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And partly for not pandering enough to Trump. Political discourse in the UK is deeply divided.
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And partly for not pandering enough to Trump. Political discourse in the UK is deeply divided.
Threads was only briefly a useful refuge from the hellscape of Twitter, once it became obvious that Mastodon was fragmented and impossible to navigate.
(Which reads very much like the synopsis of a self-published space-fantasy novel.)
(Which reads very much like the synopsis of a self-published space-fantasy novel.)
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Threads was only briefly a useful refuge from the hellscape of Twitter, once it became obvious that Mastodon was fragmented and impossible to navigate.
(Which reads very much like the synopsis of a self-published space-fantasy novel.)
(Which reads very much like the synopsis of a self-published space-fantasy novel.)
"You know, Uncle Jim has been learning desktop publishing now he's retired. He always had an eye for that sort of thing. He could do the news graphics, and you wouldn't have to worry about paying for one of those expensive companies to do it. They just overcharge and it will look just as good..."
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"You know, Uncle Jim has been learning desktop publishing now he's retired. He always had an eye for that sort of thing. He could do the news graphics, and you wouldn't have to worry about paying for one of those expensive companies to do it. They just overcharge and it will look just as good..."
It's good to know that even the British Museum has a bit of Nookie.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
One of these, I assume:
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
One of these, I assume:
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's good to know that even the British Museum has a bit of Nookie.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
One of these, I assume:
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
One of these, I assume:
I think he harms everyone. The electrons dedicated to that farce have an associated carbon footprint. It is wasteful.
(Unlike the resources dedicated to my own very worthy and beneficent online activities.)
(Unlike the resources dedicated to my own very worthy and beneficent online activities.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I think he harms everyone. The electrons dedicated to that farce have an associated carbon footprint. It is wasteful.
(Unlike the resources dedicated to my own very worthy and beneficent online activities.)
(Unlike the resources dedicated to my own very worthy and beneficent online activities.)
It shouldn't require an addendum.
"Unless you have an untreatable medical condition which causes unavoidable body odours, please also remember to wash yourself and your clothes."
This is important information: strong fragrances don't take away BO. They just add to the unpleasant potpourri.
"Unless you have an untreatable medical condition which causes unavoidable body odours, please also remember to wash yourself and your clothes."
This is important information: strong fragrances don't take away BO. They just add to the unpleasant potpourri.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It shouldn't require an addendum.
"Unless you have an untreatable medical condition which causes unavoidable body odours, please also remember to wash yourself and your clothes."
This is important information: strong fragrances don't take away BO. They just add to the unpleasant potpourri.
"Unless you have an untreatable medical condition which causes unavoidable body odours, please also remember to wash yourself and your clothes."
This is important information: strong fragrances don't take away BO. They just add to the unpleasant potpourri.
So, contrive a lie then don't enact the dastardly plan at the first opportunity? Instead, choose to botch the launch of a series of unpopular cost-saving measures, followed by embarrassing u-turns. Then, moot rises in the higher rate of taxation and extend benefits, in a betrayal of Labour values?
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So, contrive a lie then don't enact the dastardly plan at the first opportunity? Instead, choose to botch the launch of a series of unpopular cost-saving measures, followed by embarrassing u-turns. Then, moot rises in the higher rate of taxation and extend benefits, in a betrayal of Labour values?
Perhaps my reading is uncharitable, but I think the piece reads like a good argument to do nothing, lest the Right benefits.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Perhaps my reading is uncharitable, but I think the piece reads like a good argument to do nothing, lest the Right benefits.
Is it anything as contrived as a lie?
The UK becomes ungovernable if political promises are elevated above taking actions. That isn't to say that there shouldn't be an electoral price for getting it wrong, but the discourse is unhealthy.
Talk of "betrayal" is the stock-in-trade of the Right.
The UK becomes ungovernable if political promises are elevated above taking actions. That isn't to say that there shouldn't be an electoral price for getting it wrong, but the discourse is unhealthy.
Talk of "betrayal" is the stock-in-trade of the Right.
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is it anything as contrived as a lie?
The UK becomes ungovernable if political promises are elevated above taking actions. That isn't to say that there shouldn't be an electoral price for getting it wrong, but the discourse is unhealthy.
Talk of "betrayal" is the stock-in-trade of the Right.
The UK becomes ungovernable if political promises are elevated above taking actions. That isn't to say that there shouldn't be an electoral price for getting it wrong, but the discourse is unhealthy.
Talk of "betrayal" is the stock-in-trade of the Right.
So, under Jones' assessment, is it right or not to: 1. raise the higher rate of income taxes (whilst reducing NI for low- middle-income earners) and; 2. scrap the two-child benefit cap?
Because, he seems to suggest that both actions give succour to the Right. Which is presumably a bad thing.
