James Agnew
@jimi3001.bsky.social
Nerd & bibliophile with a surprising capacity for mashed potato
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My goodness, what a map.
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
My goodness, what a map.
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this is what really killed the place even before the nazis fully took over
the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side
the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side
twitter must be dead dead cause someone posted a rat coin purse that would have 2019 twitter losing its collective mind and most of the top comments are bots saying random words or people not nearly amped enough about the rat coin purse
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 AM
this is what really killed the place even before the nazis fully took over
the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side
the Venn diagram of “people willing to pay for Twitter so their replies are boosted” and “people capable of making funny comments” is just two completely separate circles side by side
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something worth remembering: graduates already pay a tax on the benefits of going to university. it's called "income tax". the government takes 20-45% of the increased earnings resulting from your university education.
Pulling together thoughts on the Plan B student loans, the way the system is set up means there will be a 40-50% chunk of people who for some of the most expensive years of their careers will pay a 9% higher tax rate than the other 50-60% and this does basically make it impossible to do tax policy.
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 AM
something worth remembering: graduates already pay a tax on the benefits of going to university. it's called "income tax". the government takes 20-45% of the increased earnings resulting from your university education.
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one thing I faintly dream of is politicians being held to much higher standards for their post-office careers, even to the point of legal restraint.
you know who has generally been a good model for this? Gordon Brown.
you know who has generally been a good model for this? Gordon Brown.
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 AM
one thing I faintly dream of is politicians being held to much higher standards for their post-office careers, even to the point of legal restraint.
you know who has generally been a good model for this? Gordon Brown.
you know who has generally been a good model for this? Gordon Brown.
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tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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- I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, my life is devoted to fulfilling the global mission of this company and to ensuring we never miss an opportunity to dominate in our sector
- What is it you do?
- We make it slightly easier to order a takeaway from your phone
- What is it you do?
- We make it slightly easier to order a takeaway from your phone
This is the piece of the day - please enjoy the absolute insanity of Grindcore or How the Tech Bros like to work 9am to 9pm and fill the rest with workouts, Paleo diets and Chinese peptides. By @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6da0e29b-1...
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
[FREE TO READ] In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
as.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
- I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, my life is devoted to fulfilling the global mission of this company and to ensuring we never miss an opportunity to dominate in our sector
- What is it you do?
- We make it slightly easier to order a takeaway from your phone
- What is it you do?
- We make it slightly easier to order a takeaway from your phone
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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We don’t need AI training sponsored by the tech firms selling it. We need AI education to help people understand what it can’t do, and what dangers lie ahead if you entrust your life to it
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 AM
We don’t need AI training sponsored by the tech firms selling it. We need AI education to help people understand what it can’t do, and what dangers lie ahead if you entrust your life to it
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Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
Kemi Badenoch says the Tories are "not trying to recreate 2006" which, to this 38 year old, is a pity
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
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It’s super awkward when some of your best friends are Nazis and you don’t want to make them feel bad
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It’s super awkward when some of your best friends are Nazis and you don’t want to make them feel bad
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I'm staging a low budget production of Swan Lake called Toilet Duck.
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I'm staging a low budget production of Swan Lake called Toilet Duck.
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Gonna be honest, if the government did give in to this letter (I very much hope they won’t), I will become a Maoist
I’ve joined over 100 MPs calling on the Government to finally do the right thing for WASPI women. Women born in the 1950s were harmed by pension changes made without proper notice. Despite the Ombudsman’s findings, ministers are still delaying fair compensation.
I will keep pushing for justice.
I will keep pushing for justice.
January 26, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Gonna be honest, if the government did give in to this letter (I very much hope they won’t), I will become a Maoist
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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Reform Party 🤝Your mum
Is there anyone Reform would turn down, at this point, do we think?
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Reform Party 🤝Your mum
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This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
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"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses."
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses."
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
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Amazing article, 2 thoughts
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
Fascinating. Also....what if the tiny people are real and all around us and the mushrooms just let us see them.
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Amazing article, 2 thoughts
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this