Dave Smith
@davesmithskvn.bsky.social
Watching the world go by with an increasing sense of disbelief.
They are going to attempt discipline a space shuttle pilot & commander!
I wonder if they realise?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ke...
I wonder if they realise?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ke...
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
They are going to attempt discipline a space shuttle pilot & commander!
I wonder if they realise?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ke...
I wonder if they realise?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ke...
Saw this in today's Economist. Wasn't aware myself. Perhaps more of an explanation...
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
![It [Us Gov] could soon own a large stake in Westinghouse, a maker of nuclear reactors](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j4kgep26bjrmzdbhmphzmll4/bafkreihhpj7xfno3437o3p2fciaicd2bmyx4lwas4izukvhldxoka5wwr4@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Saw this in today's Economist. Wasn't aware myself. Perhaps more of an explanation...
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
They seem to be heading towards using the "next generation" small modular reactors not a classic monolithic large reactor like those built by, say, Westinghouse.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They seem to be heading towards using the "next generation" small modular reactors not a classic monolithic large reactor like those built by, say, Westinghouse.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The worst part...
26 July 2025: Trump visits his Turnberry Hotel in Scotland with its "Donald J Trump Ballroom".
31 July 2025: White House announces new ballroom.
Which is which?
www.turnberry.co.uk/weddings-eve...
26 July 2025: Trump visits his Turnberry Hotel in Scotland with its "Donald J Trump Ballroom".
31 July 2025: White House announces new ballroom.
Which is which?
www.turnberry.co.uk/weddings-eve...
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The worst part...
26 July 2025: Trump visits his Turnberry Hotel in Scotland with its "Donald J Trump Ballroom".
31 July 2025: White House announces new ballroom.
Which is which?
www.turnberry.co.uk/weddings-eve...
26 July 2025: Trump visits his Turnberry Hotel in Scotland with its "Donald J Trump Ballroom".
31 July 2025: White House announces new ballroom.
Which is which?
www.turnberry.co.uk/weddings-eve...
Indeed. The "good chaps" of the city were very "sound" in those days.
Our current debt was mainly caused by the '08 financial crisis with a bit of Covid. The global markets may be less forgiving today.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gove...
Our current debt was mainly caused by the '08 financial crisis with a bit of Covid. The global markets may be less forgiving today.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gove...
July 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Indeed. The "good chaps" of the city were very "sound" in those days.
Our current debt was mainly caused by the '08 financial crisis with a bit of Covid. The global markets may be less forgiving today.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gove...
Our current debt was mainly caused by the '08 financial crisis with a bit of Covid. The global markets may be less forgiving today.
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gove...
I'm in Britain. Its 3pm on 4th July.
Currently 14.5C outside.
Currently 14.5C outside.
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm in Britain. Its 3pm on 4th July.
Currently 14.5C outside.
Currently 14.5C outside.
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Brexit was certainly bad for UK auto industry but I suspect the rise of state coordinated/funded Chinese auto industry is perhaps a bigger dampener on investment currently.
All those MGs, BYD, Jaecoo etc
All those MGs, BYD, Jaecoo etc
June 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Brexit was certainly bad for UK auto industry but I suspect the rise of state coordinated/funded Chinese auto industry is perhaps a bigger dampener on investment currently.
All those MGs, BYD, Jaecoo etc
All those MGs, BYD, Jaecoo etc
May 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Maybe its a cultural thing.
Where I am, in the UK, "autocomplete" is what gives rise to comical misunderstandings on one of these.
It is not a generic term for any text-based probabilistic inference system.
Where I am, in the UK, "autocomplete" is what gives rise to comical misunderstandings on one of these.
It is not a generic term for any text-based probabilistic inference system.
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Maybe its a cultural thing.
Where I am, in the UK, "autocomplete" is what gives rise to comical misunderstandings on one of these.
It is not a generic term for any text-based probabilistic inference system.
Where I am, in the UK, "autocomplete" is what gives rise to comical misunderstandings on one of these.
It is not a generic term for any text-based probabilistic inference system.
This isn't exactly "autocomplete"...
April 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This isn't exactly "autocomplete"...