Because, he seems to suggest that both actions give succour to the Right. Which is presumably a bad thing.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So, under Jones' assessment, is it right or not to: 1. raise the higher rate of income taxes (whilst reducing NI for low- middle-income earners) and; 2. scrap the two-child benefit cap?
Because, he seems to suggest that both actions give succour to the Right. Which is presumably a bad thing.
Because, he seems to suggest that both actions give succour to the Right. Which is presumably a bad thing.
The final paragraph is hardly an optimistic endorsement of the changes. It seems to suggest that making changes Jones would normally advocate for is a gamble that could precipitate the further rise of the popular Right.
That might sound like an argument not to do the right things.
That might sound like an argument not to do the right things.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The final paragraph is hardly an optimistic endorsement of the changes. It seems to suggest that making changes Jones would normally advocate for is a gamble that could precipitate the further rise of the popular Right.
That might sound like an argument not to do the right things.
That might sound like an argument not to do the right things.
The article's thesis seems to be that anything Labour does contributes to the rise of UK fascism and is wrong.
Raising income taxes for higher earners: a "betrayal".
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap: too late, and won't generate political capital.
Jones seems to arguing both are mistakes.
Raising income taxes for higher earners: a "betrayal".
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap: too late, and won't generate political capital.
Jones seems to arguing both are mistakes.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The article's thesis seems to be that anything Labour does contributes to the rise of UK fascism and is wrong.
Raising income taxes for higher earners: a "betrayal".
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap: too late, and won't generate political capital.
Jones seems to arguing both are mistakes.
Raising income taxes for higher earners: a "betrayal".
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap: too late, and won't generate political capital.
Jones seems to arguing both are mistakes.
Quality aside, it is the difference between fully integrated design and mere decoration. One is richly detailed but holistic, the other is confused ornamentation superimposed on a much simpler aesthetic.
Gilding the lily.
Gilding the lily.
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Quality aside, it is the difference between fully integrated design and mere decoration. One is richly detailed but holistic, the other is confused ornamentation superimposed on a much simpler aesthetic.
Gilding the lily.
Gilding the lily.
Yes. I find it interesting we frame some things as "retro", where high-fashion or automotive market similar concepts as "timeless".
As you point out: there's only so many ways to address form and function. Optimised and persistent aesthetic solutions often emerge quickly after invention.
As you point out: there's only so many ways to address form and function. Optimised and persistent aesthetic solutions often emerge quickly after invention.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yes. I find it interesting we frame some things as "retro", where high-fashion or automotive market similar concepts as "timeless".
As you point out: there's only so many ways to address form and function. Optimised and persistent aesthetic solutions often emerge quickly after invention.
As you point out: there's only so many ways to address form and function. Optimised and persistent aesthetic solutions often emerge quickly after invention.
Illustrated with a picture of Adidas Samba, which have been in more or less continuous production and evolution since 1949. It was the 70's and 80's when it evolved into a street shoe.
More like the Porche 911 of shoes, rather than merely retro. A design classic maintained through the ages.
More like the Porche 911 of shoes, rather than merely retro. A design classic maintained through the ages.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Illustrated with a picture of Adidas Samba, which have been in more or less continuous production and evolution since 1949. It was the 70's and 80's when it evolved into a street shoe.
More like the Porche 911 of shoes, rather than merely retro. A design classic maintained through the ages.
More like the Porche 911 of shoes, rather than merely retro. A design classic maintained through the ages.
Most documentaries about historical figures are documentaries about contemporary concerns. Neurodiversity examined through a lens of an extraordinarily productive creative. Sounds a bit on the nose: conclusions first. Also the bit on sunsets and Mount Tambora to discuss anthropogenic climate change!
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Most documentaries about historical figures are documentaries about contemporary concerns. Neurodiversity examined through a lens of an extraordinarily productive creative. Sounds a bit on the nose: conclusions first. Also the bit on sunsets and Mount Tambora to discuss anthropogenic climate change!
That's not what's happening. Watson was horribly sexist and racist, self-regarding and unduly prominent in the complex history of DNA.
But, recognition of Franklin's excellence in science and contribution to solving the structure of DNA is not served by maintaining myths about the circumstances.
But, recognition of Franklin's excellence in science and contribution to solving the structure of DNA is not served by maintaining myths about the circumstances.
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That's not what's happening. Watson was horribly sexist and racist, self-regarding and unduly prominent in the complex history of DNA.
But, recognition of Franklin's excellence in science and contribution to solving the structure of DNA is not served by maintaining myths about the circumstances.
But, recognition of Franklin's excellence in science and contribution to solving the structure of DNA is not served by maintaining myths about the circumstances.
People willingly believe the myth because of Watson's obnoxious character. It's intuitively appealing narrative given the history of undervalued and uncredited women in science.
