Dan Weir
@danweir.bsky.social
Research and Policy Manager at moneyandmentalhealth.org
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
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AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
AI: You're right, those prisoners weren't due to be released for several years and some of them are very dangerous. I made a mistake and I will try to do better next time. Would you like me to draft an apology statement for a the press and a dignified resignation letter?
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An under appreciated aspect of UK politics is that all of the constituencies are named after actual places. Gerrymandering still happens but it's a LOT more difficult redefining a place you have to describe than just having US style "32nd district" etc that means nothing.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An under appreciated aspect of UK politics is that all of the constituencies are named after actual places. Gerrymandering still happens but it's a LOT more difficult redefining a place you have to describe than just having US style "32nd district" etc that means nothing.
Just had the utter joy of introducing my partner's 7 year old to Dungeons and Dragons. We created her a Tiefling Rogue - specifically with glowing green eyes that spit acid. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just had the utter joy of introducing my partner's 7 year old to Dungeons and Dragons. We created her a Tiefling Rogue - specifically with glowing green eyes that spit acid. 1/
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Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
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Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.
Gosh, some of these I genuinely don't think I've thought about for 30 years or more. Also, Knightmare, which I think about regularly (and keep meaning to run a D&D campaign based on it...)
Three minutes of UK Kids TV intro memories from the 70s and 80s for you.
Obviously not every show, so I might have missed your favourites, but maybe some of this will bring back memories and have you humming a few tunes this evening.
I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Obviously not every show, so I might have missed your favourites, but maybe some of this will bring back memories and have you humming a few tunes this evening.
I hope you enjoy it 🙂
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Gosh, some of these I genuinely don't think I've thought about for 30 years or more. Also, Knightmare, which I think about regularly (and keep meaning to run a D&D campaign based on it...)
The funny thing about this is that if Labour had been much more left wing and progressive, they could be on around 30% while Reform would still be on 27%. But the McSweenys of the world would be claiming Labour's disastrous leftism is pushing people to Reform.
Latest Polling by @YouGov
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The funny thing about this is that if Labour had been much more left wing and progressive, they could be on around 30% while Reform would still be on 27%. But the McSweenys of the world would be claiming Labour's disastrous leftism is pushing people to Reform.
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Oh you're a jpg?
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oh you're a jpg?
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live!
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live!
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
As an asthmatic who's lived on the Zone 1/2 boundary for 17 years, the difference is palpable. The only time London's air has felt any cleaner was during lockdown.
I remember, many years ago now (with ny transport strategist hat on) being asked in a BBC interview if Crossrail would be Khan's biggest legacy. The thing that had the biggest impact on London.
I said:
"No. It'll be ULEZ."
(The low emissions zone)
I said:
"No. It'll be ULEZ."
(The low emissions zone)
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As an asthmatic who's lived on the Zone 1/2 boundary for 17 years, the difference is palpable. The only time London's air has felt any cleaner was during lockdown.
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Martin Lewis advocates for better money management tools to support nearly 2 million people. How can we improve financial literacy? #MoneyManagement
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
Just a moment...
www.moneysavingexpert.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Martin Lewis advocates for better money management tools to support nearly 2 million people. How can we improve financial literacy? #MoneyManagement
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10/martin-lewis-mmhpi-sharing-money-management/
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📢 We and our Founder & Chair @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com are calling on the government to ensure all banks offer customers a standard package of tools that make it easier for people to share money management in a safe and protected way.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
October 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢 We and our Founder & Chair @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com are calling on the government to ensure all banks offer customers a standard package of tools that make it easier for people to share money management in a safe and protected way.
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-releas...
I was a member of a website that pioneered social media way way back in the early 00s before any of the modern platforms. The connections, research, writing and community building skills I developed there have done more for my career than 2 degrees.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I was a member of a website that pioneered social media way way back in the early 00s before any of the modern platforms. The connections, research, writing and community building skills I developed there have done more for my career than 2 degrees.
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This #WorldMentalHealthDay we want to thank our 5,000-strong Research Community, whose insight makes all of our work possible.
So thank you - for sharing your experiences, for making it easier for the next person to do the same, for helping to break down stigma.
We couldn’t do it without you 💜
So thank you - for sharing your experiences, for making it easier for the next person to do the same, for helping to break down stigma.
We couldn’t do it without you 💜
October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This #WorldMentalHealthDay we want to thank our 5,000-strong Research Community, whose insight makes all of our work possible.
So thank you - for sharing your experiences, for making it easier for the next person to do the same, for helping to break down stigma.
