tom flemming
@flemn8r.bsky.social
There's very little we know about how people would have voted if things had been different
Recovering philosopher
West Riding the A63 East
*Bring back the Internet*
Recovering philosopher
West Riding the A63 East
*Bring back the Internet*
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tom flemming
@flemn8r.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Evidence doesn't displace hypotheses.
Hypotheses displace hypotheses.
Hypotheses displace hypotheses.
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Muddy Tracks. 12°C after overnight rain. A lone crow.🐦⬛
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Muddy Tracks. 12°C after overnight rain. A lone crow.🐦⬛
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Living in York, is a great place to reflect on what it means to be 'British'. Founded in 71AD by the Roman Empire, Eboracum was such an important city that two Roman Emperors happened to be here when they died. The multangular tower is largely of Roman construction. @VisitYork
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November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Living in York, is a great place to reflect on what it means to be 'British'. Founded in 71AD by the Roman Empire, Eboracum was such an important city that two Roman Emperors happened to be here when they died. The multangular tower is largely of Roman construction. @VisitYork
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Cut any half-time oranges today?
October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cut any half-time oranges today?
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"Choose a life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning... Choose painting a fence. Choose running the raffle. Choose cutting the half-time fucking orange."
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Choose a life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning... Choose painting a fence. Choose running the raffle. Choose cutting the half-time fucking orange."
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An excellent, clear-eyed FT weekend essay by @stephenkb.bsky.social setting out the choices confronting governments on immigration: on.ft.com/3IxIcvo
The truth about immigration
Ageing societies seeking to preserve living standards will continue to rely on new arrivals — but governments can be clearer about the trade-offs
on.ft.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
An excellent, clear-eyed FT weekend essay by @stephenkb.bsky.social setting out the choices confronting governments on immigration: on.ft.com/3IxIcvo
The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea
For Whom the Alarm Clock Tinkles
The Congregation Also Rises
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea
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the emergency alarm shouldn’t be an alarm sound, it should be the Wallace & Gromit theme
September 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the emergency alarm shouldn’t be an alarm sound, it should be the Wallace & Gromit theme
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He brings up kids who’ve travelled from Portugal to see the band and says “we’re all just people, friend” and then brings a kid with muscular dystrophy to be on stage for a song and it’s so easy to roll your eyes but it’s just good and nice and the world is better for celebrities who do this
September 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
He brings up kids who’ve travelled from Portugal to see the band and says “we’re all just people, friend” and then brings a kid with muscular dystrophy to be on stage for a song and it’s so easy to roll your eyes but it’s just good and nice and the world is better for celebrities who do this
August 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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like, guys, the call is coming from inside the tech industry
August 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
like, guys, the call is coming from inside the tech industry
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Just googled the source of those statistics and the source seems to be the “centre for migration control” which is far right substack.
Even if we assume it’s not complete bullshit, when you read the post making those claims you see they’re mixing up “foreign born” and “foreign national” (again).
Even if we assume it’s not complete bullshit, when you read the post making those claims you see they’re mixing up “foreign born” and “foreign national” (again).
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Just googled the source of those statistics and the source seems to be the “centre for migration control” which is far right substack.
Even if we assume it’s not complete bullshit, when you read the post making those claims you see they’re mixing up “foreign born” and “foreign national” (again).
Even if we assume it’s not complete bullshit, when you read the post making those claims you see they’re mixing up “foreign born” and “foreign national” (again).
Is Trowels day over?
July 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Is Trowels day over?
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I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of upper middle-class people publishing non-fiction until we figure out what the hell is going on.
July 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of upper middle-class people publishing non-fiction until we figure out what the hell is going on.
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RIP.
That’s quite the legacy.
That’s quite the legacy.
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
RIP.
That’s quite the legacy.
That’s quite the legacy.
