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The whole premise of the analysis is utter nonsense.
And the execution makes it even worse.
And The Times just printed it without question.
Because the Conservative Party told them to.🙄
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And the execution makes it even worse.
And The Times just printed it without question.
Because the Conservative Party told them to.🙄
22/26
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The whole premise of the analysis is utter nonsense.
And the execution makes it even worse.
And The Times just printed it without question.
Because the Conservative Party told them to.🙄
22/26
And the execution makes it even worse.
And The Times just printed it without question.
Because the Conservative Party told them to.🙄
22/26
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So yes, if you ignore the fact there were 109K Somalia-born people living in the UK in 2021
And you ignore the next 4 years of arrivals, taking it to ~176K
And you decide only the 2130 Somali passport holders in 2021 count
THEN you can claim 12% of them are in prison👍🏼🙄
16/26
And you ignore the next 4 years of arrivals, taking it to ~176K
And you decide only the 2130 Somali passport holders in 2021 count
THEN you can claim 12% of them are in prison👍🏼🙄
16/26
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
So yes, if you ignore the fact there were 109K Somalia-born people living in the UK in 2021
And you ignore the next 4 years of arrivals, taking it to ~176K
And you decide only the 2130 Somali passport holders in 2021 count
THEN you can claim 12% of them are in prison👍🏼🙄
16/26
And you ignore the next 4 years of arrivals, taking it to ~176K
And you decide only the 2130 Somali passport holders in 2021 count
THEN you can claim 12% of them are in prison👍🏼🙄
16/26
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Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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🚨🚨 An "inverse" #brexitbenefit: British scientists are “over the moon” to be back in the EU’s flagship science research programme Horizon after a three-year #Brexit lockout, with new data revealing they have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entry. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout
Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨🚨 An "inverse" #brexitbenefit: British scientists are “over the moon” to be back in the EU’s flagship science research programme Horizon after a three-year #Brexit lockout, with new data revealing they have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entry. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
theonion.com/ice-ope...
theonion.com/ice-ope...
May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
theonion.com/ice-ope...
theonion.com/ice-ope...
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Love how the economy is becoming a Russian nesting doll of tech companies built to solve the problems created by other tech companies
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Love how the economy is becoming a Russian nesting doll of tech companies built to solve the problems created by other tech companies
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
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Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
April 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
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Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
April 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
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Bert Jenrick is the politician of the future: no consistency, any methods, will say absolutely anything because he knows that in the modern information environment he will get away with it.
Robert Jenrick also sent no - (0) - tweets commemorating “the beginning of Holy Week”
April 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bert Jenrick is the politician of the future: no consistency, any methods, will say absolutely anything because he knows that in the modern information environment he will get away with it.
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Killing your child to own the libs
April 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Killing your child to own the libs
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Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
HUNTSVILLE, AL—In an effort to comfort the child by telling her the funds had gone to a far better place, local parents Blake and Allison McKee gently explained to their daughter Friday that their mon...
theonion.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
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Minimum wage for a 9-5 full time job (40 hours a week) is, as of today, £25,396 a year for anyone over 21.
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
Reporter, South Hams Gazette - Tindle News
The South Hams Gazette team is looking for a qualified Reporter who can deliver rich multimedia articles and videos
tindlenews.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Minimum wage for a 9-5 full time job (40 hours a week) is, as of today, £25,396 a year for anyone over 21.
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...
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guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text
i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text
![chatgpt log:
What would be an easy way to calculate the tariffs that should be imposed on other countries so that the US is on even-playing fields when it comes to trade deficit? Set minimum at 10%.
Reasoned about trade tariffs and deficits for 10 seconds v
A straightforward (if naïve) method is to set the tariff rate for each trading partner equal to the percentage share of the trade deficit relative to that country's total imports-always no less than 10%. In formula form:
Tariff Rate (%) = max(10, (Trade Deficit ÷ Total Imports) *
100)
For example, if the US runs a $20 billion deficit on $100 billion worth of imports from a country, the calculated rate is (20/100)×100 = 20%. If the deficit were only 5%, you'd still impose a 10% floor.
