Paul Pod
@paulpod.bsky.social
Designer. Ex GOV, NHS, startups. Lives in Wales, London @paulpod on most things
🏴 website: Neuromantics.net
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🏴 website: Neuromantics.net
📨 signal: paulpod.404
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“The problem is that Brits want Scandinavian-style public services without the tax levels; we need to break through that barrier.”
“I hear you: smörgåsbord taxes”
“…what”
“I hear you: smörgåsbord taxes”
“…what”
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“The problem is that Brits want Scandinavian-style public services without the tax levels; we need to break through that barrier.”
“I hear you: smörgåsbord taxes”
“…what”
“I hear you: smörgåsbord taxes”
“…what”
This would all be bollocks but i swear I saw the chancellor do a very serious breakfast briefing on the telly. It was a real thing.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This would all be bollocks but i swear I saw the chancellor do a very serious breakfast briefing on the telly. It was a real thing.
I think this was the basic agreement all the sensible people had reached. I had even prepared and calibrated my moans in advance
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I think this was the basic agreement all the sensible people had reached. I had even prepared and calibrated my moans in advance
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
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UK GILTS DROP AT THE START OF TRADING, WITH THE TEN-YEAR YIELD RISING BY 13 BASIS POINTS TO 4.57%
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
UK GILTS DROP AT THE START OF TRADING, WITH THE TEN-YEAR YIELD RISING BY 13 BASIS POINTS TO 4.57%
Are we not even doing it with the fun characters?
Smörgåsbord? No fun. Ever.
Smörgåsbord? No fun. Ever.
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Are we not even doing it with the fun characters?
Smörgåsbord? No fun. Ever.
Smörgåsbord? No fun. Ever.
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Just think how long her budget speech is going to be. It's like a Radio 4 panel game show. "You've got 120 minutes to raise £30 billion pounds and you can't mention income tax. And you're time starts....."
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just think how long her budget speech is going to be. It's like a Radio 4 panel game show. "You've got 120 minutes to raise £30 billion pounds and you can't mention income tax. And you're time starts....."
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Labour was elected in July 2024 on a manifesto titled with one word, which was Change, and what they've delivered is continuity austerity and unsurprisingly, people are fucked off with them.
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Labour was elected in July 2024 on a manifesto titled with one word, which was Change, and what they've delivered is continuity austerity and unsurprisingly, people are fucked off with them.
People love cowardice in their visionary leaders. Love. It.
“No, no, it’s great strategy to spend weeks laying the ground for tax hikes, finally getting people to accept they may be necessary, then at the last moment deciding not to do them after all.”
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
People love cowardice in their visionary leaders. Love. It.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
Hahahaha is he this thick? Are they all this thick? Amazing bullshittery
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hahahaha is he this thick? Are they all this thick? Amazing bullshittery
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
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The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Rachel Reeves to curb bike purchases through salary sacrifice in Budget
Introduction of new cap comes after retailers warned some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
So i assume number 10 ditches the troublesome staff before this leads the entire weekend headlines, and impinges on week-before-budget stories? Right.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So i assume number 10 ditches the troublesome staff before this leads the entire weekend headlines, and impinges on week-before-budget stories? Right.
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They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to create an artificial general intelligence, despite having no idea what that is, no proof they can build it & no hope of doing so. Cunts just read too many sci-fi books.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to create an artificial general intelligence, despite having no idea what that is, no proof they can build it & no hope of doing so. Cunts just read too many sci-fi books.
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flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
![“If you want to know how a model will behave, the only way of doing it is to run it,” Mensch also suggested. “You do need to have some empirical testing, what’s happening. Knowing the input data that has been used for training is not going to tell you whether your model is going to behave well in [a healthcare use-case], for instance. You don’t really care about what’s in the training data. You do care about the empirical behaviour of the model. So you don’t need knowledge of the training data. And if you had knowledge of the training data, it wouldn’t even teach you whether the model is going to behave well or not. So this is why I’m saying it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26hkfmtr7jrchexamh7hk6rz/bafkreibp7oaeovg7xt43dlk3qtmkft6irldgf44tz75sbaiqvoqdq4kpjy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
Intersex births and lives don't get enough attention, no doubt because it wrecks the flawed binary laws and approach we have
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Intersex births and lives don't get enough attention, no doubt because it wrecks the flawed binary laws and approach we have
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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As we've all been talking about Bond today, why not enjoy the opening page of Ian Fleming's classic, "Goldfinger"?
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As we've all been talking about Bond today, why not enjoy the opening page of Ian Fleming's classic, "Goldfinger"?
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If Starmer wants to stop a leadership challenge, he just needs to change direction. It’s not hard. Have the brains to realise that the Blue Labour approach is failing dismally.
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
If Starmer wants to stop a leadership challenge, he just needs to change direction. It’s not hard. Have the brains to realise that the Blue Labour approach is failing dismally.
What even is the offer to young people at the moment?
Support for Labour among young people has collapsed in recent months, exclusive polling for ITV News and ITV Peston programme has found, while backing for the #GreenParty from 18 to 25 year olds has doubled
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What even is the offer to young people at the moment?
Smiling welcoming faces at the new entrance to Cabinet Room this morning
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Smiling welcoming faces at the new entrance to Cabinet Room this morning
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PEOPLE JUST WANT SOME FUCKING JOY, KEIR
Not endless tweaks and burbles about "it must be right" and "hard working fucking families" and "smashing the mythical gangs" it's all so shit
Not endless tweaks and burbles about "it must be right" and "hard working fucking families" and "smashing the mythical gangs" it's all so shit
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
PEOPLE JUST WANT SOME FUCKING JOY, KEIR
Not endless tweaks and burbles about "it must be right" and "hard working fucking families" and "smashing the mythical gangs" it's all so shit
Not endless tweaks and burbles about "it must be right" and "hard working fucking families" and "smashing the mythical gangs" it's all so shit