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I’m not saying “pivot to video” I’m saying maybe this is meant to be a smaller app for the smaller audience that likes this format and Bluesky should be a company that finds a path to continued existence that doesn’t require “unicorn growth” — tech has to wean itself off needing 100x to live
May 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I’m not saying “pivot to video” I’m saying maybe this is meant to be a smaller app for the smaller audience that likes this format and Bluesky should be a company that finds a path to continued existence that doesn’t require “unicorn growth” — tech has to wean itself off needing 100x to live
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Survey is open for 2 more days! We have 449 people who've completed it so far. Can we make it a round 500? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
In all the frenzie of this week I forgot to say how awesome @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social talk was at the Interesting event!
Rachel presented the Society for Hopeful Technologists, which will be a new tech UK org.
Please fill out the survey to help shape it! www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
Rachel presented the Society for Hopeful Technologists, which will be a new tech UK org.
Please fill out the survey to help shape it! www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
May 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Survey is open for 2 more days! We have 449 people who've completed it so far. Can we make it a round 500? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
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#econsky What do we know about “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” and about MIT's investigation of this paper, which apparently led to expulsion of its author? And what should we change in response. /1
May 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#econsky What do we know about “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” and about MIT's investigation of this paper, which apparently led to expulsion of its author? And what should we change in response. /1
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🧵 / The 2025 local elections in historical perspective
Reform's gains were undeniably seismic, shaking the party system to its core and central to a level of turnover unseen in any post-reform local elections. The net partisan churn is 54%, approaching double 1981's 30%.
Reform's gains were undeniably seismic, shaking the party system to its core and central to a level of turnover unseen in any post-reform local elections. The net partisan churn is 54%, approaching double 1981's 30%.
May 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🧵 / The 2025 local elections in historical perspective
Reform's gains were undeniably seismic, shaking the party system to its core and central to a level of turnover unseen in any post-reform local elections. The net partisan churn is 54%, approaching double 1981's 30%.
Reform's gains were undeniably seismic, shaking the party system to its core and central to a level of turnover unseen in any post-reform local elections. The net partisan churn is 54%, approaching double 1981's 30%.
Vatican Radio 4 again I see...
April 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Vatican Radio 4 again I see...
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Once again on this auspicious date of April 23 I feel the need to remind everyone that Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not speak or read English.
April 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Once again on this auspicious date of April 23 I feel the need to remind everyone that Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not speak or read English.
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Btw for anyone saying AI can replace engineers or will replace engineers soon.
If it could, this person would have aced their full-remote job! Instead, they struggled when it came to getting stuff done.
Food for thought on what this actually means in where we are
bsky.app/profile/nino...
If it could, this person would have aced their full-remote job! Instead, they struggled when it came to getting stuff done.
Food for thought on what this actually means in where we are
bsky.app/profile/nino...
Doesn't that show how disconnected the technical interview is from the reality of work? (And also how delusional people that said AI can replace engineers are?)
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Btw for anyone saying AI can replace engineers or will replace engineers soon.
If it could, this person would have aced their full-remote job! Instead, they struggled when it came to getting stuff done.
Food for thought on what this actually means in where we are
bsky.app/profile/nino...
If it could, this person would have aced their full-remote job! Instead, they struggled when it came to getting stuff done.
Food for thought on what this actually means in where we are
bsky.app/profile/nino...
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social please tell your R4 host that contrary to his intro, Mr Goedel has shown that proof is *not* truth in mathematics...
April 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social please tell your R4 host that contrary to his intro, Mr Goedel has shown that proof is *not* truth in mathematics...
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Early Morning Shadows. 7°C and a warm day to come. the mighty Oak
March 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Early Morning Shadows. 7°C and a warm day to come. the mighty Oak
Fun? Поехали!
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March 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Fun? Поехали!
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It’s one of those doors that draws you in as if it has cast a spell. Decorative metalwork on the door at Selby Abbey, Yorkshire. This has to be one of my all time favourite doors. Worth waiting for the light to move around and frame it.
March 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It’s one of those doors that draws you in as if it has cast a spell. Decorative metalwork on the door at Selby Abbey, Yorkshire. This has to be one of my all time favourite doors. Worth waiting for the light to move around and frame it.