Anthony Green
@anthonycgreen.bsky.social
On my high horse tilting at windmills and falling off.
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"Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that 'present higher legal risk,' the [Meta] document says, such as those falsely claiming to represent a consumer brand...That figure almost certainly exceeds 'the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.'”
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that 'present higher legal risk,' the [Meta] document says, such as those falsely claiming to represent a consumer brand...That figure almost certainly exceeds 'the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.'”
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Tesla is a meme stock & Musk is key to it remaining so, just as Kim Kardashian is key to the appeal of the Kardashians. So he's got a lot of bargaining power. This has less to do with car-making than with the economics of superstars. See eg Moshe Adler: pdodds.w3.uvm.edu/files/papers...
pdodds.w3.uvm.edu
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tesla is a meme stock & Musk is key to it remaining so, just as Kim Kardashian is key to the appeal of the Kardashians. So he's got a lot of bargaining power. This has less to do with car-making than with the economics of superstars. See eg Moshe Adler: pdodds.w3.uvm.edu/files/papers...
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Who is agile: what the asteroids game has to do with user stories @sebrose.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQhh...
Who is agile: what the asteroids game has to do with user stories Seb Rose
YouTube video by YvesHanoulle
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Who is agile: what the asteroids game has to do with user stories @sebrose.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQhh...
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Gen X. This is our moment in history.
Ah. Our minds have been turned to jelly by Facebook.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ah. Our minds have been turned to jelly by Facebook.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Gen X. This is our moment in history.
Ah. Our minds have been turned to jelly by Facebook.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ah. Our minds have been turned to jelly by Facebook.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Demonstration that the centre-left excepts realpolitik more than those on the fringes.
Large numbers of Lib Dem and Labour supporters are also prepared to vote Tory rather than Reform
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Demonstration that the centre-left excepts realpolitik more than those on the fringes.
Every Labour cllr facing election next year: 🤦
The joy of being a non-ministerial deputy leader is you can offer helpful advice like this
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Every Labour cllr facing election next year: 🤦
They have it down to one person. Codename: 'Agent Orange'
The suspects list is going to be very short.
Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor
The Congressional Budget Office formulates economic projections for lawmakers, and every bill taken up in either chamber of Congress gets a CBO “score” of how much it would add to the national debt.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They have it down to one person. Codename: 'Agent Orange'
Perhaps if the importance of the software craftsmanship movement had received wider recognition on it's foundation
For decades, as demand outstripped supply, software development has increasingly become the wild west with companies just shrugging their shoulders about quality and marginalising those who challenge them on it.
Finally an explanation: apparently there was a system software update on Oct 8 which gave our household a dependent named Teri, which obv changed our eligibility and booted us off our health plan. But I don’t know a Teri, I said. It’s the software and there’s nothing I can do about it, they said…
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Perhaps if the importance of the software craftsmanship movement had received wider recognition on it's foundation
For decades, as demand outstripped supply, software development has increasingly become the wild west with companies just shrugging their shoulders about quality and marginalising those who challenge them on it.
Finally an explanation: apparently there was a system software update on Oct 8 which gave our household a dependent named Teri, which obv changed our eligibility and booted us off our health plan. But I don’t know a Teri, I said. It’s the software and there’s nothing I can do about it, they said…
what I'm greeted with morning after a people's victory is my health insurance has been terminated due to information "from some federal agency"... god knows what that means but my hunch is it's simply fascists randomly breaking things for the rest of us to clean up...if you need me I'll be on hold
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
For decades, as demand outstripped supply, software development has increasingly become the wild west with companies just shrugging their shoulders about quality and marginalising those who challenge them on it.
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This makes a point that's often missed.
"The strategy of minimising the attackable surface doesn’t take into account that the other side also gets a say in deciding what’s attackable"
"The strategy of minimising the attackable surface doesn’t take into account that the other side also gets a say in deciding what’s attackable"
I expand on a rant about the unseriousness of serious politics backofmind.substack.com/p/the-genera...
the generalised problem factory
taking opps research seriously
backofmind.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This makes a point that's often missed.
"The strategy of minimising the attackable surface doesn’t take into account that the other side also gets a say in deciding what’s attackable"
"The strategy of minimising the attackable surface doesn’t take into account that the other side also gets a say in deciding what’s attackable"
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What makes legacy systems feel so chaotic? Interim Principal Consultant Dave Mosher talks about things like sprawl, and why it sometimes doesn't matter if the baby is ugly if it's doing what the business needs.
youtu.be/eIvCNdVZQBw
youtu.be/eIvCNdVZQBw
The chaos of legacy systems
YouTube video by Test Double
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What makes legacy systems feel so chaotic? Interim Principal Consultant Dave Mosher talks about things like sprawl, and why it sometimes doesn't matter if the baby is ugly if it's doing what the business needs.
youtu.be/eIvCNdVZQBw
youtu.be/eIvCNdVZQBw
Regional press and local journalism proving they still play a vital role in exposing issues and holding people to account. Kudos to @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social
This investigation from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social is absolutely staggering. It is very common in Sheffield (I live in this bit) to have a leasehold, often with hundreds of years left on and pennies in ground rent. This is extortion pure and simple. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Regional press and local journalism proving they still play a vital role in exposing issues and holding people to account. Kudos to @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social
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It's by-election Thursday!
