disengagement, cynicism and apathy. There is something differently dysfunctional about the coalfields.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reinforces what @mariaabreu.bsky.social and I found in 2021 - along with higher political disengagement, cynicism and apathy. There is something differently dysfunctional about the coalfields.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
is @theguardian.com really suggesting *ministers* are briefing against the leadership like this, or do they mean backbenchers?
#Graun
#Graun
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
is @theguardian.com really suggesting *ministers* are briefing against the leadership like this, or do they mean backbenchers?
#Graun
#Graun
An hour free before a work event and am reminded yet again how shit Cardiff pubs are.
Not sure there's a UK town I wouldn't rather be in. Except Portsmouth obvs
Not sure there's a UK town I wouldn't rather be in. Except Portsmouth obvs
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
An hour free before a work event and am reminded yet again how shit Cardiff pubs are.
Not sure there's a UK town I wouldn't rather be in. Except Portsmouth obvs
Not sure there's a UK town I wouldn't rather be in. Except Portsmouth obvs
Quite aside from the horrifically shallow, performative and stigmatising policy itself... this is @alfaromeo.bsky.social's biggest PR win since Mussolini chose them for his parademobile.
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Quite aside from the horrifically shallow, performative and stigmatising policy itself... this is @alfaromeo.bsky.social's biggest PR win since Mussolini chose them for his parademobile.
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![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
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Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds
Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
this. I can bear the Rest is History in my lugholes but man, have you seen those boys IRL?
Also, they ABSOLUTELY HAVE EACH OTHER'S EXPECTED VOICE it's so annoying.
Also, they ABSOLUTELY HAVE EACH OTHER'S EXPECTED VOICE it's so annoying.
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
this. I can bear the Rest is History in my lugholes but man, have you seen those boys IRL?
Also, they ABSOLUTELY HAVE EACH OTHER'S EXPECTED VOICE it's so annoying.
Also, they ABSOLUTELY HAVE EACH OTHER'S EXPECTED VOICE it's so annoying.
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If @theguardian.com who had 10.5 million followers on X can leave, so can you.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If @theguardian.com who had 10.5 million followers on X can leave, so can you.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
I'm sure @steveormerod.bsky.social will tell me it's common as muck but still...
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm sure @steveormerod.bsky.social will tell me it's common as muck but still...
It's inordinately depressing that Cymru are staying doggedly on track to qualify for what could be the most politically nefarious global sporting event since 1936.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay
A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's inordinately depressing that Cymru are staying doggedly on track to qualify for what could be the most politically nefarious global sporting event since 1936.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Who would ever belong to a club that would have @adamlbrown.bsky.social as a member?😆
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Who would ever belong to a club that would have @adamlbrown.bsky.social as a member?😆
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A semi-regular AI map-drawing test. This was my older attempt
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A semi-regular AI map-drawing test. This was my older attempt
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‘A Day in Autumn’ - #RSThomas
(Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis)
(Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis)
Let the mind take its photograph
Of the bright scene, something to wear
Against the heart in the long cold.
from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas
Of the bright scene, something to wear
Against the heart in the long cold.
from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
‘A Day in Autumn’ - #RSThomas
(Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis)
(Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis)
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Today is the anniversary of Adrian Mole writing his finest work. Political commentary at its best.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today is the anniversary of Adrian Mole writing his finest work. Political commentary at its best.
Not a great article. I distrust AI because I *know* how it works, not because it's a scary black box.
Sometimes, distrust of machines can be a rational reaction.
Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it? The answer is in how our brains perceive risk and trust
Sometimes, distrust of machines can be a rational reaction.
tcnv.link
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Not a great article. I distrust AI because I *know* how it works, not because it's a scary black box.
So apparently we need to leave the poor banks alone to engender growth. A return on equity of 10% isn't very much 'because tech and pharma earn more'. 🙄.
Financial Times UK Tue, 4 Nov 2025
If the UK is serious about growth, the bank bashing must stop
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Financial Times UK Tue, 4 Nov 2025
If the UK is serious about growth, the bank bashing must stop
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So apparently we need to leave the poor banks alone to engender growth. A return on equity of 10% isn't very much 'because tech and pharma earn more'. 🙄.
Financial Times UK Tue, 4 Nov 2025
If the UK is serious about growth, the bank bashing must stop
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
Financial Times UK Tue, 4 Nov 2025
If the UK is serious about growth, the bank bashing must stop
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
I thought a 4% version of Chouffe would be a travesty, and I was right. But still managed to drink it all.
(It's basically Hoegarden)
(It's basically Hoegarden)
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I thought a 4% version of Chouffe would be a travesty, and I was right. But still managed to drink it all.
(It's basically Hoegarden)
(It's basically Hoegarden)
In the Head of Steam in Birmingham,, wondering why Cardiff had such utterly abysmal pubs.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the Head of Steam in Birmingham,, wondering why Cardiff had such utterly abysmal pubs.
Recommend me a pub in the middle of Birmingham for tonight...
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Recommend me a pub in the middle of Birmingham for tonight...
Any recommendations for a decent hotel in Paris, reasonably priced and reasonably central? Preferably near a Belgian beer outlet...
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Any recommendations for a decent hotel in Paris, reasonably priced and reasonably central? Preferably near a Belgian beer outlet...
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Have finally deactivated our Twitter account. It was great whilst it lasted & good for promoting our podcast but at the end of the day, we can't justify being there anymore. Hopefully enough folk can see our work via BlueSky, Insta & other platforms. 🤞#EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Economics In Ten
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October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have finally deactivated our Twitter account. It was great whilst it lasted & good for promoting our podcast but at the end of the day, we can't justify being there anymore. Hopefully enough folk can see our work via BlueSky, Insta & other platforms. 🤞#EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Don’t forget you have one week (in the UK) before LinkedIn starts quietly using ALL of your visible content to train AI.
It's unsurprisingly an Opt Out system so most users will be blithely unaware.
The relevant toggle is in Settings - privacy and data. You know what to do.
It's unsurprisingly an Opt Out system so most users will be blithely unaware.
The relevant toggle is in Settings - privacy and data. You know what to do.
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Don’t forget you have one week (in the UK) before LinkedIn starts quietly using ALL of your visible content to train AI.
It's unsurprisingly an Opt Out system so most users will be blithely unaware.
The relevant toggle is in Settings - privacy and data. You know what to do.
It's unsurprisingly an Opt Out system so most users will be blithely unaware.
The relevant toggle is in Settings - privacy and data. You know what to do.
Sometimes you come across something so brilliant and free it makes you forget about how shite everything else is.
King of FM is one of those. #synths #retromusic #songwriting #iOS #DX7
audiokitpro.com/kingfm/
King of FM is one of those. #synths #retromusic #songwriting #iOS #DX7
audiokitpro.com/kingfm/
King of FM | AudioKit Pro
audiokitpro.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes you come across something so brilliant and free it makes you forget about how shite everything else is.
King of FM is one of those. #synths #retromusic #songwriting #iOS #DX7
audiokitpro.com/kingfm/
King of FM is one of those. #synths #retromusic #songwriting #iOS #DX7
audiokitpro.com/kingfm/