John Lyle
johnlyle.com
John Lyle
@johnlyle.com
British parent with interests in technology, security, and 90s computer games. Previously a software engineer at a large social network (not this one). He/him.
Did this just set the norm and culture of online discourse to “it’s ok to be a dick” even when the anonymity mostly left?
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
But not due to billionaire owners. Some other chicanery, I assume.
October 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
State broadcasters like the BBC or the ABC (in Australia) break the trend.
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Labour totally have “junior coalition partner” energy - no clear direction but generally aligned with another progressive group that have a more well-articulated vision.
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A flight to quality post-bubble-burst probably suits OpenAI given brand recognition and relationships with big companies. I suspect it suits Google even more, though.
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Unfortunately it was 100k people, apparently. Given those numbers it is more than “margins” - it likely represents the views of an order of magnitude more people than those who were there.

But I agree on the vacuum in our politics and the legitimising of the concerns - they are wildly misplaced.
September 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Isn’t that just NS&I, in essence?
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I want lower rent & I’m not a landlord, but it’s not controversial to state that rent controls can have negative unintentional side effects. E.g.,it can effectively transfer wealth from new renters to old. As such, well-meaning people may legitimately disagree about it.

www.bbc.com/news/busines...
Rent control: Does it work?
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says there are overwhelming arguments for rent control. Is he right?
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM