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Calvin Jones
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Regional Economist and sometime troublemaker.

Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 11h
Is this not… a post about posting?😏

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 2d
I can't help but see that as DIC-PIC 🫣

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 2d
Then rewinding, setting to 7-and-a-bit and trying again.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 5d
I find the whole idea of murder as entertainment a bit distasteful tbh

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 5d
Look forward to a day soon when US troops are fighting alongside the Danes in Ukraine and against them in Greenland 🤷‍♂️

Reposted by Daryl Adair, Calvin Jones, Stephen Pimpare

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 5d
Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?

Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!

A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation

Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d
I was today years old when I realised Rickenbacker couldn't be arsed making a new neck for the left hand version of the 4001 bass 😂 #guitar #Beatles

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d
I'm sure Sir Jim has a pint of wine at the ready.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d
You could install a big Premier Inn in a small market town that employed half the people to service the same number of visitors as a dozen B&Bs. But half the local people would be employed and all the profits would leave.

That would be the economically 'efficient' and productive outcome of course.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d
PULLING ON THE BIG SAM PARACHUTE AS I TYPE!

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
a man wearing a jacket that says macron on the front
Alt: big sam a man wearing a jacket that says macron on the front
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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 10d
AI might be vaguely in tune and time though?
a close up of a man 's face with the word arte on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word arte on the bottom
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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 10d
With fireworks

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 19d
Research bid in the offing

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 20d
😍

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 20d
This is the kind of news I'm looking for

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d
The rediscovery (following Ibn Khaldun 750 years ago) that extreme inequality shreds social cohesion and engenders societal collapse is... welcome but overdue #asabiyyah

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d
Both!

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d
Of course @jburnmurdoch.ft.com remains excellent, but the conflation of degrowth with hard left in this piece does no-one any favours.

There's plenty of evidence that in terms of climate headroom and ecological quality we *do* live in a zero sum world.
dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 23d
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d
I find the conflation of anti-growth with hard-left in this piece deeply troubling. Even speaking as someone who is both.

Degrowthers start from a position of 'our growth model is ruining the planet' not 'rich people are stopping others get on' (although these things are deeply intertwined OC)

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ben Barr, Jonathan Hopkin , and 5 more

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 23d
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 24d
☺️😬

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 24d
Donostia is the best city in the world.

Reposted by Paul Lehmann, Calvin Jones, Kathleen Kennedy

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 26d
#ukhighered
I ASKED SANTA FOR A RESEARCH GRANT. YOU STILL BELIEVE IN RESEARCH GRANTS?

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 27d
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.

Us: Across your entire career?

Reiner: In a 6 year period.

Us: That sounds-

Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Extract from Rob Reiner's Wikipedia Filmography 1986 - Stand By zme 1987 - The Princess Bride 1989 - When Harry Met Sally 1990 - Misery 1992 - A Few Good Men

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Dec 11
I'll think more carefully about your proposition after I've cornered this bloody sheep.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Dec 11
I didn't use it amigo.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Dec 11
Top stuff as always - but note Powys Councillors can't stop the new National Park happening (as the snippet implies). It's up to Ministers... and then no doubt a Judicial Review if they say yes 🫣.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Dec 11
Speaking as someone married into the Irish I can guarantee that (🫣) it's not true of course

www.bestinireland.com/what-is-iris...
All About Irish Rage [2025 ]
Learn about 'Irish Rage' - a temperament attributed to Irish culture. Understand its definition, origins, and tips to cope with it in yourself.
www.bestinireland.com

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · Dec 11
In the last 6 months, the Welsh Labour Gov has sent 2 letters to their UK Labour colleagues asking them to change local housing allowance back to the 50th percentile (Wales has the fastest growing rents in the UK).

An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
Wales watching - The midweek briefing
Exclusive: UK Government ignore two Welsh Gov letters, plus Eluned Morgan does an impression...
willhaywardwales.substack.com

Reposted by Calvin Jones

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · Dec 11
#bookologythursday
Thinking of buying your loved one a copy of The Mabinogion for Christmas, but not sure which edition or translation to gift? Here are my quick gift-giving edition recommendations to help you out!
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