Greg Pye
@gregpye.bsky.social
If you are looking for the Greg Pye who likes tinkering, tech. diving, travel, complex problems, interesting people, dislikes simplistic solutions posited by populists, and most fruit, and lives in Nottingham, UK, then it's me.
Reform. This is not three days old fish that is starting to smell, it's fish stew - a whole new thing
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Reform. This is not three days old fish that is starting to smell, it's fish stew - a whole new thing
@scaramucci.bsky.social I think you are wrong on not funding government. Not because it risks the dollar, but because the dollar risk is already taken and more will be taken if not impeded. It needs a sharp shock to drive sharp policy reversal, not a slow boil.
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
@scaramucci.bsky.social I think you are wrong on not funding government. Not because it risks the dollar, but because the dollar risk is already taken and more will be taken if not impeded. It needs a sharp shock to drive sharp policy reversal, not a slow boil.
What about a syncronised trade switch to Euros and Yen? And a 'untrustworthy actor' stamp tax on dollar settlement until trump, Vance and Johnson are removed. (Latter two as they are enablers of the first one). Who knows, maybe most trade never swings back
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
What about a syncronised trade switch to Euros and Yen? And a 'untrustworthy actor' stamp tax on dollar settlement until trump, Vance and Johnson are removed. (Latter two as they are enablers of the first one). Who knows, maybe most trade never swings back
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
Not a lame duck, an injured animal.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not a lame duck, an injured animal.
@torstenbell.bsky.social said 'life is more complicated than think tank reports', but I am delighted to see him involved directly. That said, the interview on @newsagents.bsky.social felt super partisan (from both sides). Pre MP, I heard balanced thoughtfulness; he is not using his strengths.
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@torstenbell.bsky.social said 'life is more complicated than think tank reports', but I am delighted to see him involved directly. That said, the interview on @newsagents.bsky.social felt super partisan (from both sides). Pre MP, I heard balanced thoughtfulness; he is not using his strengths.
The Ukraine corruption issue of circa $100m since the war started is concerning, but it feels worth remembering that the US president and family are reputed to have grifted $1-2 Bn just this year. With no war. Even scaling 160x to US economy size, that's 10% of the same scale.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Ukraine corruption issue of circa $100m since the war started is concerning, but it feels worth remembering that the US president and family are reputed to have grifted $1-2 Bn just this year. With no war. Even scaling 160x to US economy size, that's 10% of the same scale.
If Labour needs to break a manifesto committment then why not the EU single market and customs union one. It has general support in country, would help market confidence. It's all upside
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If Labour needs to break a manifesto committment then why not the EU single market and customs union one. It has general support in country, would help market confidence. It's all upside
This made me cross check the stats. It looks about 10x worse due to Brexit (some noise as 'back of lorry' switched to 'small boat'. 'Yeah, go soverenty'
Whilst I like Farage boats at one level, I think I prefer Brexit Boats. It makes the link clearer and it aliterates better
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This made me cross check the stats. It looks about 10x worse due to Brexit (some noise as 'back of lorry' switched to 'small boat'. 'Yeah, go soverenty'
AI is not steel or coal or wool or rare earths. It's mass free and moves at the speed. So, why does it matter if we have big #AI data centres in the UK? Data ought not to leak from well designed systems, or at least is no more likely in the USA, Norway (lots of hydro energy), etc. (1/2)
September 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
AI is not steel or coal or wool or rare earths. It's mass free and moves at the speed. So, why does it matter if we have big #AI data centres in the UK? Data ought not to leak from well designed systems, or at least is no more likely in the USA, Norway (lots of hydro energy), etc. (1/2)
UK government is considering support for #JLR suppliers whilst Jaguar is shut down due to cyber attack. Why is that not something Jaguar pays for? I'm sure there is more in it, but can't quite see what
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
UK government is considering support for #JLR suppliers whilst Jaguar is shut down due to cyber attack. Why is that not something Jaguar pays for? I'm sure there is more in it, but can't quite see what
I was with @rory-stewart.bsky.social on USA election. I couldn't believe Trump would win, it was too self-evidently mad for a popular vote win. Now I look at the UK with a similar view on Farage/Reform. They so objectively failed on Brexit, so surely it couldn't happen, SURELY. :-(
September 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I was with @rory-stewart.bsky.social on USA election. I couldn't believe Trump would win, it was too self-evidently mad for a popular vote win. Now I look at the UK with a similar view on Farage/Reform. They so objectively failed on Brexit, so surely it couldn't happen, SURELY. :-(
America under Trump and his monkeys. Madder and madder and madder. And badder.
