Calicoville
@calicoville.bsky.social
One day you own the world / And the next day the world owns you
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A&E waiting times are shocking. Over 50,000 people in England waited more than 12 hours in November, after the decision to admit. But that has been the case for each of the last 3 winters! And the system is failing to recover in the summer.
We need to acknowledge the systemic issue, not blame flu.
We need to acknowledge the systemic issue, not blame flu.
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A&E waiting times are shocking. Over 50,000 people in England waited more than 12 hours in November, after the decision to admit. But that has been the case for each of the last 3 winters! And the system is failing to recover in the summer.
We need to acknowledge the systemic issue, not blame flu.
We need to acknowledge the systemic issue, not blame flu.
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The obscene, performative cruelty against the world's most vulnerable people will continue until Britain is great again.
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The obscene, performative cruelty against the world's most vulnerable people will continue until Britain is great again.
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Interesting
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
MAKE IT HAPPEN
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Best evidenced PC-gone-mad article the Times has ever published
Nothing can prepare you for the factual basis behind this 'wokeness gone too far' anecdote.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Best evidenced PC-gone-mad article the Times has ever published
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from Corey Robin on FB:
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
from Corey Robin on FB:
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In 2016, following the Leave vote, Angela Eagle resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet in tears, stating in her resignation letter that, "Too many of our supporters were taken in by right-wing arguments and I believe this happened, in part, because [of] your leadership"
Govt minister Angela Eagle is asked what her message is to people on the streets shouting "get this scum off our streets" & holding banners saying 'protecting women & children is not far right, its just right'
In her reply Eagle says "we hear your worries"
In her reply Eagle says "we hear your worries"
August 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In 2016, following the Leave vote, Angela Eagle resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet in tears, stating in her resignation letter that, "Too many of our supporters were taken in by right-wing arguments and I believe this happened, in part, because [of] your leadership"
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
I remember when my parents had to tighten their belts. Our low household interest rates were slowing economic activity, so their central bank purchased household bonds to increase the household money supply. But they overcorrected and caused high household inflation.😔
January 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I remember when my parents had to tighten their belts. Our low household interest rates were slowing economic activity, so their central bank purchased household bonds to increase the household money supply. But they overcorrected and caused high household inflation.😔
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it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
“We are living under FDR’s personal monarchy.”
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
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Starting to think my haters have some valid concerns
November 23, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Starting to think my haters have some valid concerns
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Writing is also a skill that is highly undervalued. What I mean by that is, everyone wants a good writer. Good writers are literal anchors in a storm. But no one wants to pay one decently, or pay for the programs that produce good writers.
People want to pretend that good writing just happens.
People want to pretend that good writing just happens.
So many people have a disdain for writing for the exact reason why AI isn’t a solution for it: it requires careful consideration of language, context, audience, genre, purpose, etc. Those who believe such a human act can be relegated to a computer program fundamentally misunderstand what writing is.
May 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Writing is also a skill that is highly undervalued. What I mean by that is, everyone wants a good writer. Good writers are literal anchors in a storm. But no one wants to pay one decently, or pay for the programs that produce good writers.
People want to pretend that good writing just happens.
People want to pretend that good writing just happens.
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the next ~10 years will see a furious race between AI and private equity to see how many hospital patients they can kill via incompetence
“Overall, ChatGPT got the right answer in just 17 of the 100 cases. It was plainly wrong in 72 cases, and did not fully capture the diagnosis of the remaining 11 cases. Among the 83 wrong diagnoses, 47 (57 percent) were in the same organ system.” arstechnica.com/science/2024...
ChatGPT bombs test on diagnosing kids’ medical cases with 83% error rate
It was bad at recognizing relationships and needs selective training, researchers say.
arstechnica.com
January 4, 2024 at 7:06 PM
the next ~10 years will see a furious race between AI and private equity to see how many hospital patients they can kill via incompetence
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Attention! My new show CULPRITS is now streaming on @DisneyPlusUK !!
November 17, 2023 at 8:14 AM
Attention! My new show CULPRITS is now streaming on @DisneyPlusUK !!
This fantastic doc was a huge influence on me as a burgeoning film buff in the 90s. The remastered version is unofficial so well worth watching before it gets DMCA'd.
So the seminal documentary about cinematography 1992’s VISIONS OF LIGHT has been HD remastered and is on Vimeo vimeo.com/497115013
Visions of Light [HD Remaster] (1992–2020)
Visions of Light
vimeo.com
September 6, 2023 at 12:30 AM
This fantastic doc was a huge influence on me as a burgeoning film buff in the 90s. The remastered version is unofficial so well worth watching before it gets DMCA'd.
Finally, the literary treatment he deserves.
September 4, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Finally, the literary treatment he deserves.
A picture of Corky & Violet to christen the new account
August 16, 2023 at 7:12 PM
A picture of Corky & Violet to christen the new account