Mat Weldon 🇺🇦
@bienhecho.bsky.social
Data Scientist, economist, Morecambian.
I will carry on wading in if it's all the same with you
I will carry on wading in if it's all the same with you
Yotam Ottolenghi causing havoc in Morecambe
September 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Yotam Ottolenghi causing havoc in Morecambe
Some on here have decided that liking Matt Yglesias' writing is unforgivable.
But that's their loss.
www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-r...
But that's their loss.
www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-r...
What the research really says about immigration politics
The literature finds that “accommodating” restrictionists doesn’t work — but you should read it carefully.
www.slowboring.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Some on here have decided that liking Matt Yglesias' writing is unforgivable.
But that's their loss.
www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-r...
But that's their loss.
www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-r...
Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic government
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic government
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Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
Has anyone investigated whether he paid off Billy Jean over the "Not my lover" allegations?
August 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Has anyone investigated whether he paid off Billy Jean over the "Not my lover" allegations?
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In 1290, Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England, becoming the first European state in history to do so. The law was issued on the ninth of Ab, just to be an extra asshole about it, and land and property were forfeited to the crown.
judeo-christian, my ass
judeo-christian, my ass
July 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In 1290, Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England, becoming the first European state in history to do so. The law was issued on the ninth of Ab, just to be an extra asshole about it, and land and property were forfeited to the crown.
judeo-christian, my ass
judeo-christian, my ass
"Emotional blackmail" AKA "appealing to people's conscience"
July 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"Emotional blackmail" AKA "appealing to people's conscience"
Pretty much all high-end chain burgers (eg Fiveguys) just taste of chewy gristle - I prefer the ones with greasy onions you get from the fairground
sourdough is overrated
Unironically we need more fights about generic food like yesterday’s cola situation which is why I’m going to start one right now:
Whataburger is Texas In-N-Out (a regional fav that has broken containment but is actually mids, and not even the loud kind of mids)
Whataburger is Texas In-N-Out (a regional fav that has broken containment but is actually mids, and not even the loud kind of mids)
July 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Pretty much all high-end chain burgers (eg Fiveguys) just taste of chewy gristle - I prefer the ones with greasy onions you get from the fairground
My daughter keeps losing work on her MacBook.
She's using MS Office apps but they just keep failing her with weird sync issues and she keeps losing tonnes of work.
I use computers a lot but I just don't have these issues so I have no idea what to suggest to her?
She's using MS Office apps but they just keep failing her with weird sync issues and she keeps losing tonnes of work.
I use computers a lot but I just don't have these issues so I have no idea what to suggest to her?
July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My daughter keeps losing work on her MacBook.
She's using MS Office apps but they just keep failing her with weird sync issues and she keeps losing tonnes of work.
I use computers a lot but I just don't have these issues so I have no idea what to suggest to her?
She's using MS Office apps but they just keep failing her with weird sync issues and she keeps losing tonnes of work.
I use computers a lot but I just don't have these issues so I have no idea what to suggest to her?
Brilliant reporting
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Brilliant reporting
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My LLM command-line tool and Python library now has support for tool calling! You can define tools as Python functions or bundle them in plugins, and LLM can then make them available to models. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Ollama are supported so far.
simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/...
simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/...
Large Language Models can run tools in your terminal with LLM 0.26
LLM 0.26 is out with the biggest new feature since I started the project: support for tools. You can now use the LLM CLI tool—and Python library—to grant LLMs from …
simonwillison.net
May 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My LLM command-line tool and Python library now has support for tool calling! You can define tools as Python functions or bundle them in plugins, and LLM can then make them available to models. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Ollama are supported so far.
simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/...
simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/...
It's pecs and abs day, because "I want a cute pair of titties and a slutty little waist" isn't the kind of thing teenagers want to hear their dad saying
May 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's pecs and abs day, because "I want a cute pair of titties and a slutty little waist" isn't the kind of thing teenagers want to hear their dad saying
For some reason this is controversial: no, the enemy isn't death.
Evolution could have chosen for us to live forever, but it didn't because death is useful.
Evolution could have chosen for us to live forever, but it didn't because death is useful.