We couldn’t do it without you 💜
So thank you - for sharing your experiences, for making it easier for the next person to do the same, for helping to break down stigma.
We couldn’t do it without you 💜
When the AI bubble bursts, the tech bros will tell us that the economic slump is why they couldn't deliver AGI. The truth, of course, is that the bubble will burst due to them not being able to deliver on their overhyped promises of AI. But they will never accept that.
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
When the AI bubble bursts, the tech bros will tell us that the economic slump is why they couldn't deliver AGI. The truth, of course, is that the bubble will burst due to them not being able to deliver on their overhyped promises of AI. But they will never accept that.
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My son, doing politics A-level, uses @originstorypodcast.bsky.social as research. I have however advised him not to describe Marx as a ‘messy bitch’ in his coursework, regardless of how accurate it plainly is.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#marx #karlmarx #marxism #socialism #podcast #new #episode #originstory
Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#marx #karlmarx #marxism #socialism #podcast #new #episode #originstory
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
My son, doing politics A-level, uses @originstorypodcast.bsky.social as research. I have however advised him not to describe Marx as a ‘messy bitch’ in his coursework, regardless of how accurate it plainly is.
Gutted to have missed tickets for this (and will be there in February!) But the world needs more of this sort of thing. London needs more of this sort of thing. Have a cool idea! Find a venue! Tell people about it! Marvel as a community grows!
THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE
CHECK IT OUT
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CHECK IT OUT
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October 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gutted to have missed tickets for this (and will be there in February!) But the world needs more of this sort of thing. London needs more of this sort of thing. Have a cool idea! Find a venue! Tell people about it! Marvel as a community grows!
This is especially annoying where I want to break up a paragraph. It makes it really hard to see the structure of the piece at a glance, which in turn makes it harder to make further decisions about the structure.
And once again, as I embark on editing a long report, I find myself cursing Google for not having an equivalent to Word's 'simple markup' view. It is so hard to edit with tracked changes fully visible. I can't believe they haven't created this functionality yet.
October 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is especially annoying where I want to break up a paragraph. It makes it really hard to see the structure of the piece at a glance, which in turn makes it harder to make further decisions about the structure.
And once again, as I embark on editing a long report, I find myself cursing Google for not having an equivalent to Word's 'simple markup' view. It is so hard to edit with tracked changes fully visible. I can't believe they haven't created this functionality yet.
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
And once again, as I embark on editing a long report, I find myself cursing Google for not having an equivalent to Word's 'simple markup' view. It is so hard to edit with tracked changes fully visible. I can't believe they haven't created this functionality yet.
I wonder if this is similar to billionaires who have enough money to attempt incredible, world-changing things but who end up making fairly pedestrian and boring investments. They want the money, but don't actually want to use it for anything.
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wonder if this is similar to billionaires who have enough money to attempt incredible, world-changing things but who end up making fairly pedestrian and boring investments. They want the money, but don't actually want to use it for anything.
It really doesn't, for a few reasons. Notably, the radical elements of the far left who endorse violence as a means political change really do not base their actions on what Kier Starmer says. This is, I suspect, somewhat in contrast to the some elements of the far right in relation to Farage.
Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform
Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️
Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️
Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform
Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It really doesn't, for a few reasons. Notably, the radical elements of the far left who endorse violence as a means political change really do not base their actions on what Kier Starmer says. This is, I suspect, somewhat in contrast to the some elements of the far right in relation to Farage.
Oh, give us time.
“It’s nice to know that research isn’t being politicised in the UK like it is in the US”
More Americans are going to college in the UK amid Trump’s war on higher ed
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh, give us time.
This is going to make me miss Clippy isn't it?
I think we, as a society and a species, should be clear that what “make users be more comfortable” means in practice is “forget you are talking to a machine”.
Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is going to make me miss Clippy isn't it?
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“It’s been all about growth, which brings some opportunities… But I worry about what it means, particularly for people with more severe mental illness, who are currently being cut out of that conversation.”
@helenundy.bsky.social reflects on what she’s heard at Labour Party conference so far 📽
@helenundy.bsky.social reflects on what she’s heard at Labour Party conference so far 📽
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“It’s been all about growth, which brings some opportunities… But I worry about what it means, particularly for people with more severe mental illness, who are currently being cut out of that conversation.”
@helenundy.bsky.social reflects on what she’s heard at Labour Party conference so far 📽
@helenundy.bsky.social reflects on what she’s heard at Labour Party conference so far 📽
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How any human being can be ok with what’s happening in the US is beyond me.
"She had tears streaming down her face, and she told me one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, and took a selfie"
This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
How any human being can be ok with what’s happening in the US is beyond me.