John King
@johnaking.bsky.social
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Glasman is all "here's a big opinion and why it's right." I'm sick of this. Where are the thinkers weighing things up, analysing the strengths and weaknesses, looking at evidence?
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Glasman is all "here's a big opinion and why it's right." I'm sick of this. Where are the thinkers weighing things up, analysing the strengths and weaknesses, looking at evidence?
His island sounds like a really shit version of a festival, but full of hedge funders and trafficked minors.
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
His island sounds like a really shit version of a festival, but full of hedge funders and trafficked minors.
It would be fascinating to see a chronological list of things they felt they should discourage you from saying.
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
It would be fascinating to see a chronological list of things they felt they should discourage you from saying.
Utter bullshit of course but if it were true he's on pretty thin ice if he's claiming to be the Ubermensch, he looks like Plug
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Utter bullshit of course but if it were true he's on pretty thin ice if he's claiming to be the Ubermensch, he looks like Plug
It's such childish language. She went to Oxford. She allegedly has vocabulary. And yet she's one step away from "you're a poopoo". I can think of many words for a sinister network of elites embedded in society. For example, "lattice"
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
It's such childish language. She went to Oxford. She allegedly has vocabulary. And yet she's one step away from "you're a poopoo". I can think of many words for a sinister network of elites embedded in society. For example, "lattice"
Kwasi should join for the lols
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kwasi should join for the lols
There's a lovely, underrated film, Son of Rambow, that nails the tendency of some Brits to see anything French as super unattainably cool.
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There's a lovely, underrated film, Son of Rambow, that nails the tendency of some Brits to see anything French as super unattainably cool.
Thank you, reminded of @reproutopia.bsky.social Enemy Feminisms. Look forward to finding more of his work.
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Thank you, reminded of @reproutopia.bsky.social Enemy Feminisms. Look forward to finding more of his work.
...or more vapey-looking campaign leaflets.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
...or more vapey-looking campaign leaflets.
Do you have a plan for that special day?
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Do you have a plan for that special day?
Joybuy UK? But might be just as bad as Amazon.
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Joybuy UK? But might be just as bad as Amazon.
Their naked self-interest is exactly why nobody trusts politicians. It's meant to be a duty, not a trough.
January 27, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Their naked self-interest is exactly why nobody trusts politicians. It's meant to be a duty, not a trough.
In the same way, I have "fallen out of love" with Pat Boone.
January 26, 2026 at 10:06 PM
In the same way, I have "fallen out of love" with Pat Boone.
Looking forward to this even more keenly if Nostalgia features!
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Looking forward to this even more keenly if Nostalgia features!
My dad intermittently stopped me watching Dr Who because it was too scary. Little did he know this book was giving me horrors!
January 24, 2026 at 8:58 AM
My dad intermittently stopped me watching Dr Who because it was too scary. Little did he know this book was giving me horrors!
I preferred it to the 'OMG I'm going to be sick' moment in Rule 34. Thanks for that @cstross.bsky.social, turns out you can get flashbacks from a book.
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I preferred it to the 'OMG I'm going to be sick' moment in Rule 34. Thanks for that @cstross.bsky.social, turns out you can get flashbacks from a book.
Let's call it Doctorow's Law - the time to enshittification is halved with every tech bubble
January 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Let's call it Doctorow's Law - the time to enshittification is halved with every tech bubble
They should send her a replacement for lols
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
They should send her a replacement for lols
And "I'm not going to answer hypothetical questions" turns a potentially interesting politician into a parrot.
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
And "I'm not going to answer hypothetical questions" turns a potentially interesting politician into a parrot.
Essentially Trump's wish to degrade European democracies is the same as Farage denigrating London - they are successful counter-narratives.
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Essentially Trump's wish to degrade European democracies is the same as Farage denigrating London - they are successful counter-narratives.
matthewbjane.com/blog-posts/b...
In which a talented PhD student politely addresses statistical faults that really matter. Clear, detailed, no notes!
In which a talented PhD student politely addresses statistical faults that really matter. Clear, detailed, no notes!
A Statistical Interrogation of “The Case for Causality, Part 1” by Rausch and Haidt – Matthew B. Jané
I don’t know anything about the literature on social media and mental health so my focus on this post is to interrogate the statistical approach taken by the article written by Zach Rausch and Jonatho...
matthewbjane.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Thank you @natureportfolio.bsky.social for making my review of the Anxious Generation open access for parents, policy-makers, and the public. The story told in this book runs counter science and is leading to poor policy decisions that will ultimately fail our kids. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
This stance is predicted on x bring something worth fighting for. It's not, it's just a social media platform, they're disposable.
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This stance is predicted on x bring something worth fighting for. It's not, it's just a social media platform, they're disposable.