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John Appleby
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FAcSS https://acss.org.uk. Vis Prof at City University & Imperial College London. Board member https://nhsrho.org @nhs-rho.bsky.social & https://www.resonancefm.com @resonancefm.bsky.social Health economist

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John Appleby, FAcSS is a British economist. He was chief economist at the King's Fund from 1998 to 2016 and is now Director of Research and Chief Economist at the Nuffield Trust.

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · Sep 18

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 13h
Trump is untraduceable

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 14h
(Yes, see above!)

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 14h
My fave response comes from @privateeyenews.bsky.social ..

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 14h
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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 1d
Hard to beat a New York skyline

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 1d
The endless pre-budget talk and ‘what the govt can do’ Would be nice to hear a bit more about what the private sector can do.

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 1d
I mean, who’d want to be BBC DG?

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 1d
In line at US passport contril:

Agent: Your profession?

Healthy communist

What?

(Louder) Health Economist

Hmmmm

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 2d
Side eye in focus

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
He was the face/chin of match of the day when I was a kid

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Jimmy Hill!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
O, agree! It was great viewing!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve gone straight to the top - the British Museum!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Traitors finale! Yes, I know, bit late. But had any of them read Machiavelli, understood the prisoners dilemma, grasped ideas of probability developed by Cardano, Pascal, Fermat et al or managed the whips office of a major political party? I think not!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve seen confidence intervals, but….!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Odd honeycombish v hard mstone…

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve had this for years, dug up in m’garden in midlands. Anyone know what it might be? (Yes, yes, it’s a small head). 1/2

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Who runs the fish and chip shop in Ambridge and why haven’t we heard from any of them for 70 years?

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, harsh but not unfair! I remember liking John Cole (partly I suspect for the NI accent!). Simpson, not so much. Hard to disentangle one’s own political views from such assessments of course

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 3d
Alex, what’s your rating on previous BBC political correspondents? Any any good?

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 4d
Watched Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day Day in New York. Liked Timothy Chalomet’s piss take impression of Allen. Best line was:
Film star: ‘I can take you to the south of France’
Young female: ‘the WHERE of WHAT?!’

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 5d
I’ve only got one rocket left ffs!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 5d
Is it me (north London based) or are there fewer fireworks this year? Just about to launch a few rockets left over from last year… Apols neighbours!

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 5d
Sure I’ve read - @chrisgiles.ft.com @timharford.ft.com ? - that total welfare spend pretty flat and that health bit largely or in part due to changes in the way benefits structured?

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 8d
I want no/minimal curation/filters thank you @bsky.app .
elhopkins.bsky.social Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 8d
This is a very bad idea @bsky.app it’s going to turn a more positive platform into a negative one. That’s the reason many are on this platform as a refuge.
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10d
“As users ‘dislike’ posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.”

Reposted by John Appleby

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 8d
This is a very bad idea @bsky.app it’s going to turn a more positive platform into a negative one. That’s the reason many are on this platform as a refuge.
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10d
“As users ‘dislike’ posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.”
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
techcrunch.com

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 9d
It’s completely imaginable that a UK state could exist and function perfectly well without a monarchy or a president. I think we’d be better for it in many ways. Am I missing something?

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · 9d
In a (parliamentary) democracy the prime minister is essentially the head of state. Why do we persist with a bloodline monarchy? (Or even think a ‘head of state’/president/monarchy (aka the gangsta family that over centuries has by hook and by crook risen to the top) is necessary?)