David Hamilton
@davidneilhamilton.bsky.social
Consulting software engineer. Politically homeless; radical centrist; anti-fascist; advocate of electoral reform. Collector of cognitive biases + reasons why world is messy.
Pinned
Poor people: “We don’t understand: we’ve given rich people everything they wanted. But life still sucks for us.
What happened?”
Rich: “No idea. Everything’s great for me. Maybe it’s the migrants?”
Poor: “Migrants you wanted as cheap labour so you could avoid training people?”
Rich: “Yeah, them”
What happened?”
Rich: “No idea. Everything’s great for me. Maybe it’s the migrants?”
Poor: “Migrants you wanted as cheap labour so you could avoid training people?”
Rich: “Yeah, them”
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Looking back on the murder of the brilliant and astonishing Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years on. He was executed for seeking to stop the despoilation of the Niger Delta by Shell. His murder prefigured much of what we have seen since. He remains a guiding light to us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTB...
WHERE WERE YOU?: GEORGE MONBIOT
YouTube video by KSW Rooms
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December 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Looking back on the murder of the brilliant and astonishing Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years on. He was executed for seeking to stop the despoilation of the Niger Delta by Shell. His murder prefigured much of what we have seen since. He remains a guiding light to us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTB...
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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IRL he's wrong, though. I ran into a paper about fifteen years ago, where the guy dug up tax rate and government income/GDP for a pile of countries and just graphed it out.
The result was a fairly narrow horizontal band of noise. High rates, low rates, all brought in the same revenue.
The result was a fairly narrow horizontal band of noise. High rates, low rates, all brought in the same revenue.
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
IRL he's wrong, though. I ran into a paper about fifteen years ago, where the guy dug up tax rate and government income/GDP for a pile of countries and just graphed it out.
The result was a fairly narrow horizontal band of noise. High rates, low rates, all brought in the same revenue.
The result was a fairly narrow horizontal band of noise. High rates, low rates, all brought in the same revenue.
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idk whatever. something like this.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
idk whatever. something like this.
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When my kids test my patience in the run-up to Christmas, it's very cathartic to pop this on once a day. It's my dad-vent colander.
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When my kids test my patience in the run-up to Christmas, it's very cathartic to pop this on once a day. It's my dad-vent colander.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Something new. A #postcardadventcalendar. Stick with me for some nicely odd vintage images for the month, and you may end up with an expression like our friend in a deckchair in front of painted sea. Hold tight. The thread starts today:
1. Woman in a deckchair.
Cheers, T.
1. Woman in a deckchair.
Cheers, T.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Something new. A #postcardadventcalendar. Stick with me for some nicely odd vintage images for the month, and you may end up with an expression like our friend in a deckchair in front of painted sea. Hold tight. The thread starts today:
1. Woman in a deckchair.
Cheers, T.
1. Woman in a deckchair.
Cheers, T.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Crest is missing a lettuce.
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Crest is missing a lettuce.
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I took a look at Liz Truss's website for The Leconfield, her new Mayfair club asking for £500,000 from members to build it, and ran the images through the AI detection software Detesia, here's the results.
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I took a look at Liz Truss's website for The Leconfield, her new Mayfair club asking for £500,000 from members to build it, and ran the images through the AI detection software Detesia, here's the results.
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
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"In 2024, UK GDP per head at constant prices was 30 per cent below what it would have been if the trend rate of growth between 1980 and 2007 had continued." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The UK must do more than go on muddling through
We need to look at the causes of the country’s dire economic performance
giftarticle.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"In 2024, UK GDP per head at constant prices was 30 per cent below what it would have been if the trend rate of growth between 1980 and 2007 had continued." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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How long have I stood? Oh Aruru, my hairs grow breezy with approaching Uruk-the-sheepfold!
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
How long have I stood? Oh Aruru, my hairs grow breezy with approaching Uruk-the-sheepfold!
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This company is so god damn goofy, they don’t have a clue what they’re doing. It seems like they’re integration recommendations? Either way everybody hates them because they’re appearing for premium subscribers
ChatGPT head says screenshots of ChatGPT ads are "either not real or not ads"; OpenAI's research head says "anything that feels like an ad" is now turned off (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This company is so god damn goofy, they don’t have a clue what they’re doing. It seems like they’re integration recommendations? Either way everybody hates them because they’re appearing for premium subscribers
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First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
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After the little Musk-Sikorski spat this, and Musk's statement to abolish the EU (after the Commission fined X), let's ask ourselves simply:
HOW ARE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS USING X NOW?
In this 🧵 I'll document it, Commissioner by Commissioner. When did they last post? How often do they post?
HOW ARE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS USING X NOW?
In this 🧵 I'll document it, Commissioner by Commissioner. When did they last post? How often do they post?
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
After the little Musk-Sikorski spat this, and Musk's statement to abolish the EU (after the Commission fined X), let's ask ourselves simply:
HOW ARE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS USING X NOW?
In this 🧵 I'll document it, Commissioner by Commissioner. When did they last post? How often do they post?
HOW ARE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS USING X NOW?
In this 🧵 I'll document it, Commissioner by Commissioner. When did they last post? How often do they post?
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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He’s not wrong though about the rich outsourcing their exposure to risk
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
He’s not wrong though about the rich outsourcing their exposure to risk
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6th December 1973 WAS a Thursday
Stupid piece of junk
AI can’t even count , again
Stupid piece of junk
AI can’t even count , again
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
6th December 1973 WAS a Thursday
Stupid piece of junk
AI can’t even count , again
Stupid piece of junk
AI can’t even count , again
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1: Trump slaps tariffs on Australia, despite U.S. having a trade surplus with the country.
2: Countries get scared away from US assets, buy gold.
3: Australia is one of the top gold exporters.
4: U.S. trade surplus with Australia sinks to lowest level in 20 years because gold sales to U.S. grow 10x
2: Countries get scared away from US assets, buy gold.
3: Australia is one of the top gold exporters.
4: U.S. trade surplus with Australia sinks to lowest level in 20 years because gold sales to U.S. grow 10x
Trump has orchestrated a golden age for Australia
China’s epochal rise was the driver of Australia’s first resource boom, in 2025 President Trump has engineered something almost as astounding.
www.smh.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
1: Trump slaps tariffs on Australia, despite U.S. having a trade surplus with the country.
2: Countries get scared away from US assets, buy gold.
3: Australia is one of the top gold exporters.
4: U.S. trade surplus with Australia sinks to lowest level in 20 years because gold sales to U.S. grow 10x
2: Countries get scared away from US assets, buy gold.
3: Australia is one of the top gold exporters.
4: U.S. trade surplus with Australia sinks to lowest level in 20 years because gold sales to U.S. grow 10x