Nick Smith
@nicktheinventor.bsky.social
Deluxe understanding.
Know about strategy, innovation and org culture.
Obsess about music, movies, literature and politics.
Block 5 Arsenal. Very ADHD.
Can supply #proofofcat #proofofdog
Know about strategy, innovation and org culture.
Obsess about music, movies, literature and politics.
Block 5 Arsenal. Very ADHD.
Can supply #proofofcat #proofofdog
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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A dream NLD for Eberechi Eze and how Arsenal exploited a specific weakness of Thomas Frank's set-up.
open.substack.com/pub/rohanjiv...
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The law of large numbers
A dream north London derby for Eberechi Eze
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A dream NLD for Eberechi Eze and how Arsenal exploited a specific weakness of Thomas Frank's set-up.
open.substack.com/pub/rohanjiv...
open.substack.com/pub/rohanjiv...
Absolutely astonished to hear the Sky Sports pundits to agree that even a light slap by Gueye is a clear red.
I'm old enough to remember when Bruno G v Arsenal was a clear yellow at best.
I'm old enough to remember when Bruno G v Arsenal was a clear yellow at best.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Absolutely astonished to hear the Sky Sports pundits to agree that even a light slap by Gueye is a clear red.
I'm old enough to remember when Bruno G v Arsenal was a clear yellow at best.
I'm old enough to remember when Bruno G v Arsenal was a clear yellow at best.
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Do you stand or sit to wipe your bum?
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Do you stand or sit to wipe your bum?
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
The question has been doing the rounds on podcasts and social media, and now YouGov has the answer:
Stand: 34%
Sit: 57%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Is this good?
This seems good. 😆
This seems good. 😆
Arsenal Compared to Corresponding Fixtures Last Season
Points: +7 (29 vs 22)
xG: -1.4 (20.8 vs 22.2)
G: -2 (24 vs 26)
xGA: -4.3 (6.1 vs 10.4)
GA: -7.0 (6 vs 13)
xG Dif: +2.9 (14.7 vs 11.8)
G Dif: +5 (18 vs 13)
Points: +7 (29 vs 22)
xG: -1.4 (20.8 vs 22.2)
G: -2 (24 vs 26)
xGA: -4.3 (6.1 vs 10.4)
GA: -7.0 (6 vs 13)
xG Dif: +2.9 (14.7 vs 11.8)
G Dif: +5 (18 vs 13)
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is this good?
This seems good. 😆
This seems good. 😆
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My favourite video of upset Spuds so far...
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My favourite video of upset Spuds so far...
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"Another problem is that the government is scared to state the issue so baldly - that better public services require middle-earners to curb their spending."
Chris is on sparkling, provocative form
Chris is on sparkling, provocative form
New substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/the-fiscal... The government's problem isn't merely how to raise tax: it's the more difficult one of reallocating labour.
The fiscal challenge
Reeves' problem isn't raising money: it's much more difficult than that.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Another problem is that the government is scared to state the issue so baldly - that better public services require middle-earners to curb their spending."
Chris is on sparkling, provocative form
Chris is on sparkling, provocative form
“Take me down to the Vatican City /
Where the souls are clean on the pope’s committee /
TAKE! ME! Ro-o-ome, yeah yeah…”
Where the souls are clean on the pope’s committee /
TAKE! ME! Ro-o-ome, yeah yeah…”
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“Take me down to the Vatican City /
Where the souls are clean on the pope’s committee /
TAKE! ME! Ro-o-ome, yeah yeah…”
Where the souls are clean on the pope’s committee /
TAKE! ME! Ro-o-ome, yeah yeah…”
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This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
Whatever you ask CatGPT the answer is always “chicken”
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Whatever you ask CatGPT the answer is always “chicken”
I am testing my no sugar week by eating a whole bag of mini Twirls.
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I am testing my no sugar week by eating a whole bag of mini Twirls.
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Most of the public know what’s going on with flags on lamp posts.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Most of the public know what’s going on with flags on lamp posts.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
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Congratulations to British fascists, who have quite thoroughly retoxified their own favourite symbols in just a few months, just by association with them.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Congratulations to British fascists, who have quite thoroughly retoxified their own favourite symbols in just a few months, just by association with them.
@ijohnnycochrane.bsky.social got back last night from a gig where I had a few jars, fell asleep listening to the spurs BTW, then had a dream where I was in a dorm with 20 other angry people trying to sleep and no matter what I did I couldn’t turn off the AOP it kept coming out of strange objects 😂
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@ijohnnycochrane.bsky.social got back last night from a gig where I had a few jars, fell asleep listening to the spurs BTW, then had a dream where I was in a dorm with 20 other angry people trying to sleep and no matter what I did I couldn’t turn off the AOP it kept coming out of strange objects 😂
There it is again that funny feeling
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There it is again that funny feeling
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The Art of the Deal. [Cartoon by Dennis Goris]
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Art of the Deal. [Cartoon by Dennis Goris]
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Worryingly, this is how a small number of insanely powerful humans actually think. They are a genuine threat to us all, and any reasonable political/economic system should prevent them from existing.
new trolley problem just dropped: Elon vs. 10^58 randomly chosen people. let's see what Grok has to say
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Worryingly, this is how a small number of insanely powerful humans actually think. They are a genuine threat to us all, and any reasonable political/economic system should prevent them from existing.
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new trolley problem just dropped: Elon vs. 10^58 randomly chosen people. let's see what Grok has to say
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
new trolley problem just dropped: Elon vs. 10^58 randomly chosen people. let's see what Grok has to say
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
PowerPoint’s new embedded AI when you finish a slide:
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
PowerPoint’s new embedded AI when you finish a slide:
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Arsenal have made a formal offer to Real Madrid for forward Rodrygo, according to reports in Spain that suggest Xabi Alonso is prepared to let the Brazilian leave the Bernabéu in January. dailycannon.com/2025/11/arse...
Arsenal make offer for 24yo Real Madrid forward - report
Arsenal have reportedly bid for Real Madrid’s Rodrygo, with Xabi Alonso said to be open to a sale
dailycannon.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Arsenal have made a formal offer to Real Madrid for forward Rodrygo, according to reports in Spain that suggest Xabi Alonso is prepared to let the Brazilian leave the Bernabéu in January. dailycannon.com/2025/11/arse...