Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026About to go on one of the first public tours ever of Lloyd's of London. #openhouse 120
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This reminds me of that time that Ronald Reagan claimed to the Israel ambassador that he was present at the liberation of Auschwitz (he never left California during WW2, and spent the war making military training films). 000
Reposted by Richarddisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes economists 213943
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I would simply rob the smug, omniscient alien in Newcomb's problem, gaining $1,001,000 and a cool spaceship 041
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Classic regulatory off-by-one error here. Turns out that if the decision was published on a Thursday, and the deadline for appeal is "within four weeks", then appealling on the Friday after the fourth Thursday is too late. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT (gift link)giftarticle.ft.comMerger blocked after lawyers Simpson Thacher miss deadline for appealLaw firm, where partners are paid an average of $7.7mn, says mistake was because of its ‘misinterpretation of the rules’ 020
Reposted by RichardSimonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social · 03/03/2026CMA: "The chair of the competition watchdog’s cloud inquiry has quit, saying he is frustrated at the slow pace of action against Microsoft and Amazon, while also citing concerns about its wider independence" www.themorningintelligence.uk/cma-cloud-in... 011
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 27/02/2026On days when major new albums release in the US, music streaming increases by 40% and road deaths by 15%. Indicates that phone use and distraction are behind lots of road deaths Paper uses an event study design and controls for lots of fixed effects to isolate the impact www.nber.org/papers/w34866nber.orgSmartphones, Online Music Streaming, and Traffic FatalitiesFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 110
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 18/02/2026It's time to end the disastrous Westphalian experiment 020
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 08/02/2026One of my most highly prized possessions, in pride of place on my laptop. 021
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 19/10/2025It's the pettiness and misery of the power fantasy that gets me here. They don't want to rule the world, or lead a galaxy-conquering imperium. They just want a little patch of dirt where they can beat their slaves in peace. 030
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 07/07/2025My leading theory is that Google's strategy is to destroy as many websites as possible to salt the earth against rival search engines. 051
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Very close to reaching zero fossil fuels on the UK electric grid soon. Solar will be coming up fast over the next hour, so we could hit it soon if it stays windy. 060
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This week in #chartcrimes : this FT chart. Logging GDP is often sensible, as is benchmarking it to another country's, but doing both seems misleading - the gaps at the end are actually massive (30% vs 63% vs 80%) It also has an unusable x-axis, where the year labels refer only to the China series. 040
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Love how the eclipse today is visible in the national grid data. 030
Reposted by RichardMylene Pharma @dracula.church · 26/03/2025Said Vice Chancellor was more than happy to cover for Alice S*llivan over the exact same shit if it meant sucking up to the Christofascist boss at her old job cheesegratermagazine.org/2022/02/23/t...cheesegratermagazine.orgThe Story Behind UCL’s Rejection of Stonewall - The Cheese Grater Magazineucl, michael spence, sasha roseneil, transphobia, alice sullivan, trans rights, academic board, women's liberation special interest group, 131
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025I sometimes remember that Stoller owes his entire career as a public intellectual to Russell Brand. His brother directed Get Him To The Greek, and recommended him to Brand who needed a suit-wearing sidekick on his TV show. 020
Reposted by RichardWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/01/2025This is Othman. Othman is a fascist who talks about things like the "Jewish Question." Othman also posts a lot of evidence he works in the White House. He claims to be at the Executive Office of the President. I don't know Othman's exact identity yet, but we've got some significant clues! 541326306
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 21/08/2024I've never believed in the basic premise of private infrastructure financing (public borrowing will always be cheaper). But post-HS2 a depressing idea is that it stops governments from ruinous last-minute cancellations by imposing a Treasury-legible cost for this. www.ft.com/content/6c4b...ft.comSubscribe to readFinancial Times 120
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Day 2! Rotterdam to Utrecht, with a pitstop in Gouda. The longest day of cycling that I've planned for myself, so left bright and early. Rotterdam is cool. One of those European cities that feels really American. 140
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Day One of my Netherlands cycling odyssey! (posting a day late as it was a Big Day) Got kicked off the ferry bright and early and got a nod of respect from the Dutch border guy checking my passport when I told him what I was doing. Pic is of dawn from the boat. Norco-ass country. 140
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 22/09/2023I'm spending a week cycling around the Netherlands solo. Will live-sky it. Pic is of my planning process. Route is Hoek van Holland -> Rotterdam -> Utrecht -> Amsterdam -> Haarlem -> Leiden -> Den Haag -> Hoe van Holland. 160
Richard @folkparanoia.bsky.social · 01/09/2023At one of the strange little 18th Century church in the City, jammed between the skyscrapers. Ben Edge is talking about how he got into painting the folk traditions of Great Britain. 140
