Kim Driver
@kimdriver.bsky.social
Failed physicist then banker.
Sorry.
(He/him/idiot.)
Sorry.
(He/him/idiot.)
I'm not a fan of podcasts - preferring to read a transcription at my own pace. Which may be a slow read or a quick skim.
But I always listen to IfG's output, which is really good and stuffed with information that I don't know and really should.
Recommended.
Look at the cast!
But I always listen to IfG's output, which is really good and stuffed with information that I don't know and really should.
Recommended.
Look at the cast!
🔴 PREPARING FOR POWER: New podcast series out tomorrow!
🎧 Stay tuned for our first episode discussing access talks, featuring Harriet Harman MP, Lord O'Donnell, Sir Oliver Letwin, Dame Sue Owen and Sir David Bell.
🎧 Stay tuned for our first episode discussing access talks, featuring Harriet Harman MP, Lord O'Donnell, Sir Oliver Letwin, Dame Sue Owen and Sir David Bell.
February 5, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I'm not a fan of podcasts - preferring to read a transcription at my own pace. Which may be a slow read or a quick skim.
But I always listen to IfG's output, which is really good and stuffed with information that I don't know and really should.
Recommended.
Look at the cast!
But I always listen to IfG's output, which is really good and stuffed with information that I don't know and really should.
Recommended.
Look at the cast!
January 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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Not presented as a thread, so look 'em up.
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Not presented as a thread, so look 'em up.
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I'm about to post my favourite picture taken each month of this year.
December 31, 2023 at 12:50 PM
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Not presented as a thread, so look 'em up.
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Not presented as a thread, so look 'em up.
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Every day since 2016 the Daily Express has discovered, with accompanying outrage, that leaving the European Union meant leaving the European Union.
December 26, 2023 at 11:28 AM
Every day since 2016 the Daily Express has discovered, with accompanying outrage, that leaving the European Union meant leaving the European Union.
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Pretty much my experience of being on a London jury last year.
December 22, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Pretty much my experience of being on a London jury last year.
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My only contribution to the UK food discourse is that if you want to understand Britain you should be aware that we invented a condiment featuring a delicate, tangy, sweetly sharp blend of tomatoes, molasses, dates, apples, tamarind, allspice, vinegar and raisins and gave it the name “brown sauce”
December 11, 2023 at 1:01 PM
My only contribution to the UK food discourse is that if you want to understand Britain you should be aware that we invented a condiment featuring a delicate, tangy, sweetly sharp blend of tomatoes, molasses, dates, apples, tamarind, allspice, vinegar and raisins and gave it the name “brown sauce”
Pleased to report that @robert19pearson.bsky.social has signed up - he'll be remembered by other exiles as an ex-pro and now commentator on finance, especially banking in general and the money markets. Same username as on X.
Say hallo!
Say hallo!
December 11, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Pleased to report that @robert19pearson.bsky.social has signed up - he'll be remembered by other exiles as an ex-pro and now commentator on finance, especially banking in general and the money markets. Same username as on X.
Say hallo!
Say hallo!
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It’s finally happened 🐄 🌙
November 25, 2023 at 9:44 AM
It’s finally happened 🐄 🌙
Anyone in Paris?
jeudepaume.org/en/evenement...
I'm a huge fan of Ben Rivers - so much so that I even have two of his works on 16mm film, and they don't work too well on an Apple.
I'd avoid "The Sky Trembles". Cinematic marmite in Technicolor.
jeudepaume.org/en/evenement...
I'm a huge fan of Ben Rivers - so much so that I even have two of his works on 16mm film, and they don't work too well on an Apple.
I'd avoid "The Sky Trembles". Cinematic marmite in Technicolor.
November 18, 2023 at 2:46 AM
Anyone in Paris?
jeudepaume.org/en/evenement...
I'm a huge fan of Ben Rivers - so much so that I even have two of his works on 16mm film, and they don't work too well on an Apple.
I'd avoid "The Sky Trembles". Cinematic marmite in Technicolor.
jeudepaume.org/en/evenement...
I'm a huge fan of Ben Rivers - so much so that I even have two of his works on 16mm film, and they don't work too well on an Apple.
I'd avoid "The Sky Trembles". Cinematic marmite in Technicolor.
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It's instructive and fun to search for space images, to get a feel for the technical and artistic approaches to #astrophotography. My first Bubble Nebula attempt is pretty far down the list in terms of quality, but it was a still a thrill to capture this jewel (soft focus & wonky stars and all!)
November 17, 2023 at 4:51 AM
It's instructive and fun to search for space images, to get a feel for the technical and artistic approaches to #astrophotography. My first Bubble Nebula attempt is pretty far down the list in terms of quality, but it was a still a thrill to capture this jewel (soft focus & wonky stars and all!)
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Just going to check out the front page of London’s only major newspaper to see what’s going on in my city of 9m people… JESUS IS EVERYONE OK THERE.
November 15, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Just going to check out the front page of London’s only major newspaper to see what’s going on in my city of 9m people… JESUS IS EVERYONE OK THERE.
Weird. It's 5th November and in my part of London I've heard just a couple of bangs so far. It's 10.50 pm, and it's the weekend too.
In past years a cacophony. My roof a landing site for rockets.
Any reasons? Do others see a difference?
In the past I could also see/hear public displays.
None.
In past years a cacophony. My roof a landing site for rockets.
Any reasons? Do others see a difference?
In the past I could also see/hear public displays.
None.
November 5, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Weird. It's 5th November and in my part of London I've heard just a couple of bangs so far. It's 10.50 pm, and it's the weekend too.
