Ian Hall
@ian64.bsky.social
I have lovely grey hair. Which I keep in this bag.
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Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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What is "banter" and what does "spooking the markets" really mean?
Hilarious and quite useful deconstruction of contemporary phrases.
#strongmessagehere
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hilarious and quite useful deconstruction of contemporary phrases.
#strongmessagehere
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Natalie Haynes decode the world of political language.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What is "banter" and what does "spooking the markets" really mean?
Hilarious and quite useful deconstruction of contemporary phrases.
#strongmessagehere
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hilarious and quite useful deconstruction of contemporary phrases.
#strongmessagehere
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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stop, stop, it’s already dead
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
stop, stop, it’s already dead
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It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
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Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
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Another one of those crazy Telegraph articles this weekend which, for some unknown reason, compares a healthy DINKY to a disabled single parent with three children.
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Another one of those crazy Telegraph articles this weekend which, for some unknown reason, compares a healthy DINKY to a disabled single parent with three children.
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
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This front page from the normally pliant NYT + the defecting GOP House members (following the protests/elections we just had) suggests we’re @ to witness a lame duck era for the ages. Anyone who wants my support draw up a plan to imprison all tech execs & we’ll talk. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This front page from the normally pliant NYT + the defecting GOP House members (following the protests/elections we just had) suggests we’re @ to witness a lame duck era for the ages. Anyone who wants my support draw up a plan to imprison all tech execs & we’ll talk. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
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I’d missed this, but an anti-EU alliance with Ukraine, a country where people carrying EU flags faced down Russian backed snipers on the Maidan, and whose war and economy are now 90% financed by the EU, is completely bats.
Yet McSweeny thought it worthwhile seeking his advice…
Yet McSweeny thought it worthwhile seeking his advice…
Not sure - 14 years into project - Blue Labour ever previously set out actual proposals before, so this is new
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I’d missed this, but an anti-EU alliance with Ukraine, a country where people carrying EU flags faced down Russian backed snipers on the Maidan, and whose war and economy are now 90% financed by the EU, is completely bats.
Yet McSweeny thought it worthwhile seeking his advice…
Yet McSweeny thought it worthwhile seeking his advice…
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Huh this was quite the read, and also the profile pic is great
Also, I recently found out about Herman's much, much more fun and badass younger brother Albert.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
Albert Göring - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Huh this was quite the read, and also the profile pic is great
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🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
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Oh dear. Open goal missed.
It's not "the Brexit deal" that's the problem. That's the Labour line. That framing leaves the door open to the notion that a different Brexit deal might have worked.
No. Brexit itself is the problem. Inherently unworkable.
Depressing that you can't tell the difference.
It's not "the Brexit deal" that's the problem. That's the Labour line. That framing leaves the door open to the notion that a different Brexit deal might have worked.
No. Brexit itself is the problem. Inherently unworkable.
Depressing that you can't tell the difference.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Oh dear. Open goal missed.
It's not "the Brexit deal" that's the problem. That's the Labour line. That framing leaves the door open to the notion that a different Brexit deal might have worked.
No. Brexit itself is the problem. Inherently unworkable.
Depressing that you can't tell the difference.
It's not "the Brexit deal" that's the problem. That's the Labour line. That framing leaves the door open to the notion that a different Brexit deal might have worked.
No. Brexit itself is the problem. Inherently unworkable.
Depressing that you can't tell the difference.
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I think we're due a short spell of bd wther.
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I think we're due a short spell of bd wther.
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I'm too hungover for this
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm too hungover for this
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Tbh any best film Oscar winner
This is very funny but it reminds me of films I absolutely completely unreservedly LOVED but don't need to see again (unless maybe in cinema re-release)
See also BEAU TRAVAIL (1999)
Does anyone have similar I wonder?
See also BEAU TRAVAIL (1999)
Does anyone have similar I wonder?
[listening to Under the Skin OST] oh no naked lady gonna get me and dissolve me in her liquid abyss
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Tbh any best film Oscar winner
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“It’s part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.”
Happy Saint Andrew’s day.
Happy Saint Andrew’s day.
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“It’s part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.”
Happy Saint Andrew’s day.
Happy Saint Andrew’s day.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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45 years of announcing that this time we’re really going to crack down on the scroungers and moochers, slowly realising this means starving the poor and people who can’t work, then having to lash together yet another fix out of cardboard and pritt stick.
"After this week, perhaps the socialism of Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves is a little clearer"
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
45 years of announcing that this time we’re really going to crack down on the scroungers and moochers, slowly realising this means starving the poor and people who can’t work, then having to lash together yet another fix out of cardboard and pritt stick.