Warren Tarbiat
@wtarbiat.bsky.social
Left of Centre Soc Dem with Geoist tendencies, 'Rejoin Realist' | #ActuallyAutistic, Dyspraxic, Hypermobile| Entertainment & Tech Alt Blue Sky: dangerman1337.bsky.social
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This is why I increasingly think that the insularity of a lot of US elites is a big problem for them - when your own elections are so close, you are better off looking outside your country to gauge 'what works'. Ultimately the Democrats in 2024 were far and away the best performing incumbent.
Nobody wants to admit it but Harris ran a pretty good campaign *from the position she started in*
It wasn't enough! Sometimes that happens
It wasn't enough! Sometimes that happens
As someone interested in Dem factional fights I talk about this all the time.
People sometimes note that Harris ran popularist-approved paid media and lost anyway, but the evidence suggests that the paid media was reasonably persuasive as far as these things go.
People sometimes note that Harris ran popularist-approved paid media and lost anyway, but the evidence suggests that the paid media was reasonably persuasive as far as these things go.
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is why I increasingly think that the insularity of a lot of US elites is a big problem for them - when your own elections are so close, you are better off looking outside your country to gauge 'what works'. Ultimately the Democrats in 2024 were far and away the best performing incumbent.
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given how much cheaper touchscreens are than having to tool and manufacture physical switchgear, the safety data must be really bad for automakers to be voluntarily shifting back to real controls
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
given how much cheaper touchscreens are than having to tool and manufacture physical switchgear, the safety data must be really bad for automakers to be voluntarily shifting back to real controls
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Ooph.
(This would be even more existential than the loss of the Red Wall or the loss of Scotland, by the way)
(This would be even more existential than the loss of the Red Wall or the loss of Scotland, by the way)
Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
Bombshell polling for Wales
If this is correct we are seeing a seismic shift
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ooph.
(This would be even more existential than the loss of the Red Wall or the loss of Scotland, by the way)
(This would be even more existential than the loss of the Red Wall or the loss of Scotland, by the way)
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Wow, wonder if this would be more affordable if you, say, did broad based tax rises instead of a smorgasbord of tiny little ones to try not to break a promise that the electorate, correctly, already thinks you've broken.
Defence Investment Plan due date: Autumn, before Xmas and now next year.
And this isn’t an especially hopeful sounding para.
www.ft.com/content/6e96... Defence spending plan delayed over Starmer concerns
And this isn’t an especially hopeful sounding para.
www.ft.com/content/6e96... Defence spending plan delayed over Starmer concerns
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Wow, wonder if this would be more affordable if you, say, did broad based tax rises instead of a smorgasbord of tiny little ones to try not to break a promise that the electorate, correctly, already thinks you've broken.
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Was he back making gas chamber noises while typing this out
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Was he back making gas chamber noises while typing this out
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If all it took for her to break bad was a information cascade on Twitter, what does this imply?
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
If all it took for her to break bad was a information cascade on Twitter, what does this imply?
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Look, not to pick on this lady in particular, but do people not have moral agency anymore?
I have a friend for instance - an assistant headteacher in a grammar school in South East England - who has radicalised herself into racism and fascist apologia simply by being there. Would that be the case if liberals she took seriously were still posting on the app by which she’s addicted?
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Look, not to pick on this lady in particular, but do people not have moral agency anymore?
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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God this stuff is so embarrassing. There is so much about modern Britain that *should* offend conservative Christians, yet we get this complete wibble instead. The 'true' meaning of Christmas is being cancelled by consumerism, not 'the woke liberati'.
The UK far right is increasingly infiltrating the Anglican church so this is bang on trend.
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
God this stuff is so embarrassing. There is so much about modern Britain that *should* offend conservative Christians, yet we get this complete wibble instead. The 'true' meaning of Christmas is being cancelled by consumerism, not 'the woke liberati'.
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dead internet theory was just slightly ahead of its time
googled something and clicked a link to a website I'd never heard of that looked like a forum, read the discussion and realized the person asking a question and all of the answers were all LLM generated, the entire website was a fake forum pretending to be people asking/answering questions
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
dead internet theory was just slightly ahead of its time
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Finding this quite bizarre, the (growing) number of MPs who will say 'problem is the PM has no politics, is not politically experienced....answer is that we need a *different* hunky man with a long and impressive pre-politics career'.
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Finding this quite bizarre, the (growing) number of MPs who will say 'problem is the PM has no politics, is not politically experienced....answer is that we need a *different* hunky man with a long and impressive pre-politics career'.
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I think this is the right policy, but I am perplexed as to why Rachel Reeves thinks it is the right policy for London, but 'why don't we have less investment in exchange for a freeze' is a *good* policy for the rest of England, where the railways need more investment to start with?
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I think this is the right policy, but I am perplexed as to why Rachel Reeves thinks it is the right policy for London, but 'why don't we have less investment in exchange for a freeze' is a *good* policy for the rest of England, where the railways need more investment to start with?
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everybody's a radical until the economy and society breaks
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
everybody's a radical until the economy and society breaks
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the one thing that might end a Yoon moment in America is the fact that it would likely end the consumerist privileges most Americans value above life itself (see COVID response)
people genuinely don't realize how awful civil conflict is
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the one thing that might end a Yoon moment in America is the fact that it would likely end the consumerist privileges most Americans value above life itself (see COVID response)
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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Labour’s polling obviously dire, but I do feel like this website encourages a view that it’s entirely down to left-punching, rather than left-punching making a bad situation worse
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Labour’s polling obviously dire, but I do feel like this website encourages a view that it’s entirely down to left-punching, rather than left-punching making a bad situation worse
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Anyone who wants affordable consumer elections needs to buy *right now*: www.reuters.com/business/mic...
Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a global supply s...
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Anyone who wants affordable consumer elections needs to buy *right now*: www.reuters.com/business/mic...
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I know a lot of the UK equivalent and
a) they've been *really* bad on trans rights, unfortunately
b) they are absolutely up in arms over the government's pandering to the right on racism.
a) they've been *really* bad on trans rights, unfortunately
b) they are absolutely up in arms over the government's pandering to the right on racism.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I know a lot of the UK equivalent and
a) they've been *really* bad on trans rights, unfortunately
b) they are absolutely up in arms over the government's pandering to the right on racism.
a) they've been *really* bad on trans rights, unfortunately
b) they are absolutely up in arms over the government's pandering to the right on racism.
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
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Beyond surreal. The message to Moscow is that European defense is not a priority.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Beyond surreal. The message to Moscow is that European defense is not a priority.
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
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I'm near speechless at this framing of overall immigration falling by, like, 60%
Asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration to the UK and the number housed in hotels has increased despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to end their use ⬇️
Asylum seekers account for almost half of net migration
New statistics showed a fall in net migration as British citizens and non-EU migrants left the UK, but the number of asylum seekers in hotels has grown
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I'm near speechless at this framing of overall immigration falling by, like, 60%