Tom Davies
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Untangler of digital ratkings. Trying to be better
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Here's a run down of how many U.S. allies died fighting with America in Afghanistan, with an adjustment for population size.
June 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Here's a run down of how many U.S. allies died fighting with America in Afghanistan, with an adjustment for population size.
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1/ Russian sources report that today's Ukrainian strike on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea failed to damage the bridge itself due to the successful operation of protective structures around the bridge supports. ⬇️
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June 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1/ Russian sources report that today's Ukrainian strike on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea failed to damage the bridge itself due to the successful operation of protective structures around the bridge supports. ⬇️
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Understanding the importance of ~mass affluence~ is considering that the modern iPhone is not possible with any amount of money anyone could ever produce.
The rich in fact need a populace to experience anything remotely like their lives. It is powered by trillions and decades.
That's where I'm at.
The rich in fact need a populace to experience anything remotely like their lives. It is powered by trillions and decades.
That's where I'm at.
May 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Understanding the importance of ~mass affluence~ is considering that the modern iPhone is not possible with any amount of money anyone could ever produce.
The rich in fact need a populace to experience anything remotely like their lives. It is powered by trillions and decades.
That's where I'm at.
The rich in fact need a populace to experience anything remotely like their lives. It is powered by trillions and decades.
That's where I'm at.
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FACTCHECK: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high
Many seem determined to obfuscate the very obvious reason why UK power is still so pricey. Molly Lempriere and I set out the facts + options to cut bills.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Many seem determined to obfuscate the very obvious reason why UK power is still so pricey. Molly Lempriere and I set out the facts + options to cut bills.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
FACTCHECK: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high
Many seem determined to obfuscate the very obvious reason why UK power is still so pricey. Molly Lempriere and I set out the facts + options to cut bills.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Many seem determined to obfuscate the very obvious reason why UK power is still so pricey. Molly Lempriere and I set out the facts + options to cut bills.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Amazing news that the Home Office has apparently worked out how to bring hundreds of thousands of native UK workers into the care industry
May 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Amazing news that the Home Office has apparently worked out how to bring hundreds of thousands of native UK workers into the care industry
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btw we are cleaning house down at the "I brought these posters back from tour" outlet. big sale. personal favorite is the one from virginia beach with field medic, that poster is frankly sick as hell, but it's all winners ok that's enough of that but here. www.hellomerch.com/collections/...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
btw we are cleaning house down at the "I brought these posters back from tour" outlet. big sale. personal favorite is the one from virginia beach with field medic, that poster is frankly sick as hell, but it's all winners ok that's enough of that but here. www.hellomerch.com/collections/...
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Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply.
Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.
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Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply.
Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.
capx.co/coventrys-tr...
Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.
capx.co/coventrys-tr...
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on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
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New bug report opened in the TM SGNL github repo github.com/micahflee/TM...
May 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New bug report opened in the TM SGNL github repo github.com/micahflee/TM...
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1/ THE SINKING OF MOSKVA, PART 4: The Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva sank on 14 April 2022 after being hit by two Ukrainian missiles the day before, inflicting the Russian Navy's biggest loss in 80 years. This thread looks at possible lessons learned from the sinking. ⬇️
May 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
1/ THE SINKING OF MOSKVA, PART 4: The Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva sank on 14 April 2022 after being hit by two Ukrainian missiles the day before, inflicting the Russian Navy's biggest loss in 80 years. This thread looks at possible lessons learned from the sinking. ⬇️
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Think my new provocative bit might be saying "if you want to give young people something to belong to, middle aged men need to get off their phones and start running stuff in their community".
May 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Think my new provocative bit might be saying "if you want to give young people something to belong to, middle aged men need to get off their phones and start running stuff in their community".
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Wrote about The Sunset Tree, an album that means a great deal to me, turning 20:
The Mountain Goats' 'The Sunset Tree' Turns 20
One of the pro wrestlers is starstruck. I was not expecting this. It’s 2015, and I’m in the Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium, a small room in a North Carolina strip mall that’s entirely dedicated to independ...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wrote about The Sunset Tree, an album that means a great deal to me, turning 20:
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It's not much of an exaggeration to say that I have not stopped thinking about Joseph Tainter's book "the collapse of complex societies" since I read it last fall.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tainter about societal collapse for the tipping points issue:
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Tainter about societal collapse for the tipping points issue:
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“Fragile, impermanent things”: Joseph Tainter on what makes civilizations fall
Do civilizations have tipping points that determine their rise and fall?