This method ignores the intricate dynamics of international trade-such as elasticities, retaliatory measures, and supply chain nuances-but it provides a blunt, proportional rule to "level the playing field." One might implement it in Python like so:
[code]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/bafkreigbalqxjorllnpelbwe5kcla5fdedxvgv3cicxdsrbdxarodif5ba@jpeg)
![Grok:
the deficit. The deficit as a percentage of total trade is
$295B/$582B = 50.69%. Using the formula Tariff% = 10% +
(Deficit% × Scaling Factor), we choose a scaling factor of 50 for illustration:
• Tariff = 10% + (50.69% × 50) = 10% + 25.345% = 35.345%, rounded to 35.3%.
This means a 35.3% tariff on Chinese goods could be proposed to offset the imbalance, aiming to reduce imports and encourage domestic production or exports.
Extending to Other Countries
To provide a broader view, here's a table of top US trading partners with 2024 deficits, using data from The Motley Fool and similar calculations (assuming scaling factor of 50 for consistency):
[data table headings]
Country
Deficit
(USD
Billion)
Total
Trade
(USD
Billion)
Deficit %
Calculate d Tariff %
China
-295
582
50.69%
35.3%
Mexico
-172
840
20.48%
20.2%
Vietnam
-123
(Data incomplet e, estimate)
~30%
25.0%
Ireland
-87
(Data incomplet e, estimate)
~25%
22.5%
Germany
-85
(Data incomplete estimate)
~20%
20.0%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/bafkreietqlxsi5akdrvtp2rwqpc6kt6g6bbb2dppqcfn2j4q7xkofn4f4y@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text
i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Good thread. I’d add: Labour thinks they ARE giving its target voters loads of reasons to vote for it, whether it is renters’ rights, leasehold reform, the employment rights bill. But in the main these are things that people just “bank” and don’t reward incumbents for.
The Labour leadership has lost sight of the difference between 'positive reasons' to vote *for* a party and 'negative reasons' *not* to vote for it
Labour is working overtime to avoid giving its target voters reasons not to vote for it - but isn't giving people a reason to vote for it
Labour is working overtime to avoid giving its target voters reasons not to vote for it - but isn't giving people a reason to vote for it
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good thread. I’d add: Labour thinks they ARE giving its target voters loads of reasons to vote for it, whether it is renters’ rights, leasehold reform, the employment rights bill. But in the main these are things that people just “bank” and don’t reward incumbents for.
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If we’re imprisoning people with tattoos related to extremists…
March 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If we’re imprisoning people with tattoos related to extremists…
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On Wednesday we published an interactive map showing the tens of thousands of UK companies hiding their beneficial owner. It's now updated - with filters and search functions.
In this thread I use it to uncover a truly shocking and unexpected case of hidden ownership.
In this thread I use it to uncover a truly shocking and unexpected case of hidden ownership.
March 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
On Wednesday we published an interactive map showing the tens of thousands of UK companies hiding their beneficial owner. It's now updated - with filters and search functions.
In this thread I use it to uncover a truly shocking and unexpected case of hidden ownership.
In this thread I use it to uncover a truly shocking and unexpected case of hidden ownership.
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At the National Cryptologic Museum, they have covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. Deleting the achievements and contribution of women, because Trump is a pathetic man-baby.
H/T @genmhayden.bsky.social
H/T @genmhayden.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
At the National Cryptologic Museum, they have covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. Deleting the achievements and contribution of women, because Trump is a pathetic man-baby.
H/T @genmhayden.bsky.social
H/T @genmhayden.bsky.social
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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So what I think is interesting is 'the Starmer government is more rightwing than New Labour/is no change from the Tories' is just not true. But (IMO unsurprisingly) people care a lot more about social policy than they do about the labour market, renters' rights, who owns the railways, etc.
March 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So what I think is interesting is 'the Starmer government is more rightwing than New Labour/is no change from the Tories' is just not true. But (IMO unsurprisingly) people care a lot more about social policy than they do about the labour market, renters' rights, who owns the railways, etc.