New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...

I agree with @ianleslie.bsky.social re the BBC open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...

Completely mad

"Well I haven't noticed any bias, the BBC is great, rah rah carry on". Not helpful. bsky.app/profile/robe...

‘Exposing a wider truth’ - that logic is fatal to journalistic integrity

What a beautiful piece, up there with the best of Lunch w/t FT bsky.app/profile/jani...

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...

"...a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity, and a story with elements of Spinal Tap and Wacky Races." - Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... #booksky 📚💙 #books #bookreview

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...

Best Mamdani take I’ve read, from @jemima.bsky.social

"He would look at the map, identify the nearest university, find the student union, and ask an open-mouthed social secretary if they fancied a gig that evening." @ianleslie.bsky.social 1 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

“You can win by making impossible promises, but in Britain this week we’ve been reminded that there’s usually a bill to pay.” @ianleslie.bsky.social on Mamdani www.ian-leslie.com/p/are-parent...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, on the John Lewis ad and whether parents are actually *too* close to their teenage children... www.ian-leslie.com/p/are-parent...

What a mess. But it's OK, Lammy's in charge now. bsky.app/profile/gmha...

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian's dispatch from Venice, world centre of anti-innovation ianleslie.substack.com/p/postcard-f...

Latest from @samfr.bsky.social includes a very good and efficient summary of the problems with Starmer

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian's dispatch from Venice, world centre of anti-innovation ianleslie.substack.com/p/postcard-f...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, a dispatch from Venice, world centre of anti-innovation (FREE TO READ) ianleslie.substack.com/p/postcard-f...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, a dispatch from Venice, world centre of anti-innovation (FREE TO READ) ianleslie.substack.com/p/postcard-f...

For your Sunday reading: five failure modes of AI that humans are also prone to ianleslie.substack.com/p/5-ai-failu...

For your Sunday reading: five failure modes of AI that humans are also prone to ianleslie.substack.com/p/5-ai-failu...

Ian’s Ruffian newsletters are a highlight of the week - always wide ranging and thought provoking. I increasingly see broad external curation as the key to surviving the flood of content we immerse ourselves in, and I highly recommend The Ruffian as one of your starting points.

New from The Ruffian: 5 AI failure modes to which humans are also prone ianleslie.substack.com/p/5-ai-failu...

I really enjoyed this short piece from @ianleslie.bsky.social which starts with the quirk that LLMs (nearly) always pick 7 when asked for a random number between 0 and 9 and ends up explaining why AI won’t produce great writing. open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

Midweek Ruffian! ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-are-ll...

Amazing that you would pay for a full page in the FT to disseminate your Big Thoughts and then forget to put a full stop at the end. (Carmignac)

The Ruffian has LANDED: This week, on the peace deal and Trump's ability to 'create reality'. open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

How Donald Trump created his own reality: Gershon Baskin via @ianleslie.bsky.social www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-empero...

So much quibbling over the OBR and the fiscal rules feels like an attempt to find an institutional fix to a political problem: the need for tax rises on middle earners.

The Ruffian has LANDED: This week, on the peace deal and Trump's ability to 'create reality'. open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

New podcast from The Ruffian: the brilliant @jemima.bsky.social talks us through her visit to a party thrown in honour of Curtis Yarvin - and what it tells us the radical right ianleslie.substack.com/p/new-podcas...

PS I go into my thoughts on Yarvin in a bit more depth here! bsky.app/profile/ianl...

This was so fun and I'm v honoured to have made a second appearance on one of my fave podcasts!

New podcast from The Ruffian: the brilliant @jemima.bsky.social talks us through her visit to a party thrown in honour of Curtis Yarvin - and what it tells us the radical right ianleslie.substack.com/p/new-podcas...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: a theory of how moderates can win in an age of extremism. ianleslie.substack.com/p/successful...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: a theory of how moderates can win in an age of extremism. ianleslie.substack.com/p/successful...

It's the phrase "call it out" which reveals this was a speech for and by people on bluesky

New from me on whether the AI industry is about to destroy us observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Very good, critical but fair review of that very overrated book, 'Doughnut Economics' www.noahpinion.blog/p/book-revie...

"Foreign executives may be more optimistic about the UK’s prospects than those at home. An annual global CEO survey by PwC found the UK has risen to be considered the second-most attractive global destination for international investment, surpassing Germany, China and India" on.ft.com/3KokO4c

Good column from Matthew Syed on how the basis of our whole economic debate has moved to the left over the last 20 years without anyone noticing

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on how to make the progressive case for a tough immigration policy ianleslie.substack.com/p/a-studio-5...

For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on how to make the progressive case for a tough immigration policy ianleslie.substack.com/p/a-studio-5...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: the progressive case for border control. ianleslie.substack.com/p/a-studio-5...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: the progressive case for border control. ianleslie.substack.com/p/a-studio-5...

I think this is very correct from @ianleslie.bsky.social. They probably should have done this ages ago but right now there really is very little to lose...

One more thing from @ianleslie.bsky.social www.ian-leslie.com/p/five-signs...

The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: five things that tell us something about how the culture is changing ianleslie.substack.com/p/five-signs...

Please enjoy my conversation with Daisy Christodoulou on how technology is making us stupid open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...