Dan Weir
@danweir.bsky.social
Research and Policy Manager at moneyandmentalhealth.org
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
My parents successfully taught 3 year old me who the Prime Minister was. As a result was quite sad when Thatcher resigned, which my mum found disconcerting!
I always find the other way around very funny my mother fully didnt let us sing campaign jingles from right wing parties which made us sing it even harder when she couldnt hear it
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My parents successfully taught 3 year old me who the Prime Minister was. As a result was quite sad when Thatcher resigned, which my mum found disconcerting!
I'm an exciting development, despite it's ancient pedigree, my partner's seven year old daughter genuinely enjoyed Knightmare series 1 episode 1.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm an exciting development, despite it's ancient pedigree, my partner's seven year old daughter genuinely enjoyed Knightmare series 1 episode 1.
I realise it's petty to be irritated by lazy turns of phrase, but I'm fairly certain if you've got a headwind, you're not stuck in the doldrums. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I realise it's petty to be irritated by lazy turns of phrase, but I'm fairly certain if you've got a headwind, you're not stuck in the doldrums. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
The problem with Your Party is that their only red line disagreement with the Greens is over who's in charge and most of their prospective voters don't care much about that.
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The problem with Your Party is that their only red line disagreement with the Greens is over who's in charge and most of their prospective voters don't care much about that.
And once again I am annoyed with Google Docs for lacking functionality. I would like to merge the comments on two otherwise identical documents together into one - but this is apparently not possible.
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And once again I am annoyed with Google Docs for lacking functionality. I would like to merge the comments on two otherwise identical documents together into one - but this is apparently not possible.
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THE POLICY ADDRESSES THIS ALREADY.
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
THE POLICY ADDRESSES THIS ALREADY.
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
OK... so you agree that your house should not, in reality, be worth £2 million? Or... is it that you quite like it being worth £2 million but don't want to take responsibility for the wider consequences of that?
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
OK... so you agree that your house should not, in reality, be worth £2 million? Or... is it that you quite like it being worth £2 million but don't want to take responsibility for the wider consequences of that?
I cannot deny this.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I cannot deny this.
A problem at the moment is that there's an argument between people like me who basically think anyone who wants to come and live here should be able to and those who think no-one but those born here (or even born to generations-present families here) should be able to. 1/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A problem at the moment is that there's an argument between people like me who basically think anyone who wants to come and live here should be able to and those who think no-one but those born here (or even born to generations-present families here) should be able to. 1/
I'm in a pub in Northumberland. The conversation opposite me is about the Archbishop of Canterbury and whether her diocese is in a good position. They seem worried about CofE finances - hotspots of hope but lots of neglect. On the other hand fairly positive about her grace.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm in a pub in Northumberland. The conversation opposite me is about the Archbishop of Canterbury and whether her diocese is in a good position. They seem worried about CofE finances - hotspots of hope but lots of neglect. On the other hand fairly positive about her grace.
Many of us who support the ECHR believe that if it is applied fairly, it will result in many more people being granted asylum at first instance. We are happy with that result - and are happy for resources to be committed to ensuring the burden is born equally. Doing so is seen as a problem. 1/
For defenders of the ECHR, if it's compatible with effective democratic border control then this is the opportunity to prove that. (For those who deny there's any current problem at all, I can only really gesture around us and say: read the room)
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Many of us who support the ECHR believe that if it is applied fairly, it will result in many more people being granted asylum at first instance. We are happy with that result - and are happy for resources to be committed to ensuring the burden is born equally. Doing so is seen as a problem. 1/
We do seem to be getting quite a lot of instances of major internet infrastructure going down recently.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We do seem to be getting quite a lot of instances of major internet infrastructure going down recently.
...
AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
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An under appreciated aspect of UK politics is that all of the constituencies are named after actual places. Gerrymandering still happens but it's a LOT more difficult redefining a place you have to describe than just having US style "32nd district" etc that means nothing.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An under appreciated aspect of UK politics is that all of the constituencies are named after actual places. Gerrymandering still happens but it's a LOT more difficult redefining a place you have to describe than just having US style "32nd district" etc that means nothing.
Just had the utter joy of introducing my partner's 7 year old to Dungeons and Dragons. We created her a Tiefling Rogue - specifically with glowing green eyes that spit acid. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just had the utter joy of introducing my partner's 7 year old to Dungeons and Dragons. We created her a Tiefling Rogue - specifically with glowing green eyes that spit acid. 1/
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Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
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Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
Gosh, some of these I genuinely don't think I've thought about for 30 years or more. Also, Knightmare, which I think about regularly (and keep meaning to run a D&D campaign based on it...)
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Gosh, some of these I genuinely don't think I've thought about for 30 years or more. Also, Knightmare, which I think about regularly (and keep meaning to run a D&D campaign based on it...)
The funny thing about this is that if Labour had been much more left wing and progressive, they could be on around 30% while Reform would still be on 27%. But the McSweenys of the world would be claiming Labour's disastrous leftism is pushing people to Reform.
Latest Polling by @YouGov
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The funny thing about this is that if Labour had been much more left wing and progressive, they could be on around 30% while Reform would still be on 27%. But the McSweenys of the world would be claiming Labour's disastrous leftism is pushing people to Reform.
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Oh you're a jpg?
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oh you're a jpg?
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live!
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live!
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
As an asthmatic who's lived on the Zone 1/2 boundary for 17 years, the difference is palpable. The only time London's air has felt any cleaner was during lockdown.
I remember, many years ago now (with ny transport strategist hat on) being asked in a BBC interview if Crossrail would be Khan's biggest legacy. The thing that had the biggest impact on London.
I said:
"No. It'll be ULEZ."
(The low emissions zone)
I said:
"No. It'll be ULEZ."
(The low emissions zone)
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As an asthmatic who's lived on the Zone 1/2 boundary for 17 years, the difference is palpable. The only time London's air has felt any cleaner was during lockdown.
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Martin Lewis advocates for better money management tools to support nearly 2 million people. How can we improve financial literacy? #MoneyManagement
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
Just a moment...
www.moneysavingexpert.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Martin Lewis advocates for better money management tools to support nearly 2 million people. How can we improve financial literacy? #MoneyManagement
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
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📢 We and our Founder & Chair @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com are calling on the government to ensure all banks offer customers a standard package of tools that make it easier for people to share money management in a safe and protected way.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
October 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢 We and our Founder & Chair @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com are calling on the government to ensure all banks offer customers a standard package of tools that make it easier for people to share money management in a safe and protected way.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
I was a member of a website that pioneered social media way way back in the early 00s before any of the modern platforms. The connections, research, writing and community building skills I developed there have done more for my career than 2 degrees.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I was a member of a website that pioneered social media way way back in the early 00s before any of the modern platforms. The connections, research, writing and community building skills I developed there have done more for my career than 2 degrees.