William Cullerne Bown
@williamcb.bsky.social
Technology and politics.
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Newsletter https://bit.ly/3AELZDu
Foundations of AI https://bit.ly/3WiYJab
Law https://bit.ly/40YL1fU
Research Fortnight https://bit.ly/4i0
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From Football Lads and Lasses Against Fascism.
AI has its uses.
AI has its uses.
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
From Football Lads and Lasses Against Fascism.
AI has its uses.
AI has its uses.
Starmer will have to be dragged into a breach with the US, and that is as it should be. But Greenland is a good place to draw the line. Terrible numbers for Trump, great numbers for Starmer.
January 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Starmer will have to be dragged into a breach with the US, and that is as it should be. But Greenland is a good place to draw the line. Terrible numbers for Trump, great numbers for Starmer.
This is terrific.
The article by @alondra.bsky.social about “deregulation” of AI but applies I think to control of every industry under populist governments.
The article by @alondra.bsky.social about “deregulation” of AI but applies I think to control of every industry under populist governments.
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This is terrific.
The article by @alondra.bsky.social about “deregulation” of AI but applies I think to control of every industry under populist governments.
The article by @alondra.bsky.social about “deregulation” of AI but applies I think to control of every industry under populist governments.
From @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
From @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning
Curtis Yarvin on science policy. It’s great to have him be so concrete because then it’s really easy to see that his so-called philosophy is batshit doolally voodoo word salad all the way down.
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Curtis Yarvin on science policy. It’s great to have him be so concrete because then it’s really easy to see that his so-called philosophy is batshit doolally voodoo word salad all the way down.
I could say this, but it is far more helpful for Truss to be saying it.
December 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I could say this, but it is far more helpful for Truss to be saying it.
As I was saying, the whole project evaporates when you remember that advisers advise and ministers decide.
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As I was saying, the whole project evaporates when you remember that advisers advise and ministers decide.
As I was saying, the whole project evaporates when you remember that advisers advise and ministers decide.
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As I was saying, the whole project evaporates when you remember that advisers advise and ministers decide.
I repeat, the Ellisons own Channel 5 and are bankrolling Tony Blair.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I repeat, the Ellisons own Channel 5 and are bankrolling Tony Blair.
I don’t really get labels like this on my #mincepies. An air fryer and an oven both cook by heating the outside of the item with hot air. If the air fryer heats the interior faster, it can only be by delivering more heat at the surface. So why not just turn the oven up higher and cook faster?
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I don’t really get labels like this on my #mincepies. An air fryer and an oven both cook by heating the outside of the item with hot air. If the air fryer heats the interior faster, it can only be by delivering more heat at the surface. So why not just turn the oven up higher and cook faster?
Japan, like the US's other "allies", is now obliged to resort to the stratagems of the colonised. on.ft.com/47JuXQQ
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Japan, like the US's other "allies", is now obliged to resort to the stratagems of the colonised. on.ft.com/47JuXQQ
No surprise Vieira has been sacked at Genova. Went to see the game on Wednesday and they were terrible for Serie A. I saw Accrington Stanley a couple of years ago against Torquay and both of them were better.
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
No surprise Vieira has been sacked at Genova. Went to see the game on Wednesday and they were terrible for Serie A. I saw Accrington Stanley a couple of years ago against Torquay and both of them were better.
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
But fabulous atmosphere at the stadium. Noisy, colourful, young and fun.
#COYS
This is not a doom loop. It is how you move the Overton window. Seems like, on tax at least, and despite the frequent complaints in this place, Labour’s comms are getting it right.
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is not a doom loop. It is how you move the Overton window. Seems like, on tax at least, and despite the frequent complaints in this place, Labour’s comms are getting it right.
German economists come to the same conclusion as American political scientists.
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
German economists come to the same conclusion as American political scientists.
Cash loss on research deepens to £6bn across UK universities - See more at: www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Cash loss on research deepens to £6bn across UK universities - See more at: www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...
June 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Found some tourists taking their photo in here. I mean, if we’re going to keep these around, shouldn’t we maintain them like icons?
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Found some tourists taking their photo in here. I mean, if we’re going to keep these around, shouldn’t we maintain them like icons?
Trump sees almost everyone else as a serf. Which is how he makes a complete fool of himself here with an ABC reporter who isn’t.
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump sees almost everyone else as a serf. Which is how he makes a complete fool of himself here with an ABC reporter who isn’t.
The Pope on Big Tech.
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Pope on Big Tech.
Start with Fat White Family.
April 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Start with Fat White Family.
The FT’s Martin Wolf here is beginning a journey that the UK generally needs to take - especially the two generations of economists who were formed in a country where active industrial policy was verboten.
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The FT’s Martin Wolf here is beginning a journey that the UK generally needs to take - especially the two generations of economists who were formed in a country where active industrial policy was verboten.
This passage strikes me as true of judges in general when making law. Certainly in the UK. They dislike confrontation with the executive. Prefer to find a path that’s not black and white. Trump is moving the legal equivalent of the Overton Window and it is going to be effective but not completely so
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This passage strikes me as true of judges in general when making law. Certainly in the UK. They dislike confrontation with the executive. Prefer to find a path that’s not black and white. Trump is moving the legal equivalent of the Overton Window and it is going to be effective but not completely so
