Jon Walls
@jonwalls.bsky.social
Professional geek. Very amateur musician.
This is like saying a house fire is blowing its chance save the house from wildfire.
The entire point of populists is to become the problem by blaming other people.
The entire point of populists is to become the problem by blaming other people.
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This is like saying a house fire is blowing its chance save the house from wildfire.
The entire point of populists is to become the problem by blaming other people.
The entire point of populists is to become the problem by blaming other people.
If there is only one liberal principle to go by, it is do what you like *as long as you are not harming others*.
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
If there is only one liberal principle to go by, it is do what you like *as long as you are not harming others*.
My apologies, I really just thought it was a funny aside
January 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
My apologies, I really just thought it was a funny aside
I’m pretty sure that was the joke, inspired by the meme, that was originally by Chaplin, but I never thought to judge any of the jokes against each other
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I’m pretty sure that was the joke, inspired by the meme, that was originally by Chaplin, but I never thought to judge any of the jokes against each other
Yes - and the joke of the link I shared is that both girls are happier when not burdened by his shit.
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Yes - and the joke of the link I shared is that both girls are happier when not burdened by his shit.
Ah you’re missing out, they’re different girls and people have even made entire stories out of other pics from the stock photo library used izismile.com/2019/07/03/t...
The Full Story Of Distracted Boyfriend Meme (4 pics)
The Full Story Of Distracted Boyfriend Meme (4 pics)
izismile.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Ah you’re missing out, they’re different girls and people have even made entire stories out of other pics from the stock photo library used izismile.com/2019/07/03/t...
Many good points but also spineless
“The criticism is out of proportion”
“There are kernels of truth in the attacks”
Why, faced with the worst politics they’ve ever seen, do many journos still imply “they’re not entirely wrong”?
All lies twist the truth. Doesn’t mean they’re a little bit true.
“The criticism is out of proportion”
“There are kernels of truth in the attacks”
Why, faced with the worst politics they’ve ever seen, do many journos still imply “they’re not entirely wrong”?
All lies twist the truth. Doesn’t mean they’re a little bit true.
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Many good points but also spineless
“The criticism is out of proportion”
“There are kernels of truth in the attacks”
Why, faced with the worst politics they’ve ever seen, do many journos still imply “they’re not entirely wrong”?
All lies twist the truth. Doesn’t mean they’re a little bit true.
“The criticism is out of proportion”
“There are kernels of truth in the attacks”
Why, faced with the worst politics they’ve ever seen, do many journos still imply “they’re not entirely wrong”?
All lies twist the truth. Doesn’t mean they’re a little bit true.
I fear that point of view is only a hypothesis.
Bigotry and cruelty are rarely if ever stopped by intellectual contest. Their basis is emotion, not intellect. It is exercised thru power, dirty election tactics, law breaking, bad faith intellectualism.
Ignoring the intellectualism might work well.
Bigotry and cruelty are rarely if ever stopped by intellectual contest. Their basis is emotion, not intellect. It is exercised thru power, dirty election tactics, law breaking, bad faith intellectualism.
Ignoring the intellectualism might work well.
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I fear that point of view is only a hypothesis.
Bigotry and cruelty are rarely if ever stopped by intellectual contest. Their basis is emotion, not intellect. It is exercised thru power, dirty election tactics, law breaking, bad faith intellectualism.
Ignoring the intellectualism might work well.
Bigotry and cruelty are rarely if ever stopped by intellectual contest. Their basis is emotion, not intellect. It is exercised thru power, dirty election tactics, law breaking, bad faith intellectualism.
Ignoring the intellectualism might work well.
When it describes the structural changes, what is a “data-driven asset”? (apart from a cruel abuse of the English language)
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
When it describes the structural changes, what is a “data-driven asset”? (apart from a cruel abuse of the English language)
I don’t think of Lewis as someone resorting to clever tricks, he’s never struck me as the kind of weasel who leaves his audience wondering “who knows”.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I don’t think of Lewis as someone resorting to clever tricks, he’s never struck me as the kind of weasel who leaves his audience wondering “who knows”.
Why is that important? It’s just one of the endless variations of how most people think they’re above average.
But most people aren’t malicious vindictive bastards who know full damn well they’re going out of their way to attack people.
But most people aren’t malicious vindictive bastards who know full damn well they’re going out of their way to attack people.
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Why is that important? It’s just one of the endless variations of how most people think they’re above average.
But most people aren’t malicious vindictive bastards who know full damn well they’re going out of their way to attack people.
But most people aren’t malicious vindictive bastards who know full damn well they’re going out of their way to attack people.
Great piece. Except for “I genuinely think they think they are saving the BBC from itself.”
After making clear that someone was malicious, devious, and self-aware enough to be too embarrassed to even make eye contact - you have to recognise they know they are not acting altruistically.
After making clear that someone was malicious, devious, and self-aware enough to be too embarrassed to even make eye contact - you have to recognise they know they are not acting altruistically.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great piece. Except for “I genuinely think they think they are saving the BBC from itself.”
