Dan Davies
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Malcolm Sparrow in the streets, Stafford Beer in the sheets. Once I wrote about fraud and its detection; currently writing about the industrialisation of decision making in general
If I were the custody provider for the $115bn collateral portfolio of a $182bn financial institution, I would simply officially confirm that I was.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If I were the custody provider for the $115bn collateral portfolio of a $182bn financial institution, I would simply officially confirm that I was.
It may have been thorough but it definitely wasn't a good faith exercise. LBJ's first calls to Warren and Russell said "we don't want this to end up in a war that could kill 40 million Americans in the first hour".
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It may have been thorough but it definitely wasn't a good faith exercise. LBJ's first calls to Warren and Russell said "we don't want this to end up in a war that could kill 40 million Americans in the first hour".
The guys had a little bit of an argument earlier (Caramel had been to the vet for a trim and de-mat of his stump, Blackberry was inquisitive about it which he doesn't like) but have apparently made up and are friends again.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The guys had a little bit of an argument earlier (Caramel had been to the vet for a trim and de-mat of his stump, Blackberry was inquisitive about it which he doesn't like) but have apparently made up and are friends again.
tbh Polanski seems to have avoided most of the big MMT heffalump traps (allowing that "inflation doesn't go higher" was a misspeak), I'm relatively impressed at whoever's advising him.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
tbh Polanski seems to have avoided most of the big MMT heffalump traps (allowing that "inflation doesn't go higher" was a misspeak), I'm relatively impressed at whoever's advising him.
This guy was of course patient zero of the massive Silicon Valley crying protest to get their pet bank bailed out, and seems to have spent the last two years on podcasts wondering why people don't like tech investors as much as they used to.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This guy was of course patient zero of the massive Silicon Valley crying protest to get their pet bank bailed out, and seems to have spent the last two years on podcasts wondering why people don't like tech investors as much as they used to.
and things have got better since
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
and things have got better since
It's accelerating
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's accelerating
Once you've seen this you can't unsee it (ht @stephenkb.bsky.social). politicians trying to describe things as "is this Labour", "this is not Labour", "there is nothing Labour about this", "this has the mandate of Labour, it partakes of the Labour nature" as a substitute for good or bad.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Once you've seen this you can't unsee it (ht @stephenkb.bsky.social). politicians trying to describe things as "is this Labour", "this is not Labour", "there is nothing Labour about this", "this has the mandate of Labour, it partakes of the Labour nature" as a substitute for good or bad.
You could do it with productivity growth in principle
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You could do it with productivity growth in principle
To return to the original theme, someone looked at this and couldn't see the problem
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To return to the original theme, someone looked at this and couldn't see the problem
The two levels of rabbit alertness
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The two levels of rabbit alertness
For some reason my sourdough decided to become some kind of nightmarish cartoon character
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For some reason my sourdough decided to become some kind of nightmarish cartoon character
Would that not be updated to
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Would that not be updated to
I like to think of this as the visual equivalent of his voice getting quieter and quieter as I walk away saying "didn't ask"
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I like to think of this as the visual equivalent of his voice getting quieter and quieter as I walk away saying "didn't ask"
This might seem cute but it isn't. Government spokes people only do this when they've been sent out to make a fool of themselves in front of their friends and colleagues and are pissed off about it
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This might seem cute but it isn't. Government spokes people only do this when they've been sent out to make a fool of themselves in front of their friends and colleagues and are pissed off about it
I happen to have Marshall McLuhan standing around this corner
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I happen to have Marshall McLuhan standing around this corner
"I think I'd have to say the best of Madonna"
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"I think I'd have to say the best of Madonna"
In all honesty I wish I had a more useful psychic superpower, preferably one that worked on the horses
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In all honesty I wish I had a more useful psychic superpower, preferably one that worked on the horses