In past years a cacophony. My roof a landing site for rockets.
Any reasons? Do others see a difference?
In the past I could also see/hear public displays.
None.
In past years a cacophony. My roof a landing site for rockets.
Any reasons? Do others see a difference?
In the past I could also see/hear public displays.
None.
Woo hoo,
This will strike everyone as silly, but I'm SO excited.
Having replaced my dying Mac laptop (keyboard losing keys, software no longer supported, after only 15 years dammit), I then bought an external DVD/Blu-Ray drive.
This will strike everyone as silly, but I'm SO excited.
Having replaced my dying Mac laptop (keyboard losing keys, software no longer supported, after only 15 years dammit), I then bought an external DVD/Blu-Ray drive.
November 5, 2023 at 7:47 PM
Woo hoo,
This will strike everyone as silly, but I'm SO excited.
Having replaced my dying Mac laptop (keyboard losing keys, software no longer supported, after only 15 years dammit), I then bought an external DVD/Blu-Ray drive.
This will strike everyone as silly, but I'm SO excited.
Having replaced my dying Mac laptop (keyboard losing keys, software no longer supported, after only 15 years dammit), I then bought an external DVD/Blu-Ray drive.
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James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks
James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks
The James Webb observatory records the giant jets and shocks created by a birthing star in Orion.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2023 at 5:40 AM
James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks
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Some wonderful pictures at the National Gallery’s Frans Hals exhibit, including these portraits of a married couple, “reunited” for the first time since they were sold into different collections in the 19th C …
November 3, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Some wonderful pictures at the National Gallery’s Frans Hals exhibit, including these portraits of a married couple, “reunited” for the first time since they were sold into different collections in the 19th C …
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The theft of Arabic Numerals by the West is the greatest tragedy of cultural appropriation ever recorded.
hello everybody and welcome to the Fall 2023 Discourse Games, where we will compete to see who can make the best New Discourse! the rules are thus:
November 2, 2023 at 3:52 PM
The theft of Arabic Numerals by the West is the greatest tragedy of cultural appropriation ever recorded.
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This is what giving Israel a blank check yields. Death for children. It's really that simple. America is doing this with its weapons transfers and its refusal to hold the Israeli government to account for its war crimes. And yes, this is a war crime.
November 2, 2023 at 2:53 PM
This is what giving Israel a blank check yields. Death for children. It's really that simple. America is doing this with its weapons transfers and its refusal to hold the Israeli government to account for its war crimes. And yes, this is a war crime.
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I like it that the IFS has become so much punchier
October 31, 2023 at 5:28 PM
I like it that the IFS has become so much punchier
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Seminal Chris Dillow post, injecting some needle in to the UK's longstanding Bad Management debate.
This drive-by on LinkedIn leadership culture is especially good
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
This drive-by on LinkedIn leadership culture is especially good
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
October 26, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Seminal Chris Dillow post, injecting some needle in to the UK's longstanding Bad Management debate.
This drive-by on LinkedIn leadership culture is especially good
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
This drive-by on LinkedIn leadership culture is especially good
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
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Today the SNB Observatory (consisting of Yvan Lengwiler, Charles Wyplosz and me) released a report on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves.
The report is here: snb-observatory.ch/en_US/intere...
The report is here: snb-observatory.ch/en_US/intere...
October 30, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Today the SNB Observatory (consisting of Yvan Lengwiler, Charles Wyplosz and me) released a report on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves.
The report is here: snb-observatory.ch/en_US/intere...
The report is here: snb-observatory.ch/en_US/intere...
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Here is an opinion piece related to the report by the SNB Observatory published today on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves.
themarket.ch/meinung/shou...
themarket.ch/meinung/shou...
Should the Swiss National Bank pay interest to banks?
The practice of remunerating commercial banks for reserves they hold with the central bank is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the new world of higher interest rates, it should be scrapped.
themarket.ch
October 30, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Here is an opinion piece related to the report by the SNB Observatory published today on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves.
themarket.ch/meinung/shou...
themarket.ch/meinung/shou...
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Incredible message from Simon Case released by Covid Inquiry. I mean we all knew, but to see it set out so clearly by someone who was there...
October 30, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Incredible message from Simon Case released by Covid Inquiry. I mean we all knew, but to see it set out so clearly by someone who was there...
Perhaps it's me, but Bsky seems to be quite a British and European thing. Lots of my favourite posters from these regions are here (I was surprised how many), but few from the US and elsewhere so far.
Is that because I haven't been around long enough to know, or do others also see it?
Is that because I haven't been around long enough to know, or do others also see it?
October 27, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Perhaps it's me, but Bsky seems to be quite a British and European thing. Lots of my favourite posters from these regions are here (I was surprised how many), but few from the US and elsewhere so far.
Is that because I haven't been around long enough to know, or do others also see it?
Is that because I haven't been around long enough to know, or do others also see it?
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My kid just told me he wants to grow up to be a landlord. This one’s broken. I’m gonna try again.
October 23, 2023 at 11:11 PM
My kid just told me he wants to grow up to be a landlord. This one’s broken. I’m gonna try again.
A very clear, and balanced, letter.
"There is a moral and strategic obligation to ensure that Israel's response is characterised by international humanitarian law and leads to an end to the occupation. Rhetoric is not enough." Proud to have signed this powerful open letter. Please share.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
An Open Letter to the Governments of Europe, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canad...
docs.google.com
October 25, 2023 at 12:51 PM
A very clear, and balanced, letter.