David Hamilton
@davidneilhamilton.bsky.social
Consulting software engineer. Politically homeless; radical centrist; anti-fascist; advocate of electoral reform. Collector of cognitive biases + reasons why world is messy.
BBC: What on earth?!!
You regularly platform Farage and Tice, given their extreme politics an air of mainstream respectability…
… but when you give the Greens any publicity at all, it’s to make them deny being “radical”.
You regularly platform Farage and Tice, given their extreme politics an air of mainstream respectability…
… but when you give the Greens any publicity at all, it’s to make them deny being “radical”.
October 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
BBC: What on earth?!!
You regularly platform Farage and Tice, given their extreme politics an air of mainstream respectability…
… but when you give the Greens any publicity at all, it’s to make them deny being “radical”.
You regularly platform Farage and Tice, given their extreme politics an air of mainstream respectability…
… but when you give the Greens any publicity at all, it’s to make them deny being “radical”.
Stephen Miller with a brilliantly self-referential post:
“This language incites violence and terrorism.”
Stephen saying out loud what most have already been assuming about his and his regimes’ objectives.
“This language incites violence and terrorism.”
Stephen saying out loud what most have already been assuming about his and his regimes’ objectives.
September 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Stephen Miller with a brilliantly self-referential post:
“This language incites violence and terrorism.”
Stephen saying out loud what most have already been assuming about his and his regimes’ objectives.
“This language incites violence and terrorism.”
Stephen saying out loud what most have already been assuming about his and his regimes’ objectives.
Hi @skywriter.blue
Your sign up page is no longer working, always says email address is already registered.
Just wasted 30 minutes trying to find my existing account, but have found that even if I sign up using a masked, generated, email address I get exactly the same error.
Your sign up page is no longer working, always says email address is already registered.
Just wasted 30 minutes trying to find my existing account, but have found that even if I sign up using a masked, generated, email address I get exactly the same error.
August 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hi @skywriter.blue
Your sign up page is no longer working, always says email address is already registered.
Just wasted 30 minutes trying to find my existing account, but have found that even if I sign up using a masked, generated, email address I get exactly the same error.
Your sign up page is no longer working, always says email address is already registered.
Just wasted 30 minutes trying to find my existing account, but have found that even if I sign up using a masked, generated, email address I get exactly the same error.
Interesting: your graph indicates that that huge surge was in the second (Delta) wave.
The ratio during the first wave in India (Sept 2020) was proportionally low compared with the number of cases globally.
Surely that supports my point?
images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/04/Ca...
The ratio during the first wave in India (Sept 2020) was proportionally low compared with the number of cases globally.
Surely that supports my point?
images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/04/Ca...
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Interesting: your graph indicates that that huge surge was in the second (Delta) wave.
The ratio during the first wave in India (Sept 2020) was proportionally low compared with the number of cases globally.
Surely that supports my point?
images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/04/Ca...
The ratio during the first wave in India (Sept 2020) was proportionally low compared with the number of cases globally.
Surely that supports my point?
images.thespinoff.co.nz/1/2021/04/Ca...
Seems testing remained relatively constant after 1st wave peak (September 2020), although we don't know the areas being tested.
However it is notable that although testing rates leading up the 1st wave peak were much lower, 1st wave positivity rate was half 2nd wave.
cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
However it is notable that although testing rates leading up the 1st wave peak were much lower, 1st wave positivity rate was half 2nd wave.
cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Seems testing remained relatively constant after 1st wave peak (September 2020), although we don't know the areas being tested.
However it is notable that although testing rates leading up the 1st wave peak were much lower, 1st wave positivity rate was half 2nd wave.
cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
However it is notable that although testing rates leading up the 1st wave peak were much lower, 1st wave positivity rate was half 2nd wave.
cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
This subsequent paper discusses the phase when COVID seemed under control and the subsequent very rapid 2nd wave spread.
To my original point, it is very clear from this graph that the 2nd wave spread much more quickly than the first (4x peak in shorter time).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
To my original point, it is very clear from this graph that the 2nd wave spread much more quickly than the first (4x peak in shorter time).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This subsequent paper discusses the phase when COVID seemed under control and the subsequent very rapid 2nd wave spread.
To my original point, it is very clear from this graph that the 2nd wave spread much more quickly than the first (4x peak in shorter time).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
To my original point, it is very clear from this graph that the 2nd wave spread much more quickly than the first (4x peak in shorter time).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
More evidence of US scientific research being impacted by the Trump administration.
