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We cannot overstate how significant Musk's X has been in creating an environment in which people feel comfortable talking like this - a fact that should spark a lot more practical policy reflection than it does

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If the 2.1 trillion figure is correct, then by my rough estimate, the current version of the clichéd claim ought to be something like that we take more photos in 2 minutes now than were taken in the 19th century. (I'm taking 7 million as the 19c figure, but could be as low as 2 or as high as 10)

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From a Q&A I wrote for the Guardian in 2021. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/d...

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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

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vaxxed?

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So HS2 simultaneously started too soon with too little planning AND also has a bloated management team that apparently isn't managing. How does this keep happening.

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Bluesky users to @jdvance.bsk.social

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Update

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I love how much this country hates joy

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Pivoting from Great Power Rivalry to Great Powell Rivalry.

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Me to 17yo in hospital: do you want your computer so you can revise? 17yo: no, my phone is ok. Also, if I'm revising on my phone I can't be distracted by my phone.

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(annoyed Swedish voice) tax everyone

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I could be proven wrong within days or even hours, but I think this is a decision Trump is constitutionally unable to make. On one hand, he would demonstrate power, which he confuses with strength. On the other, he would face potentially disastrous consequences of which he is terrified.

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This might reduce infidelity if it's a substitute for attention from other women. Is there anything LLMs can't do??

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Carswell a good example of what twitter is now designed to do. It's a radicalisation engine.

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manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter? employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked manager: what

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My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

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Eels used to be big business in London. But how big? In the 19th C. the city imported 1.6 million lbs. of eels every year. And they were almost all "Dutch Eels." 1.5 million lbs. of those eels came from the Dutch, who sold them live from ships anchored in the Thames. 1/3 🗃️🧪

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it is insane watching all of this come online in under a week for no other reason other than donald trump chose to destroy the JCPOA when he was president 7 years ago and is now angry that the JCPOA no longer exists

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Phenomenal 🤩

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Walking this back, you do not, under any circumstances "gotta hand it to Dick Cheney"

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This is not what the "Not for EU" label means. The "Not for EU" label is a requirement of the Windsor Framework to ensure products placed on the market in GB can also be placed on the market in Northern Ireland.

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Trump posts: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" Looks like we are headed for a US-backed war of regime change in Iran. Buckle up.

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In many ways there are similarities between Middlemarch and Love Island. The narrator takes the piss out of the characters, but also expects you to be sympathetic of even people behaving badly. Everyone's always gossiping. This is what provincial life is like now. Finding happiness through work.

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Middlemarch is good. Gonna read Les Miserables next.

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Timely post from Paul Campos on the link between megachurches and Trump: "he’s a charismatic figure who, in political terms, offers national salvation via one weird trick, i.e., if you believe in Donald Trump then the nation shall be saved" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/06/dona...

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Pub? Pub.

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We cannot overstate how significant Musk's X has been in creating an environment in which people feel comfortable talking like this - a fact that should spark a lot more practical policy reflection than it does

If the 2.1 trillion figure is correct, then by my rough estimate, the current version of the clichéd claim ought to be something like that we take more photos in 2 minutes now than were taken in the 19th century. (I'm taking 7 million as the 19c figure, but could be as low as 2 or as high as 10)

From a Q&A I wrote for the Guardian in 2021. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/d...

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

vaxxed?

So HS2 simultaneously started too soon with too little planning AND also has a bloated management team that apparently isn't managing. How does this keep happening.

Bluesky users to @jdvance.bsk.social

Update

I love how much this country hates joy

Pivoting from Great Power Rivalry to Great Powell Rivalry.

Me to 17yo in hospital: do you want your computer so you can revise? 17yo: no, my phone is ok. Also, if I'm revising on my phone I can't be distracted by my phone.

(annoyed Swedish voice) tax everyone

I could be proven wrong within days or even hours, but I think this is a decision Trump is constitutionally unable to make. On one hand, he would demonstrate power, which he confuses with strength. On the other, he would face potentially disastrous consequences of which he is terrified.

This might reduce infidelity if it's a substitute for attention from other women. Is there anything LLMs can't do??

Carswell a good example of what twitter is now designed to do. It's a radicalisation engine.

manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter? employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked manager: what

My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

Eels used to be big business in London. But how big? In the 19th C. the city imported 1.6 million lbs. of eels every year. And they were almost all "Dutch Eels." 1.5 million lbs. of those eels came from the Dutch, who sold them live from ships anchored in the Thames. 1/3 🗃️🧪

it is insane watching all of this come online in under a week for no other reason other than donald trump chose to destroy the JCPOA when he was president 7 years ago and is now angry that the JCPOA no longer exists

Phenomenal 🤩

Walking this back, you do not, under any circumstances "gotta hand it to Dick Cheney"

This is not what the "Not for EU" label means. The "Not for EU" label is a requirement of the Windsor Framework to ensure products placed on the market in GB can also be placed on the market in Northern Ireland.

Trump posts: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" Looks like we are headed for a US-backed war of regime change in Iran. Buckle up.

In many ways there are similarities between Middlemarch and Love Island. The narrator takes the piss out of the characters, but also expects you to be sympathetic of even people behaving badly. Everyone's always gossiping. This is what provincial life is like now. Finding happiness through work.

Middlemarch is good. Gonna read Les Miserables next.

Timely post from Paul Campos on the link between megachurches and Trump: "he’s a charismatic figure who, in political terms, offers national salvation via one weird trick, i.e., if you believe in Donald Trump then the nation shall be saved" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/06/dona...

Pub? Pub.

Indicates LBs and Reform are still fighting over the same anti-system votes, despite the LDs now being MPs for the most "system" places possible.

She might be a fash, but she's got a expressive face.

The blurb has also possibly left out the best bit from the kickstarter