Pete Miles
@petermiles.bsky.social
Ex- consultant, manager, marketer, engineer. Interested in Complexity, Systems and Collective Intelligence. GSOH (Brit)
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Pete Miles
@petermiles.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Welcome to Bluesky, the latest operating system for Collective Intelligence on planet Earth.
As short thread on a paper from the Royal Society in the context of innovation, which explains how you fit in.
(For those who participated in the prototype phase, Twitter/X can now be deleted.)
As short thread on a paper from the Royal Society in the context of innovation, which explains how you fit in.
(For those who participated in the prototype phase, Twitter/X can now be deleted.)
Get your applications in...
Last night I dreamt my toenails were catalogued for the great World Toenail Compendium, which was an honour I wasn't expecting, in all honesty.
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Get your applications in...
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An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
Dangerous Rogue Waves Aren’t Random—They’re Predictable
An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
If you like a puzzle and haven't (yet) seen the start of this thread - any guesses?
It tastes like nothing else. I'm not being difficult. It is entirely sui generis.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you like a puzzle and haven't (yet) seen the start of this thread - any guesses?
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Thanks. Good film.
And that reminds me, this is on iPlayer for the next 29 days (I've not seen it myself yet!)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074sgv via @bbciplayer
And that reminds me, this is on iPlayer for the next 29 days (I've not seen it myself yet!)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074sgv via @bbciplayer
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Classic British epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, tracing his career from the Boer War to World War II.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thanks. Good film.
And that reminds me, this is on iPlayer for the next 29 days (I've not seen it myself yet!)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074sgv via @bbciplayer
And that reminds me, this is on iPlayer for the next 29 days (I've not seen it myself yet!)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074sgv via @bbciplayer
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I hadn't followed the Epstein case in any detail, this is an informative 3 minute video on the case and the plea deal as context for everything that's now emerging.
#EpsteinFiles #Coverup #Trump #SexCrimes
(2005) "The younger the better" Sex-slave trade
Epstein Discovered, Escapes Justice & Coverup
(2005) "The younger the better" Sex-slave trade
Epstein Discovered, Escapes Justice & Coverup
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I hadn't followed the Epstein case in any detail, this is an informative 3 minute video on the case and the plea deal as context for everything that's now emerging.
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"What matters is people’s party identification not the constituency they live in....Blue Labour believe...that Labour voters in the marginal Red Wall district have fundamentally different views on social...issues than Labour voters in safe London seats. They don’t." Fab by @benansell.bsky.social
Labour at the Margin...
...of survival
benansell.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"What matters is people’s party identification not the constituency they live in....Blue Labour believe...that Labour voters in the marginal Red Wall district have fundamentally different views on social...issues than Labour voters in safe London seats. They don’t." Fab by @benansell.bsky.social
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A heartwarming festive story of presidential destruction.
Epstein’s Ghost
Christmas Past is coming for Trump…and MAGA
chadbourn.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A heartwarming festive story of presidential destruction.
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Hold it one goddarned minute. Police and Crime commissioners cost ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS? That's a lot of bobbies on the beat...
on.ft.com/4hTV8ca
on.ft.com/4hTV8ca
UK government to abolish police and crime commissioners
Abolition of posts expected to save £100mn annually and allow £20mn each year to be reinvested in policing
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hold it one goddarned minute. Police and Crime commissioners cost ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS? That's a lot of bobbies on the beat...
on.ft.com/4hTV8ca
on.ft.com/4hTV8ca
I hadn't followed the Epstein case in any detail, this is an informative 3 minute video on the case and the plea deal as context for everything that's now emerging.
#EpsteinFiles #Coverup #Trump #SexCrimes
(2005) "The younger the better" Sex-slave trade
Epstein Discovered, Escapes Justice & Coverup
(2005) "The younger the better" Sex-slave trade
Epstein Discovered, Escapes Justice & Coverup
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I hadn't followed the Epstein case in any detail, this is an informative 3 minute video on the case and the plea deal as context for everything that's now emerging.
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If you’re a member of Shropshire Horticultural Society, could you please message me privately? Either DM me on here or for added security and confidentiality use Signal? My username there is jimallthetime.69
Thank you!
Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you’re a member of Shropshire Horticultural Society, could you please message me privately? Either DM me on here or for added security and confidentiality use Signal? My username there is jimallthetime.69
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
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The film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is available on BBC iPlayer.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is available on BBC iPlayer.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
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Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
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Christmas gift idea...
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Christmas gift idea...
The latest post from @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social links back to a prescient post he published nearly 3 years ago in which he argued that a Labour government should go a step beyond where they are now and aim to rejoin the EU customs union.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The latest post from @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social links back to a prescient post he published nearly 3 years ago in which he argued that a Labour government should go a step beyond where they are now and aim to rejoin the EU customs union.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
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The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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"I'm a night owl!"
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"I'm a night owl!"
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
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This is the most sitcom thing
my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is the most sitcom thing
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Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Might you - as journalists- have mentioned that a big chunk of the increase is people being forced off legacy benefits like ESA onto UC?
Universal credit claimants soar by over a million in a year, new figures show
Nearly half of all universal credit claimants are not required to work, the latest statistics show.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Might you - as journalists- have mentioned that a big chunk of the increase is people being forced off legacy benefits like ESA onto UC?
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The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.