Calvin Jones
@calvjones.bsky.social
Regional Economist and sometime troublemaker.
Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.
Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.
I thought a 4% version of Chouffe would be a travesty, and I was right. But still managed to drink it all.
(It's basically Hoegarden)
(It's basically Hoegarden)
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I thought a 4% version of Chouffe would be a travesty, and I was right. But still managed to drink it all.
(It's basically Hoegarden)
(It's basically Hoegarden)
In the Head of Steam in Birmingham,, wondering why Cardiff had such utterly abysmal pubs.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the Head of Steam in Birmingham,, wondering why Cardiff had such utterly abysmal pubs.
One of the many nuggets from Cory Doctorow's book on Enshittification.
Highly recommended. As is not using Uber*
*or indeed Kindle 😊
Highly recommended. As is not using Uber*
*or indeed Kindle 😊
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One of the many nuggets from Cory Doctorow's book on Enshittification.
Highly recommended. As is not using Uber*
*or indeed Kindle 😊
Highly recommended. As is not using Uber*
*or indeed Kindle 😊
Came back via Ystradfellte. Stunning.
September 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Came back via Ystradfellte. Stunning.
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
September 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hats off (masks on) to my local drain guy Rob.
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hats off (masks on) to my local drain guy Rob.
Just picked up my retirement present from the lovely Economics Section at Cardiff, and I'm 100% sure Patrick Minford of that parish would want me to spend the cash portion on this 😊
September 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just picked up my retirement present from the lovely Economics Section at Cardiff, and I'm 100% sure Patrick Minford of that parish would want me to spend the cash portion on this 😊
I love Heath-Robinson-Bromptonness - my six speed has two completely separate gear systems (derailleur and hub) and so two levers, one on each bar end with which you alternate going up and down. No 3rd party hub was narrow enough to go between the tiny rear triangle.
Spoiler: bonkers. Also, works.
Spoiler: bonkers. Also, works.
September 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I love Heath-Robinson-Bromptonness - my six speed has two completely separate gear systems (derailleur and hub) and so two levers, one on each bar end with which you alternate going up and down. No 3rd party hub was narrow enough to go between the tiny rear triangle.
Spoiler: bonkers. Also, works.
Spoiler: bonkers. Also, works.
She really scares them doesn't she?
August 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
She really scares them doesn't she?
Bourbon, Barti rum, a syrup of - Graig apples, Graig honey, vanilla and blueberries - lime juice, hot whiskey syrup (cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon), pimento), bitters. Shake with ice.
#Cocktails
#Cocktails
August 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bourbon, Barti rum, a syrup of - Graig apples, Graig honey, vanilla and blueberries - lime juice, hot whiskey syrup (cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon), pimento), bitters. Shake with ice.
#Cocktails
#Cocktails
What fresh hell is this?
August 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What fresh hell is this?
Gwyn Alf was of course writing just after #Wales had roundly rejected devolution and seemed doomed to disappear into economic (and hence political and cultural) irrelevance. #Devolution has been a rearguard action against decline, but we still risk becoming a museum of curiosities for richer folk.
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Gwyn Alf was of course writing just after #Wales had roundly rejected devolution and seemed doomed to disappear into economic (and hence political and cultural) irrelevance. #Devolution has been a rearguard action against decline, but we still risk becoming a museum of curiosities for richer folk.
I came to 'Wales within the #WorldSystem' a la Frank & Wallerstein independently from Gwyn Alf about 15 years ago. I'm amazed very few other people use this framing.
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I came to 'Wales within the #WorldSystem' a la Frank & Wallerstein independently from Gwyn Alf about 15 years ago. I'm amazed very few other people use this framing.
August 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
That's another fifty years of low achievement and deprivation locked in for the Valleys then.
In the face of this, any attempts to 'regenerate' Wales are beyond farce, unless we explicitly break from a dysfunctional system that equates rote-memory retrieval with value
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In the face of this, any attempts to 'regenerate' Wales are beyond farce, unless we explicitly break from a dysfunctional system that equates rote-memory retrieval with value
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
That's another fifty years of low achievement and deprivation locked in for the Valleys then.
In the face of this, any attempts to 'regenerate' Wales are beyond farce, unless we explicitly break from a dysfunctional system that equates rote-memory retrieval with value
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In the face of this, any attempts to 'regenerate' Wales are beyond farce, unless we explicitly break from a dysfunctional system that equates rote-memory retrieval with value
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Presented with no further comment.
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Presented with no further comment.
We are throwing away the future of the human race for this shit.
August 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We are throwing away the future of the human race for this shit.
July 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Conversely… fk me I hate this one
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Conversely… fk me I hate this one
Just love this place. From @cyclist.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just love this place. From @cyclist.co.uk
Yep this seems super-sensible. Will not suffer HS2-esque delays and over-runs at all, nope.
July 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yep this seems super-sensible. Will not suffer HS2-esque delays and over-runs at all, nope.
I don't know if Dr. Emily is still alive, but you'd honestly have to hope not for her sake.
July 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I don't know if Dr. Emily is still alive, but you'd honestly have to hope not for her sake.