Richard
@richard03.bsky.social
Likes are usually pins to read later rather than endorsements
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Whatever it doesn’t take
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Whatever it doesn’t take
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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faintly ridiculous that @timharford.ft.com has to spend his time pointing out the obvious, but here we are
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
[FREE TO READ] It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
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September 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
faintly ridiculous that @timharford.ft.com has to spend his time pointing out the obvious, but here we are
on.ft.com/3VWYtgs
on.ft.com/3VWYtgs
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September 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Appreciate this is niche for a Brit but I'm following a lot of US court cases and Judge Reyes is now one of my all time favourite people. (Read the whole thread).
Judge Reyes tells him he can bring his laptop up to the lectern if it's easier to go through an article by Justice Kagan. Adds, "just as a practice tip, if you're in court, you should have all your sources available. And, also, you should have read all the sources. Just a PSA for lawyers."
March 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Appreciate this is niche for a Brit but I'm following a lot of US court cases and Judge Reyes is now one of my all time favourite people. (Read the whole thread).
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I am tired of people trying to judge how the economy is doing on the basis of vibes, and so I have generated this immortal rant.
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/a...
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Against vibes-based economic prognosticating
Here is how it goes. Let’s say it starts with the Government doing something bad, like raise a tax by £20bn., to fund a bunch of stuff. People don’t like tax, according to science, and …
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am tired of people trying to judge how the economy is doing on the basis of vibes, and so I have generated this immortal rant.
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/a...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/a...
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It's a good job that I'm not in politics, otherwise that smug child Chris Mason would be three-legged with glee reporting that 25 years ago, I sometimes used the franking machine at Publishing News for personal post.
February 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's a good job that I'm not in politics, otherwise that smug child Chris Mason would be three-legged with glee reporting that 25 years ago, I sometimes used the franking machine at Publishing News for personal post.