Colin Dixon
@cldx.bsky.social
Perpetually semi-retired software architect, living between UK and Greece. Economics, philosophy, long-distance bike rides. Real life is poetry, Greek language and Griffon Vultures.
There's still adventure to be had in this dreary world.
Friday is always a good day for tracking older aircraft — all of these aircraft were built before 1950, including the two DC-3/BT-67s headed to Antarctica for the summer season. www.flightradar24.com/multiview/3c...
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There's still adventure to be had in this dreary world.
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Chancellor tells IMF how she will fill the economic black hole by pouring in clichés - broadest shoulders, fair share, growth mission, targeted action, competitive environment, get the balance right, bear down on inflation bit.ly/4okKFbN but there was no silver bullet
Rachel Reeves: Wealthy should pay ‘fair share’
The chancellor suggests at an IMF meeting that those with ‘broadest shoulders’ are in her sights for tax rises in the budget on November 26
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October 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Chancellor tells IMF how she will fill the economic black hole by pouring in clichés - broadest shoulders, fair share, growth mission, targeted action, competitive environment, get the balance right, bear down on inflation bit.ly/4okKFbN but there was no silver bullet
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This particular cycle will happen over and over. Politicians and business types will never be able to resist dogpiling on the latest educational fad, because they never pay a price for being so excessively hubristic as to call the labour market five years out.
Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This particular cycle will happen over and over. Politicians and business types will never be able to resist dogpiling on the latest educational fad, because they never pay a price for being so excessively hubristic as to call the labour market five years out.
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"The salmon mousse!"
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"The salmon mousse!"
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All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?
UK to purchase nuclear-carrying fighter jets
Downing Street says the move is "the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation".
www.bbc.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?
I've been having trouble figuring out why gold and US government bonds are falling when all around is crashing. This might be the answer. on.ft.com/42hDcks
Markets could get a lot worse — and quickly
The concern now among bankers and hedge fund managers is that something, somewhere could break
on.ft.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I've been having trouble figuring out why gold and US government bonds are falling when all around is crashing. This might be the answer. on.ft.com/42hDcks
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If you want to know what "sovereignty" looks like outside the EU it's the US President dictating abortion law to UK Ministers.
Actually, he didn't. He said the President's White Supremacy agenda had not been a “material factor” in negotiations. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK business secretary denies free speech issue featured in US tariff talks
Source reportedly says ‘no free trade without free speech’ after US bureau holds meeting with anti-abortion campaigner
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you want to know what "sovereignty" looks like outside the EU it's the US President dictating abortion law to UK Ministers.
Burnley and Sunderland are going to be well impressed when they play away at #ManUtd 's new stadium. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Zippos circus is in town!’ Can Man Utd really raise £2bn for a throbbing big top?
Local lad Norman Foster’s plan envisions an enormous canopy over a new stadium and a ‘mixed-use mini-city’. But, given the club’s £1bn debts, the idea seems as flimsy as its own tensile membrane
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Burnley and Sunderland are going to be well impressed when they play away at #ManUtd 's new stadium. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Jean Baudrillard died on this day 18 years ago.
“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”
“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”
March 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jean Baudrillard died on this day 18 years ago.
“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”
“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”
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Watching a global hegemon voluntarily surrender its position is extraordinary. A historical first.
March 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Watching a global hegemon voluntarily surrender its position is extraordinary. A historical first.
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Javier Milei just deleted from his socials every trace and photo of this June 2024 visit, during which he awarded Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal. ~AA
March 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Javier Milei just deleted from his socials every trace and photo of this June 2024 visit, during which he awarded Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal. ~AA
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It is perhaps timely to remember that France left NATO's military command structure in 1966 and pursued an independent French nuclear deterrent - a direct result of the doubts of whether the US dominance in NATO would meet key obligations in the face of a Soviet invasion of Europe.
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March 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It is perhaps timely to remember that France left NATO's military command structure in 1966 and pursued an independent French nuclear deterrent - a direct result of the doubts of whether the US dominance in NATO would meet key obligations in the face of a Soviet invasion of Europe.
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It’s essential to understand that the administration is not just cutting off future aid, but stiffing aid organizations by not reimbursing them for work already done, under legitimate contract.
There's much more in this piece abt Marco Rubio getting USAID contractors robbed, but he also cut off USAID Inspector General's phone.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
March 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s essential to understand that the administration is not just cutting off future aid, but stiffing aid organizations by not reimbursing them for work already done, under legitimate contract.
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Beyond belief. Is this really the man we’re going to fawn over with a State Visit? It’s time for our PM to pick a side
Jesus, Trump and JD Vance playing bad cop-bad cop with Zelensky is stomach churning here.
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Beyond belief. Is this really the man we’re going to fawn over with a State Visit? It’s time for our PM to pick a side
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Article 5 - that an attack on one Nato ally is an attack on all - has only been invoked once, after 9/11, by the United States
February 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Article 5 - that an attack on one Nato ally is an attack on all - has only been invoked once, after 9/11, by the United States
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Trump's gripe is that $ supremacy may confer huge powers on US gvt & ruling class, but, ultimately, foreigners are using it in ways that guarantee US decline. So what most consider to be America’s exorbitant privilege, he sees as its exorbitant burden. unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
Donald Trump's economic masterplan
unherd.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trump's gripe is that $ supremacy may confer huge powers on US gvt & ruling class, but, ultimately, foreigners are using it in ways that guarantee US decline. So what most consider to be America’s exorbitant privilege, he sees as its exorbitant burden. unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
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«It feels like more than just a car brand»
From a Norwegian newspaper today, reflecting some serious soul-searching in a country where Tesla has had about a 20 % share of the personal car market.
From a Norwegian newspaper today, reflecting some serious soul-searching in a country where Tesla has had about a 20 % share of the personal car market.
February 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
«It feels like more than just a car brand»
From a Norwegian newspaper today, reflecting some serious soul-searching in a country where Tesla has had about a 20 % share of the personal car market.
From a Norwegian newspaper today, reflecting some serious soul-searching in a country where Tesla has had about a 20 % share of the personal car market.
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"Ukraine is a country that's at war and USAID plays a huge role in Ukraine also in ways that people probably don't know," said @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
"It has a role in restarting the Ukrainian energy grid, ... it has a role in helping Ukrainian farmers get back to work."
"It has a role in restarting the Ukrainian energy grid, ... it has a role in helping Ukrainian farmers get back to work."
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Ukraine is a country that's at war and USAID plays a huge role in Ukraine also in ways that people probably don't know," said @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
"It has a role in restarting the Ukrainian energy grid, ... it has a role in helping Ukrainian farmers get back to work."
"It has a role in restarting the Ukrainian energy grid, ... it has a role in helping Ukrainian farmers get back to work."
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On Channel 4 discussing Trump's tariffs and, toward the end, what this means for the (clueless) Starmer gvt - full program youtube.com/watch?v=9vnm...
youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
On Channel 4 discussing Trump's tariffs and, toward the end, what this means for the (clueless) Starmer gvt - full program youtube.com/watch?v=9vnm...
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Watch this. And then watch it again.
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watch this. And then watch it again.