Jack Serle
@jackserle.bsky.social
Procurement and life sciences correspondent at HSJ, formerly natsec/GWOT geek.
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‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
Remarkable how cobbling together a win on a coin-toss of a wicket in a dead rubber completely assuages the anger at the stupidity and arrogance that meant they ignominiously lost the series in 11 days.
December 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Remarkable how cobbling together a win on a coin-toss of a wicket in a dead rubber completely assuages the anger at the stupidity and arrogance that meant they ignominiously lost the series in 11 days.
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Something tells us that we're going to be correcting a lot of people today...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Something tells us that we're going to be correcting a lot of people today...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
All this prattle about battleships means I'm trying to find the time to set up a back-to-back screening of Battle of the River Plate and Sink the Bismarck.
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
All this prattle about battleships means I'm trying to find the time to set up a back-to-back screening of Battle of the River Plate and Sink the Bismarck.
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He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
Oh crap they're rebooting Boston Legal.
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Oh crap they're rebooting Boston Legal.
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every article now is like this
Wow, the horror. Completely shut out of an industry that … promoted him to senior reporter by 40
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
every article now is like this
Waitrose seem very keen for me to buy their bacon encrusted turkey lump thing. And I keep imagining the pitch meeting for it. Like did someone, pausing tapping his biro against his chin, say “baked Alaska, but made of meat?”
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Waitrose seem very keen for me to buy their bacon encrusted turkey lump thing. And I keep imagining the pitch meeting for it. Like did someone, pausing tapping his biro against his chin, say “baked Alaska, but made of meat?”
Cannot shake the idea that this is training specifically for those AHPs who are of short stature and/or vulnerable somehow.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Cannot shake the idea that this is training specifically for those AHPs who are of short stature and/or vulnerable somehow.
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And more datapoints that in the America Crisis era the Europeans should have more confidence about the resilience of the EU and worry a lot more about the stability of the US
Bloody hell, the SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw is not leaving the organisation quietly.
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
And more datapoints that in the America Crisis era the Europeans should have more confidence about the resilience of the EU and worry a lot more about the stability of the US
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People forget so quickly. For all the overdone talk of European decline, the EU basically integrated post-Communist states and societies over the past two decades. Remarkable.
Ordoliberalism tripped it up in the 2010s but when the AI boom turns to bust in the US things will look different.
Ordoliberalism tripped it up in the 2010s but when the AI boom turns to bust in the US things will look different.
December 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
People forget so quickly. For all the overdone talk of European decline, the EU basically integrated post-Communist states and societies over the past two decades. Remarkable.
Ordoliberalism tripped it up in the 2010s but when the AI boom turns to bust in the US things will look different.
Ordoliberalism tripped it up in the 2010s but when the AI boom turns to bust in the US things will look different.
Ministerial efforts to wrest control over a vitally important component of how NICE works is a threat to its existence according to one the agency's founding directors. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Ministerial power grab ‘greatest threat’ to NICE existence
The government plans to take direct control of the cost effectiveness thresholds used by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are "the greatest threat yet to its existence," according to one the agency's founding directors.
www.hsj.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ministerial efforts to wrest control over a vitally important component of how NICE works is a threat to its existence according to one the agency's founding directors. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
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On point: as.ft.com/r/e8bf4590-6... Paramount’s Warner Bros bid draws Gulf investors into rare alliance
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
On point: as.ft.com/r/e8bf4590-6... Paramount’s Warner Bros bid draws Gulf investors into rare alliance
Interesting. The VPAG repayment rate will go down to 14.5% in 2026, but not due to capping instead from "a slowdown in the growth of NHS use of newer medicines across 2025".
www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...
www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...
VPAG payment rate for newer medicines will be 14.5% in 2026
The government has announced that the 2026 payment rate for newer medicines under the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access (VPAG) will be 14.5 per cent, down from a record 22.5 pe...
www.abpi.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Interesting. The VPAG repayment rate will go down to 14.5% in 2026, but not due to capping instead from "a slowdown in the growth of NHS use of newer medicines across 2025".
www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...
www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...
Whenever deprivation of citizenship rears up, it's worth noting it's been a discrete policy of successive governments albeit under more limited circumstances than what's being discussed here. Read more from @tbij.bsky.social's 10 year old project: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/cou...
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Whenever deprivation of citizenship rears up, it's worth noting it's been a discrete policy of successive governments albeit under more limited circumstances than what's being discussed here. Read more from @tbij.bsky.social's 10 year old project: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/cou...
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The Irish HSE is offering victims of its 2021 ransomware attack €750 in compensation. An additional sum of €650 per person for legal costs is also being offered by the HSE. h/t @brianhonan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
HSE offers €750 to victims of 2021 cyberattack which affected 90,000 people
The HSE is offering victims of its 2021 ransomware attack €750 in compensation, a move that could lead to further payouts of over €100m from the cyber incident.
www.independent.ie
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Irish HSE is offering victims of its 2021 ransomware attack €750 in compensation. An additional sum of €650 per person for legal costs is also being offered by the HSE. h/t @brianhonan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
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I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
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The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
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Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
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A lot of people don't realise the UK right-wing grifting circuit promises neither the riches nor longevity of the US one.
What exactly is the end game here? Fail at banking, fail at being a business guru, try to become fixture of right wing think tank set?
Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break.
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A lot of people don't realise the UK right-wing grifting circuit promises neither the riches nor longevity of the US one.
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*Exactly* right. (From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in an explainer by @charliesavage.bsky.social.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
*Exactly* right. (From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in an explainer by @charliesavage.bsky.social.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...