- 8 polls today, defences C 2 Lab 2 Ind 1 Res 1 Free-for-all 2
Something for everyone to enjoy in today's edition of Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...
- 8 polls today, defences C 2 Lab 2 Ind 1 Res 1 Free-for-all 2
Something for everyone to enjoy in today's edition of Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...
Previewing the eight council by-elections of 6th November 2025
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order"
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
It's by-election Thursday!
- 8 polls today, defences C 2 Lab 2 Ind 1 Res 1 Free-for-all 2
Something for everyone to enjoy in today's edition of Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...
- 8 polls today, defences C 2 Lab 2 Ind 1 Res 1 Free-for-all 2
Something for everyone to enjoy in today's edition of Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...
woke means
1. that you turn political disagreement into core moral conflict.
2. that you turn moral conflict into conflict about identity.
3. you turn identity into something that institutions must enforce.
Mamdani largely avoided this spiral that has so unfortunately beset western politics
1. that you turn political disagreement into core moral conflict.
2. that you turn moral conflict into conflict about identity.
3. you turn identity into something that institutions must enforce.
Mamdani largely avoided this spiral that has so unfortunately beset western politics
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
woke means
1. that you turn political disagreement into core moral conflict.
2. that you turn moral conflict into conflict about identity.
3. you turn identity into something that institutions must enforce.
Mamdani largely avoided this spiral that has so unfortunately beset western politics
1. that you turn political disagreement into core moral conflict.
2. that you turn moral conflict into conflict about identity.
3. you turn identity into something that institutions must enforce.
Mamdani largely avoided this spiral that has so unfortunately beset western politics
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What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The case for modular housing has been bubbling under in NPF discussions for years. In 2022 @labourhousinggroup.bsky.social again presented the case for it at conference:
www.sme4labour.org/greener-bett...
www.sme4labour.org/greener-bett...
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The case for modular housing has been bubbling under in NPF discussions for years. In 2022 @labourhousinggroup.bsky.social again presented the case for it at conference:
www.sme4labour.org/greener-bett...
www.sme4labour.org/greener-bett...
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"This is a paradox of modern democracy: it needs bold action to survive, but it is designed to smother bold action if not make it impossible."
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"This is a paradox of modern democracy: it needs bold action to survive, but it is designed to smother bold action if not make it impossible."
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The lessons of Mamdani’s victory for progressives:
1. Tell compelling stories
2. Identify clear enemies
3. Create policies that address voters’ problems
4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations
5. Mobilise
1. Tell compelling stories
2. Identify clear enemies
3. Create policies that address voters’ problems
4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations
5. Mobilise
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The lessons of Mamdani’s victory for progressives:
1. Tell compelling stories
2. Identify clear enemies
3. Create policies that address voters’ problems
4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations
5. Mobilise
1. Tell compelling stories
2. Identify clear enemies
3. Create policies that address voters’ problems
4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations
5. Mobilise
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🎙️ @zecsaky.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social and @johnspringford.bsky.social discuss the rise of European #populism and what moderates should or shouldn't do to stem its rise in the latest #CERpodcast. 🎙️
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/qT7A3eF
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/qT7A3eF
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎙️ @zecsaky.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social and @johnspringford.bsky.social discuss the rise of European #populism and what moderates should or shouldn't do to stem its rise in the latest #CERpodcast. 🎙️
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/qT7A3eF
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/qT7A3eF
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📢 Introducing Fabian Thinking!
A new, regular, members-exclusive event series bringing you insightful and timely conversations with leading voices from the labour movement - and beyond - streamed straight to your home, wherever you are in the country.
A new, regular, members-exclusive event series bringing you insightful and timely conversations with leading voices from the labour movement - and beyond - streamed straight to your home, wherever you are in the country.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 Introducing Fabian Thinking!
A new, regular, members-exclusive event series bringing you insightful and timely conversations with leading voices from the labour movement - and beyond - streamed straight to your home, wherever you are in the country.
A new, regular, members-exclusive event series bringing you insightful and timely conversations with leading voices from the labour movement - and beyond - streamed straight to your home, wherever you are in the country.
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A lot has changed since the first edition of Team Topologies was published in 2019. So, we felt it was time the Team Topologies got a bit of a refresh.
If you're ready for a new way of working, the second edition is here to help.
📗 Explore now → https://teamtopologies.com/book
If you're ready for a new way of working, the second edition is here to help.
📗 Explore now → https://teamtopologies.com/book
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A lot has changed since the first edition of Team Topologies was published in 2019. So, we felt it was time the Team Topologies got a bit of a refresh.
If you're ready for a new way of working, the second edition is here to help.
📗 Explore now → https://teamtopologies.com/book
If you're ready for a new way of working, the second edition is here to help.
📗 Explore now → https://teamtopologies.com/book
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If you watch the movie Vice this will also be your conclusion: the idea that Trumpism came out of nowhere and is a great exception is comforting but completely wrong. It has been a long time coming on the right and will take a lot to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If you watch the movie Vice this will also be your conclusion: the idea that Trumpism came out of nowhere and is a great exception is comforting but completely wrong. It has been a long time coming on the right and will take a lot to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...