Phillip Fayers
@phillipfayers.bsky.social
Let's fundamentally restrict people's rights for the enormous benefit of finally fixing a problem in 10 years!
January 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Let's fundamentally restrict people's rights for the enormous benefit of finally fixing a problem in 10 years!
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Much of the dysfunction you find in organizations, and most of the problems you find in software development, come from the fact that people—engineers in particular—believe that complex systems (in the Cynefin sense) can be understood and controlled. They can not.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Much of the dysfunction you find in organizations, and most of the problems you find in software development, come from the fact that people—engineers in particular—believe that complex systems (in the Cynefin sense) can be understood and controlled. They can not.
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I'm not entirely sure that's a fair comparison, early in Caligula's reign he was described as "good, generous, fair and community-spirited", Trump has gone straight for the insane, tyrant persona.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I'm not entirely sure that's a fair comparison, early in Caligula's reign he was described as "good, generous, fair and community-spirited", Trump has gone straight for the insane, tyrant persona.
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Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
"The most nakedly reprehensible and insulting act of cultural desecration by any modern US president" so far.... media.tenor.com/ojfhuF5QSNIA...
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"The most nakedly reprehensible and insulting act of cultural desecration by any modern US president" so far.... media.tenor.com/ojfhuF5QSNIA...
The only downside of the Labour party ditching Starmer as leader is that there's a high chance they end up picking this clown instead.
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The only downside of the Labour party ditching Starmer as leader is that there's a high chance they end up picking this clown instead.
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"For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years."
This is the legacy of aid cuts. ~AA
time.com/7338791/chil...
This is the legacy of aid cuts. ~AA
time.com/7338791/chil...
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years."
This is the legacy of aid cuts. ~AA
time.com/7338791/chil...
This is the legacy of aid cuts. ~AA
time.com/7338791/chil...
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Just because you are unable to imagine how someone else’s mind works does not mean that person’s mind does not work like that
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just because you are unable to imagine how someone else’s mind works does not mean that person’s mind does not work like that
They are running low having sent the rest to be tied to lampposts.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They are running low having sent the rest to be tied to lampposts.
They'll dump him next year after the May elections. Of course that may not help as they are likely to replace him with someone of similar views (the Labour party now appears to be scared to be left wing) but at least they might have a bit more energy, enthusiasm, and engagement than Starmer.
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
They'll dump him next year after the May elections. Of course that may not help as they are likely to replace him with someone of similar views (the Labour party now appears to be scared to be left wing) but at least they might have a bit more energy, enthusiasm, and engagement than Starmer.
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Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
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This is incredibly grim
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This is incredibly grim
Parkin is lovely, and an exercise in patience given that you need to leave it for a while after baking before eating. For more instant baking gratification try rock cakes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Parkin is lovely, and an exercise in patience given that you need to leave it for a while after baking before eating. For more instant baking gratification try rock cakes.
An institution, or combination of institutions that is, are, 200 years old?
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
An institution, or combination of institutions that is, are, 200 years old?
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Imagine any other leader saying this. Any leader. Anywhere. World level right down to your workplace boss. Imagine those words coming out of their face, and then imagine the backlash.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Imagine any other leader saying this. Any leader. Anywhere. World level right down to your workplace boss. Imagine those words coming out of their face, and then imagine the backlash.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
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What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
Unless, of course, by "next election" he means the council elections in May 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Unless, of course, by "next election" he means the council elections in May 2026.
"Starmer says he will lead Labour into next election" - there's two scenarios in which that might happen. 1 - he calls an early election. 2 - the rest of the Labour party don't care if they lose the next election.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Starmer says he will lead Labour into next election" - there's two scenarios in which that might happen. 1 - he calls an early election. 2 - the rest of the Labour party don't care if they lose the next election.
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Everything is the fault of foreigners, everything can be fixed by penalising foreigners. To call them Little Englanders is generous and euphemistic.
Reform’s £25bn p/a savings plan. A theme emerges:
- ending foreign aid
- increase immigration health surcharge paid by foreigners
- deport foreign criminals
- end UC payments to foreign nationals
- ending foreign aid
- increase immigration health surcharge paid by foreigners
- deport foreign criminals
- end UC payments to foreign nationals
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Everything is the fault of foreigners, everything can be fixed by penalising foreigners. To call them Little Englanders is generous and euphemistic.
UK numbers for year to June 2025: 413,921 which was 4% fewer than the previous year. I think the UK has been making the environment less welcoming too, just not to the level of the US (yet).
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
UK numbers for year to June 2025: 413,921 which was 4% fewer than the previous year. I think the UK has been making the environment less welcoming too, just not to the level of the US (yet).
It's one of the most coherent voter bases of an elected government because it is one of the smallest, something they appear to have forgotten.
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's one of the most coherent voter bases of an elected government because it is one of the smallest, something they appear to have forgotten.