jmuttram
@jmuttram.bsky.social
Ex-business media journo and exec, early Twitter user suffering severe disillusion, cycling enthusiast
“I’m not, I’m afraid, computer literate, which makes me yet more an oddball than perhaps I was before.” Nigel Farage. Just the sort of admission you would hope for from an aspiring future politician!
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
“I’m not, I’m afraid, computer literate, which makes me yet more an oddball than perhaps I was before.” Nigel Farage. Just the sort of admission you would hope for from an aspiring future politician!
“Jeff Bezos, a celebrity bridegroom and former bookseller” - surely the funniest phrase in this week’s edition of the Economist
January 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
“Jeff Bezos, a celebrity bridegroom and former bookseller” - surely the funniest phrase in this week’s edition of the Economist
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Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
May 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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A message to anyone thinking of voting for the Reform Party tomorrow, from a doctor who gave up my medical career to fight for the NHS 🌟
April 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A message to anyone thinking of voting for the Reform Party tomorrow, from a doctor who gave up my medical career to fight for the NHS 🌟
This
imagine accusing hecklers of being paid while youre on stage at the event where youre literally purchasing votes
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This
Firestorm in a Teacup?
Hyperpole and purple prose abounded in Britain today over the unfortunate fire in the substation which provides Heathrow with the enormous amount of electricity it needs to function properly (the equivalent of a small town, apparently). A national embarrassment, a calamity,…
Hyperpole and purple prose abounded in Britain today over the unfortunate fire in the substation which provides Heathrow with the enormous amount of electricity it needs to function properly (the equivalent of a small town, apparently). A national embarrassment, a calamity,…
Firestorm in a Teacup?
Hyperpole and purple prose abounded in Britain today over the unfortunate fire in the substation which provides Heathrow with the enormous amount of electricity it needs to function properly (the equivalent of a small town, apparently). A national embarrassment, a calamity, a disaster. How could this be allowed to happen? Why was there no back up supply? Where was the resilience plan?
www.inflectionpointblog.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Firestorm in a Teacup?
Hyperpole and purple prose abounded in Britain today over the unfortunate fire in the substation which provides Heathrow with the enormous amount of electricity it needs to function properly (the equivalent of a small town, apparently). A national embarrassment, a calamity,…
Hyperpole and purple prose abounded in Britain today over the unfortunate fire in the substation which provides Heathrow with the enormous amount of electricity it needs to function properly (the equivalent of a small town, apparently). A national embarrassment, a calamity,…
Me too, co-incidentally
Heard my first skylark of the year this morning, pelting out its arias from a hundred feet up or so; the song that lifts the heart as it falls.
March 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Me too, co-incidentally
This
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This
Perhaps a good time to re-read this Economist Special Report on a multi-speed, multi-tiered EU (from 2017!) www.economist.com/special-repo...
Europe’s future is multi-speed and multi-tier
The EU must embrace greater differentiation or face potential disintegration
www.economist.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Perhaps a good time to re-read this Economist Special Report on a multi-speed, multi-tiered EU (from 2017!) www.economist.com/special-repo...
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Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr
Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr
The new movie wasn’t conceived as an allegory of the current international crisis, but for a generation of fans it works on that level, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
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For nearly a year I've been posting equally on Threads and Bluesky. Both accounts grew at the same rate—until November.
At the end of October, both my accounts had 20k followers. Today, Bluesky is at 80k, but Threads has dropped to 19.7k.
What's up?
At the end of October, both my accounts had 20k followers. Today, Bluesky is at 80k, but Threads has dropped to 19.7k.
What's up?
January 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For nearly a year I've been posting equally on Threads and Bluesky. Both accounts grew at the same rate—until November.
At the end of October, both my accounts had 20k followers. Today, Bluesky is at 80k, but Threads has dropped to 19.7k.
What's up?
At the end of October, both my accounts had 20k followers. Today, Bluesky is at 80k, but Threads has dropped to 19.7k.
What's up?
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
“Labour won last summer with a ruthless focus on issues which united a broad coalition – growth, public services and the cost of living. Focusing instead on issues which divide Labour and play to Farage’s strengths is not a great strategy.” Robert Ford in today’s Observer. Sound advice.
