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Phil Tinline

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Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times' Politics Book of 2022) GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - The New Yorker) https://tinyurl.com/Ghosts-Iron-Mountain Last on Radio 4: Ronald vs Donald https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274rd

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1h

...might be...may be...could...

Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 1h

"A dominant position in A.I. might be, without exaggeration, the biggest prize in the history of capitalism. This has attracted a great deal of competition... The world of A.I. may be growing too big to monitor. No one can afford to slow down."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, and 'romp home' I think

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, like people 'hitting out' at each other, or 'enjoying a sex romp'

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 9h

We shouldn't fall into the trap of the prejudice of low expectations ;-)

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 9h

Quite.

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 10h

There is no such thing as a "tax raid". Self-respecting reporters do not use propaganda terms.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 12h

Sounds reasonable to me.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 10h

This is exactly right. The idea that the state is irreducibly useless is learned helplessness. The notion that the private sector is a cure-all is marketing. Both are outdated ideology.

Do we want a strong, capable, democratically-run state, or do we want the broligarchs to take it off our hands?

Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 10h

The conversation I want to hear on state reform is how we develop long term capacity rather than the conversation we have: the state is in the way of the market.

It applies to housing as much as energy and the environment. Just look at retrofitting as a case.

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Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 22h

Yes! #makerussiapay www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK ready to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort - BBC News

The UK, France and Germany are "united" in wanting to use the full value of frozen Russian assets to end the war, Sir Keir Starmer said.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 22h

He was a very serious young man. It's fascinating watching a Tory reason himself into a non-conspiracist fight with finance.

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 22h

Oh and if you want to hear a bit of him talking about his early years as a politician, here he is on the Depression in Stockton (2:10):

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And here on his working class Tory constituents (3:15):
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Archive on 4 - The Thirty Year Itch - BBC Sounds

Phil Tinline explores what the turmoil of the 1970s tells us about British politics today.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 22h

Also worth having a look at The Middle Way, obvs.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 22h

It's very good! The Richard Thorpe biog is great too.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

Long ago, he wanted to be a movie producer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

Do their managers have mortgages, pensions and disposable income

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

"The younger generation are growing up in a world very different from their parents’. As a result, they bring their own expectations into the workplace" | ✍️ Hannah Prevett

Gen Z is redefining work — and driving their managers mad

The younger generation are growing up in a world very different from their parents’. As a result, they bring their own expectations into the workplace

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. I was too demure to mention that though. I'd forgotten about Bitch Hunter. Good Lord.

Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

See also Jack Donaghy's commissions while Liz Lemon is on vacation, such as Are You Stronger Than a Dog?

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

I remember visiting City Hall in Tokyo and seeing on the list of departments one called something like the Office for Increasing the Population and thinking huh, wonder what goes on in there

Chris Harding | Japanese History @drchrisharding.bsky.social · 1d

Japan is losing more than 2,000 people every day to population decline.

Is automation the answer?

This week's Substack post:
www.chrishardingjapan.com/p/can-vendin...

Can Vending Machines Save Japan?

Part II: Salvation Through Automation

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

Fight Club every “I am Jack’s…”

YouTube video by Kaito

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

Busker in Wimbledon singing Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin'.

And, I mean, 61 years on, he's right. The Wilko has been replaced by an Aldi.

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Iain Roberton @iainroberton.bsky.social · 1d

Have seen it described as “LinkedIn with stoning”

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

I've been to Dubai for work a few times. It's like the world's biggest airport lounge. Utterly soulless. Can't imagine wanting to live there whatever the financial benefits. (That's before you get to the ethical issues...)

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

People keep telling me the UK is so over and they're going to move to Dubai and, like, fine. Go on then. Would you like directions to the airport?

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 2d

The world is not all America, Part 2843837.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

I am pro-NATO because I am anti-imperialist.

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