Chris Davies
@crd37.bsky.social
Complexity, politics, public policy and helping things be better. Welshman in south London.
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I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
Didn’t have a resurgence of Arian heresy on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are
About one-third of evangelicals don't think Jesus was actually God
More than half of US adults, 30% of evangelicals believe Jesus isn’t God: study
More than half of American adults, including 30 of evangelicals, say Jesus isn t God but most agree He was a great teacher, according to results from the 2020 State of Theology survey
www.christianpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Didn’t have a resurgence of Arian heresy on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are
Thought for a minute this was Cummings
I wonder if there are any biographies titled "Defeated"
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thought for a minute this was Cummings
And let’s not forget that the 1970s had 1950s nostalgia (Grease; Happy Days)
worth watching a movie set in the 1970s, like THE NICE GUYS, and comparing to a movie made in the 1970s, like DIRTY HARRY
December 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
And let’s not forget that the 1970s had 1950s nostalgia (Grease; Happy Days)
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New substack: why so many people are content with economic stagnation: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/wallowing-...
Wallowing in poverty
Why we're not bothered about economic growth.
chrisdillow.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New substack: why so many people are content with economic stagnation: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/wallowing-...
Why the hell are there TV adverts for AWS?!
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why the hell are there TV adverts for AWS?!
This is why our Max Richter tickets aren’t £1000 in the secondary market @stephenkb.bsky.social
So Max Richter eau de toilette is an actual thing (source: Private Eye Pseuds Corner)
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is why our Max Richter tickets aren’t £1000 in the secondary market @stephenkb.bsky.social
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WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry
Jaw dropping like Zeeshan says
But I think the important bit is in here. If it collapses, it will be because America irony-ed itself to death.
But I think the important bit is in here. If it collapses, it will be because America irony-ed itself to death.
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Jaw dropping like Zeeshan says
But I think the important bit is in here. If it collapses, it will be because America irony-ed itself to death.
But I think the important bit is in here. If it collapses, it will be because America irony-ed itself to death.
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
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What’s good about Walliams is we don’t have to separate the art from the man
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What’s good about Walliams is we don’t have to separate the art from the man
Ironic coming from Utah
S3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal with respect to acts of aggression against the Unite...
📢 Introduced in Senate
https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3567
#S3567 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal with respect to acts of aggression against the Unite...
📢 Introduced in Senate
https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3567
#S3567 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ironic coming from Utah
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That’s the thing man. If they are to be taken at their word the only takeaway is that there should be no black people in any job any other white person wants. One quick Google search for any of these jobs would show there are usually one or two minorities are best in a unit of 20 or 30 or more.
UAlbany, one of those, NY state universities, has been hovering around 4 percent tenure track Black faculty since ever. I am THE Black tenure track political scientists. These folks are just little liars.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That’s the thing man. If they are to be taken at their word the only takeaway is that there should be no black people in any job any other white person wants. One quick Google search for any of these jobs would show there are usually one or two minorities are best in a unit of 20 or 30 or more.
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
At 250 years, it had a good run
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
At 250 years, it had a good run
Great thread. And the point in the middle about what being strong means is so closely aligned to Trumpism you can see why he likes Putin.
On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Great thread. And the point in the middle about what being strong means is so closely aligned to Trumpism you can see why he likes Putin.
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I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
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Io, Saturnalia everybody!
December 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Io, Saturnalia everybody!
Such strong Succession vibes to this
The First Lady just posted the trailer for Melania, the "documentary" Amazon paid $40 million to acquire.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Such strong Succession vibes to this
We should just tear it down and put a new one in.
It's peak British state to list the thing and for it to then cost too much to actually repair it.
It's peak British state to list the thing and for it to then cost too much to actually repair it.
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Listening to a discussion about Jane Austen and remembering that it’s not new for women to find many men unappealing marriage prospects.
What’s changed is they now have the option not to bother.
So depressing to think we have people who want to go back to that time
What’s changed is they now have the option not to bother.
So depressing to think we have people who want to go back to that time
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Listening to a discussion about Jane Austen and remembering that it’s not new for women to find many men unappealing marriage prospects.
What’s changed is they now have the option not to bother.
So depressing to think we have people who want to go back to that time
What’s changed is they now have the option not to bother.
So depressing to think we have people who want to go back to that time
Classic Leftist tactics. Talking to people and quoting them.
So cunning!
So cunning!
She interviewed with Vanity Fair 11 times and they quoted her extensively from those interviews.
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Classic Leftist tactics. Talking to people and quoting them.
So cunning!
So cunning!
This illustrates two of our besetting problems as a nation
1: The costs that come from an accumulation of history - stuff we love but don’t want to pay for. This leaves a bunch of stuff to crumble.
1: The costs that come from an accumulation of history - stuff we love but don’t want to pay for. This leaves a bunch of stuff to crumble.
People complain about using the chemical toilet at church (our main toilet is broken and we can't afford the extremely expensive archeology required to fix it), and I'm like... Some volunteers will have to lug this across the city to empty and clean it. We are doing our best. Stop complaining.
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This illustrates two of our besetting problems as a nation
1: The costs that come from an accumulation of history - stuff we love but don’t want to pay for. This leaves a bunch of stuff to crumble.
1: The costs that come from an accumulation of history - stuff we love but don’t want to pay for. This leaves a bunch of stuff to crumble.
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In a compelling speech, this line from head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, stood out for me.
This is the crux and why gung-ho "abundance" and tech accelerationism is a disaster. We need mastery not surrender.
This is the crux and why gung-ho "abundance" and tech accelerationism is a disaster. We need mastery not surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In a compelling speech, this line from head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, stood out for me.
This is the crux and why gung-ho "abundance" and tech accelerationism is a disaster. We need mastery not surrender.
This is the crux and why gung-ho "abundance" and tech accelerationism is a disaster. We need mastery not surrender.
Dandelions are flowering in my garden.
I'm not saying the climate is utterly stuffed, but am not not saying it either
I'm not saying the climate is utterly stuffed, but am not not saying it either
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Dandelions are flowering in my garden.
I'm not saying the climate is utterly stuffed, but am not not saying it either
I'm not saying the climate is utterly stuffed, but am not not saying it either