Tom Clarke
@deworde.bsky.social
Obsessively interested in everything for short periods of time.
Kind of dehumanises the actual human being, who, in order to save a few seconds off their route, yeets a fragile bottle over a wall. They had options, and if one accepts their choice as rational, the company's decision to pay them as if they'll do that no matter what they're paid is equally so.
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Kind of dehumanises the actual human being, who, in order to save a few seconds off their route, yeets a fragile bottle over a wall. They had options, and if one accepts their choice as rational, the company's decision to pay them as if they'll do that no matter what they're paid is equally so.
Also, bluntly, the kind of people who struggle with the No Wins don't necessarily get better at them for knowing they exist. Being unable to accept failure and/or being overcome by fear and stress are in-the-moment emotional responses that sneak up on you.
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, bluntly, the kind of people who struggle with the No Wins don't necessarily get better at them for knowing they exist. Being unable to accept failure and/or being overcome by fear and stress are in-the-moment emotional responses that sneak up on you.
Saratoga was same era as the -D
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Saratoga was same era as the -D
Two things I think there:
1) People who don't like firing people often come across as more brutal because by the time the choice is inevitable
2) The nature of the Corbyn project and Corbyn as a person meant that accusations of brutality were inevitable and arguably desirable
1) People who don't like firing people often come across as more brutal because by the time the choice is inevitable
2) The nature of the Corbyn project and Corbyn as a person meant that accusations of brutality were inevitable and arguably desirable
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Two things I think there:
1) People who don't like firing people often come across as more brutal because by the time the choice is inevitable
2) The nature of the Corbyn project and Corbyn as a person meant that accusations of brutality were inevitable and arguably desirable
1) People who don't like firing people often come across as more brutal because by the time the choice is inevitable
2) The nature of the Corbyn project and Corbyn as a person meant that accusations of brutality were inevitable and arguably desirable
One of the big concerns every technical person I've ever talked to about AI has is that after about 3 years in the software industry, you become profoundly aware that people will not argue with or properly review anything computer-generated, even if you stick "DRAFT PLEASE REVIEW" as the title.
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
One of the big concerns every technical person I've ever talked to about AI has is that after about 3 years in the software industry, you become profoundly aware that people will not argue with or properly review anything computer-generated, even if you stick "DRAFT PLEASE REVIEW" as the title.
To be fair, I can kind of see Sam and his Dad companionably sitting in silence by a warm fire, Sam with his phone in hand arguing that "No, you're wrong, the fundamentals were all in favour of a Conservative majority"
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
To be fair, I can kind of see Sam and his Dad companionably sitting in silence by a warm fire, Sam with his phone in hand arguing that "No, you're wrong, the fundamentals were all in favour of a Conservative majority"
I mean, if you're a middle-class social liberal who voted Labour on values and/or was willing to take a bit of a hit on your pay packet to fix the state? If it's not contempt, at the very least neglect, Labour's not been messaging for those people at all, from what I can see.
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I mean, if you're a middle-class social liberal who voted Labour on values and/or was willing to take a bit of a hit on your pay packet to fix the state? If it's not contempt, at the very least neglect, Labour's not been messaging for those people at all, from what I can see.
From my understanding, firstly, he *really* doesn't like firing people, and secondly, the change in approach would mean having to get people on board who really don't like him.
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From my understanding, firstly, he *really* doesn't like firing people, and secondly, the change in approach would mean having to get people on board who really don't like him.
Or even, as someone pretty centrist, "left-wing party that isn't pathologically desperate to offend the more affluent half* of its electoral coalition on every level"
*: actual proportion to be found in "British General Election of 2024"
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
*: actual proportion to be found in "British General Election of 2024"
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
Six lessons from the 2024 election
And what they mean for the next one
samf.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Or even, as someone pretty centrist, "left-wing party that isn't pathologically desperate to offend the more affluent half* of its electoral coalition on every level"
*: actual proportion to be found in "British General Election of 2024"
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
*: actual proportion to be found in "British General Election of 2024"
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
What does "the rise of socialism in a rich capitalist country* actually look like"
*: With serious inequality and poverty.
*: With serious inequality and poverty.
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
What does "the rise of socialism in a rich capitalist country* actually look like"
*: With serious inequality and poverty.
*: With serious inequality and poverty.
I feel like I'm being too slow to get the joke behind the minus sign.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I feel like I'm being too slow to get the joke behind the minus sign.
A still image doesn't do it justice, really. youtu.be/DXPaZzUP5wk?...
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A still image doesn't do it justice, really. youtu.be/DXPaZzUP5wk?...
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"I am protecting you by locking you in this house. I'm protecting you by making sure I know who all your friends are. I'm protecting you by reading all your text messages."
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"I am protecting you by locking you in this house. I'm protecting you by making sure I know who all your friends are. I'm protecting you by reading all your text messages."
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
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all I can hear in it is Orthodox Jewish men talking about how to "protect women" which involves eg enforcing ultra-modest dress codes and not allowing women to have certain kinds of education. "I will protect you by not listening to anything you say, because the voice of a woman is witchery".
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
all I can hear in it is Orthodox Jewish men talking about how to "protect women" which involves eg enforcing ultra-modest dress codes and not allowing women to have certain kinds of education. "I will protect you by not listening to anything you say, because the voice of a woman is witchery".
Only if you think the term "political ethos" is meaningful and that you've judged it correctly, rather than "Sultana was elected to oppose the Labour Party, regardless of policy"
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Only if you think the term "political ethos" is meaningful and that you've judged it correctly, rather than "Sultana was elected to oppose the Labour Party, regardless of policy"
It's not that weird though. "Sultana has no real interest in policy and just basically inverts the Labour whip and assumes that will satisfy her voter base" isn't at all weird. It's cynical and unedifying, but *gestures at what she's doing*.
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's not that weird though. "Sultana has no real interest in policy and just basically inverts the Labour whip and assumes that will satisfy her voter base" isn't at all weird. It's cynical and unedifying, but *gestures at what she's doing*.
Except it would only be political suicide if, when told about it, people believed it and turned against her. Otherwise, she can basically do what she wants without consequences.
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Except it would only be political suicide if, when told about it, people believed it and turned against her. Otherwise, she can basically do what she wants without consequences.
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For some older Jewish family - who aren't Reform voters but don't like Labour - having it on the record that he made explicitly antisemitic comments does make a difference.
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For some older Jewish family - who aren't Reform voters but don't like Labour - having it on the record that he made explicitly antisemitic comments does make a difference.
I mean, Tenner bonking down the stairs was great as well. I rather liked this one being a little more restrained than Glass Onion which really was at the one/minute gag ratio.
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I mean, Tenner bonking down the stairs was great as well. I rather liked this one being a little more restrained than Glass Onion which really was at the one/minute gag ratio.
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Look you lot at the FT clearly don’t understand, if you gave me £4bn personally that would be a lot of money. Hold on, I’m getting some new information that the population of the U.K. might be bigger than 1
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Look you lot at the FT clearly don’t understand, if you gave me £4bn personally that would be a lot of money. Hold on, I’m getting some new information that the population of the U.K. might be bigger than 1