@tehan.bsky.social
They could have chosen the polar opposite (from the report): "those direct benefits to workers are similar in magnitude to those costs (i.e around £1 billion per year)."
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 PM
They could have chosen the polar opposite (from the report): "those direct benefits to workers are similar in magnitude to those costs (i.e around £1 billion per year)."
In the article you said Caveman Wakes Up was 'The year’s second-best “David Berman-indebted” album' what was the first? New Threats For The Soul? Thanks
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In the article you said Caveman Wakes Up was 'The year’s second-best “David Berman-indebted” album' what was the first? New Threats For The Soul? Thanks
That image seems to have been around for a while, but it is a horrible AI slop image.
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
That image seems to have been around for a while, but it is a horrible AI slop image.
Lol I was struggling to understand what she was trying to say until you pointed this out
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Lol I was struggling to understand what she was trying to say until you pointed this out
More like "zombie economists" isn't it. I remember this article where she talks about raising income tax as though it wouldn't directly increase poverty, and which would incentivise rentier activity making productivity worse anyway, vs equalising CGT with income tax.
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
More like "zombie economists" isn't it. I remember this article where she talks about raising income tax as though it wouldn't directly increase poverty, and which would incentivise rentier activity making productivity worse anyway, vs equalising CGT with income tax.
Any time an article cites generative AI it should have a disclaimer saying that the results are unreliable and likely not informative
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Any time an article cites generative AI it should have a disclaimer saying that the results are unreliable and likely not informative
Radio programmes do make me go: "Oh, that's interesting, I wonder if they'll elaborate - nevermind, onto the next segment."
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Radio programmes do make me go: "Oh, that's interesting, I wonder if they'll elaborate - nevermind, onto the next segment."
I respect that. But the economic roots of the far-right need to be reckoned with.
Perhaps I'm a vulgar marxist, but once capital is concentrated in the hands of the few, they will use it to fund right wing politicians, media, think tanks etc. Wealth taxes can fight this undemocratic practice.
Perhaps I'm a vulgar marxist, but once capital is concentrated in the hands of the few, they will use it to fund right wing politicians, media, think tanks etc. Wealth taxes can fight this undemocratic practice.
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I respect that. But the economic roots of the far-right need to be reckoned with.
Perhaps I'm a vulgar marxist, but once capital is concentrated in the hands of the few, they will use it to fund right wing politicians, media, think tanks etc. Wealth taxes can fight this undemocratic practice.
Perhaps I'm a vulgar marxist, but once capital is concentrated in the hands of the few, they will use it to fund right wing politicians, media, think tanks etc. Wealth taxes can fight this undemocratic practice.
Do you enjoy waking up each day and working to tear down any genuinely progressive directions this country could take, guaranteeing its decline and the rise of the far right? Just wondering
January 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Do you enjoy waking up each day and working to tear down any genuinely progressive directions this country could take, guaranteeing its decline and the rise of the far right? Just wondering
the tyranny of the middle-managers
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
the tyranny of the middle-managers
Right so you either haven't read the Greens' Tax Policies or you're just ignoring them and pretending they only have a wealth tax?
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Right so you either haven't read the Greens' Tax Policies or you're just ignoring them and pretending they only have a wealth tax?
It's fascinating, thanks for sharing. Enjoyed your book (Muddling Through) as well.
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's fascinating, thanks for sharing. Enjoyed your book (Muddling Through) as well.
You didn't need to tell me anything. I was expressing dismay at becoming conscious of the passing of time, that's all
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
You didn't need to tell me anything. I was expressing dismay at becoming conscious of the passing of time, that's all
PSP is retro tech:
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
PSP is retro tech:
I'm not defending this practice, but it is something constantly done in traditiona/print journalism, "churnalism" etc. The only novelty here is the medium.
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm not defending this practice, but it is something constantly done in traditiona/print journalism, "churnalism" etc. The only novelty here is the medium.
It is very funny to me that this all happened because a web developer didn't understand that when you upload media to WordPress it is instantly publicly accessible, even on a "draft" page.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is very funny to me that this all happened because a web developer didn't understand that when you upload media to WordPress it is instantly publicly accessible, even on a "draft" page.
I mean as someone who uses wordpress, it sounds like the web developer was uploading a PDF to a draft page, and they didn't understand that that makes the PDF publicly accessible even if the page itself isn't accessible. The easy solution is, just use a placeholder PDF instead, until you go live.
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I mean as someone who uses wordpress, it sounds like the web developer was uploading a PDF to a draft page, and they didn't understand that that makes the PDF publicly accessible even if the page itself isn't accessible. The easy solution is, just use a placeholder PDF instead, until you go live.
No being a student or retiring either
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
No being a student or retiring either
The desire for a greater degree of social democracy need not come at the expense of formal democracy, and therefore does not in itself refute the possibility of an end of history.
September 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The desire for a greater degree of social democracy need not come at the expense of formal democracy, and therefore does not in itself refute the possibility of an end of history.
Interesting, seems to be another example of what Cory Doctorow called the AI "fatfinger economy": doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
What phone model is it?
What phone model is it?
AI and the fatfinger economy
Every slip of the finger is money in the bank.
doctorow.medium.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Interesting, seems to be another example of what Cory Doctorow called the AI "fatfinger economy": doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
What phone model is it?
What phone model is it?
Disrupting oil refineries and airports/private jets is "symbolic protest"?
August 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Disrupting oil refineries and airports/private jets is "symbolic protest"?