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The Gilets Jaunes were very much a right wing protest movement
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The Gilets Jaunes were very much a right wing protest movement
Trump ordered he be given the controls and was trying to sketch the flight path in the shape of a giant penis but cocked it up
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump ordered he be given the controls and was trying to sketch the flight path in the shape of a giant penis but cocked it up
"Maryland's investment in EU bonds, like Maryland itself, is irrelevant". See how that works?
January 21, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"Maryland's investment in EU bonds, like Maryland itself, is irrelevant". See how that works?
So many fifth columnists, acting out in the open.
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
So many fifth columnists, acting out in the open.
To basically returning to his pre-OpenAI career
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
To basically returning to his pre-OpenAI career
It's a Churchillian fantasy, in the way that only a late Victorian son of Empire/WW2 leader of resistance in Europe/son of an American heiress could be.
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
It's a Churchillian fantasy, in the way that only a late Victorian son of Empire/WW2 leader of resistance in Europe/son of an American heiress could be.
This is likely because outcomes are hard to measure, particularly in the kind of organisation that has a surreptitious stack-ranking metrics driven culture and yet is struggling to find product-market fit for reasons largely divorced from the individual performance of its team.
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This is likely because outcomes are hard to measure, particularly in the kind of organisation that has a surreptitious stack-ranking metrics driven culture and yet is struggling to find product-market fit for reasons largely divorced from the individual performance of its team.
Is this due to a lot of the smarter people (of left or right) being drummed out of Parliament over the last decade? Or just because the politicians have to operate in a dumber media environment?
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Is this due to a lot of the smarter people (of left or right) being drummed out of Parliament over the last decade? Or just because the politicians have to operate in a dumber media environment?
"AI is like the flush toilet", no it's more like what the flush toilet was invented for. Also people don't use dumbphones because they are luddites, it's for fear of being tracked & to help control addictive behaviours.
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"AI is like the flush toilet", no it's more like what the flush toilet was invented for. Also people don't use dumbphones because they are luddites, it's for fear of being tracked & to help control addictive behaviours.
The man has been pushing bad takes on agile for years, hardly surprising he's switched to bad takes on AI
January 21, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The man has been pushing bad takes on agile for years, hardly surprising he's switched to bad takes on AI
It's Hollub. The Simon Jenkins of the tech industry
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
It's Hollub. The Simon Jenkins of the tech industry
This is perhaps where an alliance with e.g. Canada or Australia may be beneficial (although I don't know the extent of their rare earth deposits vs requirements of German industry)
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This is perhaps where an alliance with e.g. Canada or Australia may be beneficial (although I don't know the extent of their rare earth deposits vs requirements of German industry)
Which is serious enough, but exacerbated by the cosy relationship with broadcasters and old news print - forever inviting columnists onto discussion shows etc.
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Which is serious enough, but exacerbated by the cosy relationship with broadcasters and old news print - forever inviting columnists onto discussion shows etc.
Maybe, if the Claude markdown is VERY clear and unambiguous
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Maybe, if the Claude markdown is VERY clear and unambiguous
One EU/UK weakness is that our media/politicians are so easily bought. Russia doesn't need to outmatch us in tanks or planes when they can buy a fifth columnist like Gerhard Schröder or Nigel Farage to derail our common defence and security.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
One EU/UK weakness is that our media/politicians are so easily bought. Russia doesn't need to outmatch us in tanks or planes when they can buy a fifth columnist like Gerhard Schröder or Nigel Farage to derail our common defence and security.
"Why is Windsor Castle surrounded by Chinese restaurants"
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"Why is Windsor Castle surrounded by Chinese restaurants"
Does this column mean Simon Jenkins now wears the crown?
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Does this column mean Simon Jenkins now wears the crown?
Yes Europe has gone through fascism. But the times were different, the media was different, the conditions were different. Our anti fascism vaccine is out of date and was for a different strain.
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Yes Europe has gone through fascism. But the times were different, the media was different, the conditions were different. Our anti fascism vaccine is out of date and was for a different strain.
They are very much the C team left in the party after the long wilderness years
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
They are very much the C team left in the party after the long wilderness years
Knowing small business people very much worried by this, the fact that this dipshit is in charge of anything is worrying
January 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Knowing small business people very much worried by this, the fact that this dipshit is in charge of anything is worrying
Rampant inequality is a side effect, particularly in rust belt towns throughout the West that fuel the right wing resentment. But the guilty parties include people like Lutnick.
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Rampant inequality is a side effect, particularly in rust belt towns throughout the West that fuel the right wing resentment. But the guilty parties include people like Lutnick.