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
America under Trump and his monkeys. Madder and madder and madder. And badder.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
If Attention was 'All You Need' for AIs, then popular conspiracy theories would be true .. and they are (mostly) not. But, it might sadly be enough to reach what is commonly displayed human intelligence. I so wish that there was a similar breakthrough in symbolic grounding and probability. #AI
July 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If Attention was 'All You Need' for AIs, then popular conspiracy theories would be true .. and they are (mostly) not. But, it might sadly be enough to reach what is commonly displayed human intelligence. I so wish that there was a similar breakthrough in symbolic grounding and probability. #AI
I realise (maybe slow to it!) that #fakenews is a legally useful statement. It doesn't say the thing is false, though it clearly implies exactly that. It says that as NEWS is it fake - that could be argued to be true if the thing is true, but not judged, in the view of the speaker, as newsworthy
July 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I realise (maybe slow to it!) that #fakenews is a legally useful statement. It doesn't say the thing is false, though it clearly implies exactly that. It says that as NEWS is it fake - that could be argued to be true if the thing is true, but not judged, in the view of the speaker, as newsworthy
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social I am a huge fan, and typically love the explainers ... but the AI one today felt very mixed up. Conflated LLM with other AI and much more. Also not clear to me that the regulation suggestion can work as you hope vs. excess value capture
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social I am a huge fan, and typically love the explainers ... but the AI one today felt very mixed up. Conflated LLM with other AI and much more. Also not clear to me that the regulation suggestion can work as you hope vs. excess value capture
In the UK, defence looks like the straw that breaks the fiscal camel’s back. Lifting to 5% of GDP adds ~£70bn/year. Truss reminded that markets punish overreach fast. So I was wondering - Where would you find £70bn—taxes, pensions, EU growth, spending cuts… or risk a smaller rise?🧵 1/7
July 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In the UK, defence looks like the straw that breaks the fiscal camel’s back. Lifting to 5% of GDP adds ~£70bn/year. Truss reminded that markets punish overreach fast. So I was wondering - Where would you find £70bn—taxes, pensions, EU growth, spending cuts… or risk a smaller rise?🧵 1/7
@restispolitics.bsky.social , @rory-stewart.bsky.social said this week that even at 5%, UK could not defend itself against Russia alone. I get that at absolute spend levels, but historically there was a defender premium (took more 2-3 x more resource to attack than to defend). Has that changed?
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@restispolitics.bsky.social , @rory-stewart.bsky.social said this week that even at 5%, UK could not defend itself against Russia alone. I get that at absolute spend levels, but historically there was a defender premium (took more 2-3 x more resource to attack than to defend). Has that changed?
@jonsopel1.bsky.social the 'next version' of AI is not generative. This one is - the G in GPT is 'Generative'
July 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@jonsopel1.bsky.social the 'next version' of AI is not generative. This one is - the G in GPT is 'Generative'
So, 90 day delay seems enough time for a new reality TV plot twist. Do you think it will be a reheat of Greenland, Gaza or Ukraine, or something new? Or both?
April 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So, 90 day delay seems enough time for a new reality TV plot twist. Do you think it will be a reheat of Greenland, Gaza or Ukraine, or something new? Or both?
via chatGPT (as could Elon Musk in 60 seconds), shows 2.6% for 2019, including people ringing ABOUT scams as well as to attempt fraud. So a lower bound, at least in 2019, shows Musks figure to be over 1500% of the real figure. Musk is a ridiculous, analytically illiterate, little man.
Elon Musk claimed that 40% of calls to the Social Security Administration were from fraudsters. Actually, it's 40% of the fraud was by phone. That's a big difference, but apparently too complicated for Elon blog.ssa.gov/correcting-t...
Correcting the Record About Social Security Direct Deposit and Telephone Services | SSA
Recent reports in the media that Social Security plans to eliminate telephone services are inaccurate. SSA is increasing its protection for America’s seniors and other beneficiaries by eliminating the...
blog.ssa.gov
March 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
via chatGPT (as could Elon Musk in 60 seconds), shows 2.6% for 2019, including people ringing ABOUT scams as well as to attempt fraud. So a lower bound, at least in 2019, shows Musks figure to be over 1500% of the real figure. Musk is a ridiculous, analytically illiterate, little man.