Will Davies
@will-davies.bsky.social
Professor @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social, Director of @goldperc.bsky.social - occasional contributor to @lrb.co.uk and others.
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Fairly chastening accusation here that early career academics can also become ‘over produced’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Fairly chastening accusation here that early career academics can also become ‘over produced’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Maybe the term doesn’t quite refer to that though
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Maybe the term doesn’t quite refer to that though
I think there probably is a thing that happens where a band is lost and hopes in vain that sheer money/drugs/technology can help them rediscover something
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I think there probably is a thing that happens where a band is lost and hopes in vain that sheer money/drugs/technology can help them rediscover something
Also, a band with one guitarist pretending they have seven (cf Stone Roses second album)
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Also, a band with one guitarist pretending they have seven (cf Stone Roses second album)
Same energy of some deeply odd people
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Same energy of some deeply odd people
COMING OUT OF MY CAGE
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
COMING OUT OF MY CAGE
He’s one set of fake teeth away from turning into the guy from The Killers
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
He’s one set of fake teeth away from turning into the guy from The Killers
This sentence requires a whole book to unpack: "as our global order decays, jettisoning its professed universal values for something more nakedly violent, nationalist and anti-democratic, the BBC has the unenviable task of narrating the collapse, while also being subject to it."
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This sentence requires a whole book to unpack: "as our global order decays, jettisoning its professed universal values for something more nakedly violent, nationalist and anti-democratic, the BBC has the unenviable task of narrating the collapse, while also being subject to it."
That was an attempt to insult bond trader’s intelligence, which worked for about an hour
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That was an attempt to insult bond trader’s intelligence, which worked for about an hour
Did Nick Timothy ever trouble the judges do we know?
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Did Nick Timothy ever trouble the judges do we know?
I think ideologically there was a 20-year window between "Wow, Silicon Valley works completely via informal networks, how cool" and "informal networks are tools of exclusion"
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I think ideologically there was a 20-year window between "Wow, Silicon Valley works completely via informal networks, how cool" and "informal networks are tools of exclusion"
(or maybe it makes sense to just chuck even more money at Euan Blair)
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
(or maybe it makes sense to just chuck even more money at Euan Blair)
I also wonder if at any point global big name, human capital intensive employers (Big Four and big banks) will set their own entrance tests, a kind of in-housing of the Euan Blair service. Or maybe they already do
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I also wonder if at any point global big name, human capital intensive employers (Big Four and big banks) will set their own entrance tests, a kind of in-housing of the Euan Blair service. Or maybe they already do
yes, that was also my first thought on reading the FT piece
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
yes, that was also my first thought on reading the FT piece
not very, but I don't work in an 'elite Russell Group' institution. I think the key point is that the latter have also been relying almost entirely on A-level predictions/outcomes for many years now as well
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
not very, but I don't work in an 'elite Russell Group' institution. I think the key point is that the latter have also been relying almost entirely on A-level predictions/outcomes for many years now as well
that or craniology
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
that or craniology
this has been implicit with university applications for ages. Problem with all this is it heaps more and more pressure on in-person exams/tests as a gauge of merit
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
this has been implicit with university applications for ages. Problem with all this is it heaps more and more pressure on in-person exams/tests as a gauge of merit
assume that Centrist Dad will find a role for him when this is all over
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
assume that Centrist Dad will find a role for him when this is all over
I don't disagree, it's just easy online to flip from "this government is too obsessed with bond markets!" to "this government is too obsessed with popularity!" without pausing in between
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I don't disagree, it's just easy online to flip from "this government is too obsessed with bond markets!" to "this government is too obsessed with popularity!" without pausing in between