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Gavin Deichen

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Climate technology fan. Overthinker. Trying to understand how everything works. If you see something you don't like, assume it's a random shower thought rather than a deeply held belief.

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Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 12h

Isn't this the classic The Sun experience?

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 14h

You get the weirdest replies when one of these posts gets a bit of traction 😬

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 14h

You responded to him, ya weirdo.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 14h

For me, this is a really good critique of "Blue Labour".

It quite succinctly explains why their bizarre ideas don't work in the real world.

labourlist.org/2025/05/blue...

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 14h

Uurgh… it makes you wonder how weird it could get.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, it's tempting to think this stuff has rushed in to fill the vacuum of ideas/values/anything.

These people seem to be so bizarre that they appeal to clueless Labour MPs and literally no-one else.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 15h

Not to put to fine a point in it, Maurice Glasman should just go ahead and join Reform, which seems much better aligned with his weird conservatism.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

Is tricky to tell exactly how influential "Blue Labour" are within the party, but it's worth noting how ridiculous they are. Very confused people with little grounding in reality.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_La...

Blue Labour - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

It seems to be generally assumed that Starmer won't be in charge by the time of the next GE, but the stranglehold these people seem to have on the party would suggest that they're only going to keep going in the same direction.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

The way that Labour have presented themselves aligns very well with "Blue Labour" and may well explain their absurd approach to government, which has alienated almost everyone.

It's very unfortunate that we all have to watch this car crash play out.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

I suppose the fact that the Home Secretary is among their membership suggests that they are in fact very influential.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

Is tricky to tell exactly how influential "Blue Labour" are within the party, but it's worth noting how ridiculous they are. Very confused people with little grounding in reality.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_La...

Blue Labour - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 16h

Rules says at least a barrier… glue on the gears of a potential fascist machine.

And best as I can tell, a lot of British institutions are there only because the right people shook hands one time.

Dismantling a lot of stuff still be very easy. Overnight stuff.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 17h

This is true, but we're still potentially in a hell of a lot of trouble.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 17h

The sad reality is that the truth has been out there for decades, but society has played along with the lie, because that's a much more comfortable thing to do than to face the truth.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 17h

Politicians looked at the scale of the challenge of Climate Change and decided the problem was too hard, and would have required them to modify their politics to deal with the new reality.

So they minimised the problem, lied about its scale and left it to future generations to pick up the pieces.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 17h

Politicians looked at the scale of the challenge of Climate Change and decided the problem was too hard, and would have required them to modify their politics to deal with the new reality.

So they minimised the problem, lied about its scale and left it to future generations to pick up the pieces.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d
"I don't think we can mitigate for climate change."
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 17h

It's the same deal with climate change and this… they do understand. But doing the right thing seems like far too much of a challenge, so they fiddle with themselves while Rome burns.

The wankers.

bsky.app/profile/shau...

shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19h

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 18h

Do you really think so?

My recollection is that he was almost absurdly unpopular from the centre to the left. Even people who were amused by his clowning thought he was a lazy, self-serving lightweight.

Most of the right realised he was a desperate measure, too, didn't they?

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 19h

Even Altman himself is saying it's a bubble..!

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 19h

Reform is almost entirely bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry.

Their primary goal will ultimately be to return Britain to the dark ages of a legacy fuel source that's only going to get more expensive.

If you trust Farage to improve your life, I've got a bridge to sell you (with a free flag! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 19h

This kind of crap will definitely attract the transphobes who've left the Green party.

Which will doom "Your Party" - transphobia is an extremely niche hobby which puts off most of society, but especially younger and more politically active people.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 22h

Wow. This is really fkd up.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 1d

They'd be fine to lose millions, as long as they make billions.

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 1d

Could be everyone!

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 1d

For all the egalitarian waffle, the people spending the money are going to want a return on their investment.

Sam's a smart guy. The idea that this service will be available to "everyone" and that this will bring about some sort of productivity Utopia is… well, it's tempting to say disingenuous?

Gavin Deichen @gdeichen.bsky.social · 1d

You can even read his thoughts on his own blog.

As he is aware, a lot of extremely well-informed people are deeply skeptical that LLMs will ever evolve into anything that could rightfully be called AGI. With that in mind, is this all a massive over sell?

blog.samaltman.com/three-observ...

Three Observations

Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity. Systems that start to point to AGI* are coming into view, and so we think it’s important to...

blog.samaltman.com