Geraint Lewis
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I did not expect this.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I did not expect this.
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www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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If you Google "why is comic sans hated" all the results appear in comic sans.
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you Google "why is comic sans hated" all the results appear in comic sans.
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Steve Richards, "The number mission of this Labour government is economic growth"
"If Labour want it, they should go back into the EU Customs Union as quickly as possible"
"If Labour want it, they should go back into the EU Customs Union as quickly as possible"
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Steve Richards, "The number mission of this Labour government is economic growth"
"If Labour want it, they should go back into the EU Customs Union as quickly as possible"
"If Labour want it, they should go back into the EU Customs Union as quickly as possible"
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Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
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The key with all this stuff is that you want the AI to do the grunt work, the boring shit, and reserve all the creative thoughtful stuff for yourself. So basically take the precise opposite approach to the way we usually talk about it.
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The key with all this stuff is that you want the AI to do the grunt work, the boring shit, and reserve all the creative thoughtful stuff for yourself. So basically take the precise opposite approach to the way we usually talk about it.
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OK as part of my AI ambivalence, I made a personal commitment to mention when I found things that were useful to me. Turns out it is very good at finding quotes from my notes that I have lost the reference for. Ie: 'Where is this quote from, primary sources only'
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
OK as part of my AI ambivalence, I made a personal commitment to mention when I found things that were useful to me. Turns out it is very good at finding quotes from my notes that I have lost the reference for. Ie: 'Where is this quote from, primary sources only'
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The true pleasure of Bluesky.
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The true pleasure of Bluesky.
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
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...and even worse the UK doesn't ever go public with asks so is more vulnerable to internal splits than 27 member states. Which has always been one of the most remarkable failures of UK negotiations with the EU and others.
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
...and even worse the UK doesn't ever go public with asks so is more vulnerable to internal splits than 27 member states. Which has always been one of the most remarkable failures of UK negotiations with the EU and others.
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It gets increasingly bizarre to deduct your age from your DOB - three more years, and I'll be back into the 19th century. It gives you a rather different perspective on what you thought was 'ancient' history when you were at school.
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It gets increasingly bizarre to deduct your age from your DOB - three more years, and I'll be back into the 19th century. It gives you a rather different perspective on what you thought was 'ancient' history when you were at school.
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Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
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I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
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👏 Keir Starmer PM: "How Brexit was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
👏 Keir Starmer PM: "How Brexit was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
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Surprisingly good for the first try.
Nano banana pro: "create a map of the US where every state is made out of its most famous food (the states should actually look like they are made of the food, not a picture of the food). Check carefully to make sure each state is right."
Nano banana pro: "create a map of the US where every state is made out of its most famous food (the states should actually look like they are made of the food, not a picture of the food). Check carefully to make sure each state is right."
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Surprisingly good for the first try.
Nano banana pro: "create a map of the US where every state is made out of its most famous food (the states should actually look like they are made of the food, not a picture of the food). Check carefully to make sure each state is right."
Nano banana pro: "create a map of the US where every state is made out of its most famous food (the states should actually look like they are made of the food, not a picture of the food). Check carefully to make sure each state is right."
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Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.
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Very much enjoyed Kemi Badenoch's Sunday morning message of "the government is lying to you: actually, the public finances are in good shape!"
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very much enjoyed Kemi Badenoch's Sunday morning message of "the government is lying to you: actually, the public finances are in good shape!"
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Good bit of explanation here, hats off to the author, James Gallagher.
I'd have preferred if that were higher up the article, but it's a quibble.
I'd have preferred if that were higher up the article, but it's a quibble.
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good bit of explanation here, hats off to the author, James Gallagher.
I'd have preferred if that were higher up the article, but it's a quibble.
I'd have preferred if that were higher up the article, but it's a quibble.
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
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"Imagine you’re having a quiet evening at home when suddenly there’s a knock on the door.
You open it to find a boisterous crowd carrying a horse’s skull mounted on a pole and draped in ribbons – the Mari Lwyd has arrived."
You open it to find a boisterous crowd carrying a horse’s skull mounted on a pole and draped in ribbons – the Mari Lwyd has arrived."
Horse skulls and harmony singing: winter customs bringing people in Wales together
Modern versions of the Mari Lwyd and plygain traditions contribute to a shared sense of identity and belonging, in Wales and the wider world
bylines.cymru
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Imagine you’re having a quiet evening at home when suddenly there’s a knock on the door.
You open it to find a boisterous crowd carrying a horse’s skull mounted on a pole and draped in ribbons – the Mari Lwyd has arrived."
You open it to find a boisterous crowd carrying a horse’s skull mounted on a pole and draped in ribbons – the Mari Lwyd has arrived."
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"The most obvious cause for Britain's difficulties is Brexit," says Salman Rushdie. "Yet nobody of any political party is willing to say that."
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
Salman Rushdie: ‘The BBC continues to be really stupid – and there's no cure for stupidity’ | The News Agents
Author Salman Rushdie, who The News Agents describe as a man who "spent probably half of his life under the threat of death" discusses his new book, the root cause of problems in UK society, and the…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"The most obvious cause for Britain's difficulties is Brexit," says Salman Rushdie. "Yet nobody of any political party is willing to say that."
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
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Unaccountably, as always with these pieces, the sub-editors seem to have cut off the conclusion, which was surely “and my judgment has thus been proven so bad no one should ever listen to me on anything again”.
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Unaccountably, as always with these pieces, the sub-editors seem to have cut off the conclusion, which was surely “and my judgment has thus been proven so bad no one should ever listen to me on anything again”.
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🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
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V good thread
This OBR/Treasury row on who said what, when... is very muddy and complicated.
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
V good thread
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The null hypothesis is that AI fails to do something. To falsify the null, we need the strongest, not weakest, attempt to prove AI success
The null is easy to not falsify: if you want AI to fail, it will fail with bad prompts or bad models or a failure to try to figure approaches that work for LLMs
The null is easy to not falsify: if you want AI to fail, it will fail with bad prompts or bad models or a failure to try to figure approaches that work for LLMs
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The null hypothesis is that AI fails to do something. To falsify the null, we need the strongest, not weakest, attempt to prove AI success
The null is easy to not falsify: if you want AI to fail, it will fail with bad prompts or bad models or a failure to try to figure approaches that work for LLMs
The null is easy to not falsify: if you want AI to fail, it will fail with bad prompts or bad models or a failure to try to figure approaches that work for LLMs