Neil Charles
@neilcharles.bsky.social
Owner of sequence-analytics.com and occasional paraglider pilot.
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Dumping on this scale was not just predictable, but predicted. It's the direct result of:
a. 15 years of austerity
b. Reining in and defunding the regulators at the behest of lobbyists.
But it makes you wonder: were the Tories lobbied by professional crime syndicates? Otherwise, why the hell ...?
a. 15 years of austerity
b. Reining in and defunding the regulators at the behest of lobbyists.
But it makes you wonder: were the Tories lobbied by professional crime syndicates? Otherwise, why the hell ...?
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Dumping on this scale was not just predictable, but predicted. It's the direct result of:
a. 15 years of austerity
b. Reining in and defunding the regulators at the behest of lobbyists.
But it makes you wonder: were the Tories lobbied by professional crime syndicates? Otherwise, why the hell ...?
a. 15 years of austerity
b. Reining in and defunding the regulators at the behest of lobbyists.
But it makes you wonder: were the Tories lobbied by professional crime syndicates? Otherwise, why the hell ...?
This is unbelievable. How the hell does everybody on site not immediately get arrested?
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Evidence of waste from primary schools and local authorities in south-east England points to possible large-scale corruption, expert says
Waste from local authorities in the south-east is among the vast mound of rubbish dumped illegally next to a river in Oxfordshire, it can be revealed.
The finding provides evidence of possible large-scale corruption in waste management, a legal expert has warned. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is unbelievable. How the hell does everybody on site not immediately get arrested?
I'm on the sceptical side of AI boosterism but have been playing with Google AI Studio recently and it's really very cool. First vibe coding I've tried that doesn't immediately tie itself in knots and make a huge mess that it can't fix. One button deploy to Google Cloud Run and it actually works.
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm on the sceptical side of AI boosterism but have been playing with Google AI Studio recently and it's really very cool. First vibe coding I've tried that doesn't immediately tie itself in knots and make a huge mess that it can't fix. One button deploy to Google Cloud Run and it actually works.
Today's WFH level: I could just eat the kids' advent calendars and replace them before December.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today's WFH level: I could just eat the kids' advent calendars and replace them before December.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
Not massively convinced by the Met Office's datavis choice for weather warnings of yellow areas that overlap with other yellow areas and yet more yellow areas.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not massively convinced by the Met Office's datavis choice for weather warnings of yellow areas that overlap with other yellow areas and yet more yellow areas.
These boxing matches are The Great White Hype movie except instead of racism it's an audience of middle aged men desperate to see a YouTuber get his ass handed to him.
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
These boxing matches are The Great White Hype movie except instead of racism it's an audience of middle aged men desperate to see a YouTuber get his ass handed to him.
Dear the government. If you want to performatively punish somebody to make yourselves popular then leave the asylum seekers alone, find whoever did this, put them on a small inflatable boat and dispatch them into the Atlantic.
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Dear the government. If you want to performatively punish somebody to make yourselves popular then leave the asylum seekers alone, find whoever did this, put them on a small inflatable boat and dispatch them into the Atlantic.
I'm not as far left as a lot of the recent Bluesky discourse but JFC. Somebody arrives as an asylum seeker wearing a necklace that's a link to home and you take it to recover a few quid for a hotel room. That's pathetic.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm not as far left as a lot of the recent Bluesky discourse but JFC. Somebody arrives as an asylum seeker wearing a necklace that's a link to home and you take it to recover a few quid for a hotel room. That's pathetic.
Cover letters shouldn't be a thing, they've always been awful and AI makes them worse. All that matters are previous roles, skills list and whether the candidate can lay out a readable CV. If they look good on those three checks then they get an in-person interview but each one should be a high bar.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Cover letters shouldn't be a thing, they've always been awful and AI makes them worse. All that matters are previous roles, skills list and whether the candidate can lay out a readable CV. If they look good on those three checks then they get an in-person interview but each one should be a high bar.
