firstprinciples.bsky.social
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The Telegraph's descent into parody began with the Brexit campaign. It hasn't been a serious newspaper since
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should have the chance to compare models with reality any day now
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microplastic particles get swirled around in seawater – who knew? 🤦♂️
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but absolutely no understanding of it
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He needs to haul Trump and Vance into his office to ask if they've thanked him for destroying a third of Russia's nuclear-capable strategic bombers
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Isn't it normal to clear the refuse after each course?
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Last seen in the US hawking crypto, AFAIK
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The 'DOGE' probe into Kent County Council collapsed within three days, as the one IT guy they brought in left along with Yusuf
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Except Russia, where he clearly sees a lot of opportunity
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They discovered that he was the biggest waste of money? Wait till they discover Farage
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I was thinking more of Murdoch, though I'm sure you're right about the others
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but meanwhile apparently we should be banning the burqa
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That looks like one of those "you'll never GUESS what HAPPENED NEXT" clickbaits
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Not least when the UK's solar generation has already comfortably exceeded last year's peak
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Ahh, but you are all neighsayers
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How else could he be a very stable genius?
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Though I suppose the right-wing media owners then were substantially the same ones as now
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Jeez, that was in the 1970s...
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the wheels are definitely wobbling on the Trump clown car
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I think there is a good chance of Reform imploding before the next general election
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I think you can state it again now with some confidence
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Did DOGE UK turn on him?
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FWIW it's raining hard now in my corner of the UK, but perhaps too little too late
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Gotta have the Right kind of diversity, obvs
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Signs of sanity re-emerging in the Conservative Party?
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Badenoch is trying to win over the zombie voters
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@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social 's latest podcast ties in well with this, with The Economist's Bagehot columnist @duncanrobinson.bsky.social talking about the dead zombie Brexit voter that the main parties still seem to be trying to placate
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By definition LLMs can only recycle existing ideas
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Trying to follow the London A-Z while driving was always entertaining, especially as it didn't show one-way streets
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Point 1 is especially acute. In the last few years cars have become extremely monochrome, like microscopically different pinstripes on grey suits. Even a sporty red is quite a rarity now.
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So is France still the 'true enemy'?
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In case you didn't know...
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This is the worry
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Not a nova, but a red giant phase
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Yeah, who wants to wait four billion years for the sun, when we could fuck things up ourselves right now?
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Wow. Talk about crossed wires. Or irascible stupidity. Thanks for playing.
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and when their demands and/or execution of them are found to be unlawful, they'll blame the woke blob/global elite/small boats [delete as inapplicable] for stopping them
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You were asking on what basis access to the council's information was being demanded. I have posted what's publicly available.
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(2/2)
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and here is the letter (1/2)
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Here's the post from X / Twitter
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No, I'm just telling you *what* he seems to be saying. I have doubts over the legality of this move and suspect (hope) it will backfire spectacularly.
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It looks like they are. Look at posts from @edjennings.bsky.social
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admirable economy, thanks
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I've probably achieved the latter but would be grateful if you could give me one sentence on the former please
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is MrBeast
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I suspect it's more performative BS in this case, as Reform hasn't a clue how to run a council but wants to look like it's doing something. But the implications are sinister when you look at who is bankrolling them nationally