February 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Labour won last summer with a ruthless focus on issues which united a broad coalition – growth, public services and the cost of living. Focusing instead on issues which divide Labour and play to Farage’s strengths is not a great strategy.” Robert Ford in today’s Observer. Sound advice.
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Dismissing Pidcock's wins at the AlUla Tour seemed like a common reaction - "it's only the AlUla Tour"
And yes it is only that - but I think it was a very significant week for Tom Pidcock.
www.thecyclingwebsite.com/blog/and-your-point-is-pidcock-is-ready-to-lead-finally
And yes it is only that - but I think it was a very significant week for Tom Pidcock.
www.thecyclingwebsite.com/blog/and-your-point-is-pidcock-is-ready-to-lead-finally
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Dismissing Pidcock's wins at the AlUla Tour seemed like a common reaction - "it's only the AlUla Tour"
And yes it is only that - but I think it was a very significant week for Tom Pidcock.
www.thecyclingwebsite.com/blog/and-your-point-is-pidcock-is-ready-to-lead-finally
And yes it is only that - but I think it was a very significant week for Tom Pidcock.
www.thecyclingwebsite.com/blog/and-your-point-is-pidcock-is-ready-to-lead-finally
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feels like it's time to break this out again
February 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
feels like it's time to break this out again
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The Horniman Natural History Gallery features this stunning walrus.
It was transported to England, purchased in 1886. There, the taxidermists, having never seen one in the wild, stuffed it until the wrinkles smoothed out.
This is a fully inflated walrus, my friends.
MAXIMUM WALRUS.
(📷: Tom Natt)
It was transported to England, purchased in 1886. There, the taxidermists, having never seen one in the wild, stuffed it until the wrinkles smoothed out.
This is a fully inflated walrus, my friends.
MAXIMUM WALRUS.
(📷: Tom Natt)
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hallucinations and their causes
I've been experimenting quite a bit with AI, especially ChatGPT 4o. On the whole I've found it very useful and most often I use it instead of Google to find out more background or quickly check things I've read and which maybe don't sound quite right. Yesterday I…
I've been experimenting quite a bit with AI, especially ChatGPT 4o. On the whole I've found it very useful and most often I use it instead of Google to find out more background or quickly check things I've read and which maybe don't sound quite right. Yesterday I…
Hallucinations and their causes
I've been experimenting quite a bit with AI, especially ChatGPT 4o. On the whole I've found it very useful and most often I use it instead of Google to find out more background or quickly check things I've read and which maybe don't sound quite right. Yesterday I came across a statistic promoted on BlueSky as it happens. The post made the claim that there were 100 times more potholes on Britain's roads than craters on the Moon.
www.inflectionpointblog.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hallucinations and their causes
I've been experimenting quite a bit with AI, especially ChatGPT 4o. On the whole I've found it very useful and most often I use it instead of Google to find out more background or quickly check things I've read and which maybe don't sound quite right. Yesterday I…
I've been experimenting quite a bit with AI, especially ChatGPT 4o. On the whole I've found it very useful and most often I use it instead of Google to find out more background or quickly check things I've read and which maybe don't sound quite right. Yesterday I…
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We need to think hard about how we describe what’s happening in #NHS A&E/ Ambulance services. We can’t just talk about Winter pressure and flu numbers absent any context on bed numbers since 2010, staff sickness because they work in hellish places, vaccine messaging, GP/community/social care gaps.
January 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We need to think hard about how we describe what’s happening in #NHS A&E/ Ambulance services. We can’t just talk about Winter pressure and flu numbers absent any context on bed numbers since 2010, staff sickness because they work in hellish places, vaccine messaging, GP/community/social care gaps.
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For the record, any assertions that current concerns are just for the “next four years” are fully misguided. We are on a path to permanently breaking existing systems; any fixes will come in building new ones. Prepare for that work, which will take the rest of your life.
January 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
For the record, any assertions that current concerns are just for the “next four years” are fully misguided. We are on a path to permanently breaking existing systems; any fixes will come in building new ones. Prepare for that work, which will take the rest of your life.