Public services feel like they’re permanently in crisis — long waits, burnt-out staff, worsening outcomes — despite record spending.

My new report (with J.Dovcik, @iosad.fyi) argues the real problem isn’t resources. It’s that public services are running on an outdated operating model. 🧵

Caught the live version of this on the Proms this morning. It slaps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5Q...

Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would. Who Could Have Predicted That? open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ezra delivers the sermon you need this Sunday. I’m going to try hard to believe Ezra. Trump has no clothes www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Note - there is no actual evidence I've seen that standards for military occupational specialties (as opposed to basic army fitness tests) including ground combat have been lowered, as Hegseth has repeatedly alleged. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Midway through the “no childcare” holidays, we’ve visited all the museums and all the softplays already. Jungle monkey nails the kids menu choice set.

Kenji delivers again. Best eggs I've ever made. My mind is blown.

X-odus to bluesky which should now be called darksky to accord with the mood

www.persuasion.community/p/a-letter-t...

Brace yourself for the broligarchy @carolecadwalla.bsky.social in The Observer

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Happy U.S. Election Day

Wrote about this here: on.ft.com/3NLlzCL

“convictions set the bounds of economic possibility” is quite the sentence.

Ezra brought Biden down. No doubt about it. This is a historic case study on how to influence politics.

Oasis is back but have you heard Keir Starmer’s D:Ream rendition? Things will get worse before they get better, before they get better