Dan Davies
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
"if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
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Extractive Capitalism, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social argues, is the system by which commodities (oil, ore, bauxite, coal, sand) are excavated, transported, processed and sold at markups that funnel profits to a narrow investor class while externalising costs on to workers, communities & the environment.
Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism: A beautiful map of the entangled global economy
The University of Exeter academic's book exposes how essential commodities, data and labour exploitation fuel wealth that is increasingly concentrated in the hands of an elite
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December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Extractive Capitalism, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social argues, is the system by which commodities (oil, ore, bauxite, coal, sand) are excavated, transported, processed and sold at markups that funnel profits to a narrow investor class while externalising costs on to workers, communities & the environment.
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here i am in the Graun on VAMPIRES www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
here i am in the Graun on VAMPIRES www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Turns out that the magic ingredient for a successful sourdough is "proper yeast"
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Turns out that the magic ingredient for a successful sourdough is "proper yeast"
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The decline in spin and rise of our and out lying in politics is bad. Campbell respected his audience and expected them to buy what he was selling. The Betting and Gaming Council don't care this is ridiculous.
And they say satire's dead. 😂
"Far from the outdated stereotypes, today’s bookmakers are lively community hubs. During the festive season especially, betting shops take on a special atmosphere filled with excitement, companionship and familiar routine that many people look forward to each year."
"Far from the outdated stereotypes, today’s bookmakers are lively community hubs. During the festive season especially, betting shops take on a special atmosphere filled with excitement, companionship and familiar routine that many people look forward to each year."
Betting shops are keeping community spirit alive this Christmas
Walk into a betting shop this Christmas and you will find something Britain is in danger of losing. Laughter, conversation, familiar faces and a re...
www.politicshome.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The decline in spin and rise of our and out lying in politics is bad. Campbell respected his audience and expected them to buy what he was selling. The Betting and Gaming Council don't care this is ridiculous.
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There is only one working class, the professional managerial class, and there is only one working class party, the Democratic Party, and there is only one working class paper, the financial times
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
There is only one working class, the professional managerial class, and there is only one working class party, the Democratic Party, and there is only one working class paper, the financial times
The scourge of heavy ears disease renders Caramel unable to lift his head from the floor
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The scourge of heavy ears disease renders Caramel unable to lift his head from the floor
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Drat the file, and drat the bone!
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Drat the file, and drat the bone!
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Just realised that if Gary Lineker hasn't signed Robin Ince up to a podcast yet, he should rename his company something other than Goalhanger Media, because that's the easiest tap-in of the year
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just realised that if Gary Lineker hasn't signed Robin Ince up to a podcast yet, he should rename his company something other than Goalhanger Media, because that's the easiest tap-in of the year
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the Stone Roses' "Drivin' South" can be improved mightily by singing "driving home for christmas" instead of "drivin' south round midnight"
December 19, 2024 at 11:07 AM
the Stone Roses' "Drivin' South" can be improved mightily by singing "driving home for christmas" instead of "drivin' south round midnight"
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These just arrived.
The American edition, out on Jan 6th.
The American edition, out on Jan 6th.
December 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
These just arrived.
The American edition, out on Jan 6th.
The American edition, out on Jan 6th.
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"gee, isn't it annoying to have spent eight years building software that would have helped solve this problem and gotten no uptake and run out of money only to see things like this happening years later?" SHUT UP I'LL KILL YOU
it occurs to me that the waymo failure in the SF blackout is precisely the kind of failure we were trying to help with: when traffic lights go out navigating intersections resolves to social negotiation, which requires theory of mind, which AVs ain't got
They have made enormous headway. The central issue is that driving isn't _really_ a rule-based process; the rules are codifications of social mores but fundamentally driving around other people is about theory of mind and social negotiation, which ML is largely hopeless at; here's a thing I wrote.
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"gee, isn't it annoying to have spent eight years building software that would have helped solve this problem and gotten no uptake and run out of money only to see things like this happening years later?" SHUT UP I'LL KILL YOU
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Sleigh bells ring are you listening?
