Luke
@laccount.bsky.social
My credentials are that I previously did international security, AI, cyber, and those sort of things at think tanks. Exciting stuff.
I didn’t get 4chan as a teen, I tried but I couldn’t get into it. Now I get to watch it cosplay as US politics as an adult, and I still don’t fully understand.
April 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I didn’t get 4chan as a teen, I tried but I couldn’t get into it. Now I get to watch it cosplay as US politics as an adult, and I still don’t fully understand.
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No wait, let me guess.
Is that because YOU NOW OWN TWO HOMES??
Is that because YOU NOW OWN TWO HOMES??
April 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
No wait, let me guess.
Is that because YOU NOW OWN TWO HOMES??
Is that because YOU NOW OWN TWO HOMES??
I never understand why such attitudes always come from a place which sets Welsh people as too thick to successfully learn two things at once. It’s never ‘well of course the kids can learn welsh and pick English up at home’ - just a totally negative mindset that undermines people.
I had a Welsh medium education and I read Saxon book good now
Welsh language plan for Gwynedd is wrong, says Tory leader
Senior Welsh Tory believes the Welsh, or even UK government, should help put a stop to the move.
www.bbc.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I never understand why such attitudes always come from a place which sets Welsh people as too thick to successfully learn two things at once. It’s never ‘well of course the kids can learn welsh and pick English up at home’ - just a totally negative mindset that undermines people.
Fantastic point by David. I would take this one step further, truly re-shoring manufacturing to the US would likely drive advanced manufacturing and robotics, not humans in the rust belt. Makes more sense to have an industrial policy that acknowledges than the blunt force trade weapons of old
The global economy evolved, politics hasn't. Bringing back manufacturing in the AI age. Talking tariffs in the age of services. Protection in the age of economic security.
There's more to this than Trump...
There's more to this than Trump...
April 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fantastic point by David. I would take this one step further, truly re-shoring manufacturing to the US would likely drive advanced manufacturing and robotics, not humans in the rust belt. Makes more sense to have an industrial policy that acknowledges than the blunt force trade weapons of old
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Surveillance Nationalism is such a funny ideology. If my car is spying on my every move and relaying it to a third party, they sure as hell better be in Detroit and not RED BEIJING
April 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Surveillance Nationalism is such a funny ideology. If my car is spying on my every move and relaying it to a third party, they sure as hell better be in Detroit and not RED BEIJING
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Among many geopolitical arguments for saving British Steel there’s also the fine volunteers who will let you spend an afternoon in Scunthorpe driving a train around the active steel works on a massive private railway past vats of molten metal.
April 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Among many geopolitical arguments for saving British Steel there’s also the fine volunteers who will let you spend an afternoon in Scunthorpe driving a train around the active steel works on a massive private railway past vats of molten metal.
This could be a great initiative!
*very quietly sharing this* I'm co-hosting a roundtable in May on the potential of small-scale, community-driven AI. Have invited some folks who might be interested, but if this is your kind of thing, you'd be very welcome to sign up lu.ma/70mrsc82
Community Tech and AI · Luma
An expert practitioner workshop to understand more about the potential to create small-scale, community-driven AI in the UK.
This workshop, co-hosted with the…
lu.ma
April 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This could be a great initiative!
Worse post pandemic as well!
This is preaching to the choir, but I think people who are not bicyclists do not quite understand the level of hate, vitriol, and violence we receive for simply existing on the road. This is true in any environment: urban, suburban, rural.
If you're surprised at how spiteful, hateful, illogical, self-centred aggressive, and ignorant people can be then it's clear you've never cycled in the urban environment. Cyclists have always known.
April 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Worse post pandemic as well!
I buy coffee from a locally run non-profit. It’s £12 for a bag of excellent Coffee, enough to last about 10 days. Why are people going out and buying price gouged rubbish Lavazza?
Surge in coffee prices is testing consumer patience, Lavazza warns
https://www.ft.com/content/4eaeab5d-d523-4d69-8c08-bae68184ec60
https://www.ft.com/content/4eaeab5d-d523-4d69-8c08-bae68184ec60
Surge in coffee prices is testing consumer patience, Lavazza warns
‘When I see £4 for an espresso in London . . . I see the limit,’ says Italian roaster’s boss
www.ft.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I buy coffee from a locally run non-profit. It’s £12 for a bag of excellent Coffee, enough to last about 10 days. Why are people going out and buying price gouged rubbish Lavazza?
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i love how insane everyone is becomeing
April 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
i love how insane everyone is becomeing
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The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
EU, China start talks on lifting EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Handelsblatt reports
The European Union and China have begun negotiations on the abolition of EU tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
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This is probably China's best opportunity so far to de-dollarise the world economy.
April 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is probably China's best opportunity so far to de-dollarise the world economy.
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Very good. Incidentally, I know of an excellent new book on measuring how the economy is doing: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Very good. Incidentally, I know of an excellent new book on measuring how the economy is doing: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
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I wrote about how all this MAGA tariff support is just like finance QAnon (even when Trump backs down). Trust the plan. Follow the crumbs. Trump's in control. A golden age is nigh. This is how people break from reality now. (gift) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Tariff Reality Test
Trump backed down. His supporters think that was the plan all along.
www.theatlantic.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wrote about how all this MAGA tariff support is just like finance QAnon (even when Trump backs down). Trust the plan. Follow the crumbs. Trump's in control. A golden age is nigh. This is how people break from reality now. (gift) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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forcing 404 to cover military affairs and government reports, one post at a time
www.404media.co/u-s-army-say...
www.404media.co/u-s-army-say...
U.S. Army Says It Could Acquire Targets Faster With ‘Advanced AI’
The Pentagon is working to incorporate AI into everything and it has given investigators a status update.
www.404media.co
April 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
forcing 404 to cover military affairs and government reports, one post at a time
www.404media.co/u-s-army-say...
www.404media.co/u-s-army-say...
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"Beyond the AI race: why global governance is the greatest innovation"
Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b...
I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge.
#ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward.
#AIgovernance #AIethics
Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b...
I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge.
#ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward.
#AIgovernance #AIethics
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Beyond the AI race: why global governance is the greatest innovation"
Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b...
I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge.
#ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward.
#AIgovernance #AIethics
Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b...
I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge.
#ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward.
#AIgovernance #AIethics
Trump’s actions would make sense if they were also part of some sort of seismic industrial strategy; re-shore jobs, invest in robotics, and so on. But instead, they’re going with coal.
April 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Trump’s actions would make sense if they were also part of some sort of seismic industrial strategy; re-shore jobs, invest in robotics, and so on. But instead, they’re going with coal.
The EU should unleash tons of EU grade safe haven debt and become some sort of reserve currency union
April 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The EU should unleash tons of EU grade safe haven debt and become some sort of reserve currency union
Risk premium on ‘safe’ 10 year yields increasing.
10-year yield going vertical here. Something’s gonna break.
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Risk premium on ‘safe’ 10 year yields increasing.
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So much winning — in 15 charts
The fallout from ‘Liquidation Day’
www.ft.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Jeremy Grantham’s super bubble hypothesis might be getting a test with this stock market. Might be nowhere near the bottom.
April 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Jeremy Grantham’s super bubble hypothesis might be getting a test with this stock market. Might be nowhere near the bottom.
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Well, he called it. 6 years ago and he called it.
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Well, he called it. 6 years ago and he called it.