James Clarkson
@jmsclrksn.bsky.social
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
Mandelson, the self-sacking man
September 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Mandelson, the self-sacking man
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Left this comment about the current fears that people have over AI and what gives me hope on the Better Offline Reddit and wanted to share. I’m sure I missed something but whatever
June 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Left this comment about the current fears that people have over AI and what gives me hope on the Better Offline Reddit and wanted to share. I’m sure I missed something but whatever
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It looks awfully like the government intends to raise the costs of care provision councils are legally required to organise, but fail to fully fund the increased costs. Which will mean voters again paying more in council tax for worse (non-care) local govt. Which will again encourage Reform voting.
May 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It looks awfully like the government intends to raise the costs of care provision councils are legally required to organise, but fail to fully fund the increased costs. Which will mean voters again paying more in council tax for worse (non-care) local govt. Which will again encourage Reform voting.
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Seeing folks confused about this, saying this person doesn't want to acknowledge the cognitive dissonance. But it is imperative that you understand that the core of Trumpism as an ideology is satisfying a seething, uncontrollable resentment. Nothing else matters. Not friends. Not family. Nothing.
April 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Seeing folks confused about this, saying this person doesn't want to acknowledge the cognitive dissonance. But it is imperative that you understand that the core of Trumpism as an ideology is satisfying a seething, uncontrollable resentment. Nothing else matters. Not friends. Not family. Nothing.
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One reason to not want to live in a gerontocracy is many politicians are narcissists and old narcissists are eager to burn the world down on their way out
April 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One reason to not want to live in a gerontocracy is many politicians are narcissists and old narcissists are eager to burn the world down on their way out
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Gift link. You should read this. It is wrong on so, SO many different levels. It violates basic principles of research ethics in so many different ways.
Leaving devices IN PEOPLE'S BODIES. Stopping treatments halfway through, with no one to contact if they get sick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Leaving devices IN PEOPLE'S BODIES. Stopping treatments halfway through, with no one to contact if they get sick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order (Gift Article)
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Gift link. You should read this. It is wrong on so, SO many different levels. It violates basic principles of research ethics in so many different ways.
Leaving devices IN PEOPLE'S BODIES. Stopping treatments halfway through, with no one to contact if they get sick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Leaving devices IN PEOPLE'S BODIES. Stopping treatments halfway through, with no one to contact if they get sick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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The UK govt reveals massive investments in AI just as it's revealed that UK families are far poorer than those in other countries. A manifestation of politicians' propensity to fall for flashy bullshit that solves nothing vs the actual work of fixing systemic economic injustice.
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The UK govt reveals massive investments in AI just as it's revealed that UK families are far poorer than those in other countries. A manifestation of politicians' propensity to fall for flashy bullshit that solves nothing vs the actual work of fixing systemic economic injustice.
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With Keir Starmer setting out his plans for AI today, our polling has shown that 71% of Britons have little to no confidence in the ability of UK governments to effectively regulate the development and use of AI
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
With Keir Starmer setting out his plans for AI today, our polling has shown that 71% of Britons have little to no confidence in the ability of UK governments to effectively regulate the development and use of AI
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
A sad indictment of #lufc playoff record that the last 2 teams to beat us completely sank afterwards, (Derby in 2019 final, So'ton in entirety of 24/25). Them winning has just proven a waste of everyone's time. Derby especially were utter garbage managed by a clown.
January 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A sad indictment of #lufc playoff record that the last 2 teams to beat us completely sank afterwards, (Derby in 2019 final, So'ton in entirety of 24/25). Them winning has just proven a waste of everyone's time. Derby especially were utter garbage managed by a clown.
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“Women of a certain age”, state pensions, Suffragette costumes, and disappointment. My blog in the WASPI campaign and its supporters’ expectations of compensation, now disappointed by the government open.substack.com/pub/bleakhou...
Full Restitution, Empty Promises
The WASPI campaign and increases in women’s state pension age
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 10:32 AM
“Women of a certain age”, state pensions, Suffragette costumes, and disappointment. My blog in the WASPI campaign and its supporters’ expectations of compensation, now disappointed by the government open.substack.com/pub/bleakhou...
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Welcome to the first episode of my geeky new podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour, where a guest and I explore somewhere they love, somewhere more commonly dismissed… johngrindrod.substack.com/p/new-podcas...
NEW PODCAST! Monstrosities Mon Amour 1: Corby Bus Station
John Grindrod meets The London Ambler Mike Althorpe, and they explore Corby Bus Station and *Batteries Not Included in the first episode of a new podcast
johngrindrod.substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Welcome to the first episode of my geeky new podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour, where a guest and I explore somewhere they love, somewhere more commonly dismissed… johngrindrod.substack.com/p/new-podcas...
What is the point in Joel Piroe?
December 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
What is the point in Joel Piroe?
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Meta is not a company that makes products. They are an ad tech firm with a monopoly over social media. They are terrible at making social networking products and have been 15+ years. Wretched exec team and wretched company
December 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Meta is not a company that makes products. They are an ad tech firm with a monopoly over social media. They are terrible at making social networking products and have been 15+ years. Wretched exec team and wretched company
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We have a properly warped perception of how much various sectors contribute to the UK economy. The fishing industry, which is constantly in the news and to whom politicians of all rosettes regularly play, adds less to GDP than Games Workshop
November 23, 2024 at 10:33 AM
We have a properly warped perception of how much various sectors contribute to the UK economy. The fishing industry, which is constantly in the news and to whom politicians of all rosettes regularly play, adds less to GDP than Games Workshop
Excellent from @jonnelledge.bsky.social, as usual, on "echo chambers"
November 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Excellent from @jonnelledge.bsky.social, as usual, on "echo chambers"
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What makes Bluesky better :
the timeline does NOT Auto-refresh!
the timeline does NOT Auto-refresh!
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
What makes Bluesky better :
the timeline does NOT Auto-refresh!
the timeline does NOT Auto-refresh!
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Ship of Fools
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Hieronymus Bosch
November 17, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Ship of Fools
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Hieronymus Bosch
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The key to understanding this is to remember Trump’s support is not the working class, but the local aristocracy, the car dealership owners et al. who see themselves as Johnny Big Boy Business like Trump’s jmage.
Trump: "I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I shouldn't say this, but I'd get other people in. I wouldn't pay."
September 30, 2024 at 4:55 AM
The key to understanding this is to remember Trump’s support is not the working class, but the local aristocracy, the car dealership owners et al. who see themselves as Johnny Big Boy Business like Trump’s jmage.
When will the football journalists arrive? 😞
September 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
When will the football journalists arrive? 😞