aragoto
@arag0t0.bsky.social
Tokyo-based AI/NLP person. Japanese-English bilingual. Language nerd, synthesiser freak when time permits, objector to corporate tyranny. Moving at a measured pace and building things.
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PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
This is so well stated. I thought exactly the same when I saw her recent comments.
"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is so well stated. I thought exactly the same when I saw her recent comments.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
The UK government has lost its mind, and this skewers it perfectly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The UK government has lost its mind, and this skewers it perfectly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The government's asylum reform plans are based on a false premise
(1) UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe [5th, or 17th pro rata] - because "golden ticket"
Also one true argument (2) asylum claims are currently going down EU-wide [varies by country] while going up in UK
(1) UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe [5th, or 17th pro rata] - because "golden ticket"
Also one true argument (2) asylum claims are currently going down EU-wide [varies by country] while going up in UK
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The government's asylum reform plans are based on a false premise
(1) UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe [5th, or 17th pro rata] - because "golden ticket"
Also one true argument (2) asylum claims are currently going down EU-wide [varies by country] while going up in UK
(1) UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe [5th, or 17th pro rata] - because "golden ticket"
Also one true argument (2) asylum claims are currently going down EU-wide [varies by country] while going up in UK
This is absolutely psychotic. How can Labour think that in any way—optically, practically, and in pure fucking human rights terms—this is sane or acceptable? No way.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This is absolutely psychotic. How can Labour think that in any way—optically, practically, and in pure fucking human rights terms—this is sane or acceptable? No way.
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No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
Oh goodness yes. Well said.
We're stuck with it, but determining someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is actually pretty fucking weird, and it'd be better if we talked about it as an unfortunate practical necessity not a natural phenomenon
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Oh goodness yes. Well said.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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Median Age of All US Homebuyers: 59 Years.
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Median Age of All US Homebuyers: 59 Years.
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
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Voted Green at the last general election for precisely this reason (very specifically because Labour were already starting to flirt with rolling back climate spending promises)
would you like my actual spicy take? okay. listen, I don’t consider myself far left. But right now, with our Overton window shifting ever rightward, I am gonna throw my whole weight behind the party actually doing something to shift it back left. And that’s Polanski and the Greens.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Voted Green at the last general election for precisely this reason (very specifically because Labour were already starting to flirt with rolling back climate spending promises)
I am catching up on Money Stuff after not having time to read anything much for a couple of months, and...the world has clearly become notably stupider. I have always felt MS to be an anecdotal Synthetic Stupidity Index and it feels like we're at record highs
How old were you when you became a Money Stuff reader. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
Put the Data Center in the Box
K-cup project finance, box spread rates, Best Egg and an Instagram interview.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I am catching up on Money Stuff after not having time to read anything much for a couple of months, and...the world has clearly become notably stupider. I have always felt MS to be an anecdotal Synthetic Stupidity Index and it feels like we're at record highs
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Mask off, hood on moment for Condé Nast
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Mask off, hood on moment for Condé Nast
Having another of those "do US people not know about timezones" moments this morning. Sales guy from US firm we'd spoken to a while back calls my personal cellphone (where'd he even get the number) at 2:40am local time, apparently to touch base and see if we're still interested.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Having another of those "do US people not know about timezones" moments this morning. Sales guy from US firm we'd spoken to a while back calls my personal cellphone (where'd he even get the number) at 2:40am local time, apparently to touch base and see if we're still interested.
日本語脳と英語脳の切り替えがバグってHINGEをひんげ（貧毛？）と読む
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
日本語脳と英語脳の切り替えがバグってHINGEをひんげ（貧毛？）と読む
I was not aware of this.
Also it seems like kind of a silly overengineered solution? But maybe customising the mechanism that feeds the fridge to this one use case makes less sense than a general-purpose robot that will one day emerge to stack the shelves too?
restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
Also it seems like kind of a silly overengineered solution? But maybe customising the mechanism that feeds the fridge to this one use case makes less sense than a general-purpose robot that will one day emerge to stack the shelves too?
restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines
Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
restofworld.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I was not aware of this.
Also it seems like kind of a silly overengineered solution? But maybe customising the mechanism that feeds the fridge to this one use case makes less sense than a general-purpose robot that will one day emerge to stack the shelves too?
restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
Also it seems like kind of a silly overengineered solution? But maybe customising the mechanism that feeds the fridge to this one use case makes less sense than a general-purpose robot that will one day emerge to stack the shelves too?
restofworld.org/2025/philipp...
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A mother with settled status whose child is disabled. The father is British by birth. They have received DLA for the child. A Tory government would deport her?
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A mother with settled status whose child is disabled. The father is British by birth. They have received DLA for the child. A Tory government would deport her?
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
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There was also BZ, a *much more powerful* hallucinogen than LSD, which they fielded in Europe until 1969. The account I heard is that the USA withdrew it in a hurry when they learned how the USSR secured battlefield nukes—not with permissive action locks, but with KGB guards.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There was also BZ, a *much more powerful* hallucinogen than LSD, which they fielded in Europe until 1969. The account I heard is that the USA withdrew it in a hurry when they learned how the USSR secured battlefield nukes—not with permissive action locks, but with KGB guards.
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If *any* dependent receives *any* form of social protection at any point, you lose your legal status, as drafted. It is sloppy, mad & ludicrously extreme all at once
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If *any* dependent receives *any* form of social protection at any point, you lose your legal status, as drafted. It is sloppy, mad & ludicrously extreme all at once
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sorry, man, but this is breathtakingly, shockingly corrupt in every fucking way it can be, and an open and shut and uncomplicated case for impeachment. he didn’t even pay for these lawyers, his donors did, for fuck’s sake.
ask every republican in congress whether they think the treasury should pay donald trump almost a quarter billion dollars while federal workers are in their third week of not getting paid
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
sorry, man, but this is breathtakingly, shockingly corrupt in every fucking way it can be, and an open and shut and uncomplicated case for impeachment. he didn’t even pay for these lawyers, his donors did, for fuck’s sake.
Thiel: wait, am *I* the Antichrist?
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thiel: wait, am *I* the Antichrist?