David Wragg
@dwragg.bsky.social
Born from an egg on a mountaintop
We have improved the expenses process. Pray we don't improve it further.
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We have improved the expenses process. Pray we don't improve it further.
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We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
"Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.5" It's going to be one and a half fine days today?
(Very niche joke, but I like it.)
(Very niche joke, but I like it.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.5" It's going to be one and a half fine days today?
(Very niche joke, but I like it.)
(Very niche joke, but I like it.)
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Extraordinary film from the BBC’s archive. Marvel at Marty Feldman as he chats to pretty much everyone working in comedy in 1969.
youtu.be/S0it6iARj64?...
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1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Extraordinary film from the BBC’s archive. Marvel at Marty Feldman as he chats to pretty much everyone working in comedy in 1969.
youtu.be/S0it6iARj64?...
youtu.be/S0it6iARj64?...
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actually cannot believe that over a decade after the GDS-ification of government, HMRC is ditching its in house tax return system and making people use commercial software instead. who lobbied for this
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
actually cannot believe that over a decade after the GDS-ification of government, HMRC is ditching its in house tax return system and making people use commercial software instead. who lobbied for this
My main question from the first couple of episodes of Pluribus is how they solve all the inevitable distributed systems problems.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My main question from the first couple of episodes of Pluribus is how they solve all the inevitable distributed systems problems.
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Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
H. R. Giger = Antoni Gaudí + horny
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
H. R. Giger = Antoni Gaudí + horny
Spain: What an idiot
Britain: Hang on, you're saying Gibraltar isn't an island?
Britain: Hang on, you're saying Gibraltar isn't an island?
I was in my mid 30s when I realised Gibraltar isn't an island.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Spain: What an idiot
Britain: Hang on, you're saying Gibraltar isn't an island?
Britain: Hang on, you're saying Gibraltar isn't an island?
I would have bought a Framework Laptop already, but "Note: Display has rounded active area". No. No no no.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I would have bought a Framework Laptop already, but "Note: Display has rounded active area". No. No no no.
I wonder if you could customise that 1X Neo home robot to look like the robots from the classic Tom Baker era Dr Who story "Pyramids of Mars".
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wonder if you could customise that 1X Neo home robot to look like the robots from the classic Tom Baker era Dr Who story "Pyramids of Mars".
Happy Samhain/Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Samhain/Halloween!
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New post: How the reaction to a football ban showed how our politicians and media have become trapped in right wing Islamophobic narratives and detached from the majority of voters
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How the reaction to a football ban showed how our politicians and media have become trapped in right wing Islamophobic narratives and detached from the majority of voters
In the weeks before the Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters ban was announced, Conservative party leader-in-waiting Robert Jenrick declared that ...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New post: How the reaction to a football ban showed how our politicians and media have become trapped in right wing Islamophobic narratives and detached from the majority of voters
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Today's headline: Sleazy CZ released by DT
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today's headline: Sleazy CZ released by DT
At first I thought this was offering me an overhead bag for the low low price of 58 quadrillion pounds. But it's silly in a different way.
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
At first I thought this was offering me an overhead bag for the low low price of 58 quadrillion pounds. But it's silly in a different way.
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i know i am old and stuck in my ways but there's a lot to be said for including your dependencies inside the repository and making the code work without any setup beyond "you have the compiler/interpreter" heh
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i know i am old and stuck in my ways but there's a lot to be said for including your dependencies inside the repository and making the code work without any setup beyond "you have the compiler/interpreter" heh
This makes the NES sound like an animal that made its home in the sewers of NYC and began to breed.
40 years ago today, Nintendo released a limited amount of Nintendo Entertainment Systems in New York City.
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This makes the NES sound like an animal that made its home in the sewers of NYC and began to breed.
"Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton." - Alexei Sayle
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton." - Alexei Sayle
They make a desert, and call it peace.
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
They make a desert, and call it peace.
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A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds
Patenting my idea of detecting whether network packets traversed an undersea cable by measuring the moisture level of the bits.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Patenting my idea of detecting whether network packets traversed an undersea cable by measuring the moisture level of the bits.
What other curves are under-used in finance? "If you extrapolate our company's growth over the next five years, we expect it to follow a catenary"
Well, a body falling back to earth follows a parabolic trajectory. So it is not all that unlikely?
DEUTSCHE: NVIDIA "is currently carrying the weight of US economic growth. The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely.”
@fortune.com
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September 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
What other curves are under-used in finance? "If you extrapolate our company's growth over the next five years, we expect it to follow a catenary"
Well, a body falling back to earth follows a parabolic trajectory. So it is not all that unlikely?
DEUTSCHE: NVIDIA "is currently carrying the weight of US economic growth. The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely.”
@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/09/23/a...
@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/09/23/a...
The AI boom is unsustainable unless tech spending goes ‘parabolic,’ Deutsche Bank warns: ‘This is highly unlikely’ | Fortune
“In the absence of tech-related spending, the U.S. would be close to, or in, recession this year,” George Saravelos says.
fortune.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Well, a body falling back to earth follows a parabolic trajectory. So it is not all that unlikely?
There's something grimly funny about Your Party upholding the proud traditions of left-wing politics by dissolving into warring factions in about 5 seconds.
September 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
There's something grimly funny about Your Party upholding the proud traditions of left-wing politics by dissolving into warring factions in about 5 seconds.