Chris Johns
@chrisbjohns.bsky.social
Economist, podcaster, journalist, curious.
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Chris Johns
@chrisbjohns.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Does AI believe in God?
Why the AI bubble will burst
cjpeconomics.substack.com
Why the AI bubble is going to burst. Whatever intelligence is, they are using the wrong definition. Where is the killer app? The big question answered? cjpeconomics.substack.com/p/does-ai-be...
Nationalism: what is it good for? Latest podcast with @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social and @shanewriter.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0v7q...
Nationalism: where does it come from? The glue that binds us or the poison that kills us?
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Nationalism: what is it good for? Latest podcast with @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social and @shanewriter.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0v7q...
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Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Trump's superpower: is inflation about to play the role of Kryptonite?
open.spotify.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Can I ever forgive the BBC for this? No. But that doesn’t justify what is happening now.
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Can I ever forgive the BBC for this? No. But that doesn’t justify what is happening now.
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Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
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If they try and raise 20bn through 10 such taxes it’s quite likely it ends up being 12 or 15 instead and then we end up back here again raising taxes again next year.
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If they try and raise 20bn through 10 such taxes it’s quite likely it ends up being 12 or 15 instead and then we end up back here again raising taxes again next year.
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The easiest explanation of what’s happening to the billionaires is that , while wealth cooks everyone’s brains a little, unimaginable wealth deep fries your brain. And that social media has given us a front row seat to the process
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The easiest explanation of what’s happening to the billionaires is that , while wealth cooks everyone’s brains a little, unimaginable wealth deep fries your brain. And that social media has given us a front row seat to the process
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This is such a good point from @conorsen.bsky.social. For the Greek statue avatar brigade this is when hubris meets nemesis.
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is such a good point from @conorsen.bsky.social. For the Greek statue avatar brigade this is when hubris meets nemesis.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The noise you hear is the collective swallowing of a thousand right whinge commentators' words www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The noise you hear is the collective swallowing of a thousand right whinge commentators' words www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
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Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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Ireland’s next attacking frontier? The counterattack
Why becoming a better transition team is imperative this November.
Analysis ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Why becoming a better transition team is imperative this November.
Analysis ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Why perfecting the counterattack is central to Ireland’s World Cup evolution
Only time will tell if Andy Farrell’s side can evolve the way they need to
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ireland’s next attacking frontier? The counterattack
Why becoming a better transition team is imperative this November.
Analysis ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Why becoming a better transition team is imperative this November.
Analysis ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Today, nine years since its launch, my (now fortnightly) Brexit & Brexitism Blog (as it's now called) had its 11 millionth visit. Many thanks to all who have visited, or who read posts via the email feed, and to those who have helped promote it. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Today, nine years since its launch, my (now fortnightly) Brexit & Brexitism Blog (as it's now called) had its 11 millionth visit. Many thanks to all who have visited, or who read posts via the email feed, and to those who have helped promote it. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com
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Guess who Hegseth's Pentagon awards its biggest drone contract to....? Naturally one in which Don Trump Jr has a stake and sits on its board. Every goddam conflict of interest law is being vandalised daily by Trump's administration. www.ft.com/content/4ced...
Trump Jr-linked drone company wins Pentagon contract
Unusual Machines secures deal as US military accelerates domestic production of unmanned aircraft
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Guess who Hegseth's Pentagon awards its biggest drone contract to....? Naturally one in which Don Trump Jr has a stake and sits on its board. Every goddam conflict of interest law is being vandalised daily by Trump's administration. www.ft.com/content/4ced...
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"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
The Trump Supremacy
[FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
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A reminder that any moment of Trump being “pro-Ukraine” is rapidly corrected once Trump has had his latest instructions from the Kremlin. on.ft.com/4ooVl9l
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
on.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A reminder that any moment of Trump being “pro-Ukraine” is rapidly corrected once Trump has had his latest instructions from the Kremlin. on.ft.com/4ooVl9l
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Seven million patriots celebrated the real America today.
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Seven million patriots celebrated the real America today.
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Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
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very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
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Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...