Hey thank you for this @nonzerosumjames.bsky.social. I have contemplated this a lot and was struggling with it but I think I've found some easier ways of thinking about it. I wrote some reflections here, I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts on them: sense-making.leaflet.pub/3mahfu6sepk22

Happiness and love. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... I'm not in power. I'm only in power of myself. I want to plant a seed of true happiness in myself not anger and I want everyone else to be truly happy. Not the superficial happiness, but the deep #happiness of knowing life in this infinite universe.

In U.S. healthcare, as in higher education, you get all the outrageous costs and inequalities of the private sector PLUS all the political subordination of a public system, because these organizations can’t function without government subsidies. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

A mostly vibe coded attempt at automatic conversion from sound back into a music score. Sound analysis was fine, as you'd expect. Couldn't get the vibe coding to work for creating or recording the correct music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7He0...

Thank YOU @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social! This was such a captivating discussion. We're so grateful you were willing to share your time and knowledge with us!

@mhragovuk.bsky.social doesn't look official or monitored but any advice on how my neighbour can submit a yellow card 🟨 for the ImmForm live attenuated nasal vaccine as it's not in the list? yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk Maybe coincidence but neighbour said their kid had... 🧵

Do you run a podcast you would like me on (or know of one)? Looking to take some bookings in early 2026. Want to talk game design and games ed and not Business Bollocks™️.

TL; DR: to counter scientific / knowledge slop what can @atproto.com do that @orcid.org can't? Do we need to worry about it at all?... science is a "strong link" problem. RE algorithmic engagement factories like Meta selling 16 billion $ per year of scam adverts... yes we should use BlueSky.

Apparently we still don't know why and when hot liquids sometimes freezer faster than cold liquids? Mpemba is inspirational for curiosity and his poor teachers are a reminder that humility is vital iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... via www.quantamagazine.org/does-hot-wat...

I'm very grateful we have food standards agencies and they have set limits but this is putting me off eating processed food in the US 🤢 > 1 or more rodent hairs per 10 grams 🐀 > 5% or more berries by weight are moldy ⚫ > 1 mg or more mammalian excreta per pound 💩 www.fda.gov/food/current...

Thanks @karlisk.bsky.social for pointing me towards @mastroianni.bsky.social's site. www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-a... is a gem. The top comment of "specialist classes make informational gatekeeping processes into safeguards for their own status" was eye opening...

"The moderate increases in taxation that were being talked about, they don't make any difference whatsoever to wealthy people." -Julia Davies, Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK #TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheSuperRich

What a repository of Opportunity (Problem) Statements for Collective Flourishing is. Why it could help teams working in this space to clarify the opportunities, and foster collaboration. And most importantly: raise the public profile and attract broader attention to this important field.

Fascinating insights into the very human nature of intelligence work; the same human problems showing up: not understanding each others perspectives, different definitions & language, not understanding risk, all sorts of biases from ego, over confidence, etc. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-be-...

New data on @wikisim.org sourced from @ourworldindata.org. I did not realise the rise in global electricity demand over the last 25 years had doubled and was basically driven entirely by Asia (China and India). wikisim.org/wiki/1134

Amazing complexity that we didn't know about. I'd always thought Killer Whales would have eaten Dolphins instantly so to hear that they cooperate is incredible www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Private equity didn’t just kill Toys “R” Us—it’s draining hospitals, nursing homes, daycare centers, and even local newsrooms. This week’s Closer Look exposes how an industry that claims to “save” companies is actually hollowing out America. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...

This is a great website for understanding more about how our democracy and parliament actually works: www.publicwhip.org.uk their FAQ is fantastic! www.publicwhip.org.uk/faq.php#whatis #democracy

PMUK's Julia Davies reviewed the papers on Sky News this morning discussing everything from charity shops, to chocolate and of course, taxing the super-rich.

The world is now home to 2,919 billionaires, and they are richer than ever before. And of those billionaires, the wealth of just six US tech billionaires grew by $171 billion. We would love to know how much the wealth of their employees grew by, too! www.businessinsider.com/how-many-bil...

This is a brilliant article from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/in-praise-... It is a clear articulation of a significant part of the motivation for what I'm hoping @wikisim.org will become: A Wikipedia for planning futures that actually add up using data, calculations, & models

Some of the experiences and thoughts that have been swirling around my head for a while now on how we help ourselves and each other to better understand our complex world and all the diverse array of opinions and viewpoints in it. I welcome your comments & feedback!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyJ... logical, calm, refreshing. Thank you @patmillsuk.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org

@leaflet.pub is great! Thank you @anil.recoil.org for introducing me to it. I have some thoughts / concerns about the current broad permission model but this looks like it's a work in progress and narrowing of the scope will occur and perhaps time limited permissions may as well.

