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In which even the Trump Musk prophet war is explained. Kinda

In the midnight hour she cried Moore, More, Moore With a rebel yell she cried Moore, More, Moore

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

America's Fourth Great Awakening open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

Linear projections of ethnic diversity in 40 and 75 years time depend on simplistic one drop raciak thinking about those of mixed ethnic heritage. The real life pattern of racial identity across generations is fascinatingly fluid, as I found in my own household from one census to the next

I can’t recommend this true, lacerating and beautifully written piece by Sarah Beckwith highly enough. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Does anyone know the location of the missing Telford milestone near Holyhead? 82 of the distinctive markers along the Holyhead Road/A5 from Shrewsbury survive, but the one 2 miles from the port has disappeared. www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

Opinion: The young assassins who think murder is protest The shootings in Washington DC have shown that, like everything, violence has its own trends. ✒️ @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social

Worth noting that literally every other leader is preferred to Nigel Farage as PM. This could become quite important if/when a general election approaches with polling suggesting Farage has a real shot at being PM

My personal favourite from the wonderful Siena exhibition at the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social .

Some free thoughts on how to behave... open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

Some free thoughts on how to behave... open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

Fabulous few days. @SpursOfficial in Bilbao and then @TheRSC in Stratford. Key performers: Micky Van der Ven in Spurs defence, Natey Jones in Titus Andronicus and Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Much Ado.

And @timbale.bsky.social @psurridge.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social and I are just putting the finishing touches on “The British General Election of 2024”, the definitive account of the contest that got off to a soggy start exactly 1 year ago…coming this autumn!

Using big LLMs for basic queries is 'like turning on stadium floodlights to look for your keys' - this is good on the AI environmental questions.

A long read on Labour's depressing new immigration rhetoric and counterproductive policy open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

Good, fact-rich piece by @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on Labour and immigration. Sadly there doesn’t seem much demand for facts in this area, and it looks as if there never really has been: open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

A long read on Labour's depressing new immigration rhetoric and counterproductive policy open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

🧪this is a fascinating resource, detailing the carbon efficiency of national grids over the last 72 hours.

open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

That should make for frolics in Transylvania

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For anyone who's just seen Yvette Cooper talking about the immigration white paper, I set out some of the evidence and facts here. [1/?] www.independent.co.uk/voices/tight...

How it happens - youtube.com/watch?v=fDWY...

Terrific series from BBC Radio with implications that go far beyond even the vital question of autism: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

💯 Excellent piece by @lauracummingart.bsky.social 🏛️ "What strikes is the unexpected connection between the two paintings. Christ rises against blue air, Whistlejacket rears against nothing but yellow. Both are figures in pure coloured space." 🗃️ #arthistory #art observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Lots of good points here from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/entering-f...