This Tribune story, unlike so many from mainstream press outlets, does not mince words, and the authors do not pretend to hide behind the “objective” wall. This is how reporting on fascism must be carried out.

The Ellison push into maga and media may/may not prompt a look at the TBI and its role in British politics

The calculation will be different in the UK (and for different renewables) but the fact that this is not a major point of discussion tells you a lot about how short-term our political and economic discourses are.

I don’t necessarily disagree, but I think we need to notice that “enjoys a text based microblogging platform” is probably quite correlated with “not that interested in video.”

Part of this is that it is cheap TV, but it also points up how poor the non-fiction TV offerings are at the moment (very much connected to the streaming era).

Pity the NYT couldn’t find it in itself to refuse to surrender.

If Britain had an industrial policy, it would be all over this.

Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...

Watching the Italian Job

Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW

I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...

You can tell Bluesky doesn’t quite have juice because I am yet to see a review of the Baileys X Terry’s Chocolate Orange special edition.

As the president touts GDP numbers, I keep coming back to this: economists need an economic well-being index—a transparent composite that tells us how the economy, with a focus on the income distribution, not just on average. #EconSky #Economics 1/9

They were blindsided by the pandemic - they've done a lot of groundwork in other parts of the world (immigration, the environment etc.) to reduce people's empathy, or at least their power to express that empathy politically, but they couldn't just say 'let your nan die, who cares'...

Not good news for UK train travellers, expect a round of "cables stolen" delays.

I never really noticed how Schlager "Take a Chance on Me" is before today @whenisbirths.bsky.social

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These people are openly calling for people like me to be forcibly “remigrated”. And my sons encouraged to “remigrate”. But not my husband, a second generation migrant from Ireland. And their party leads in the polls. We are heading into incredibly dangerous territory.

It will be quite something if Streeting's ruthless pursuit of personal power/glory means he is an early mover in recognising that most of the British public think Brexit has not worked out well.

Answer (unfortunately) is nothing changes - because immigration was never the root issue, rather the root issue is that older voters want to be mollycoddled and their number one discomfort is "Britain doesn't look/sound like it did when I was a kid." 1/2

42. Point is, markets and existing regulatory structures also know that no source is available 24/7/365 and manage the grid accordingly. They don't learn anything from Yglesias insight about nighttime and you didn't either.

Doctor who: I could bring you down with just six words.

Then: XCOM - EU Now: XCOM - EU

My new favourite account. Imagine how much fun it must've been being an industrial designer in the 20th Century?

Then, EU IV. Now, probably Papers Please, although by "hours played" it's still EU IV.

In passing, it's very 2025 that a party whose main loyalty is to foreign donors goes around questioning the loyalty to the UK of other people.

The "political genius" of Morgan McSweeney in one chart

The old view of skilled emigration as a 'brain drain' has collapsed after a generation of research. Skilled migrants cause innovation, technology transfer, and human capital investment in the countries they leave. The best summary is @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social et al.—> doi.org/10.1126/scie...

The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—>

I know I harp on about this, but it is important than in a year we've gone from condemnation of racist rioters to: The Government arguing you have to cut immigration to prevent racist violence. The opposition pushing mass deportation to stop violence against women. Reform committing to end ILR.

Accidentally came up with a new Doctor Who episode plot.

The defining feature of Brexit era politics was a desire to return to the mythical times of either Thatcher or Benn. That Farage (50s) and McSweeney (30s?) both can be seen as dreaming of times even further back suggests an even greater sickness in Westminster.

I’ve been calling Starmer “The Cowardly Lion” since I saw the resemblance in Wicked for Good and it has predicted his public stances better than all my other heuristics.

WTF are we doing here, BBC?

“Did I actually play DE or did I just have online beef with a Trot with a DE avatar?”

I will say this was predictable and predicted but I have to credit to @aphclarkson.bsky.social for bringing the issue to my notice years ago.

If the AI bubble doesn't pop in the next 12 months, everyone is going to be paying for it with insane prices of consumer electronics, massively inflated cloud resource costs, and shortages across the board.

Not sure if I have any followers in that part of the world, but just in case.

One for @aphclarkson.bsky.social 's file of US fragmentation

You might wish this wasn't so on point that it hurts, but it is. Ouch.

The Imperial phase of Steps. #TOTP

'Hello. Your Prime Minister speaking. I've nothing to say about a baseless foreign attack on my colleague, Mayor of London so why not ask me about bus shelter conservation in Sheringham?' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the name of a unique British identity the far right is becoming more American, adopting a weaponised and hateful version of Christianity because its US backers and funders say so. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

PS As Brian Bell (Chair of the MAC) is quoted as saying, the proposed new rules on settlement (apart from being xenophobic, mean-spirited, and contrary to what the vast majority of the public think is fair) are likely to do significant economic damage.

7. It is, however, completely contrary to the narrative from many politicians/media/thinktanks that recent work migration is a) mostly low-skill & b) has a large fiscal cost. The post-Brexit migration system was far from perfect! But it was clearly an economic benefit, not a cost. ENDS

A new report by @runnymedetrust.bsky.social has found that 13% of British citizens — including me — are at risk of having their citizenship stripped from them by the UK government. It rises to 60% of British citizens of colour. This is absolutely shocking. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

The biggest and saddest divide is between what Lakoff called "Direct Causation" and "Systemic Causation" people. I cannot fathom how Ghani doesn't see that leaping on this bandwagon will hurt all of us non-whites, including her. Yet there she is, stoking the fires for all she is worth.

One of the things I find fundamentally objectionable about my university’s survival policy - partly driven by government policy - is that our community is mostly in these quintiles, but we’re deliberately creating cold spots by reducing what we do to courses thought to appeal to overseas students.

How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.