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sleigh bells ring are you listening?
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
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Actually what am I even saying, DO threaten me with a good time, that sounds fun.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Actually what am I even saying, DO threaten me with a good time, that sounds fun.
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This is a great PHOTO ESSAY on “solar hockey stick of hope”, and countries breaking free of oil and gas dependence.
IF your country's media isn't telling you about the renewables global boom, then consider why....
www.science.org/content/arti...
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IF your country's media isn't telling you about the renewables global boom, then consider why....
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is a great PHOTO ESSAY on “solar hockey stick of hope”, and countries breaking free of oil and gas dependence.
IF your country's media isn't telling you about the renewables global boom, then consider why....
www.science.org/content/arti...
bsky.app/profile/scie...
IF your country's media isn't telling you about the renewables global boom, then consider why....
www.science.org/content/arti...
bsky.app/profile/scie...
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Environmental law has been captured—not by environmentalists, but by wealthy interests who can afford to litigate indefinitely. Fixing abundance means reforming the legal system.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Environmental law has been captured—not by environmentalists, but by wealthy interests who can afford to litigate indefinitely. Fixing abundance means reforming the legal system.
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Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
Judge Dredd - The Bod TV special
YouTube video by HappyToast
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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
Somehow this is more loser behaviour than actually losing.
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
The former contestant alleges he received an "anonymous" email from a BBC executive with stats showing he received "far more" votes.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Somehow this is more loser behaviour than actually losing.
There was a guy at the Christmas market selling "grow your own mushroom" kits. Tess sweet-talked him into selling us half of his display models at the end of the market, so I now have a lion's mane the size of my daughter's head and 2 kg of black oysters
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There was a guy at the Christmas market selling "grow your own mushroom" kits. Tess sweet-talked him into selling us half of his display models at the end of the market, so I now have a lion's mane the size of my daughter's head and 2 kg of black oysters
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Christmas present to myself.
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Christmas present to myself.
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I dunno, man. I just dunno. How can we live in a society with an MP acting like this? Charlie Brown doesn’t have hoes, Farage isn’t like Polanski. Stop it, have some decency. You’re an MP. Act like an adult. You have an adult brain. You aren’t an idiot, stop acting like this.
Farage and Polanski have something in common. They are both wrong about Britain.
Thread & link at the end 🧵
Thread & link at the end 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I dunno, man. I just dunno. How can we live in a society with an MP acting like this? Charlie Brown doesn’t have hoes, Farage isn’t like Polanski. Stop it, have some decency. You’re an MP. Act like an adult. You have an adult brain. You aren’t an idiot, stop acting like this.
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"the remarkably well preserved York Helmet"is what the group chat calls your da
The remarkably well-preserved York Helmet, dated AD 770-775, is one of only six surviving helmets from Anglo-Saxon Britain. A Latin inscription bears the name ‘Oshere’. Discovered by a digger operator in York in 1982. Iron and copper-alloy.
Yorkshire Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Yorkshire Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"the remarkably well preserved York Helmet"is what the group chat calls your da
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Oracle has bowed to pressure and introduced a new policy to preserve its investment grade status — no matter what
The shift is aimed at calming investor nerves over the huge debts it's taking on to meet commitments made to clients like OpenAI
www.ifre.com/bonds/235747...
The shift is aimed at calming investor nerves over the huge debts it's taking on to meet commitments made to clients like OpenAI
www.ifre.com/bonds/235747...
Oracle makes new pledge on soaring debt in a bid to halt brutal selloff | IFR
"We expect and are committed to maintaining our investment-grade debt rating,” finance chief says
www.ifre.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oracle has bowed to pressure and introduced a new policy to preserve its investment grade status — no matter what
The shift is aimed at calming investor nerves over the huge debts it's taking on to meet commitments made to clients like OpenAI
www.ifre.com/bonds/235747...
The shift is aimed at calming investor nerves over the huge debts it's taking on to meet commitments made to clients like OpenAI
www.ifre.com/bonds/235747...