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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
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I spent an an intensive month pair-programming with Claude Code, fully expecting to hate it and for it to be a waste of time.
I did hate it, but it was not a waste of time. It worked and I changed my mind.
checkeagle.com/checklists/n...
I did hate it, but it was not a waste of time. It worked and I changed my mind.
checkeagle.com/checklists/n...
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I spent an an intensive month pair-programming with Claude Code, fully expecting to hate it and for it to be a waste of time.
I did hate it, but it was not a waste of time. It worked and I changed my mind.
checkeagle.com/checklists/n...
I did hate it, but it was not a waste of time. It worked and I changed my mind.
checkeagle.com/checklists/n...
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The Guardian's "how deprived is your area" interactive page is pretty neat, but the best part is this note:
"A technical issue in an earlier version meant localities containing a comma produced incorrect results."
No avoiding the bad data!
Here it is: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
#databs
"A technical issue in an earlier version meant localities containing a comma produced incorrect results."
No avoiding the bad data!
Here it is: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
#databs
How deprived is your area? Look up your postcode as new data for England released
New data ranks every area of England against a set of metrics for deprivation. Find out where yours figures in the statistics
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Guardian's "how deprived is your area" interactive page is pretty neat, but the best part is this note:
"A technical issue in an earlier version meant localities containing a comma produced incorrect results."
No avoiding the bad data!
Here it is: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
#databs
"A technical issue in an earlier version meant localities containing a comma produced incorrect results."
No avoiding the bad data!
Here it is: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
#databs
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Latest RocknRoll Politics podcast -What happens if Rachel Reeves breaks her pre-election tax pledges:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
What will happen if Rachel Reeves breaks a manifesto pledge on tax?
Podcast Episode · Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards · 31/10/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Latest RocknRoll Politics podcast -What happens if Rachel Reeves breaks her pre-election tax pledges:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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Very excited about this...
✨SPECIAL SHOW NEXT WEEK✨
Monday October 6 @ 1pm (UK time): the first ever LIVE audio/video broadcast of THE KATIE SPENCER RADIO SHOW
As well as spinning favourite tracks, @katiespencermusic.bsky.social will perform some of her own songs. 👌
Tune in via mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub
Unmissable!
Monday October 6 @ 1pm (UK time): the first ever LIVE audio/video broadcast of THE KATIE SPENCER RADIO SHOW
As well as spinning favourite tracks, @katiespencermusic.bsky.social will perform some of her own songs. 👌
Tune in via mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub
Unmissable!
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Very excited about this...
It’s Bandcamp Friday. 100% revenue to musicians. Why not buy something? Spotify pays them almost nothing.
For example, buy Katie *(@katiespencermusic.bsky.social) Spencer’s new CD, out today.
katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/what-l...
It’s wonderful.
For example, buy Katie *(@katiespencermusic.bsky.social) Spencer’s new CD, out today.
katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/what-l...
It’s wonderful.
What Love Is, by Katie Spencer
10 track album
katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s Bandcamp Friday. 100% revenue to musicians. Why not buy something? Spotify pays them almost nothing.
For example, buy Katie *(@katiespencermusic.bsky.social) Spencer’s new CD, out today.
katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/what-l...
It’s wonderful.
For example, buy Katie *(@katiespencermusic.bsky.social) Spencer’s new CD, out today.
katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/what-l...
It’s wonderful.
“Countless experiments show that around 10 per cent of the public don’t understand simple percentages”
— Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, quoted on Peter Kellner’s blog.
kellnerp.substack.com/p/ignorance-...
He could have said one in ten , but I guess Bobby is a take-no-prisoners kind of a guy.
— Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, quoted on Peter Kellner’s blog.
kellnerp.substack.com/p/ignorance-...
He could have said one in ten , but I guess Bobby is a take-no-prisoners kind of a guy.
“Ignorance is Strength”. Was Orwell’s Big Brother right?
Yes – for populists. Parties like Reform rely on voters overstating the scale of today’s problems
kellnerp.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“Countless experiments show that around 10 per cent of the public don’t understand simple percentages”
— Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, quoted on Peter Kellner’s blog.
kellnerp.substack.com/p/ignorance-...
He could have said one in ten , but I guess Bobby is a take-no-prisoners kind of a guy.
— Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, quoted on Peter Kellner’s blog.
kellnerp.substack.com/p/ignorance-...
He could have said one in ten , but I guess Bobby is a take-no-prisoners kind of a guy.
Superb episode. Really insightful. Steve at his best.
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Superb episode. Really insightful. Steve at his best.
This week’s episode of Steve (@steverichards.bsky.social) Richards’s Rock’n’Roll Politics podcast opens with a really insightful analysis of Kier Starmer, making the case that the seeds of present troubles were sown right after the Hartlepool by-election.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
What are the lessons of the Mandelson saga?