After making clear that someone was malicious, devious, and self-aware enough to be too embarrassed to even make eye contact - you have to recognise they know they are not acting altruistically.
After making clear that someone was malicious, devious, and self-aware enough to be too embarrassed to even make eye contact - you have to recognise they know they are not acting altruistically.
But no matter how bad it gets there’s always the urge to attack Trump’s critics.
“Nobody serious claims Trump is a Nazi.”
Plenty of serious people have done just that (famously JD Vance at one point).
Will “serious” journalism ever accept people criticising Trump without being nice about it?
“Nobody serious claims Trump is a Nazi.”
Plenty of serious people have done just that (famously JD Vance at one point).
Will “serious” journalism ever accept people criticising Trump without being nice about it?
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
But no matter how bad it gets there’s always the urge to attack Trump’s critics.
“Nobody serious claims Trump is a Nazi.”
Plenty of serious people have done just that (famously JD Vance at one point).
Will “serious” journalism ever accept people criticising Trump without being nice about it?
“Nobody serious claims Trump is a Nazi.”
Plenty of serious people have done just that (famously JD Vance at one point).
Will “serious” journalism ever accept people criticising Trump without being nice about it?
“Revenge is one of Trump’s three recurring impulses. The others are making money and dominating the airwaves.”
It’s refreshing to see a journalist able & willing to speak plainly instead of an endless search for palatable explanations to justify Trump’s thinking.
Congrats @edwardluce.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a journalist able & willing to speak plainly instead of an endless search for palatable explanations to justify Trump’s thinking.
Congrats @edwardluce.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“Revenge is one of Trump’s three recurring impulses. The others are making money and dominating the airwaves.”
It’s refreshing to see a journalist able & willing to speak plainly instead of an endless search for palatable explanations to justify Trump’s thinking.
Congrats @edwardluce.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a journalist able & willing to speak plainly instead of an endless search for palatable explanations to justify Trump’s thinking.
Congrats @edwardluce.bsky.social
Strident but hardly brilliant, sounds like your typical old man railing against science and technology.
RE climate change: "Florida condo prices plunged more extremely than prices elsewhere in the country" says the private banking team at JP Morgan. privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...
RE climate change: "Florida condo prices plunged more extremely than prices elsewhere in the country" says the private banking team at JP Morgan. privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...
How climate risk—and losses—are creating high prices for home insurance | J.P. Morgan Private Bank U.S.
Homeowners insurance is rapidly pricing in greater climate risk as insurers face rising losses. Here’s why, where—and what you can do about it.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Strident but hardly brilliant, sounds like your typical old man railing against science and technology.
RE climate change: "Florida condo prices plunged more extremely than prices elsewhere in the country" says the private banking team at JP Morgan. privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...
RE climate change: "Florida condo prices plunged more extremely than prices elsewhere in the country" says the private banking team at JP Morgan. privatebank.jpmorgan.com/nam/en/insig...
Although I would absolutely agree that “shake it up” shouldn’t mean “by changing the budget constantly” just to recognise your main point.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Although I would absolutely agree that “shake it up” shouldn’t mean “by changing the budget constantly” just to recognise your main point.
My impression of policies generally is they can stay the course and still be disastrously misguided. How useful an indicator is their shelf life?
Reeve’s main challenge seems to me a lack of political ability. It may be that it’s more important she learns to shake things up than keep on as before.
Reeve’s main challenge seems to me a lack of political ability. It may be that it’s more important she learns to shake things up than keep on as before.
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My impression of policies generally is they can stay the course and still be disastrously misguided. How useful an indicator is their shelf life?
Reeve’s main challenge seems to me a lack of political ability. It may be that it’s more important she learns to shake things up than keep on as before.
Reeve’s main challenge seems to me a lack of political ability. It may be that it’s more important she learns to shake things up than keep on as before.
What are the comparable scenarios, in terms of new governments responding to national challenges amid global crisis, in which multi year certainty has been delivered before?
It feels like a naive expectation to me, but stories of how it has been achieved before would provide a nice hopeful boost.
It feels like a naive expectation to me, but stories of how it has been achieved before would provide a nice hopeful boost.
October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What are the comparable scenarios, in terms of new governments responding to national challenges amid global crisis, in which multi year certainty has been delivered before?
It feels like a naive expectation to me, but stories of how it has been achieved before would provide a nice hopeful boost.
It feels like a naive expectation to me, but stories of how it has been achieved before would provide a nice hopeful boost.
I didn’t get the impression he’s using them for relationships
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I didn’t get the impression he’s using them for relationships
Oh good it only took the Gallagher brothers a couple of decades of misery and let downs for them to reconcile. Great choice of metaphor. Inspiring.
October 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Oh good it only took the Gallagher brothers a couple of decades of misery and let downs for them to reconcile. Great choice of metaphor. Inspiring.
The thread is about countries in Europe…
October 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The thread is about countries in Europe…