Niall Litchfield
@nlitchfield.bsky.social
Data Guy. OakTable member and cricket fan. Loves interesting problems and thinking. Niall sounds like the river. All views are my own. "Chris Bryant dressed as a scarecrow"
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Niall Litchfield
@nlitchfield.bsky.social
· Dec 31
End of the year means time to self evaluate my predictions for 2024 originally made over at the other place, but mow found at bsky.app/profile/nlit...
Moving my pinned post/thread from the other place.
g on from 2023 predictions. Some 2024 predictions. I'm going to try to follow this suggestion and assign percentages rather than H/M/L x.com/sam_atis/sta... again a 🧵a bit more rationale than last year.
g on from 2023 predictions. Some 2024 predictions. I'm going to try to follow this suggestion and assign percentages rather than H/M/L x.com/sam_atis/sta... again a 🧵a bit more rationale than last year.
I reviewed my 2024 predictions at bsky.app/profile/nlit.... 2025 (leaking into 2026) predictions together with associated confidence
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Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned (all the cars I've owned)
2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK320
2003 Mercedes-Benz CL500
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLS500
2006 Citroën C6 (2.7 hdi)
2022 BMW 840i (3.0)
Spot the moment I got fed up with cheap clunkers.
2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK320
2003 Mercedes-Benz CL500
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLS500
2006 Citroën C6 (2.7 hdi)
2022 BMW 840i (3.0)
Spot the moment I got fed up with cheap clunkers.
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
1985 Nissan Micra 1.0
1999 Renault Megane 1.6
1996 Jaguar XJ6 3.2
1997 Rover 216 Auto
2001 Volvo V40 1.6
1985 Nissan Micra 1.0
1999 Renault Megane 1.6
1996 Jaguar XJ6 3.2
1997 Rover 216 Auto
2001 Volvo V40 1.6
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Hawkwind
Kiss
Marillion
Rush
Yes
Kiss
Marillion
Rush
Yes
Thé Stone Roses
Bad Brains
The The
The Arctic Monkeys
Underworld
Bad Brains
The The
The Arctic Monkeys
Underworld
The Fall
Pavement
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Suede
Mudhoney
Pavement
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Suede
Mudhoney
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hawkwind
Kiss
Marillion
Rush
Yes
Kiss
Marillion
Rush
Yes
So many of these look like Houses designed by folk who want to live in an Hotel.
Love the gym, which feels like something you'd get in a Novotel which really needs a refurbishment.
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So many of these look like Houses designed by folk who want to live in an Hotel.
Fair comment that a lot is down to the players, but it was the manager who drove most of the squad changes (notably Isaac despite the evidence that he wasn't a reliable team member and hadn't trained properly) and it is the manager who allocates roles and playing style.
Last season: Liverpool replace a beloved manager, squad doesn't change, team stays good
This season: Liverpool replace key players while others age into their mid-thirties, manager doesn't change, team gets worse
Clearly the manager is the issue here
This season: Liverpool replace key players while others age into their mid-thirties, manager doesn't change, team gets worse
Clearly the manager is the issue here
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Fair comment that a lot is down to the players, but it was the manager who drove most of the squad changes (notably Isaac despite the evidence that he wasn't a reliable team member and hadn't trained properly) and it is the manager who allocates roles and playing style.
He thinks he is Henry VIII doesn't he.
The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
He thinks he is Henry VIII doesn't he.
This is a very odd Tweet from Sadiq Khan's office. 100 million free school meals being needed feels like an indictment not a cause for celebration.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is a very odd Tweet from Sadiq Khan's office. 100 million free school meals being needed feels like an indictment not a cause for celebration.
Too big to fail worked out just great with the banks.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Too big to fail worked out just great with the banks.
*could* doing a lot of work here.
Yes, please. 🌳 🌿 🏡
'By the end of this parliament, spades could be in the ground for a "forest city" housing a million people in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with four-bedroom homes on sale for £350,000.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'By the end of this parliament, spades could be in the ground for a "forest city" housing a million people in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with four-bedroom homes on sale for £350,000.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
*could* doing a lot of work here.
See also, internet, typewriter, tv, spellcheck, drill, hammer, sink plunger.
Tools have no concern for truth. That's down to the human.
Tools have no concern for truth. That's down to the human.
People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
See also, internet, typewriter, tv, spellcheck, drill, hammer, sink plunger.
Tools have no concern for truth. That's down to the human.
Tools have no concern for truth. That's down to the human.
God, I wish I'd said that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
God, I wish I'd said that.
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Australian ground staff frantically googling "How do I prepare a flat, lifeless road?"
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Australian ground staff frantically googling "How do I prepare a flat, lifeless road?"
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*Pops over to X* Has he? Has he been? YES! He's published an 1,835-word tweet rebuttal of a report he hasn't read!
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
*Pops over to X* Has he? Has he been? YES! He's published an 1,835-word tweet rebuttal of a report he hasn't read!
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We do be seizing existence
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We do be seizing existence
This is indeed grim, but I strongly suspect that the 69% figure is split pretty evenly between "doesn't go nearly far enough" and "this isn't the progressive government we voted for".
Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is indeed grim, but I strongly suspect that the 69% figure is split pretty evenly between "doesn't go nearly far enough" and "this isn't the progressive government we voted for".
Everyone is allowed a wrong opinion.
Reminder that there are people who walk among us who think that international football is boring.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Everyone is allowed a wrong opinion.
Core trait for a tech career (although difficult to put in corporate training materials).
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Core trait for a tech career (although difficult to put in corporate training materials).
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
Missed opportunity. We should aim to become a nation of 60 million cheese rollers.
Since it is apparently time to engineer cultural cohesion, we should set out a plan. The aim, of course, is that we should all ultimately adopt the culture native to Essex. It will need to be staged so in the first phase we will be requiring Yorkshire people to be more Scottish.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Missed opportunity. We should aim to become a nation of 60 million cheese rollers.
Heads up that there will be a *lot* of this coming your way from me soon.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Heads up that there will be a *lot* of this coming your way from me soon.
So per www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... McSweeney had nothing to do with the briefings, didn't know they were happening from "sources close to the PM" and this explains why he is suited for the Chief of Staff role.
Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told
The PM's top aide was not involved
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So per www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... McSweeney had nothing to do with the briefings, didn't know they were happening from "sources close to the PM" and this explains why he is suited for the Chief of Staff role.