@pforpapa.bsky.social
Moved to the country, ate a lot of peaches, moved back.
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Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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“Ultimately, the NHS needs to ensure that the right activity is being delivered for patients to complete their pathways, rather than simply delivering more activity.”
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Ultimately, the NHS needs to ensure that the right activity is being delivered for patients to complete their pathways, rather than simply delivering more activity.”
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
📗 Read @maxwarner.bsky.social and Olly Harvey-Rich’s briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/why...
I really wish Americans would just say often. ‘Oftentimes’ is totally unnecessary
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I really wish Americans would just say often. ‘Oftentimes’ is totally unnecessary
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This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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It's not ideal (to say the least) that OpenAI's success may depend on big companies using it to replace human workers at huge scales. How will people pay for OpenAI if nobody has a job? The business model is a negative feedback loop.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's not ideal (to say the least) that OpenAI's success may depend on big companies using it to replace human workers at huge scales. How will people pay for OpenAI if nobody has a job? The business model is a negative feedback loop.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
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actually, a lot of it is the fact these guys are full steam ahead to fuck not just the internet but the economy and the environment, and if it works we get... what? unemployed? what's the best case scenario here?
Okay, but why *do* I feel so angry about this whole AI thing?
The Bullshit Maximiser
This week, a very quick take on what the Budget says about the state we are in; but mostly, a not-at-all quick list of all the reasons I despise AI.
jonn.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
actually, a lot of it is the fact these guys are full steam ahead to fuck not just the internet but the economy and the environment, and if it works we get... what? unemployed? what's the best case scenario here?
Very true. Wonder if this seemingly growing expectation is connected to so many organisations and business focussing on personalisation and tailoring services to one’s precise needs.
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Very true. Wonder if this seemingly growing expectation is connected to so many organisations and business focussing on personalisation and tailoring services to one’s precise needs.
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Boosting for today’s audience. I cannot express how proud I am to have been involved with this charity and your boosts will directly help us to scale into the future.
My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Boosting for today’s audience. I cannot express how proud I am to have been involved with this charity and your boosts will directly help us to scale into the future.
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“I suspect hundreds if not thousands of Gazans have been executed in the same manner. This is a war on occupied people–a war on civilians. There is no army in the West Bank. Israel is not fighting with anybody. They are just conducting attacks on civilian population… praised by Israeli army and...
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I suspect hundreds if not thousands of Gazans have been executed in the same manner. This is a war on occupied people–a war on civilians. There is no army in the West Bank. Israel is not fighting with anybody. They are just conducting attacks on civilian population… praised by Israeli army and...
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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This is plain horrific
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is plain horrific
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It is worth questioning though whether making the teaching of home students dependent on numbers of overseas students whose fluctuation is not under the control of universities is really a sustainable funding model for higher education
Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is worth questioning though whether making the teaching of home students dependent on numbers of overseas students whose fluctuation is not under the control of universities is really a sustainable funding model for higher education
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Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
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Means testing costs money, often more than it saves. Most families in poverty are in work. Most pensioners are not in poverty. People who are hanging around a town centre at 11am are not representative of the general population.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Means testing costs money, often more than it saves. Most families in poverty are in work. Most pensioners are not in poverty. People who are hanging around a town centre at 11am are not representative of the general population.
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We are an ageing country with a worsening dependency ratio. Rising student numbers reflect rising demand for higher education. No wealth tax would ever raise as much as small changes to income tax would. People want to immigrate to the UK because they believe it is a good place to live and work.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are an ageing country with a worsening dependency ratio. Rising student numbers reflect rising demand for higher education. No wealth tax would ever raise as much as small changes to income tax would. People want to immigrate to the UK because they believe it is a good place to live and work.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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If you are free tomorrow night I’m chairing this rather good panel on what we can do to respond to environmental crisis vs the role of government or business. If you are in London you can come in person. If not (or if it’s too cold) you can tune in online
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
Ask the Experts: Can people power drive environmental action?
Environmental breakdown can impact our lives in immediate and personal ways, yet many feel powerless to act and find the solutions out of reach. This is your opportunity to put questions to our expert...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you are free tomorrow night I’m chairing this rather good panel on what we can do to respond to environmental crisis vs the role of government or business. If you are in London you can come in person. If not (or if it’s too cold) you can tune in online
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
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how dare you embarrass our guest by mentioning the journalist his regime dismembered
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
how dare you embarrass our guest by mentioning the journalist his regime dismembered
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These are the sorts of probing questions I feel like the new ministerial team at the Home Office will not have been asking. Labour is going down the same old road of raising expectations with big, eye-catching policy announcements but with no idea if they will actually work in practice.
On asylum there seems to be no attempt to analyse different parts of the problem in a way that allows serious public discussion 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
These are the sorts of probing questions I feel like the new ministerial team at the Home Office will not have been asking. Labour is going down the same old road of raising expectations with big, eye-catching policy announcements but with no idea if they will actually work in practice.
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Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...