Graham Caswell
@grahamcaswell.bsky.social
Whose formal codes of etiquette, dress, and conduct? As any goth, biker or hippie will tell you, codes of etiquette, dress, and conduct differentiate and identify the in-group. If that in-group runs the society, their norms are normal.
Top hats or cloth caps? Regional accents or 'queen's English'?
Top hats or cloth caps? Regional accents or 'queen's English'?
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Whose formal codes of etiquette, dress, and conduct? As any goth, biker or hippie will tell you, codes of etiquette, dress, and conduct differentiate and identify the in-group. If that in-group runs the society, their norms are normal.
Top hats or cloth caps? Regional accents or 'queen's English'?
Top hats or cloth caps? Regional accents or 'queen's English'?
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Personal hot take: it would have been much preferable if these talks *actually collapsed". The UNFCCC COP process is *manifestly* not fit for purpose and *must* be reformed. But with this "last ditch agreement" any prospect of reform has been stymied. Yet again.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Personal hot take: it would have been much preferable if these talks *actually collapsed". The UNFCCC COP process is *manifestly* not fit for purpose and *must* be reformed. But with this "last ditch agreement" any prospect of reform has been stymied. Yet again.
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@carbonbrief.org reporting members of the "coalition of the willing."
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tuvalu.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tuvalu.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@carbonbrief.org reporting members of the "coalition of the willing."
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tuvalu.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tuvalu.
The 'sunk cost fallacy' - a well-documented cognitive bias and a subsidiary of confirmation bias.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The 'sunk cost fallacy' - a well-documented cognitive bias and a subsidiary of confirmation bias.
Abstractions have their uses, but there's a lot to be said about the real world.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Abstractions have their uses, but there's a lot to be said about the real world.
"The council said it is "deeply disappointed" by Ireland’s poor record on transposing EU climate directives into national law."
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
Ireland failing to hit climate targets - advisory council
Ireland is failing to reach its climate targets, with emissions during the first carbon budget period - which runs until the end of this year - too high.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The council said it is "deeply disappointed" by Ireland’s poor record on transposing EU climate directives into national law."
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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frame: rich people get rich by being smart
Negation: rich people get rich by being evil
Kirby: money works like mass, it is drawn towards the largest accumulations, and most of our stories about it are rationalizations
Negation: rich people get rich by being evil
Kirby: money works like mass, it is drawn towards the largest accumulations, and most of our stories about it are rationalizations
this is why I keep repeating ad nauseum that money is mass and billionaires are black holes.
they are a structural feature caused by an attracting force. they occur when there isn't enough force pushing the money apart. it's not about the individuals
they are a structural feature caused by an attracting force. they occur when there isn't enough force pushing the money apart. it's not about the individuals
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
frame: rich people get rich by being smart
Negation: rich people get rich by being evil
Kirby: money works like mass, it is drawn towards the largest accumulations, and most of our stories about it are rationalizations
Negation: rich people get rich by being evil
Kirby: money works like mass, it is drawn towards the largest accumulations, and most of our stories about it are rationalizations