@kingcoherent.bsky.social
Maths, music, machine learning and martinis.
Some cat pictures.
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Some cat pictures.
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This (and mastodon) will now be my social media homes.
I hope to rebuild my lists of helpful « tweeters » for maths, machine learning, data ethics and more.
I hope to rebuild my lists of helpful « tweeters » for maths, machine learning, data ethics and more.
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Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
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The Brexit latest seems to have moved from strong independent sovereign nation to country entirely dependant on US funding and defence for its survival. Thanks.
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The Brexit latest seems to have moved from strong independent sovereign nation to country entirely dependant on US funding and defence for its survival. Thanks.
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly alarming scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'"
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
www.startribune.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 AM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly alarming scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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McSweeney and Glasman are geniuses.
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
McSweeney and Glasman are geniuses.
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Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network launches campaign on Greenland dispute, claims Zelensky ready to send troops to fight against the U.S.
theins.ru/en/news/288644
theins.ru/en/news/288644
Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network launches campaign on Greenland dispute, claims Zelensky ready to send troops to fight against the U.S.
The Kremlin-linked online bot network known as “Matryoshka” has launched a disinformation campaign focused on the escalating dispute over Greenland, according to researchers from the Bot Blocker proje...
theins.ru
January 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network launches campaign on Greenland dispute, claims Zelensky ready to send troops to fight against the U.S.
theins.ru/en/news/288644
theins.ru/en/news/288644
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Trump Ramblespeech remix…
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Trump Ramblespeech remix…
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Might now be a good time to revisit £200bn spending on a Trident programme entirely dependent on the US?
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Might now be a good time to revisit £200bn spending on a Trident programme entirely dependent on the US?
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The BBC coverage of Trump for the last few days has been excruciatingly poor. Degenerative lunacy becomes a "reflective afternoon".
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The BBC coverage of Trump for the last few days has been excruciatingly poor. Degenerative lunacy becomes a "reflective afternoon".
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“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
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fascinating to compare how Wall Street reacts to the possibility that a socialist might have some power somewhere versus how it reacts to the concrete reality of a literal madman tearing down the American-led post-WWII global order
January 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
fascinating to compare how Wall Street reacts to the possibility that a socialist might have some power somewhere versus how it reacts to the concrete reality of a literal madman tearing down the American-led post-WWII global order
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I think I speak for the majority of the UK when I say:
Go Fuck Yourself you snivelling shit weasel
Go Fuck Yourself you snivelling shit weasel
UK and US can work through differences, says House Speaker Johnson reut.rs/3ZrJI73
UK and US can work through differences, says House Speaker Johnson
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he was confident that Britain and the United States maintain their so-called 'special relationship' and work through differences on Greenland that threaten to upend bilateral ties.
reut.rs
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I think I speak for the majority of the UK when I say:
Go Fuck Yourself you snivelling shit weasel
Go Fuck Yourself you snivelling shit weasel
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Eating the AI art in protest is ironically more Art than whatever the fuck the ai guy was doing
KINGOOOOOOOOOOO
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Eating the AI art in protest is ironically more Art than whatever the fuck the ai guy was doing
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Also crucially we get paid when libraries buy our books! There is nothing to be sorry about ever in borrowing a fave author’s books from a library! It is one of the few “everybody wins” situations in life!
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Also crucially we get paid when libraries buy our books! There is nothing to be sorry about ever in borrowing a fave author’s books from a library! It is one of the few “everybody wins” situations in life!
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www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
The Chagos deal the Telegraph, Times and others continue to portray as the UK's gift to China is welcomed here by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a "monumental achievement"
It has also been welcomed by UK/US allies around the world
The Chagos deal the Telegraph, Times and others continue to portray as the UK's gift to China is welcomed here by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a "monumental achievement"
It has also been welcomed by UK/US allies around the world
U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...
www.state.gov
June 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
The Chagos deal the Telegraph, Times and others continue to portray as the UK's gift to China is welcomed here by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a "monumental achievement"
It has also been welcomed by UK/US allies around the world
The Chagos deal the Telegraph, Times and others continue to portray as the UK's gift to China is welcomed here by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a "monumental achievement"
It has also been welcomed by UK/US allies around the world
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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Everybody loves Musicology Duck, a lovely duck who rides buses *four hours later* We regret to inform you the duck has been kidnapped.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Everybody loves Musicology Duck, a lovely duck who rides buses *four hours later* We regret to inform you the duck has been kidnapped.
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"The US has squandered its most valuable financial asset: trust. It risks paying a heavy price for this for decades to come." Important piece by my colleague @katie0martin.ft.com on the hit to the dollar and US borrowing costs of Trump's derangement. www.ft.com/content/9f73...
Trump’s Arctic ambitions torch the most important US asset
The market reaction to the threat of tariffs on supposed allies over Greenland has been extremely telling
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"The US has squandered its most valuable financial asset: trust. It risks paying a heavy price for this for decades to come." Important piece by my colleague @katie0martin.ft.com on the hit to the dollar and US borrowing costs of Trump's derangement. www.ft.com/content/9f73...
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"Donald J. Trump shall serve as inaugural Chairman of the Board of Peace […] The Chairman shall at all times designate a successor […] Replacement of the Chairman may occur only following voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity […]"
A hereditary global monarchy!
A hereditary global monarchy!
It is worth reading it: it grants extraordinary powers to the Chairman, such as authoritative interpretation, setting up subsidiary bodies, adopting resolutions. An authoritarian international Charter.
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"Donald J. Trump shall serve as inaugural Chairman of the Board of Peace […] The Chairman shall at all times designate a successor […] Replacement of the Chairman may occur only following voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity […]"
A hereditary global monarchy!
A hereditary global monarchy!
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“Until someone shoots that mad orange cunt in the face no one is safe from him.”
Me, aged 3, after watching Rainbow.
Me, aged 3, after watching Rainbow.
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“Until someone shoots that mad orange cunt in the face no one is safe from him.”
Me, aged 3, after watching Rainbow.
Me, aged 3, after watching Rainbow.
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."