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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/05/2026

This paragraph is the most perfect Matt Levine para ever. It has everything that defines Matt Levineyness.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 24/03/2026

Dualit is the only way to go.

A Dualit four slice toaster. Simply the best.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 15/03/2026

Didn't expect this level of prices in the middle of the Hungarian plain.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 22/02/2026

Well, that was a very enjoyable 30 hours of Lego construction. Highly recommended. On a cost per hour of entertainment basis…not bad.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/01/2026

This paragraph describes one of the primary problems with the UK economy and explains many of the post 2007 difficulties.

History gives sobering context. House price growth from the end of the second world war to the end of the 198os could be described as steady and unspectacular, followed by a dip in the early 1990s and then a sudden, dizzying rise which took the average price from a shade more than £50,000 in 1995 to £190,000 in
2007. This 280 per cent jump in 12 years, driven by a heady mix of low interest rates, the banking sector's addiction to mortgage finance, a rising population and the increasing perception of homes as investment assets, reshaped the economy and embedded a popular belief that the way to make money in Britain was to buy property.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 21/01/2026

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com once again displays the sublime wordsmithing skills for which he is justly famous. The Flight to Shite. Genius.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 16/01/2026

I see The Crypto is back to its old tricks. “Up to 13% annual interest” where the “up to” is doing a lot of heavy lifting… “Earn 13% interest with a significant chance of vaporising your entire stake” really doesn’t sound so good does it.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 14/01/2026

Also, it’s scary how late expected gender roles changed. 1989 and the women are still guides and nurses at Sellafield…

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 14/01/2026

H/t to @mayfaircynic.bsky.social who suggested the Secret Maps exhibit at the British Library. Where else would you see a beautiful map of the world, an Enigma Machine, an AirTag and Lady Mountbatten’s underpants.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/01/2026

Not enough car manuals have a "how to destroy your car" section in them.

A section from one of the field manuals for a 1942 Willys Jeep.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/01/2026

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Although you have to be a little bit of a #Linguistics geek to get into it, the human history which is unveiled by the development of proto Indo-European was completely new to me and utterly fascinating.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 12/01/2026

2/3 done. ~6000 pieces so far. Bloody hell, this is a truly brilliant Lego model.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 09/01/2026

1/3rd done. This is as complex as any Lego™ I’ve done.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 28/12/2025

I have just finished this book and I highly recommend it. The solid history and scientific rigour sensitively blended with the human stories. I visited Pripyat and Chernobyl in 2013 so it has extra resonance for me. This is an event which changed the course of energy policy for good and for bad.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/12/2025

Thanks Santa! This will be fun although it will mean I will get nothing else done for a month.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 17/12/2025

Came for the ancient human species, sadly not the darts player whom, I suspect, is easy to distinguish.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/12/2025

I like analogue audio a lot (e.g vacuum tube hand wires guitar amplifier, stupidly expensive hand made guitars and good cables to connect them) but this is properly nuts. Lovely article though.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 26/11/2025

This (from the FT) seems to suggest that tobacco duties already contribute £1 trillion to Treasury. Unless it’s a *total* of £8bn rather than a *extra* £8bn.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 19/11/2025

Look, I know that there is a lot of stupidity in this exchange but I feel I have to <tap the sign> Power stations don’t *make* electrons. They just move them around.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 08/11/2025

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/10/2025

Well…that’s pretty clear.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 19/10/2025

Who robbed the Louvre, Right answers only.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 19/10/2025

Still use mine pretty much every day. Easier than bringing up the calculator app for things I can’t do in my head.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 30/09/2025

Well, this is exciting. (Also, iPhone photography is really very good nowadays).

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/09/2025

This from @kevverage.bsky.social in the context of Scottish fiscal sustainability is interesting for a much wider set of reasons. E.g I would not have expected the Netherlands to be where they are.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/09/2025

Weird timeline coincidences.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 04/09/2025

Aestivating snails in Mallorca.

A picture taken in Mallorca of nearly 100 snails on a small bush aestivating in the heat.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 23/08/2025

Ottie walking down the Cam.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/07/2025

What athlete’s expression will stay with you for the rest of your life?

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 16/07/2025

Who doesn't like hot fresh crumpets? (To be honest, the ones you buy from the shop are better).

A baking tray with six somewhat disappointing home made crumpets.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 16/07/2025

My dog has been very ill and after operations and scans has to wear this rather fetching dog version of the Maglia Rosa for a few days. She is not chuffed. But doesn't hate it quite as much as the usual "cone of shame".

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 10/07/2025

This via @garymarcus.bsky.social is *precisely* my experience using Cursor a couple of times Just write the damn code…

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 12/06/2025

These Rustlers ads on the tube really freak me out.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/05/2025

on.ft.com/4msqVTL ‘Microsoft is the AI ringleader’: tech rivals flock to software giant’s stage

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/05/2025

However great cheap Spanish terracotta cooking pots are, it is a little dull when they explode in the oven.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 21/05/2025

Thanks to @mizyjudah.bsky.social and @politico.eu for writing up my thoughts on the governments recent immigration announcements and the effects they will have on our world leading university sector and the tech ecosystem more generally.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 19/05/2025

Tell me you don’t know how AirTags work without telling me.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 10/05/2025

Is there any way we could get this mainlined into the Labour Party’s brain? Or Yvette Cooper’s? At some point you have do do what’s right for the country, not what you think will attract the marginal racist voter in Leeds West.

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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 06/05/2025

"All maths is my favourite bit of maths kids"

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