Truly inspirational and so modest: no mention of the viscountcy.
April 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Truly inspirational and so modest: no mention of the viscountcy.
You sure? Isn't this what incipient fascism looks like?
April 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You sure? Isn't this what incipient fascism looks like?
Really?
China biggest steel exporter. EU & US biggest steel importers.
China has just restricted rare earths.
I fear that may be a lack of imagination.
I hope we never have to find out...
worldsteel.org/wp-content/u...
China biggest steel exporter. EU & US biggest steel importers.
China has just restricted rare earths.
I fear that may be a lack of imagination.
I hope we never have to find out...
worldsteel.org/wp-content/u...
April 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Really?
China biggest steel exporter. EU & US biggest steel importers.
China has just restricted rare earths.
I fear that may be a lack of imagination.
I hope we never have to find out...
worldsteel.org/wp-content/u...
China biggest steel exporter. EU & US biggest steel importers.
China has just restricted rare earths.
I fear that may be a lack of imagination.
I hope we never have to find out...
worldsteel.org/wp-content/u...
I once read that bear markets last about a year (and move quickly) and bull markets last about 4 years (and go much slower).
We notice the big periodic drops but not that e.g. the S&P US index is STILL up 82% over the last 5 years.
We notice the big periodic drops but not that e.g. the S&P US index is STILL up 82% over the last 5 years.
April 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I once read that bear markets last about a year (and move quickly) and bull markets last about 4 years (and go much slower).
We notice the big periodic drops but not that e.g. the S&P US index is STILL up 82% over the last 5 years.
We notice the big periodic drops but not that e.g. the S&P US index is STILL up 82% over the last 5 years.
I got half my money out of US tracker funds a month ago. I now have that very conundrum.
Sadly bonds ain't the answer in times of inflation - which is where we're headed big time.
www.mandg.com/investments/...
Sadly bonds ain't the answer in times of inflation - which is where we're headed big time.
www.mandg.com/investments/...
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I got half my money out of US tracker funds a month ago. I now have that very conundrum.
Sadly bonds ain't the answer in times of inflation - which is where we're headed big time.
www.mandg.com/investments/...
Sadly bonds ain't the answer in times of inflation - which is where we're headed big time.
www.mandg.com/investments/...
You haven't experienced a hyper-partisan snowball like Brexit / Trump.
Protest will be "co-ordinated by Soros", "Shills of the Davos cabal", "loser-snowflakes bleating". Its actively used to drive polarization.
US already well on way to full fascism (populism, nationalism, militarism)
Protest will be "co-ordinated by Soros", "Shills of the Davos cabal", "loser-snowflakes bleating". Its actively used to drive polarization.
US already well on way to full fascism (populism, nationalism, militarism)
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You haven't experienced a hyper-partisan snowball like Brexit / Trump.
Protest will be "co-ordinated by Soros", "Shills of the Davos cabal", "loser-snowflakes bleating". Its actively used to drive polarization.
US already well on way to full fascism (populism, nationalism, militarism)
Protest will be "co-ordinated by Soros", "Shills of the Davos cabal", "loser-snowflakes bleating". Its actively used to drive polarization.
US already well on way to full fascism (populism, nationalism, militarism)
We shouldn't get too jingoistic.
March 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We shouldn't get too jingoistic.
March 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Followed by Zurich to Stansted on EasyJet early afternoon...
March 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Followed by Zurich to Stansted on EasyJet early afternoon...
March 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"absorbed in Ukraine news"
Yes, but what type of Ukraine "news"? You seem well entrenched in one viewpoint.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Yes, but what type of Ukraine "news"? You seem well entrenched in one viewpoint.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"absorbed in Ukraine news"
Yes, but what type of Ukraine "news"? You seem well entrenched in one viewpoint.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Yes, but what type of Ukraine "news"? You seem well entrenched in one viewpoint.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Given the original UK order was for 1,000, you don't think having the capacity to spit out 5,000 would be useful in itself for the UK?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet...
March 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Given the original UK order was for 1,000, you don't think having the capacity to spit out 5,000 would be useful in itself for the UK?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet...