New, hard data from nearly ten years of evidence: Brexit has cut UK GDP by 6–8%. The experts who were dismissed as “Project Fear”? They were too optimistic.

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While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).

m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...

🟦 CLEAN FEED | A nice gesture from @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social as former Sub Postmistress Betty Brown (92) is awarded redress following the Horizon Scandal after a 26 year campaign.

And an acknowledgement of the key role of @privateeyenews.bsky.social, @computerweekly.bsky.social and the ITV drama.

Listening to BBC’s A Question Of Science and it’s SO NICE to hear knowledgable people explaining things. None of this ‘both sides’ nonsense, no need to include your terminally facebooked aunt asking a question about chem trails, just people who actually get shit done because they’re clever. Bliss.

That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988

🚨The Supreme Court today gives Trump a license to engage in racial profiling, with Justice Kavanaugh writing in concurrence to expressly endorse ICE and Border Patrol targeting any Latinos they observe in Los Angeles speaking Spanish and then demanding their papers.

Half of Britons remember Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerging wet-shirted from a lake, even though it never happened, reports Dylan Difford for YouGov. yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

This is exactly the experience I've had with ChatGPT - even on very basic questions (researching the Great North Road in my case), it produced absolute bullshit and lied constantly. Genuinely would be better to ask the pub dog for his thoughts on any subject. 🐶

Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today.

Subject: Island of Strangers?

Mr Starmer,

Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Talk about painting a target!

The day they cancelled Rentaghost

@dirtyfeed.org Hi John - loved the article about the Golden Brain puzzle. Apologies if this has already been said, but didn't the fragrant Margaret always refer to Denis as her rock? Surely he wouldn't have been in on it?

Oh hey, not long now till the latest Ghost Story for Christmas, Mark Gatiss' Woman of Stone, airs on the Beeb. You could watch that and then pull your dusty old copy of Damnable Tales down from the shelf and read the story from which it is adapted, oOooOOoo 👻🎄...

My frequent collaborator @jevinwest.bsky.social worked with an exceptional team to develop an NRC report on the challenges of misinformation about science.

That report is now available for free today.

nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2789...

UK Folks.

If you're concerned about the catastrophic impact of generative AI on the creative industries & the theft of artists/writers creations, then you REALLY NEED to complete the below online consultation form.

This is your chance to say 'fuck off, this is not okay'

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@johnfinnemore.bsky.social John, are you there? I've received an email with you making a face that I can only describe as enigmatic...

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