Roy Lonergan
@roylonergan.bsky.social
Son of immigrants. Not integrated. East, east, east London.
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
Don‘t forget that he saved Barking & Dagenham so well that it’s a massive Reform target for May.
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Don‘t forget that he saved Barking & Dagenham so well that it’s a massive Reform target for May.
Yup. The NYT did a c21 list recently which was also awful. I’m more interested to hear from people about what they’ve enjoyed recently rather than grand surveys.
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yup. The NYT did a c21 list recently which was also awful. I’m more interested to hear from people about what they’ve enjoyed recently rather than grand surveys.
Pretty crap list. No Pynchon for example. Interesting that they have two slipstream SF books though.
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pretty crap list. No Pynchon for example. Interesting that they have two slipstream SF books though.
I’d listen to one that covers Labour in the war and then up to the Wilson years.
Start with why Amery had to say “Speak for England, Arthur!” and finish once Attlee, Wilson, Jenkins, etc have created modern Britain.
My view of British political history is a little partisan.
Start with why Amery had to say “Speak for England, Arthur!” and finish once Attlee, Wilson, Jenkins, etc have created modern Britain.
My view of British political history is a little partisan.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’d listen to one that covers Labour in the war and then up to the Wilson years.
Start with why Amery had to say “Speak for England, Arthur!” and finish once Attlee, Wilson, Jenkins, etc have created modern Britain.
My view of British political history is a little partisan.
Start with why Amery had to say “Speak for England, Arthur!” and finish once Attlee, Wilson, Jenkins, etc have created modern Britain.
My view of British political history is a little partisan.
Sad but uplifting. Take care.
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sad but uplifting. Take care.
Yup. Plan A is always to get the problem fixed. The language here is extremely unusual. An audit partner signs off on a report like this approximately zero times is a career.
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Yup. Plan A is always to get the problem fixed. The language here is extremely unusual. An audit partner signs off on a report like this approximately zero times is a career.
Brutal. 100% death rate for the hosts.
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Brutal. 100% death rate for the hosts.
I won't do a spoiler - but she's got great comic timing.
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I won't do a spoiler - but she's got great comic timing.
You'd hope. But there's a lot of mileage left in the LLMs = AI grift.
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You'd hope. But there's a lot of mileage left in the LLMs = AI grift.
I dodged those to play with telescopes. Weather was usually so bad that you could go home early.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I dodged those to play with telescopes. Weather was usually so bad that you could go home early.
There's a lot of heat to get rid of. And you could take the whole thing out with a couple of well-aimed rocks.
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There's a lot of heat to get rid of. And you could take the whole thing out with a couple of well-aimed rocks.
Mad. They'd be generating a lot more heat than Musk's satellites I guess.
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mad. They'd be generating a lot more heat than Musk's satellites I guess.
UK has it on the national risk register. Item 47. The guess is a 5-25% chance in the next 5 years.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b5f8...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b5f8...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
UK has it on the national risk register. Item 47. The guess is a 5-25% chance in the next 5 years.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b5f8...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b5f8...
It's a Google paper. As you say, we're about due for a Carrington-level event
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's a Google paper. As you say, we're about due for a Carrington-level event
So: a 5-year lifetime. No mention of how they de-orbit the satellites when they all need to be replaced at approximately the same time. Plus the risk of a Carrington event. Plus North Korea - or whoever - could take that whole thing out
Surprised that haven't suggested a Dyson sphere.
Surprised that haven't suggested a Dyson sphere.
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So: a 5-year lifetime. No mention of how they de-orbit the satellites when they all need to be replaced at approximately the same time. Plus the risk of a Carrington event. Plus North Korea - or whoever - could take that whole thing out
Surprised that haven't suggested a Dyson sphere.
Surprised that haven't suggested a Dyson sphere.
If you ignore the general craziness, the paper says that they'd keep their constellation within a 1km radius per the paper. So, not that huge. But that would mean it would be fairly easy for somene to take out.
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you ignore the general craziness, the paper says that they'd keep their constellation within a 1km radius per the paper. So, not that huge. But that would mean it would be fairly easy for somene to take out.
Doesn’t reflect well on anyone. A society in which Jewish organisations feel cowed is doing something very wrong. And the asymmetry of response definitely delegitimises past accusations. But at least the silence speaks loudly about where the most salient risks are located.
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Doesn’t reflect well on anyone. A society in which Jewish organisations feel cowed is doing something very wrong. And the asymmetry of response definitely delegitimises past accusations. But at least the silence speaks loudly about where the most salient risks are located.
I was weathered-in there for a week. After a few days you become almost blasé about icebergs and aurorae.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I was weathered-in there for a week. After a few days you become almost blasé about icebergs and aurorae.
That’s crap. Universities are incredibly bad at this. The good news is that they’re so bad that the compensation can be pretty decent when it all blows up.
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
That’s crap. Universities are incredibly bad at this. The good news is that they’re so bad that the compensation can be pretty decent when it all blows up.