Podcast Episode · Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards · 16/09/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This week’s episode of Steve (@steverichards.bsky.social) Richards’s Rock’n’Roll Politics podcast opens with a really insightful analysis of Kier Starmer, making the case that the seeds of present troubles were sown right after the Hartlepool by-election.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Apertus: A fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
www.swiss-ai.org/apertus
I continue to think LLMs are a dead end, but this initiative looks fantastic, and might be the start of a route towards a more ethical, responsible, and less US-centric family of LLMs.
Bravo.
www.swiss-ai.org/apertus
I continue to think LLMs are a dead end, but this initiative looks fantastic, and might be the start of a route towards a more ethical, responsible, and less US-centric family of LLMs.
Bravo.
Apertus | Swiss AI
www.swiss-ai.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Apertus: A fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
www.swiss-ai.org/apertus
I continue to think LLMs are a dead end, but this initiative looks fantastic, and might be the start of a route towards a more ethical, responsible, and less US-centric family of LLMs.
Bravo.
www.swiss-ai.org/apertus
I continue to think LLMs are a dead end, but this initiative looks fantastic, and might be the start of a route towards a more ethical, responsible, and less US-centric family of LLMs.
Bravo.
Conversations with Claude 1 (The HTML Glossary)
njr.prose.sh/claude-gloss....
Or:
Why is the bullshitting bullshit generator bullshitting me?
njr.prose.sh/claude-gloss....
Or:
Why is the bullshitting bullshit generator bullshitting me?
Conversations with Claude 1 (The HTML Glossary)
njr.prose.sh
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Conversations with Claude 1 (The HTML Glossary)
njr.prose.sh/claude-gloss....
Or:
Why is the bullshitting bullshit generator bullshitting me?
njr.prose.sh/claude-gloss....
Or:
Why is the bullshitting bullshit generator bullshitting me?
Lothian Buses retired their old bus app recently, and forced people onto the new one.
I find the new app absolutely incomprehensible. It seems to me to be a disaster in terms of app design, usability and functionality.
The old app was really good.
It's a shame.
@lothianbuses.bsky.social
I find the new app absolutely incomprehensible. It seems to me to be a disaster in terms of app design, usability and functionality.
The old app was really good.
It's a shame.
@lothianbuses.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Lothian Buses retired their old bus app recently, and forced people onto the new one.
I find the new app absolutely incomprehensible. It seems to me to be a disaster in terms of app design, usability and functionality.
The old app was really good.
It's a shame.
@lothianbuses.bsky.social
I find the new app absolutely incomprehensible. It seems to me to be a disaster in terms of app design, usability and functionality.
The old app was really good.
It's a shame.
@lothianbuses.bsky.social
I almost never link to LinkedIn, but I wrote a piece there
To Chat or Not to Chat
www.linkedin.com/posts/njradc...
about whether or not I should run my draft, nearly-ready-to-submit book on test-driven data analysis through a chatbot to see if it can help.
Interested in views.
#LLM #ethics
To Chat or Not to Chat
www.linkedin.com/posts/njradc...
about whether or not I should run my draft, nearly-ready-to-submit book on test-driven data analysis through a chatbot to see if it can help.
Interested in views.
#LLM #ethics
To Chat or Not to Chat? | Nick Radcliffe
To Chat or Not to Chat?
As I have mentioned before, I am writing a book on test-driven data analysis, and now have a complete draft, which I am proof-reading before passing to the publisher, probably...
www.linkedin.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I almost never link to LinkedIn, but I wrote a piece there
To Chat or Not to Chat
www.linkedin.com/posts/njradc...
about whether or not I should run my draft, nearly-ready-to-submit book on test-driven data analysis through a chatbot to see if it can help.
Interested in views.
#LLM #ethics
To Chat or Not to Chat
www.linkedin.com/posts/njradc...
about whether or not I should run my draft, nearly-ready-to-submit book on test-driven data analysis through a chatbot to see if it can help.
Interested in views.
#LLM #ethics
Obscure Public Service Annoucement:
I put up the manual for Halfords Smart Battery Chargers Manual (for cars), since I have one, and it has a baffling interface, and all the links I could find online were scam sites.
njr.prose.sh/halfords-sma...
I put up the manual for Halfords Smart Battery Chargers Manual (for cars), since I have one, and it has a baffling interface, and all the links I could find online were scam sites.
njr.prose.sh/halfords-sma...
Halfords Smart Battery Chargers Manual (for cars)
njr.prose.sh
July 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Obscure Public Service Annoucement:
I put up the manual for Halfords Smart Battery Chargers Manual (for cars), since I have one, and it has a baffling interface, and all the links I could find online were scam sites.
njr.prose.sh/halfords-sma...
