James Southern
@james.fieldleveltech.org
Founder of Field Level Tech - Helping creators empower their audience.
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Can you please stop being mental or disingenuous or silly, I want to go back to being angry at them.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Can you please stop being mental or disingenuous or silly, I want to go back to being angry at them.
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Unpopular opinion, but we should be meaner about scam-adjacent stuff across the board -- crypto, gambling, car dealerships, legacy admissions and high SES parents weaponizing disability accomodations are all bad and shameful
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Unpopular opinion, but we should be meaner about scam-adjacent stuff across the board -- crypto, gambling, car dealerships, legacy admissions and high SES parents weaponizing disability accomodations are all bad and shameful
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“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
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had the intrusive thought that 30 years from now we’re going to have VC funds and military startups named after harry potter stuff and it’s going to be even more annoying than hobbit stuff
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
had the intrusive thought that 30 years from now we’re going to have VC funds and military startups named after harry potter stuff and it’s going to be even more annoying than hobbit stuff
Did Morgan sell an old lamp he found in Starmer’s office to Zack Polanski dressed up as an old lady or something? 🤣
Amazingly, Your Party used first past the post in its vote on which name to use permanently, meaning the winner – Your Party, shocker – only got 37% of the vote on 30% turnout.
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Did Morgan sell an old lamp he found in Starmer’s office to Zack Polanski dressed up as an old lady or something? 🤣
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If the main issue is an internalized deadly paranoia about being seen as "left" in any way, then both their ferocity internally and their docility externally make perfect sense.
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If the main issue is an internalized deadly paranoia about being seen as "left" in any way, then both their ferocity internally and their docility externally make perfect sense.
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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Sharing this "scientific paper" with Bsky because misery loves company: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sharing this "scientific paper" with Bsky because misery loves company: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This along with far too many other examples seem like markers of society’s decline.
The elites who fought through ww2 and their kids who experienced it. All largely believed in something.
The spoiled grifters who make up our current lot only believe in themselves. Seems across all “sides” too?
The elites who fought through ww2 and their kids who experienced it. All largely believed in something.
The spoiled grifters who make up our current lot only believe in themselves. Seems across all “sides” too?
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This along with far too many other examples seem like markers of society’s decline.
The elites who fought through ww2 and their kids who experienced it. All largely believed in something.
The spoiled grifters who make up our current lot only believe in themselves. Seems across all “sides” too?
The elites who fought through ww2 and their kids who experienced it. All largely believed in something.
The spoiled grifters who make up our current lot only believe in themselves. Seems across all “sides” too?
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a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
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More than a year ago.
This govt looks like it will fail because of squeamishness. It is confronted by many major chronic problems.
eg
1) It needs to tax more and quickly, with some inevitable rough edges
2) It needs to ungum planning, with some very visible losers
3) It needs to tackle the broken media landscape
1/2
eg
1) It needs to tax more and quickly, with some inevitable rough edges
2) It needs to ungum planning, with some very visible losers
3) It needs to tackle the broken media landscape
1/2
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
More than a year ago.
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Reform: The meteor is good.
Tories: The meteor is bad because it's woke.
Labour: Our core vote (miners who died in 1993) like the idea of rocks, so we can't stop the meteor.
Lib Dems: *Ed Davey posing in front of the meteor with a tennis racquet*.
Greens: The meteor was provoked by NATO.
Tories: The meteor is bad because it's woke.
Labour: Our core vote (miners who died in 1993) like the idea of rocks, so we can't stop the meteor.
Lib Dems: *Ed Davey posing in front of the meteor with a tennis racquet*.
Greens: The meteor was provoked by NATO.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reform: The meteor is good.
Tories: The meteor is bad because it's woke.
Labour: Our core vote (miners who died in 1993) like the idea of rocks, so we can't stop the meteor.
Lib Dems: *Ed Davey posing in front of the meteor with a tennis racquet*.
Greens: The meteor was provoked by NATO.
Tories: The meteor is bad because it's woke.
Labour: Our core vote (miners who died in 1993) like the idea of rocks, so we can't stop the meteor.
Lib Dems: *Ed Davey posing in front of the meteor with a tennis racquet*.
Greens: The meteor was provoked by NATO.
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1p on Income Tax would raise 20 times this, cost the average person around £30 a month at most, and, crucially, not risk collapsing one of our most valuable sectors.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
1p on Income Tax would raise 20 times this, cost the average person around £30 a month at most, and, crucially, not risk collapsing one of our most valuable sectors.
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Geez...even Russian infrastructure spending is focused on London at the expense of poor overlooked communities in the North.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Geez...even Russian infrastructure spending is focused on London at the expense of poor overlooked communities in the North.
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So, the Libertarian argument against the Oz social media limitation is the predictable combo of (i) kids will circumvent and (ii) the “slippery slope”.
Anything rather than face up to how irresponsible the device companies and SM platforms have been.
They could have designed safer products.
Anything rather than face up to how irresponsible the device companies and SM platforms have been.
They could have designed safer products.
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So, the Libertarian argument against the Oz social media limitation is the predictable combo of (i) kids will circumvent and (ii) the “slippery slope”.
Anything rather than face up to how irresponsible the device companies and SM platforms have been.
They could have designed safer products.
Anything rather than face up to how irresponsible the device companies and SM platforms have been.
They could have designed safer products.
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Basically every succescful equity investor the last 20yrs has invested in hidden monopolies or markets where competition is heavily hampered & corporate margins have exploded higher to erode the social contract of western democracies and their voters which has caused for the rise of the alt-right?
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Basically every succescful equity investor the last 20yrs has invested in hidden monopolies or markets where competition is heavily hampered & corporate margins have exploded higher to erode the social contract of western democracies and their voters which has caused for the rise of the alt-right?
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Too many of us have ticket horror stories!
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Too many of us have ticket horror stories!
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Pray when updating my clickhouse cluster
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Pray when updating my clickhouse cluster
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November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
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UK Politics Bluesky is a not-particularly-popular role-playing game. the rules are simple: one participant takes the part of "the Stephen Bush", a commentator for the Financial Times, and other participants race to as quickly as possible link any given statement to the Harry Potter media franchise
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
UK Politics Bluesky is a not-particularly-popular role-playing game. the rules are simple: one participant takes the part of "the Stephen Bush", a commentator for the Financial Times, and other participants race to as quickly as possible link any given statement to the Harry Potter media franchise
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I just start scrolling and it's all Nuzzi and I'm just like, uh.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I just start scrolling and it's all Nuzzi and I'm just like, uh.
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Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
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Delighted to publish this personal essay by me and John: Getting Britain out of the hole.
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Delighted to publish this personal essay by me and John: Getting Britain out of the hole.
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
We wanted to write something quite readable that covers the big picture of the UK’s economic struggles. Hopefully we’ve managed at least one of those!
@johnspringford.bsky.social
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Quite incredible the difference of opinion between Bluesky and Reddit wrt recent asylum legislation news.
No clue if these represent significant numbers of voters but it does seem that there are people who would vote for this.
old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...
No clue if these represent significant numbers of voters but it does seem that there are people who would vote for this.
old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...
Fast-track deportations to be announced as part of asylum reforms
Posted in r/ukpolitics by u/No_Initiative_1140 • 112 points and 87 comments
old.reddit.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Quite incredible the difference of opinion between Bluesky and Reddit wrt recent asylum legislation news.
No clue if these represent significant numbers of voters but it does seem that there are people who would vote for this.
old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...
No clue if these represent significant numbers of voters but it does seem that there are people who would vote for this.
old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...