Reposted by EwaldPhil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · 13hTo govern is to choose, or some such. Not difficult to see why so many see the Tories as the nasty party. 1138
Reposted by EwaldRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 21hThis is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news. 1737965
Reposted by EwaldMike Samuel 🟣 @mvsamuel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026No argument from me. The lifecycle of distributed systems toolboxes: 1. make it harder to shoot your foot 2. make it harder to shoot your foot 3. make it harder to shoot your foot 4. throw it out and invent another that makes is easier for junior devs to (checks notes) shoot their feet 121
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Came from a respected family of accountants. Brother named Balanshit. 031
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I once found "a hare's breath" in the wild, and was genuinely floored that it is just as good as the original, if not more flamboyantly colourful. 0260
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I continued to be baffled until you enlightened me. I was still on the "more daylight hours for golf" thing, projecting from it the need to get to the top of that bloody steeple before the sun sets, otherwise you get turned into a Democrat or something. 271
Reposted by EwaldBen McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thing is, this isn’t about any deeply held conviction like ending an occupation or stopping another great injustice. Sarah’s just supporting this guy because he’s the sort of dangerous nutter that will vote for Nigel or Rupert. That’s the really dangerous thing. 3167
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong." (South African state president PW Botha) 000
Reposted by EwaldToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence 27774208
Reposted by EwaldDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/10/2026Hahaha. Muscovite Russians are whiter than snow and I'm not sure "high trust society" and "social cohesion" are the exact terms sociologists reach for when describing life in Moscow at any point in the last century or three. 29113
Reposted by EwaldMary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026People like dhh don’t come from nowhere; they come from a culture where most men in tech expect to have their bad behaviour forgiven and far fewer are ready to apologise or hold each other to account. Enormous appreciation for those few 1155
Reposted by EwaldStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is (of course) very good and well worth a few short minutes of your time. 13010
Reposted by EwaldAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us 351344492
Reposted by EwaldThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026The Fairford incident is dominating the news cycle - and the right-wing. Over the past 48 hours we’ve seen speculation, insinuation and implication attempt turn a serious story about security into one about immigration. This is a long one. Make some tea.bearlypolitics.co.ukA Dissection: The Fairford FannywobbleHow the right-wing commentariat turned an ongoing investigation into a migrant story before the facts were known. 1613466
Reposted by EwaldJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What happens if you have legitimate concerns about someone else’s legitimate concerns? You’d probably need to have some sort of system to represent that this stuff is complicated. Maybe a debating chamber and votes. Perhaps different voices and views could be represented there. 48816
Reposted by EwaldArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea? 3262877
Reposted by EwaldIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion. 351037282
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I briefly read your comment, tried NOT to read the quote in the same way, and failed. 010
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You would have loved my recent experience where I carefully explained why something works the way it does, with context that would help a future maintainer. Was asked if it was LLM generated - clearly "many words" is now a red flag, with no regard for what the words say. Who reads stuff anyway? 010
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You'll need to base your comparison on hatchback whales then. 030
Reposted by EwaldSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026fundamentally, it appears very difficult for people to recognize 'hey it's good that the person i don't like is saying this' because they seem to understand it as 'this person is good' 2868881
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Orgs, on the other hand, also aren't real, but in a much more woolly manner. 000
Reposted by EwaldMary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I guess when you’re a popular person whose defining feature is easy going and you haven’t had to develop principles, having everyone tell you you’re wrong is going to feel like oppression 172
Reposted by EwaldRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The tells for this tend to be (a) the event is in the next 1-10 days and (b) the email includes the line, "if you are unable to attend, please suggest other people in your network" (or variants thereof) which is definitely code for pLs sEnD WiMmiN 3456
Reposted by EwaldRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is a fun time to work in AI if you are on multiple people's list of "emergency women to invite to an event when you remember that not everyone in the world is a man under 40" 611318
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We have gone from "Everybody is 12" to "Everybody is 7". A few more iterations, and we won't have crawled out of the primordial ooze yet. 010
Reposted by EwaldOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is amazing stuff. Brilliant reporting on some highly dubious people, dodgy NFT/bitcoin scams, and art world shenanigans. All centred around Dubai, obviously 02912
Reposted by EwaldJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026I think it’s possibly nowadays a lack of social respect they think they deserve? Exacerbated by social media where everyone screams at them and calls them scum? In the past you just made your money and paid to have your name on the local hospital and wandered around thinking people respected you. 6281
Reposted by EwaldOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681757598
Reposted by EwaldJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible. 411206369
Reposted by EwaldAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical! 292656822
Reposted by EwaldTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The govt is complicit in this in not being vocal enough, not calling out the racism motivating these people, and not acting quickly enough to interfere with their operations. 05016
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Made my day. Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps yesterday, on average today. 000
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Have they tried renaming it to the Canada Center to attract investment? 000
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orania I love this bit: "While the South African government has stated that it is opposed to the idea of a Whites-only community, it has generally ignored the town. [...] Orania prints its own money-like coupons which can be used to purchase in its stores..."en.wikipedia.orgOrania - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by EwaldSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reform Party might go to the European Court of Human Rights - the court it wants to leave To challenge retrospective legislation ("not the British way") - but retrospective legislation (loss of indefinite leave to remain) is the core of its immigration policy 27335163
Reposted by EwaldMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 14/09/2026And it runs into a fundamental problem right from the start. AI systems of the kind they discuss are provably non-deterministic. And guardrails are essentially the Halting Problem in a trench coat and dark glasses So it fails from the start. 024
Reposted by EwaldStephen Swan @stephenswan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thank you for sharing. No comment necessary from me. Please share far and wide. 04223
Reposted by EwaldDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy. 792174499
Reposted by EwaldDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Technology has created our modern world but politicians still think it was them. Now the tech bros actively want to change government mostly to empower themselves and the politicians are still in denial. 313351
Reposted by EwaldWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy. 601451378
Ewald @ewald.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I found a carry case for them, assuming they're Not Actual Size. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15816692...ebay.co.uk 010
Reposted by Ewaldiucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026great journalism by Devon Live here, noting very fairly that the idea that traffic lights can emit death rays has not been independently established 2159
Reposted by EwaldJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/09/2026🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The last week has seen multiple incidents of masked mobs trying to subvert the power of the state. Their actions have been illegal and unpleasant. But the treatment has been weak. The police haven't dealt with it, and neither has govt. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...open.substack.comStop the LoutsThe tools exist. The will, so far, doesn't. 19439161
