Richard
@folkparanoia.bsky.social
Competition Economist in the UK public sector
I had a work management training course which had a slide dedicated to a diagram of L Ron Hubbard's model of the reactive and analytical minds. I think the trainer had just googled up a bunch of random diagrams and put them on slides.
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I had a work management training course which had a slide dedicated to a diagram of L Ron Hubbard's model of the reactive and analytical minds. I think the trainer had just googled up a bunch of random diagrams and put them on slides.
Immigration judges aren't real judges - they're employees of executive branch agencies who dress up like judges to make their adminstrative decisions sound more legitimate.
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Immigration judges aren't real judges - they're employees of executive branch agencies who dress up like judges to make their adminstrative decisions sound more legitimate.
That's because the ASA is an industry self-regulation body, with no legislative or enforcement powers. Ofcom are supposed to be a real regulator.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
That's because the ASA is an industry self-regulation body, with no legislative or enforcement powers. Ofcom are supposed to be a real regulator.
I think the role of teachers and staff is one of the key things in the reduction - they used to often be some of the main perpetrators and they set the culture.
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think the role of teachers and staff is one of the key things in the reduction - they used to often be some of the main perpetrators and they set the culture.
Consider donating to the Internet Archive. They are actually desperately starved for cash, and Wikipedia is dependent on them.
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archive.org/donate/
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Consider donating to the Internet Archive. They are actually desperately starved for cash, and Wikipedia is dependent on them.
archive.org/donate/
archive.org/donate/
And it cost the government £850m, almost double the estimated amount
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And it cost the government £850m, almost double the estimated amount
I'm reading the report now and, to it's partial credit, it does acknowledge this!
It takes the need for new nuclear as axiomatic though, meaning that it dodges even considering the most important questions around nuclear.
It takes the need for new nuclear as axiomatic though, meaning that it dodges even considering the most important questions around nuclear.
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm reading the report now and, to it's partial credit, it does acknowledge this!
It takes the need for new nuclear as axiomatic though, meaning that it dodges even considering the most important questions around nuclear.
It takes the need for new nuclear as axiomatic though, meaning that it dodges even considering the most important questions around nuclear.
Looking at the colour of the water running through that gap, it almost certain would have killed him, if had had actually attempted to swim through it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Looking at the colour of the water running through that gap, it almost certain would have killed him, if had had actually attempted to swim through it.
"Russian intelligence extensively sabotaged the 2016 election to help Trump, and Trump's campaign was assisting and coordinating this with them" is the Senate report's conclusion, supported by overwhelming evidence. Unless you've defined "Russiagate" to mean something else?
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Russian intelligence extensively sabotaged the 2016 election to help Trump, and Trump's campaign was assisting and coordinating this with them" is the Senate report's conclusion, supported by overwhelming evidence. Unless you've defined "Russiagate" to mean something else?
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Yes they do. Both CPI and CPIH (the latter being the "headline figure" quoted by the ONS) include rents.
Rent is almost 10% of the overall basket in CPI, and housing gets even more weight in CPIH (which also includes imputed rent for owner-occupied housing).
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Rent is almost 10% of the overall basket in CPI, and housing gets even more weight in CPIH (which also includes imputed rent for owner-occupied housing).
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
CPI WEIGHTS 04.1 : ACTUAL RENTS FOR HOUSING - Office for National Statistics
www.ons.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yes they do. Both CPI and CPIH (the latter being the "headline figure" quoted by the ONS) include rents.
Rent is almost 10% of the overall basket in CPI, and housing gets even more weight in CPIH (which also includes imputed rent for owner-occupied housing).
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Rent is almost 10% of the overall basket in CPI, and housing gets even more weight in CPIH (which also includes imputed rent for owner-occupied housing).
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Trisolarians from Three Body Problem - also never actually described in terms of their physical appearance
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trisolarians from Three Body Problem - also never actually described in terms of their physical appearance
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The one run by the father of former US Attorney General William Barr, who hired him despite his complete lack of qualifications.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The one run by the father of former US Attorney General William Barr, who hired him despite his complete lack of qualifications.
Home of the Underdogs was so good! It was a one-person project run by a woman in Thailand. She's an academic and investigative journalist now.
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Home of the Underdogs was so good! It was a one-person project run by a woman in Thailand. She's an academic and investigative journalist now.
Andy Warhol once observed that the Coca-Cola drunk by the president and by a homeless guy are identical (and both excellent, per Warhol). Both X and Path to Exile 2 are just as dogshit to Elon and to us.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Andy Warhol once observed that the Coca-Cola drunk by the president and by a homeless guy are identical (and both excellent, per Warhol). Both X and Path to Exile 2 are just as dogshit to Elon and to us.
The linked article cheerfully predicts that the plot succeeding would have result in every Catholic in the country being lynched, changing the whole course of English history, because no Civil War, etc
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The linked article cheerfully predicts that the plot succeeding would have result in every Catholic in the country being lynched, changing the whole course of English history, because no Civil War, etc
The plan was to use the chaos after the explosion to launch a rebellion, recruiting as they went. They started doing this, announcing that the king was dead - nobody wanted to join up, and the leaders were captured. So it would have failed, but there was a plan
www.bbc.co.uk/history/brit...
www.bbc.co.uk/history/brit...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The plan was to use the chaos after the explosion to launch a rebellion, recruiting as they went. They started doing this, announcing that the king was dead - nobody wanted to join up, and the leaders were captured. So it would have failed, but there was a plan
www.bbc.co.uk/history/brit...
www.bbc.co.uk/history/brit...
If anything, the reverse of this is true - the current value reflects expectations about Nvidia's future earnings, not its backwards investment.
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If anything, the reverse of this is true - the current value reflects expectations about Nvidia's future earnings, not its backwards investment.
You're probably mixing him up with the always-interchangable Rumsfeld.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You're probably mixing him up with the always-interchangable Rumsfeld.
For a "abundance" movement, these guys seem obsessed with scarcity and the value engineering of everything.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
For a "abundance" movement, these guys seem obsessed with scarcity and the value engineering of everything.
I guess they don't have much chance to practice. Pistol marksmanship is hard and takes serious amounts of training to get half-competent at!
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I guess they don't have much chance to practice. Pistol marksmanship is hard and takes serious amounts of training to get half-competent at!
Yes, but British people consider that to be an extremely long drive.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yes, but British people consider that to be an extremely long drive.
The Nazi nuclear programme was hopeless - poorly funded, fragmented, prone to infighting, crucial physics concepts considered "Jewish" so ignored, researchers with PhDs conscripted and sent to die on the Eastern Front, and more besides. They never stood a chance at building a bomb.
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Nazi nuclear programme was hopeless - poorly funded, fragmented, prone to infighting, crucial physics concepts considered "Jewish" so ignored, researchers with PhDs conscripted and sent to die on the Eastern Front, and more besides. They never stood a chance at building a bomb.