Note on the NSIDC (National Snow & Ice Data Center) Sea Ice News website:
Note on the NSIDC (National Snow & Ice Data Center) Sea Ice News website:
June 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
More evidence of US scientific research being impacted by the Trump administration.
Note on the NSIDC (National Snow & Ice Data Center) Sea Ice News website:
Note on the NSIDC (National Snow & Ice Data Center) Sea Ice News website:
Nope. I asked ChatGPT for the list of legal guns invented since 1791.
Here’s the table, with dates, should you wish to verify
Here’s the table, with dates, should you wish to verify
April 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nope. I asked ChatGPT for the list of legal guns invented since 1791.
Here’s the table, with dates, should you wish to verify
Here’s the table, with dates, should you wish to verify
Well, what on earth did the American Right expect?
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Well, what on earth did the American Right expect?
Donald Trump: making a success of the European defence industry
March 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Donald Trump: making a success of the European defence industry
@charlesarthur.bsky.social Seemingly palomar is a test account
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@charlesarthur.bsky.social Seemingly palomar is a test account
Wow. What’s the explanation?
That social change encounters pushback if too much occurs too fast?
That that old East has received to majority of migrants?
That people can easily fall back to old authoritarian ways?
That social change encounters pushback if too much occurs too fast?
That that old East has received to majority of migrants?
That people can easily fall back to old authoritarian ways?
February 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wow. What’s the explanation?
That social change encounters pushback if too much occurs too fast?
That that old East has received to majority of migrants?
That people can easily fall back to old authoritarian ways?
That social change encounters pushback if too much occurs too fast?
That that old East has received to majority of migrants?
That people can easily fall back to old authoritarian ways?
Sorry, what? You’re just a dishwasher!
What does this even mean, Bosch UK?
What does this even mean, Bosch UK?
February 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Sorry, what? You’re just a dishwasher!
What does this even mean, Bosch UK?
What does this even mean, Bosch UK?
Might have to start reading the Daily Star 😂
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Might have to start reading the Daily Star 😂
Back in the day that US Presidents still believed in Integrity, one had a sign on his desk saying "THE BUCK STOPS HERE".
Now, however:
Now, however:
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Back in the day that US Presidents still believed in Integrity, one had a sign on his desk saying "THE BUCK STOPS HERE".
Now, however:
Now, however:
Parts of UK press are determined that problem isn't with Musk stirring up trouble and interfering in European politics.
As I said before, the right have given up on solutions, are now entirely focused on any topic that gives them political mileage, discomforts the government & 'the left'.
As I said before, the right have given up on solutions, are now entirely focused on any topic that gives them political mileage, discomforts the government & 'the left'.
January 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Parts of UK press are determined that problem isn't with Musk stirring up trouble and interfering in European politics.
As I said before, the right have given up on solutions, are now entirely focused on any topic that gives them political mileage, discomforts the government & 'the left'.
As I said before, the right have given up on solutions, are now entirely focused on any topic that gives them political mileage, discomforts the government & 'the left'.
The irony of Musk's post is that brain size is irrelevant if - like Musk himself - someone doesn't actually use it for logical thought.
Or if they pump it full of drugs...
Or if they pump it full of drugs...
January 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The irony of Musk's post is that brain size is irrelevant if - like Musk himself - someone doesn't actually use it for logical thought.
Or if they pump it full of drugs...
Or if they pump it full of drugs...
Consider this (now deleted) tweet by COVID lockdown skeptic Professor Carl Heneghan for a great example of a non-assertion assertion
January 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Consider this (now deleted) tweet by COVID lockdown skeptic Professor Carl Heneghan for a great example of a non-assertion assertion
Congratulations to Next clothing store for a 'Next-Level' password error message
December 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Congratulations to Next clothing store for a 'Next-Level' password error message
I was, and am still, hugely influenced by Simon Webb's Chess for Tigers.
Doesn't contain a single chess move. Instead contains timeless advice about strategy and understanding the balance of power away from the board.
Doesn't contain a single chess move. Instead contains timeless advice about strategy and understanding the balance of power away from the board.
December 2, 2024 at 7:51 AM
I was, and am still, hugely influenced by Simon Webb's Chess for Tigers.
Doesn't contain a single chess move. Instead contains timeless advice about strategy and understanding the balance of power away from the board.
Doesn't contain a single chess move. Instead contains timeless advice about strategy and understanding the balance of power away from the board.