Briefly saw a #BBCQT question on whether should ban social media for <16's. No. Stop treating social media companies like an inevitable force of nature that we have to adapt to, impose huge penalties for showing inappropriate content to kids and make them fix their own platforms.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Briefly saw a #BBCQT question on whether should ban social media for <16's. No. Stop treating social media companies like an inevitable force of nature that we have to adapt to, impose huge penalties for showing inappropriate content to kids and make them fix their own platforms.
Please don't do the Bond Cinematic Universe. Please. Choose a Bond, choose an M, choose a Q and choose a baddie. Bond visits M then Q then goes off to fight the baddie. Done. gizmodo.com/amazon-james...
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Please don't do the Bond Cinematic Universe. Please. Choose a Bond, choose an M, choose a Q and choose a baddie. Bond visits M then Q then goes off to fight the baddie. Done. gizmodo.com/amazon-james...
The 'arctic blast' snow forecast stories start earlier every year.
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The 'arctic blast' snow forecast stories start earlier every year.
"GOV.UK One Login is new. At the moment you can only use it to access some government services."
Of course it is. One Login to go with all the other logins. My phone is a repo of different ways to log in to .gov accounts.
Of course it is. One Login to go with all the other logins. My phone is a repo of different ways to log in to .gov accounts.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"GOV.UK One Login is new. At the moment you can only use it to access some government services."
Of course it is. One Login to go with all the other logins. My phone is a repo of different ways to log in to .gov accounts.
Of course it is. One Login to go with all the other logins. My phone is a repo of different ways to log in to .gov accounts.
Well done to Labour on embracing the future this morning with the suggestion that Wes Streeting might be our first 3D printed Prime Minister.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Well done to Labour on embracing the future this morning with the suggestion that Wes Streeting might be our first 3D printed Prime Minister.
The World at One is doing trickle down economics and the Laffer Curve. 1981 called, it wants its economics back.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The World at One is doing trickle down economics and the Laffer Curve. 1981 called, it wants its economics back.
What The Actual F*** www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new peace prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What The Actual F*** www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
They made a Michael Jackson movie?! That's some wholesome family viewing right there.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
They made a Michael Jackson movie?! That's some wholesome family viewing right there.
Modern advent calendars make me sad.
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Modern advent calendars make me sad.
The John Lewis ad but when Dad opens his present it's the contents of the car boot from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The John Lewis ad but when Dad opens his present it's the contents of the car boot from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Suspect James Cartlidge, whoever he is, won't be doing PMQ's for the tories again. Asked one question twice and then the next question four times despite not laying a glove with his first efforts. Lammy had him for breakfast without even trying.
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Suspect James Cartlidge, whoever he is, won't be doing PMQ's for the tories again. Asked one question twice and then the next question four times despite not laying a glove with his first efforts. Lammy had him for breakfast without even trying.
Neat summary of the Today Programme this morning. I don't think they even realise they're doing it but private school, Oxford and then being brought up through the BBC gives you a certain world view. Very noticeable on the News Agents pod too, despite them all quitting the Beeb.
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Neat summary of the Today Programme this morning. I don't think they even realise they're doing it but private school, Oxford and then being brought up through the BBC gives you a certain world view. Very noticeable on the News Agents pod too, despite them all quitting the Beeb.
Watching Zohran Mamdani and I know he seems to be a once in a generation talent but God we're crying out for a few normal people in charge. Nice people. People who don't panic when you ask their favourite sandwich because they haven't focus-grouped it, they just tell you their favourite sandwich.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watching Zohran Mamdani and I know he seems to be a once in a generation talent but God we're crying out for a few normal people in charge. Nice people. People who don't panic when you ask their favourite sandwich because they haven't focus-grouped it, they just tell you their favourite sandwich.
Rachel Reeves is when the "this is fine" dog notices the fire might actually be a problem.
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Rachel Reeves is when the "this is fine" dog notices the fire might actually be a problem.