Dave H
@thinkfoo.uk
Software Developer: TDD, CD etc
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
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Just as Clueless is the best adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, Muppet Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of anything by Charles Dickens.
December 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just as Clueless is the best adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, Muppet Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of anything by Charles Dickens.
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The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
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Why is my experience of AI so sharply divergent from many of my friends and professional peers?
I have a theory.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-ai-has...
I have a theory.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-ai-has...
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why is my experience of AI so sharply divergent from many of my friends and professional peers?
I have a theory.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-ai-has...
I have a theory.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-ai-has...
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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I think it's worth noticing how completely major media institutions have just gone along with the project of sacrificing the national economy on the altar of "some people in marginal constituencies don't like hearing foreign accents when they go out"
"Why do we put hurdles in the way of the people that are actually going to drive our economy? It makes zero sense."
Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I think it's worth noticing how completely major media institutions have just gone along with the project of sacrificing the national economy on the altar of "some people in marginal constituencies don't like hearing foreign accents when they go out"
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If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Well yes, but if you burnt your own house down and can't re-build an identical one that doesn't mean you should forever live in a tent.
It is perfectly possible to believe that the economic costs of the UK leaving the EU and the economic benefits of rejoining are asymmetric.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Well yes, but if you burnt your own house down and can't re-build an identical one that doesn't mean you should forever live in a tent.
For how much longer must we sacrifice the UK's security and prosperity on the altar of sovereignty?
Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For how much longer must we sacrifice the UK's security and prosperity on the altar of sovereignty?
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings"character wrong answers only
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings"character wrong answers only
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We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
![I confess that I always had difficulty with interpreting the Biblical precept to love our neighbours “as ourselves” until I read some of the words of C.S. Lewis. He pointed out that we don't exactly love ourselves when we fall below the standards and beliefs we have accepted. Indeed we might even hate ourselves for some unworthy deed.
None of this, of course, tells us exactly what kind of political and social institutions we should have. On this point, Christians will very often genuinely disagree, though it is a mark of Christian manners that they will do so with courtesy and mutual respect. [Applause] What is certain, however, is that any set of social and economic arrangements which is not founded on the acceptance of individual responsibility will do nothing but harm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/bafkreicrdgbtvm54qnmttwe6crhxwt4be5v3izjmqtnvlxmaljwg5wolai@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
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This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
Josh Hall, 20, is 'worried' about how the cash ISA allowance cut announced in Wednesday’s Budget will affect his long-term savings plans
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I think this may be one of the greatest albums of all time
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think this may be one of the greatest albums of all time
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Counterpoint: Automating lowly-paid gig economy work is good.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Counterpoint: Automating lowly-paid gig economy work is good.
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It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
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This is incredibly grim
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This is incredibly grim
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
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If you don't mind me asking, what's the reason you felt that in your own role you couldn't do more to give it extended coverage?
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you don't mind me asking, what's the reason you felt that in your own role you couldn't do more to give it extended coverage?
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 @gilesyb.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social to look at the real story of Britain’s finances; why Brexit is an even bigger drag anchor than the Treasury will admit & more. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 @gilesyb.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social to look at the real story of Britain’s finances; why Brexit is an even bigger drag anchor than the Treasury will admit & more. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Very disappointing that this TechRadar article, from a widely followed, supposedly technical site, entirely ignores that one of the main uses of VPNs is giving companies secure remote access for employees to internal systems. (234 chars)
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Very disappointing that this TechRadar article, from a widely followed, supposedly technical site, entirely ignores that one of the main uses of VPNs is giving companies secure remote access for employees to internal systems. (234 chars)
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
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Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
Ok so I've just spent a day using Gemini as a kind of pair for programming. And I'm calling it, LLM is a MASSIVE productivity boosting tool.
Like a machine gun if you didn't know which way to point it you could do a lot of damage, but it saved me at least half a day today, maybe more. Game changing.
Like a machine gun if you didn't know which way to point it you could do a lot of damage, but it saved me at least half a day today, maybe more. Game changing.
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ok so I've just spent a day using Gemini as a kind of pair for programming. And I'm calling it, LLM is a MASSIVE productivity boosting tool.
Like a machine gun if you didn't know which way to point it you could do a lot of damage, but it saved me at least half a day today, maybe more. Game changing.
Like a machine gun if you didn't know which way to point it you could do a lot of damage, but it saved me at least half a day today, maybe more. Game changing.
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New post just out:
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
Never again?
Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New post just out:
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...