The Humble Bumblebee
@cmrlj.bsky.social
Sometimes expressing opinions, but mostly learning from other people's wisdom.
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absolutely fine to take mechanically recovered abattoir floor sweepings, munge them together with soya based bulking agents, stick it together with some sort of glue made of eyelids and call it a burger or a sausage, just as long as something died in the process.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
absolutely fine to take mechanically recovered abattoir floor sweepings, munge them together with soya based bulking agents, stick it together with some sort of glue made of eyelids and call it a burger or a sausage, just as long as something died in the process.
The more people read this and internalise it, the better. Bonus points to journalists who learn something about reporting on AI and try to adjust the narrative…
My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...
AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The more people read this and internalise it, the better. Bonus points to journalists who learn something about reporting on AI and try to adjust the narrative…
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🧵 Almost everything wrong with our societies is a derivative of wealth inequality. But this isn't just politics—it's physics. Our economy has been engineered into a "Wealth Siphon" that freezes the vast majority. Here, I try to explain the physics of the trap and the blueprint to escape. #inequality
Escaping the Freeze: The Physics of the Wealth Siphon
Almost everything that is wrong in our societies is a derivative of increased wealth inequality. Here is the physics of the trap—and the blueprint to escape it.
compossible.blog
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🧵 Almost everything wrong with our societies is a derivative of wealth inequality. But this isn't just politics—it's physics. Our economy has been engineered into a "Wealth Siphon" that freezes the vast majority. Here, I try to explain the physics of the trap and the blueprint to escape. #inequality
Torsten Bell fighting back with some compelling arguments. I wish we had a lot more of this – the government telling a story and explaining its decisions. The situation might look very different and there might be more optimism translating into action!
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Torsten Bell fighting back with some compelling arguments. I wish we had a lot more of this – the government telling a story and explaining its decisions. The situation might look very different and there might be more optimism translating into action!
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Finally got round to giving @benansell.bsky.social's latest. It's also one of his very best - especially if you want to understand the extent to which Reform voters (often talked of as 'the people' and, apparently therefore, representative of all UK voters) are real outliers, culturally-speaking.
Odd Ones Out
Mapping Britain's social values and the marginalisation of the 'anti-woke'
benansell.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Finally got round to giving @benansell.bsky.social's latest. It's also one of his very best - especially if you want to understand the extent to which Reform voters (often talked of as 'the people' and, apparently therefore, representative of all UK voters) are real outliers, culturally-speaking.
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Top Stanford economists:
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Top Stanford economists:
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Tbh I think this specific criticism is misplaced and is based on misunderstandings of the law
The recommendations were made by an independent Ministry of Justice commission, and the appeals they’re proposing to limit are de-novo retrials far more generous than anything available in the US
The recommendations were made by an independent Ministry of Justice commission, and the appeals they’re proposing to limit are de-novo retrials far more generous than anything available in the US
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tbh I think this specific criticism is misplaced and is based on misunderstandings of the law
The recommendations were made by an independent Ministry of Justice commission, and the appeals they’re proposing to limit are de-novo retrials far more generous than anything available in the US
The recommendations were made by an independent Ministry of Justice commission, and the appeals they’re proposing to limit are de-novo retrials far more generous than anything available in the US
Self-censorship and obeying in advance very much in force at the BBC. The cowardice of these institutions is mind-boggling, and we are not even in the US!!!
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Self-censorship and obeying in advance very much in force at the BBC. The cowardice of these institutions is mind-boggling, and we are not even in the US!!!
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A piece of writing without even a single typo is very auspicious.
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A piece of writing without even a single typo is very auspicious.
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This is a fascinating illustration of how the decrease in couple formation is at the core of the decreasing birth rates around the world, and not the number of children per couple! This is a much deeper problem than simply encouraging people to have more kids, because - “who with?”
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is a fascinating illustration of how the decrease in couple formation is at the core of the decreasing birth rates around the world, and not the number of children per couple! This is a much deeper problem than simply encouraging people to have more kids, because - “who with?”
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Honestly, the potential case for getting rid of Starmer before was the lack of any political project and absence of charisma. But now No.10 is creating a moral imperative for the PLP to act as well.
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Honestly, the potential case for getting rid of Starmer before was the lack of any political project and absence of charisma. But now No.10 is creating a moral imperative for the PLP to act as well.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Of course you know why a private market in health care is so bad for health.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Of course you know why a private market in health care is so bad for health.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
The best way to make money is to sell a drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, a very uncomfortable chronic condition.
The worst way to make money is to prevent illness through social change.
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Yesterday, I posted that Labour haven’t given me reasons to vote for them. The truth is that they’re giving me very strong reasons to vote and campaign *against* them. Stop being horrible!
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday, I posted that Labour haven’t given me reasons to vote for them. The truth is that they’re giving me very strong reasons to vote and campaign *against* them. Stop being horrible!
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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TikTok has some amazing niche content and if you’re in to linguistics at all it’s got you covered. This guy does amazing content on dialect. Part 1/2
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
TikTok has some amazing niche content and if you’re in to linguistics at all it’s got you covered. This guy does amazing content on dialect. Part 1/2
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.
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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
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Someone should show up with a poster with Teddy Roosevelt (with a rifle) below "Medicare for some" and Trump below "Medicare for all". Let's blow some minds.
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Someone should show up with a poster with Teddy Roosevelt (with a rifle) below "Medicare for some" and Trump below "Medicare for all". Let's blow some minds.
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It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...