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April 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's not much of an exaggeration to say that I have not stopped thinking about Joseph Tainter's book "the collapse of complex societies" since I read it last fall.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tainter about societal collapse for the tipping points issue:
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Tainter about societal collapse for the tipping points issue:
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"In particular, working as a cohesive team demands a level of situational awareness - what many developers call 'interruptions' - that, if anything, teams actively try to avoid."
Today's A-Z entry goes many places team-related.
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Today's A-Z entry goes many places team-related.
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The A-Z of Code Craft – T is for Team
Be honest. You thought “T” was going to be “TDD”, didn’t you? As valuable as I think TDD is, there’s a more important “T” we need to discuss. Much of…
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April 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"In particular, working as a cohesive team demands a level of situational awareness - what many developers call 'interruptions' - that, if anything, teams actively try to avoid."
Today's A-Z entry goes many places team-related.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/t...
Today's A-Z entry goes many places team-related.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/t...
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As some of you have seen, Paul Krugman has interviewed me again for his newsletter. This time about the Trump Tariff Financial Crisis. It is surreal to have done two of these in seven weeks, & it may yet become a regular thing. Thanks again @pkrugman.bsky.social!
www.crisesnotes.com/liquidity-vo...
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Liquidity, Volatility and Market Craziness: Paul Krugman Interviews Nathan Tankus Again
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Exactly seven weeks since the first interview Krugman did with me was published, I have another interview to bring readers. It's quite surreal to be something like a regular corresponde...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As some of you have seen, Paul Krugman has interviewed me again for his newsletter. This time about the Trump Tariff Financial Crisis. It is surreal to have done two of these in seven weeks, & it may yet become a regular thing. Thanks again @pkrugman.bsky.social!
www.crisesnotes.com/liquidity-vo...
www.crisesnotes.com/liquidity-vo...
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New(ish), from me: Andor returns on April 22. The first season detailed how bureaucracies in a totalitarian regime function, what is the toll of living under such regimes, and what causes people to rebel. Those themes feel more salient than ever. 🧵
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The Return of Andor
A show about living under a totalitarian regime hits different now
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April 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New(ish), from me: Andor returns on April 22. The first season detailed how bureaucracies in a totalitarian regime function, what is the toll of living under such regimes, and what causes people to rebel. Those themes feel more salient than ever. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-return...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-return...
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East Anglia Bylines' long-running investigation of Essex Council’s fraud team, & how it appears their attempt to impersonate coppers is covered up. Bylines at its best: investigating, exposing & refusing to give up /1
#TruthToPower @eastangliabylines.co.uk
#TruthToPower @eastangliabylines.co.uk
Council fraud team accused of impersonating police officers
A scandal-hit Essex council’s officers stand accused of impersonating police officers as police and council remove evidence
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April 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
East Anglia Bylines' long-running investigation of Essex Council’s fraud team, & how it appears their attempt to impersonate coppers is covered up. Bylines at its best: investigating, exposing & refusing to give up /1
#TruthToPower @eastangliabylines.co.uk
#TruthToPower @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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New post just out:
A fascinating guest post from @philtinline.bsky.social on a bizarre conspiracy theory from the 60s.
And how it helps explain MAGA-world's confused attitude towards war.
(Free to read)
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A fascinating guest post from @philtinline.bsky.social on a bizarre conspiracy theory from the 60s.
And how it helps explain MAGA-world's confused attitude towards war.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
War! What is it good for?
Welcome to our second bonus guest post of the week (Sam is on holiday and back next week).
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April 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New post just out:
A fascinating guest post from @philtinline.bsky.social on a bizarre conspiracy theory from the 60s.
And how it helps explain MAGA-world's confused attitude towards war.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
A fascinating guest post from @philtinline.bsky.social on a bizarre conspiracy theory from the 60s.
And how it helps explain MAGA-world's confused attitude towards war.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
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New tour dates up — been in the kitchen but it’s almost time to serve it up www.mountain-goats.com/tour
Tour — the Mountain Goats
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April 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New tour dates up — been in the kitchen but it’s almost time to serve it up www.mountain-goats.com/tour
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
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April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.