Biohacker Bryan Johnson: ‘The enemy is no longer each other. The enemy is death’
https://www.ft.com/content/eaa9498b-2ab2-4905-a313-44d3f9ee9d08
https://www.ft.com/content/eaa9498b-2ab2-4905-a313-44d3f9ee9d08
Biohacker Bryan Johnson: ‘The enemy is no longer each other. The enemy is death’
The multimillionaire wants to create a religion, a sovereign fund and a nation state by preaching his Don’t Die philosophy
www.ft.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
For some reason this is controversial: no, the enemy isn't death.
Evolution could have chosen for us to live forever, but it didn't because death is useful.
Evolution could have chosen for us to live forever, but it didn't because death is useful.
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Hey @premnsikka.bsky.social - interesting article.
You’re obviously right that we desperately need to address marginal cost pricing. Though strangely you don’t mention the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) which secure the cost of low carbon energy, thereby saving the public & industry £££.
You’re obviously right that we desperately need to address marginal cost pricing. Though strangely you don’t mention the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) which secure the cost of low carbon energy, thereby saving the public & industry £££.
Privatisation Racket.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hey @premnsikka.bsky.social - interesting article.
You’re obviously right that we desperately need to address marginal cost pricing. Though strangely you don’t mention the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) which secure the cost of low carbon energy, thereby saving the public & industry £££.
You’re obviously right that we desperately need to address marginal cost pricing. Though strangely you don’t mention the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) which secure the cost of low carbon energy, thereby saving the public & industry £££.
If someone says "where's the bin?" I have to say "I int bin nowhere" in my most fake broad Prestonian
What's the worst joke you're committed to? Mine is to say 'thank god you're charging more for that. Every year, thousands die drilling those little holes' whenever website tries to upsell me more memory on some form of device. A joke that a) isn't funny b) no-one but me can hear.
March 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If someone says "where's the bin?" I have to say "I int bin nowhere" in my most fake broad Prestonian
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Does anyone else feel like tonight they witnessed a violent incident of playground bullying on the News?
Except that it was millions of people being bullied and humiliated
Except that it was millions of people being bullied and humiliated
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Does anyone else feel like tonight they witnessed a violent incident of playground bullying on the News?
Except that it was millions of people being bullied and humiliated
Except that it was millions of people being bullied and humiliated
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It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Don't be gaslit:
They are Nazis. This is a Nazi salute. They are not hiding it, or dog whistling, they are announcing it. They have come out as Nazis.
Show the people in your life these images all together. Make them understand this is not an accident, or a fluke.
It is happening here.
They are Nazis. This is a Nazi salute. They are not hiding it, or dog whistling, they are announcing it. They have come out as Nazis.
Show the people in your life these images all together. Make them understand this is not an accident, or a fluke.
It is happening here.
February 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Don't be gaslit:
They are Nazis. This is a Nazi salute. They are not hiding it, or dog whistling, they are announcing it. They have come out as Nazis.
Show the people in your life these images all together. Make them understand this is not an accident, or a fluke.
It is happening here.
They are Nazis. This is a Nazi salute. They are not hiding it, or dog whistling, they are announcing it. They have come out as Nazis.
Show the people in your life these images all together. Make them understand this is not an accident, or a fluke.
It is happening here.
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It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.
February 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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“In the eighteenth century, people believed cheese could cure leprosy.”
I suspect I’m not going to change a lot of minds on this one, but one thing I’ve thought about a lot is how we discuss historical ‘beliefs’ like this more carefully. (1/n)
I suspect I’m not going to change a lot of minds on this one, but one thing I’ve thought about a lot is how we discuss historical ‘beliefs’ like this more carefully. (1/n)
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“In the eighteenth century, people believed cheese could cure leprosy.”
I suspect I’m not going to change a lot of minds on this one, but one thing I’ve thought about a lot is how we discuss historical ‘beliefs’ like this more carefully. (1/n)
I suspect I’m not going to change a lot of minds on this one, but one thing I’ve thought about a lot is how we discuss historical ‘beliefs’ like this more carefully. (1/n)