Avoiding Action
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Avid tin pusher. Occasional pilot. Politics absorber.
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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I signed up to this site with a goddamn Hotmail account, what more age verification do you need
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I signed up to this site with a goddamn Hotmail account, what more age verification do you need
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'Take the Third Reich'
Grok AI to be available in Tesla vehicles next week, Musk says reut.rs/4ksb1WX
Grok AI to be available in Tesla vehicles next week, Musk says
Grok AI will be available in Tesla vehicles next week "at the latest", the EV maker's CEO, Elon Musk, said in a post on X on Thursday.
reut.rs
July 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
'Take the Third Reich'
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"...a man who moves through politics like a Roomba moves through your living room: without a plan, capable of mapping the territory only when he bangs into things and has to reverse."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
Why is Keir Starmer Like A Roomba, And Other Questions
This week: fine, I will think about British politics again if I must. Also: the partition of Germany that never was; and Charley goes to New Town.
jonn.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"...a man who moves through politics like a Roomba moves through your living room: without a plan, capable of mapping the territory only when he bangs into things and has to reverse."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
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"Why don't we attract better quality people as MPs?" I ask, between speculating on whether the person on the verge of tears on national tv is getting sacked or not.
July 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Why don't we attract better quality people as MPs?" I ask, between speculating on whether the person on the verge of tears on national tv is getting sacked or not.
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By the time you’ve reached your forties you will have lived to see the newspapers that insisted that the country you grew up in was on the verge of social collapse portray those very same years of your youth as a period of blissful social cohesion.
June 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
By the time you’ve reached your forties you will have lived to see the newspapers that insisted that the country you grew up in was on the verge of social collapse portray those very same years of your youth as a period of blissful social cohesion.
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Nothing is louder than a suitcase being wheeled over cobbles. Nothing. Turbo prop fighter jets. The Who at The Valley. Stampeding elephants. The wheeled suitcase + uneven ground eclipses them all.
June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nothing is louder than a suitcase being wheeled over cobbles. Nothing. Turbo prop fighter jets. The Who at The Valley. Stampeding elephants. The wheeled suitcase + uneven ground eclipses them all.
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oh god yes this. News orgs, stop getting your parly corrs to cover specialist stuff. Send the subject experts instead. Not everything has to be framed through the lens of a political soap opera.
Big announcement on an AI Action Plan... thank goodness political correspondent, and not tech specialists are there to ask questions!
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/lobby-corr...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/lobby-corr...
We need more than Westminster reporters to understand government
Lobby correspondent hegemony is bad.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
oh god yes this. News orgs, stop getting your parly corrs to cover specialist stuff. Send the subject experts instead. Not everything has to be framed through the lens of a political soap opera.
-4 at the airport this morning
January 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
-4 at the airport this morning
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Kemi Badenoch defends the right to speak freely and air a different point of view, by insisting those who disagree must stop.
January 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Kemi Badenoch defends the right to speak freely and air a different point of view, by insisting those who disagree must stop.
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We’re only five days in.
January 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We’re only five days in.
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as a software engineer my biggest fear is that a malevolent penguin will surreptitiously activate the evil mode that I embed in all my work
December 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM
as a software engineer my biggest fear is that a malevolent penguin will surreptitiously activate the evil mode that I embed in all my work
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This summary of the Eras tour is really something
December 7, 2024 at 8:10 PM
This summary of the Eras tour is really something
Bedtime for the jets, whilst work continues at pace on the Pier 6 extension
December 3, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Bedtime for the jets, whilst work continues at pace on the Pier 6 extension
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The next time someone cites this rule as an absolute.
You're welcome. 😂
You're welcome. 😂
November 25, 2024 at 1:44 AM
The next time someone cites this rule as an absolute.
You're welcome. 😂
You're welcome. 😂
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BREAKING⚠️: Swiftair Boeing 737-400 Cargo Crashed Near Vilnius
Read more details: aviationforaviators.com/2024/11/25/b...
Read more details: aviationforaviators.com/2024/11/25/b...
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM
BREAKING⚠️: Swiftair Boeing 737-400 Cargo Crashed Near Vilnius
Read more details: aviationforaviators.com/2024/11/25/b...
Read more details: aviationforaviators.com/2024/11/25/b...
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Today in “toddlers are so fast”.
November 23, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Today in “toddlers are so fast”.
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Gatwick Airport South Terminal has been closed and surrounding roads also blocked after a suspicious device was found. Also there was a controlled explosion at the US embassy in London.
November 22, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Gatwick Airport South Terminal has been closed and surrounding roads also blocked after a suspicious device was found. Also there was a controlled explosion at the US embassy in London.
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And finally we get a lovely winter sunrise. Lots of de-icing needed across the airport today.
November 20, 2024 at 7:19 AM
And finally we get a lovely winter sunrise. Lots of de-icing needed across the airport today.
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An oldie, from a summer sunrise at the airport. The ones lately have been a lot greyer and not as photogenic.
November 16, 2024 at 8:39 AM
An oldie, from a summer sunrise at the airport. The ones lately have been a lot greyer and not as photogenic.
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the value of Twitter wasn't the platform, it was the network. if we can resurrect it elsewhere it's still good
November 14, 2024 at 3:20 PM
the value of Twitter wasn't the platform, it was the network. if we can resurrect it elsewhere it's still good
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A good example of my "Orwell Rule" that the people who use his name the most are those he would have despised most intensely.
November 13, 2024 at 8:53 PM
A good example of my "Orwell Rule" that the people who use his name the most are those he would have despised most intensely.