William Cullerne Bown
@williamcb.bsky.social
Technology and politics.
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Newsletter https://bit.ly/3AELZDu
Foundations of AI https://bit.ly/3WiYJab
Law https://bit.ly/40YL1fU
Research Fortnight https://bit.ly/4i0
https://signal.me/#eu/xNzjw2P7XIGjBfdQicHbMp0V5SuVpgCQOeUZNpDRqH-mkt2Tan9G6Y0ZitEKsVkN
Japan, like the US's other "allies", is now obliged to resort to the stratagems of the colonised. on.ft.com/47JuXQQ
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Japan, like the US's other "allies", is now obliged to resort to the stratagems of the colonised. on.ft.com/47JuXQQ
No surprise Vieira has been sacked at Genova. Went to see the game on Wednesday and they were terrible for Serie A. I saw Accrington Stanley a couple of years ago against Torquay and both of them were better.
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
No surprise Vieira has been sacked at Genova. Went to see the game on Wednesday and they were terrible for Serie A. I saw Accrington Stanley a couple of years ago against Torquay and both of them were better.
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
This is not a doom loop. It is how you move the Overton window. Seems like, on tax at least, and despite the frequent complaints in this place, Labour’s comms are getting it right.
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is not a doom loop. It is how you move the Overton window. Seems like, on tax at least, and despite the frequent complaints in this place, Labour’s comms are getting it right.
German economists come to the same conclusion as American political scientists.
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
German economists come to the same conclusion as American political scientists.
Cash loss on research deepens to £6bn across UK universities - See more at: www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Cash loss on research deepens to £6bn across UK universities - See more at: www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...
June 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Found some tourists taking their photo in here. I mean, if we’re going to keep these around, shouldn’t we maintain them like icons?
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Found some tourists taking their photo in here. I mean, if we’re going to keep these around, shouldn’t we maintain them like icons?
Trump sees almost everyone else as a serf. Which is how he makes a complete fool of himself here with an ABC reporter who isn’t.
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump sees almost everyone else as a serf. Which is how he makes a complete fool of himself here with an ABC reporter who isn’t.
The Pope on Big Tech.
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Pope on Big Tech.
Start with Fat White Family.
April 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Start with Fat White Family.
The FT’s Martin Wolf here is beginning a journey that the UK generally needs to take - especially the two generations of economists who were formed in a country where active industrial policy was verboten.
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The FT’s Martin Wolf here is beginning a journey that the UK generally needs to take - especially the two generations of economists who were formed in a country where active industrial policy was verboten.
This passage strikes me as true of judges in general when making law. Certainly in the UK. They dislike confrontation with the executive. Prefer to find a path that’s not black and white. Trump is moving the legal equivalent of the Overton Window and it is going to be effective but not completely so
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This passage strikes me as true of judges in general when making law. Certainly in the UK. They dislike confrontation with the executive. Prefer to find a path that’s not black and white. Trump is moving the legal equivalent of the Overton Window and it is going to be effective but not completely so
It’s not really bailing out Europe, is it, when actually what you’re doing is keeping your own factories open.
March 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s not really bailing out Europe, is it, when actually what you’re doing is keeping your own factories open.
Fuck me. HEFCE is back.
March 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Fuck me. HEFCE is back.
Kennington, south London. I have two friends who live round there. In both cases, all the signs on the residents’ parking bays nearby have been systematically vandalised.
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Kennington, south London. I have two friends who live round there. In both cases, all the signs on the residents’ parking bays nearby have been systematically vandalised.
I’m interested in this observation from @davidallengreen.bsky.social
Not because Team Trump seem legally inept, but because they seem politically inept. We’re used to MAGA having a honed line, however unreal. It’s obvious “courts bad, govt good” won’t fly. So does MAGA have a problem with law?
Not because Team Trump seem legally inept, but because they seem politically inept. We’re used to MAGA having a honed line, however unreal. It’s obvious “courts bad, govt good” won’t fly. So does MAGA have a problem with law?
March 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’m interested in this observation from @davidallengreen.bsky.social
Not because Team Trump seem legally inept, but because they seem politically inept. We’re used to MAGA having a honed line, however unreal. It’s obvious “courts bad, govt good” won’t fly. So does MAGA have a problem with law?
Not because Team Trump seem legally inept, but because they seem politically inept. We’re used to MAGA having a honed line, however unreal. It’s obvious “courts bad, govt good” won’t fly. So does MAGA have a problem with law?
On the NHS reforms, this is how @stephenkb.bsky.social, concludes this morning's politics newsletter in the FT.
It can't be said often enough, in Labour we've finally got a government that is putting effective action, however difficult, ahead of concerns for short-term political gain.
👏👏👏👏👏
It can't be said often enough, in Labour we've finally got a government that is putting effective action, however difficult, ahead of concerns for short-term political gain.
👏👏👏👏👏
March 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
On the NHS reforms, this is how @stephenkb.bsky.social, concludes this morning's politics newsletter in the FT.
It can't be said often enough, in Labour we've finally got a government that is putting effective action, however difficult, ahead of concerns for short-term political gain.
👏👏👏👏👏
It can't be said often enough, in Labour we've finally got a government that is putting effective action, however difficult, ahead of concerns for short-term political gain.
👏👏👏👏👏
Pro-Ukraine demonstration outside the US Embassy in London. Determined and eloquent. Thousands here.
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pro-Ukraine demonstration outside the US Embassy in London. Determined and eloquent. Thousands here.
Also, National Security Act 2023 may become relevant to Musk.
March 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Also, National Security Act 2023 may become relevant to Musk.