I put up the manual for Halfords Smart Battery Chargers Manual (for cars), since I have one, and it has a baffling interface, and all the links I could find online were scam sites.
njr.prose.sh/halfords-sma...
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It is amazing to be a part of the freelance data consultant community. I have never felt that I am in competition with any other consultant. Every consultant I have met is fully and actively supportive of my work (and vice versa). I'm just in awe of this community that wants us all succeed. 💜
July 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It is amazing to be a part of the freelance data consultant community. I have never felt that I am in competition with any other consultant. Every consultant I have met is fully and actively supportive of my work (and vice versa). I'm just in awe of this community that wants us all succeed. 💜
The basic argument against private schools and private health has always been ‘if they’re not good enough for you and yours, who are they good enough for?’
The most extreme version of this that I’ve heard of is an American private school where parents have to sign a form declaring that their life outside school is also smartphone-free.
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
One of those (actually very unsure but might happen) longterm trend predictions I have is that there will be increasing demand for communities, spaces, services that put children and adults into techfree environments.
Basically the ability to be without tech will become increasingly commoditized.
Basically the ability to be without tech will become increasingly commoditized.
July 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The basic argument against private schools and private health has always been ‘if they’re not good enough for you and yours, who are they good enough for?’
Reposted by Nick Radcliffe
The most extreme version of this that I’ve heard of is an American private school where parents have to sign a form declaring that their life outside school is also smartphone-free.
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
One of those (actually very unsure but might happen) longterm trend predictions I have is that there will be increasing demand for communities, spaces, services that put children and adults into techfree environments.
Basically the ability to be without tech will become increasingly commoditized.
Basically the ability to be without tech will become increasingly commoditized.
A very good, and rather sad, Big Read on children and reading from @emmavj.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4krOKZA How to get children reading again
on.ft.com/4krOKZA How to get children reading again
July 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The most extreme version of this that I’ve heard of is an American private school where parents have to sign a form declaring that their life outside school is also smartphone-free.
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
And I heard this from the CEO of a company that makes a very successful smartphone app, who sends their kids there!
Important article from Bruce Schneier on the need for high-integrity syystems (which he calls itegrous).
The Age of Integrity
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
The TDDA ideas I go on about address part of this, but more the SNAFU parts than the actual security and attack-detection/prevention parts.
The Age of Integrity
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
The TDDA ideas I go on about address part of this, but more the SNAFU parts than the actual security and attack-detection/prevention parts.
The Age of Integrity - Schneier on Security
We need to talk about data integrity. Narrowly, the term refers to ensuring that data isn’t tampered with, either in transit or in storage. Manipulating account balances in bank databases, removing en...
www.schneier.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Important article from Bruce Schneier on the need for high-integrity syystems (which he calls itegrous).
The Age of Integrity
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
The TDDA ideas I go on about address part of this, but more the SNAFU parts than the actual security and attack-detection/prevention parts.
The Age of Integrity
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
The TDDA ideas I go on about address part of this, but more the SNAFU parts than the actual security and attack-detection/prevention parts.
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Free, unsolicited advice for physics students: many things will go more smoothly for you if you can derive and explain the simple harmonic oscillator in your sleep
June 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Free, unsolicited advice for physics students: many things will go more smoothly for you if you can derive and explain the simple harmonic oscillator in your sleep
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I was interviewed by the journalist Jessica Nordell for her newsletter. We discussed some deep questions related to AI touching on humanities, politics, & dualistic assumptions underlying the conception of "intelligence" in AI. I hope you will read it!
jessicanordell.substack.com/cp/166912581
jessicanordell.substack.com/cp/166912581
How Your Cheese-Powered Baby Trounces AI
An O.G. AI Researcher on How Being Social and Cultural Makes us Intelligent--and Whether Machines Can Ever Learn Empathy
jessicanordell.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I was interviewed by the journalist Jessica Nordell for her newsletter. We discussed some deep questions related to AI touching on humanities, politics, & dualistic assumptions underlying the conception of "intelligence" in AI. I hope you will read it!
jessicanordell.substack.com/cp/166912581
jessicanordell.substack.com/cp/166912581
‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future
Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reposted by Nick Radcliffe
This blog post is almost 3 years old but I still use these #rstats tips in my work to this day. :)
cghlewis.com/blog/dict_cl...
cghlewis.com/blog/dict_cl...
Four simple ways to integrate your data dictionary into your data cleaning process | Crystal Lewis
An introduction to four ways you can integrate your data dictionary into your #rstats data cleaning process to make your work less tedious, less error prone, and more reproducible.
cghlewis.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This blog post is almost 3 years old but I still use these #rstats tips in my work to this day. :)
cghlewis.com/blog/dict_cl...
cghlewis.com/blog/dict_cl...