David Lynch
@dlynch.bsky.social
Gentleman, scholar, acrobat.
Frequently opinionated, occasionally right.
Opinions are mine, obvs, but should be yours too.
Frequently opinionated, occasionally right.
Opinions are mine, obvs, but should be yours too.
Have posted this elsewhere, but this chart is quite remarkable in that the impact of the huge privatisations of 1980s and 90s isn't visible to the naked eye...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Have posted this elsewhere, but this chart is quite remarkable in that the impact of the huge privatisations of 1980s and 90s isn't visible to the naked eye...
Very much not just the young, nor just those on low incomes.
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Very much not just the young, nor just those on low incomes.
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
Not just the young...
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Not just the young...
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
(And note the massive spike caused by the privatisations of the 1980s and 90s).
Even ChatGPT gets it...
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Even ChatGPT gets it...
Spoilt for amusing signs in Japan, somewhat off original topic but the atypical bluntness this one made me laugh.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Spoilt for amusing signs in Japan, somewhat off original topic but the atypical bluntness this one made me laugh.
This is what they are (and another example of this irritating genre):
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This is what they are (and another example of this irritating genre):
DOM or DPZ?
And maybe you're wildly over-interpreting this...
And maybe you're wildly over-interpreting this...
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
DOM or DPZ?
And maybe you're wildly over-interpreting this...
And maybe you're wildly over-interpreting this...
Americans are getting fatter *and* shorter...
In a couple of decades the average American will be perfectly spherical.
In a couple of decades the average American will be perfectly spherical.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Americans are getting fatter *and* shorter...
In a couple of decades the average American will be perfectly spherical.
In a couple of decades the average American will be perfectly spherical.
Great unused political catch phrases:
"Steer calmer with Keir Starmer."
"Steer calmer with Keir Starmer."
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great unused political catch phrases:
"Steer calmer with Keir Starmer."
"Steer calmer with Keir Starmer."
'Stability is change'...
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
'Stability is change'...
Who last longer...?
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who last longer...?
Yes, but maybe take the chart back a bit further to get a fuller picture...
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes, but maybe take the chart back a bit further to get a fuller picture...
Ah, well, no.
Unfortunate timing, perhaps, but look who's just signed-up for a bunch of very sensible, simplifying and pro-growth tax reforms...
cps.org.uk/research/tax...
Unfortunate timing, perhaps, but look who's just signed-up for a bunch of very sensible, simplifying and pro-growth tax reforms...
cps.org.uk/research/tax...
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ah, well, no.
Unfortunate timing, perhaps, but look who's just signed-up for a bunch of very sensible, simplifying and pro-growth tax reforms...
cps.org.uk/research/tax...
Unfortunate timing, perhaps, but look who's just signed-up for a bunch of very sensible, simplifying and pro-growth tax reforms...
cps.org.uk/research/tax...
Starmer shoots, he scores!
Into his own net. Again.
Into his own net. Again.
October 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Starmer shoots, he scores!
Into his own net. Again.
Into his own net. Again.
Ah, apologies, just seen that that is the very chart is next...
Deciles 6-8 did best in % terms.
Deciles 6-8 did best in % terms.
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ah, apologies, just seen that that is the very chart is next...
Deciles 6-8 did best in % terms.
Deciles 6-8 did best in % terms.
Come in Keir Starmer, your time is up.
Time to give someone with a vision, a plan or just a clue a go.
Whatever his 'journey' here, Burnham is now saying *all* the right things and manages to do so whilst sounding like a human being.
Perhaps key para:
magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/24/e...
Time to give someone with a vision, a plan or just a clue a go.
Whatever his 'journey' here, Burnham is now saying *all* the right things and manages to do so whilst sounding like a human being.
Perhaps key para:
magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/24/e...
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Come in Keir Starmer, your time is up.
Time to give someone with a vision, a plan or just a clue a go.
Whatever his 'journey' here, Burnham is now saying *all* the right things and manages to do so whilst sounding like a human being.
Perhaps key para:
magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/24/e...
Time to give someone with a vision, a plan or just a clue a go.
Whatever his 'journey' here, Burnham is now saying *all* the right things and manages to do so whilst sounding like a human being.
Perhaps key para:
magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/09/24/e...
Ha, I've got a (small) folder of cretinously placed toilets.
Some examples...
Some examples...
August 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ha, I've got a (small) folder of cretinously placed toilets.
Some examples...
Some examples...
This week in a change of pace we're having a spot the bat contest...
August 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This week in a change of pace we're having a spot the bat contest...