Franklin was a brilliant scientist, so too Watson. He was also an arse whose fame obscured many others in the DNA story.
Franklin was a brilliant scientist, so too Watson. He was also an arse whose fame obscured many others in the DNA story.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
People willingly believe the myth because of Watson's obnoxious character. It's intuitively appealing narrative given the history of undervalued and uncredited women in science.
Franklin was a brilliant scientist, so too Watson. He was also an arse whose fame obscured many others in the DNA story.
Franklin was a brilliant scientist, so too Watson. He was also an arse whose fame obscured many others in the DNA story.
Tesla stock is so irrationally overvalued, that increasing the market value sixfold whilst underlying performance stagnates isn't impossible. It is a cult stock.
The profitability milestones are more challenging, but he still stands to make billions missing those.
The profitability milestones are more challenging, but he still stands to make billions missing those.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Tesla stock is so irrationally overvalued, that increasing the market value sixfold whilst underlying performance stagnates isn't impossible. It is a cult stock.
The profitability milestones are more challenging, but he still stands to make billions missing those.
The profitability milestones are more challenging, but he still stands to make billions missing those.
I know that increasing the market value of a company sixfold isn't trivial, except that Tesla valuations defy logic. The stock price has become the product. In any rational market, that trillion dollar package will never be paid. The market isn't rational.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I know that increasing the market value of a company sixfold isn't trivial, except that Tesla valuations defy logic. The stock price has become the product. In any rational market, that trillion dollar package will never be paid. The market isn't rational.
Yes. Silly numbers just based on total revenue. Even sillier when you look at underlying performance.
All YoY revenue down, across automotive, energy, and services. 17.2% Total GAAP Gross Margin on $22.496m revenue in Q2 25. 15.1% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
It is absolutely bonkers.
All YoY revenue down, across automotive, energy, and services. 17.2% Total GAAP Gross Margin on $22.496m revenue in Q2 25. 15.1% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
It is absolutely bonkers.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yes. Silly numbers just based on total revenue. Even sillier when you look at underlying performance.
All YoY revenue down, across automotive, energy, and services. 17.2% Total GAAP Gross Margin on $22.496m revenue in Q2 25. 15.1% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
It is absolutely bonkers.
All YoY revenue down, across automotive, energy, and services. 17.2% Total GAAP Gross Margin on $22.496m revenue in Q2 25. 15.1% Adjusted EBITDA margin.
It is absolutely bonkers.
I presume you know that car sales aren't 100% profit to the manufacturer?
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I presume you know that car sales aren't 100% profit to the manufacturer?
Most, but not all: "...red hair is essentially a Mendelian trait modified by additional loci..."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Red haired parents can have children with dark or blonde hair, depending on genotype - both of which are polygenic traits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Red haired parents can have children with dark or blonde hair, depending on genotype - both of which are polygenic traits
Genome-wide study of hair colour in UK Biobank explains most of the SNP heritability - Nature Communications
Natural hair colour in Europeans is a complex genetic trait. Here, the authors carry out a genome-wide association study using UK BioBank data, suggesting that in combination with pigmentation genes, ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Most, but not all: "...red hair is essentially a Mendelian trait modified by additional loci..."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Red haired parents can have children with dark or blonde hair, depending on genotype - both of which are polygenic traits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Red haired parents can have children with dark or blonde hair, depending on genotype - both of which are polygenic traits
Batman authors have regularly wrestled with the question of whether the Caped Crusader is a fascist.
His fans and imitators have regularly failed to grapple with the same question.
His fans and imitators have regularly failed to grapple with the same question.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Batman authors have regularly wrestled with the question of whether the Caped Crusader is a fascist.
His fans and imitators have regularly failed to grapple with the same question.
His fans and imitators have regularly failed to grapple with the same question.
We should all prefer justice.
Titles and privilege are not rights, and don't deserve any less reason to be withdrawn than be granted. Baubles gifted by whim of monarchs and prestige by accident of birth were always subject to not embarrassing the institution.
He did that, beyond reasonable doubt.
Titles and privilege are not rights, and don't deserve any less reason to be withdrawn than be granted. Baubles gifted by whim of monarchs and prestige by accident of birth were always subject to not embarrassing the institution.
He did that, beyond reasonable doubt.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We should all prefer justice.
Titles and privilege are not rights, and don't deserve any less reason to be withdrawn than be granted. Baubles gifted by whim of monarchs and prestige by accident of birth were always subject to not embarrassing the institution.
He did that, beyond reasonable doubt.
Titles and privilege are not rights, and don't deserve any less reason to be withdrawn than be granted. Baubles gifted by whim of monarchs and prestige by accident of birth were always subject to not embarrassing the institution.
He did that, beyond reasonable doubt.