Al Ingram
@al1ngram.bsky.social
Professor of Geopolitics at University College London
Finally 2025 brings us something good
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Finally 2025 brings us something good
Couldn’t agree more
This is all based on a fundamental misreading of foundational political science by political strategists. Elite cues matter! Messaging matters! Opinion leadership is a thing!
none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Couldn’t agree more
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I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
A particularly good letter, this one, I would say, with an illuminating perspective on media, corruption and reform
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 9, 2025
When G.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A particularly good letter, this one, I would say, with an illuminating perspective on media, corruption and reform
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Evergreen post
What the hell was that
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Evergreen post
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Good lord, it’s like Trump’s entire raison d’etre is to weaken the USA and help dictatorships.
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good lord, it’s like Trump’s entire raison d’etre is to weaken the USA and help dictatorships.
Yes, half measures have a famously good track record of satisfying everyone!
Starmer putting his eggs in ‘reform ECHR’ basket has shades of Cameron’s ‘renegotiate EU membership’, and may end the same way
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Yes, half measures have a famously good track record of satisfying everyone!
woke typography
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
woke typography
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Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.
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schmitt’s derisive mention of “color revolution” is a good clue as to the nature of his information environment
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
schmitt’s derisive mention of “color revolution” is a good clue as to the nature of his information environment
Hard not to see a symmetry between Trumps efforts to hand Ukraine to Russia while trying to grab Venezuela for himself. Spheres of influence.
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hard not to see a symmetry between Trumps efforts to hand Ukraine to Russia while trying to grab Venezuela for himself. Spheres of influence.
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We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
![I confess that I always had difficulty with interpreting the Biblical precept to love our neighbours “as ourselves” until I read some of the words of C.S. Lewis. He pointed out that we don't exactly love ourselves when we fall below the standards and beliefs we have accepted. Indeed we might even hate ourselves for some unworthy deed.
None of this, of course, tells us exactly what kind of political and social institutions we should have. On this point, Christians will very often genuinely disagree, though it is a mark of Christian manners that they will do so with courtesy and mutual respect. [Applause] What is certain, however, is that any set of social and economic arrangements which is not founded on the acceptance of individual responsibility will do nothing but harm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/bafkreicrdgbtvm54qnmttwe6crhxwt4be5v3izjmqtnvlxmaljwg5wolai@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
Incredible example for anyone teaching how (not) to do anonymisation
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Incredible example for anyone teaching how (not) to do anonymisation
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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the groypers sure seem to think Charlie Kirk was killed by a groyper
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
the groypers sure seem to think Charlie Kirk was killed by a groyper
Truly bizarre
THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING EVER.
August 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Truly bizarre
What the hell was that
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What the hell was that
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Are a few people ruining the internet? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... by @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
"Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
"It amplifies the loudest & most extreme voices while muting the moderate,"
"...distorts how the rest of us make sense of the world."
"Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
"It amplifies the loudest & most extreme voices while muting the moderate,"
"...distorts how the rest of us make sense of the world."
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Are a few people ruining the internet? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... by @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
"Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
"It amplifies the loudest & most extreme voices while muting the moderate,"
"...distorts how the rest of us make sense of the world."
"Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
"It amplifies the loudest & most extreme voices while muting the moderate,"
"...distorts how the rest of us make sense of the world."
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"The Ghor are waging insurrection against the Empire"
July 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The Ghor are waging insurrection against the Empire"
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Three men found guilty of Wagner-linked arson attack on London warehouse https://on.ft.com/44BDbJ8
Three men found guilty of Wagner-linked arson attack on London warehouse
Attack targeted warehouse units of a company shipping humanitarian aid to Ukraine
on.ft.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Three men found guilty of Wagner-linked arson attack on London warehouse https://on.ft.com/44BDbJ8
critical security studies has entered the chat
“National Security Threat” is quickly becoming an over-used and thus diluted term.
May 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
critical security studies has entered the chat