Dave J
@davejbrighton.bsky.social
Brighton (UK) dweller. Interests include cookery, gardening, genealogy, politics, and natural sciences. Love dogs and cats and have one of each.
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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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Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
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Does that mean that British journalists will finally quit the Nazi site?
How about the British Government?
Why is it feeding the Nazi site?
How about the British Government?
Why is it feeding the Nazi site?
If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Does that mean that British journalists will finally quit the Nazi site?
How about the British Government?
Why is it feeding the Nazi site?
How about the British Government?
Why is it feeding the Nazi site?
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
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The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
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I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
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The US ‘National Security Strategy’ (!) now effectively advocates for the overthrow of European liberal democracy in favour of ethno-national right wing populism. As does Russia.
The US is neither partner nor ally. It is an adversary attacking Europe economically, politically, and diplomatically.
The US is neither partner nor ally. It is an adversary attacking Europe economically, politically, and diplomatically.
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The US ‘National Security Strategy’ (!) now effectively advocates for the overthrow of European liberal democracy in favour of ethno-national right wing populism. As does Russia.
The US is neither partner nor ally. It is an adversary attacking Europe economically, politically, and diplomatically.
The US is neither partner nor ally. It is an adversary attacking Europe economically, politically, and diplomatically.
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The new US National Security Strategy out today positions the US as an enemy of Europe. It wants to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” - as a multicultural society - and explains Vance’s vocal support for the Far Right AfD. Interfering in internal affairs until it’s a new TrumpWorld.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The new US National Security Strategy out today positions the US as an enemy of Europe. It wants to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” - as a multicultural society - and explains Vance’s vocal support for the Far Right AfD. Interfering in internal affairs until it’s a new TrumpWorld.
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Phillips’s Newsletter
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
Phillips P. OBrien
Dec 05, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
Phillips P. OBrien
Dec 05, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Phillips’s Newsletter
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
Phillips P. OBrien
Dec 05, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
Phillips P. OBrien
Dec 05, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
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It’s obviously very funny seeing Farage lose his shit when given any journalistic attention short of doe-eyed adulation.
It’s also impossible not to despair at the thought of how different his career- & therefore recent UK history- would’ve been with the mildest media scrutiny a few years ago.
It’s also impossible not to despair at the thought of how different his career- & therefore recent UK history- would’ve been with the mildest media scrutiny a few years ago.
Nigel Farage denies saying anything racist ‘with malice’ as he attacks BBC
Reform UK leader launches tirade against broadcaster in latest effort to address claims of abuse from school contemporaries
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s obviously very funny seeing Farage lose his shit when given any journalistic attention short of doe-eyed adulation.
It’s also impossible not to despair at the thought of how different his career- & therefore recent UK history- would’ve been with the mildest media scrutiny a few years ago.
It’s also impossible not to despair at the thought of how different his career- & therefore recent UK history- would’ve been with the mildest media scrutiny a few years ago.
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After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
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Yup. These aren't stick of RAM.
These are HBM RAM chips which almost no consumer computer part uses, and they're being soldered directly to server GPUs that will rapidly go obsolete.
The RAM being made for "AI" companies will never ever return to the wider market. It's useless forever.
These are HBM RAM chips which almost no consumer computer part uses, and they're being soldered directly to server GPUs that will rapidly go obsolete.
The RAM being made for "AI" companies will never ever return to the wider market. It's useless forever.
And this is single purpose ram. It's not like AI goes bust and the market suddenly gets flooded with RAM. It's AI goes bust and landfills get flooded with now useless RAM.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yup. These aren't stick of RAM.
These are HBM RAM chips which almost no consumer computer part uses, and they're being soldered directly to server GPUs that will rapidly go obsolete.
The RAM being made for "AI" companies will never ever return to the wider market. It's useless forever.
These are HBM RAM chips which almost no consumer computer part uses, and they're being soldered directly to server GPUs that will rapidly go obsolete.
The RAM being made for "AI" companies will never ever return to the wider market. It's useless forever.
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Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
Brussels floats ‘emergency’ powers to raise €210bn from Russian assets
Contentious proposal to fund Ukraine would mark watershed moment for EU
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
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1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
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I'm very pro 'shaming' on this stuff. If they are racist, call them a racist. Use the word. Read out Farage's words at pmqs from when he was school, for instance. Instantly he's on the news having to explain his past. Much, much more needs to be done. And it's cost free to Labour, fgs.
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm very pro 'shaming' on this stuff. If they are racist, call them a racist. Use the word. Read out Farage's words at pmqs from when he was school, for instance. Instantly he's on the news having to explain his past. Much, much more needs to be done. And it's cost free to Labour, fgs.
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I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
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Of course there was no progress because Witkoff & Kushner are real estate men, not diplomats. Because Russia doesn’t want peace, it wants conquest. And because when Putin says shit like this, we should believe him
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress
Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Of course there was no progress because Witkoff & Kushner are real estate men, not diplomats. Because Russia doesn’t want peace, it wants conquest. And because when Putin says shit like this, we should believe him
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Right, this is the thing, "the Budget is not honest", okay, sure, I'm with you, "because they made things seem worse than they are" - are you on glue?
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Right, this is the thing, "the Budget is not honest", okay, sure, I'm with you, "because they made things seem worse than they are" - are you on glue?
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On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
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Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
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