#cloudflare looks like it's having a bad time this morning. #outage

This content is looking like the front page of @wikisim.org I was hoping it would become one day! The seeds of data driven surprise, cautious optimism, and challenges to do solved. More and better will come ☺️

"We shouldn’t have lost the notion that a commercially driven media ecosystem is unlikely to foster the kind of rich analysis and deliberation that we need as an advanced technological society and as a democratic republic. The world is so complex that we actually need better forms of analysis and...

Here's the talk on @wikisim.org I gave at the @bigmathsjam.bsky.social UK 2025 conference at the weekend! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjS3...

Really fascinating article by @geoffmulgan.bsky.social that finally helped me realise that I'm not failing to find funding, there just is just no funding in this area to find and how insane that is... geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/an-aria-fo...

Got our first proper prototype sim on WikiSim! You can explore how to power to UK or Texas using the actual hourly electricity demand data from 2018 alongside wind and solar potential energy generation from www.renewables.ninja

Just started reading "A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier" by @dannydorling.bsky.social www.radstats.org.uk/books/ABette... Looking forward to chapter 2. I'd summarised chapter 1 as "let's run government by listening to people about their happiness" and perhaps "most people ...

Some great task master prep yesterday at @bigmathsjam.bsky.social

WikiSim now has three new features for building and exploring models: a "Use Previous Result" option, and a table and a graph view to complement the JSON data view. 1. You can now feedback the result of the model into the next iteration with the "Use Previous Result" option, as shown here ... 🧵

If you don’t get my newsletter or check YouTube every day (lol) I have a Patreon flash sale on just for today. 40% off a year of membership. Includes Discord access, playtesting events and so on. Use code “OLDMAN” at patreon.com/indiegameclinic

Was just talking with a friend about AI for assisting writing fiction and non-fiction and with every iteration you have to drag it back out of its ruts and its "jargonising" otherwise left to itself it will deliver you some prose slop where nothing happens.

Powerful doi.org/10.1093/brai... > When health care services retract with indignation at the inconceivability of symptoms, the vacuum of care will cause the illness to expand. > disorders with non-linear pathophysiology that escape our intuition [struggle to defend their] legitimacy.

For anyone joining a game jam team, our team just drafted this 3 sentence agreement. It's lightweight, clear (helps set expectations) and should go some way towards protecting everyone from the worse version of themselves. Thanks to the @indiegameclinic.bsky.social community for the help!

Just come across alt-ctrl thanks to @klaimgames.bsky.social youtu.be/Ll6TS2gQGb0 Made me roar with laughter and also pause for some reflection: seeing the wheelchair made me appreciate the use of my legs for now, particular as I have friends in wheelchairs and others losing the use of their legs

This was a great Video Game jam. The "forced" collaboration with other artists produced some much more interesting results IMO and I certainly found it stretched my brain in new ways 😆 Looking forward to the next one.

@discord.com when you search for an emoji you've seen used before on a server it would be useful to see it, even if it's 🚫 behind Nitro... that would be opportunity to advertise Nitro.

Looking forward to the day I wake up to find someone else has shared their own game / sim to help make sense of our complex world. Noughts and Crosses is just a toy game but I'm now working on some follow up sims that will have more depth and potential for insights!

Opt out of your data being processed by LinkedIn: defcon.social/@da_kink/115...

A latest AI LLM admitted its solution contained a "Major security flaw". A good reminder that LLM's do not give security critical code a higher risk and extra "thought"... you still need to know what the problems can be.

You're a forest-dwelling Goblin? Come to Sprytewood, build your home in a whimsy swamp and befriend mysterious Sprytes! 🌱 farming sim where the diversity of plants matter 🐿️ turn-based creature battles with bag-building + risk-reward mgmt 🍄Playtest at jil-hue.itch.io/sprytewood #PitchYaGame

Someone needs to organise a SummonJam. I just organised a jam last month so I am exempt (but I will jam!)

Hey 🤗 I'm looking for people who are interested in streaming/creating content of small #indiegame demos. We're searching for #twitch or #youtube #streamers who are really into a specific niche of games and like to try out new, weird things. Reposts are welcome!

Another great video from @indiegameclinic.bsky.social on creating an amazing music track for a (disturbing) video game www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDsz...

Would be great if the article suggested people to try a wet suit if they find the pool too cold. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Of course reducing wealth inequality, increasing energy security, insulation and passive solar gain would likely be the long term structural solutions.

🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director! 📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #job #opensource #sciencejob

Global climate goals require a shift in policy, decision-making, and investments, and open energy models can play a crucial role here. We outline the potentials and benefits in our policy brief: www.linkedin.com/fee... or zenodo.org/records/1... #FreetheModels #EnergyTransition #OpenSource