Dan Olner
@danolner.bsky.social
Policy fellow @Y_PERN_ @SouthYorksMCA Data scientist / geospatial+economics / climate / political economy / "tepid centrist" / bit of sci-fi too danolner.net github.com/DanOlner
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Here is the full text of Carney's speech. Very much worth reading.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Here is the full text of Carney's speech. Very much worth reading.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.
Someone should get Donald to have a play with thetruesize website. (As if objective reality plays any part in that man's mind...) thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!... #greenland
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Someone should get Donald to have a play with thetruesize website. (As if objective reality plays any part in that man's mind...) thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!... #greenland
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Congratulations everyone, Big Brother wasn’t imposed on you, you bought Big Brother on Prime Day and installed him yourselves.
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations everyone, Big Brother wasn’t imposed on you, you bought Big Brother on Prime Day and installed him yourselves.
The Obamas in Selma, Alabama, March 2015. More on the Obama Whitehouse archived page. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/03...
January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The Obamas in Selma, Alabama, March 2015. More on the Obama Whitehouse archived page. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/03...
Another moment where I think "surely *now* is the moment they say enough is enough" to add to the hundreds of others over the past decade. The letter's written by a malignant 5 year old who shouldn't be left unattended with anything more dangerous than lego. But no, still they all carry on.
Now we begin the familiar ritual where 95% of the Republicans in Congress claim they are completely unaware of Trump’s deranged letter to the PM of Norway so they are unable to comment on it.
January 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Another moment where I think "surely *now* is the moment they say enough is enough" to add to the hundreds of others over the past decade. The letter's written by a malignant 5 year old who shouldn't be left unattended with anything more dangerous than lego. But no, still they all carry on.
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Don, slamming down an Uno card on the chessboard-
“BINGO!”
“BINGO!”
January 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Don, slamming down an Uno card on the chessboard-
“BINGO!”
“BINGO!”
Aww look at his happy little face though.
This might be the single most pathetic thing I've seen in my adult life.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House, saying it was a recognition of his commitment to her country's freedom
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Aww look at his happy little face though.
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Time-traveling me, c2026: "And then the PRESIDENT--you know, the guy who likes to put his name on buildings and was in Home Alone 2? HE's declaring war on Denmark, b/c he wants Greenland!"
Me, c1992: "Hello, police? There's an insane guy at my door who looks like my grandfather."
Me, c1992: "Hello, police? There's an insane guy at my door who looks like my grandfather."
January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Time-traveling me, c2026: "And then the PRESIDENT--you know, the guy who likes to put his name on buildings and was in Home Alone 2? HE's declaring war on Denmark, b/c he wants Greenland!"
Me, c1992: "Hello, police? There's an insane guy at my door who looks like my grandfather."
Me, c1992: "Hello, police? There's an insane guy at my door who looks like my grandfather."
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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Putting #solarpanels on land used for biofuels would produce enough #electricity for all of the world’s cars & trucks to go electric.
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area to liquid #biofuels, even though there is a more efficient way to generate energy: ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land... #landuse
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area to liquid #biofuels, even though there is a more efficient way to generate energy: ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land... #landuse
January 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Putting #solarpanels on land used for biofuels would produce enough #electricity for all of the world’s cars & trucks to go electric.
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area to liquid #biofuels, even though there is a more efficient way to generate energy: ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land... #landuse
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area to liquid #biofuels, even though there is a more efficient way to generate energy: ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land... #landuse
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The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
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There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
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AI does math proofs. Very interesting thread from a top mathematician.
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1158558...
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1158558...
Terence Tao (@[email protected])
Recently, the application of AI tools to Erdos problems passed a milestone: an Erdos problem (#728 https://www.erdosproblems.com/728) was solved more or less autonomously by AI (after some feedback fr...
mathstodon.xyz
January 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
AI does math proofs. Very interesting thread from a top mathematician.
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1158558...
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1158558...
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It has now been 5 days since Keir Starmer posted on X. 11 for Rachel Reeves
Previously both we're posting several times a day - seems a informal boycott is happening
Meanwhile @zackpolanski.bsky.social has posted/retweeted 7 times this morning. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk too
When you leaving chaps?
Previously both we're posting several times a day - seems a informal boycott is happening
Meanwhile @zackpolanski.bsky.social has posted/retweeted 7 times this morning. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk too
When you leaving chaps?
Also striking that Rachel Reeves has been off of it since 2 January.
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It has now been 5 days since Keir Starmer posted on X. 11 for Rachel Reeves
Previously both we're posting several times a day - seems a informal boycott is happening
Meanwhile @zackpolanski.bsky.social has posted/retweeted 7 times this morning. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk too
When you leaving chaps?
Previously both we're posting several times a day - seems a informal boycott is happening
Meanwhile @zackpolanski.bsky.social has posted/retweeted 7 times this morning. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk too
When you leaving chaps?
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"Lenders of last resort" the movie of this summer. Twelve middle aged bankers come to the rescue of their colleague, who is bullied by a rogue president
GLOBAL CENTRAL BANKERS: “.. We stand in full solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and its Chair Jerome H. Powell.”
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"Lenders of last resort" the movie of this summer. Twelve middle aged bankers come to the rescue of their colleague, who is bullied by a rogue president