Reposted by JabberwockJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 07/08/2026New from me: Britain’s graduate earnings premium is falling, cue “too many go to university!” But non-university outcomes are also bad, cue “we must reform vocational routes!” Both miss the point: people used to think education drove economic outcomes, but the economy drives educational outcomes. 19535169
Reposted by JabberwockDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 26/08/2026I'm not an economist but my back of the envelope math suggests that Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI can't all simultaneously sell $30 trillion dollars worth of enterprise solutions to a global economy where the sum total of all economic activity currently adds up to under $120t. 491100258
Reposted by JabberwockMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/08/2026see you're going to read the headline and you're going to think "hmm, but how bad can it be" and then you're going to click on the link and go OH, OH QUITE BAD YEAH 4538383
Reposted by JabberwockJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 09/08/2026For sure, though the most important change driving the gap is UK productivity stagnating and wages actively falling. Britain is more exceptional than the US here 1294
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 24/07/2026As an engineering PhD I’d say it’s very likely the baguette. The naan will fall apart with any reasonable application of force, and therefore cannot be thrown as far despite its convenient shape. 000
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If you put a good amount of power into throwing a naan it will fall apart as you throw it. Baguette will easily win as it is more structurally sound and can be thrown with force. 000
Reposted by JabberwockDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Dang they really got a category for everything 203285735477
Reposted by JabberwockLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026futurism.com/future-socie... lol 178105202956
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I’m all for further expanding the World Cup so smaller football nations like Italy can also take part and their fans can cheer on their home nation 2110
Reposted by JabberwockTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/06/2026As called on TV Trece in Paraguay: 202578801
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 30/06/2026They don’t look like they can self-right. If I ever come across one of these I’ll be finding out 🤣 040
Reposted by JabberwockKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/06/2026And then President Trump is going to beat up Iran's dad in front of the whole school and then President Trump is going to take us all out for McDonalds and then President Trump is finally going to tell me that he loves me and then 2704753874
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Few sources of national pride these days… but nobody does election photos better than Britain. 000
Reposted by JabberwockGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026SpaceX market cap $2.1tn Microsoft market cap $2.8tn SpaceX revenue ~$20bn Microsoft revenue ~$300bn Incredible. 1541832432
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Allowing one person to hoard that many resources is surely an indication of a failing society? 000
Reposted by JabberwockJo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It's important that people understand that this is the mechanism by which monetary policy is supposed to work. The final step is 'unemployment will rise, therefore workers will be less likely to ask for a pay rise. Wage growth will weaken, so firms won't need to raise prices to defend margins' 1245
Reposted by JabberwockStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Labour has done a great deal of damage to itself and the country by making “win over a caricature of Reform voters” and “panicked stakeholder management” its only governing priority. Time to make “win over a caricature of Green voters” and “panicked stakeholder management” the aim instead. 46768139
Reposted by JabberwockJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 07/05/2026Unluckiest alleged phone thief in London. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comMet police arrest man over theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phoneSuspect, 28, is accused of selling the device that belonged to Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff and contained WhatsApp messages about Peter Mandelson 919335
Reposted by JabberwockDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The 2025 numbers are really striking. www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da... 11712351
Reposted by JabberwockThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/03/2026Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX 28750852293
Reposted by Jabberwockgeekysteven @geekysteven.com · 30/03/2026your grandparents voting for reagan 120155322926
Reposted by JabberwockJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 30/03/2026FT exclusive: The UK government is on the verge of fully nationalising British Steel, almost a year on from using emergency legislation to take control of the business www.ft.com/content/f885...ft.comUK government on verge of full nationalisation of British SteelTalks with Chinese owner Jingye continue while losses mount 916046
Reposted by JabberwockDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Compared to a month ago: UK 2yr yield +98bp, FTSE All Share down 8.3% German 2yr +67bp, DAX down 10.6% US 2yr +54bp, S&P 500 down 5.7%. Proper moves. Hard to say markets aren’t taking this seriously but also hints at differing degrees of pain. 0132
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026What a day for Ipswich to have a sale on their Black Shirts 000
Reposted by JabberwockTrumpton Fire Brigade ultra @captainflack.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Hearing Ipswich Town have renamed their stadium Deportman Road 22444151
Reposted by JabberwockGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Hate to say this, but UK gilts look grisly. Trump just cancelled most of what you want, sorry. 48426
Reposted by JabberwockDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/03/2026Four years into a war launched by a 70 year old man worried about legacy and clinging to power, an 76 year old man worried about legacy and clinging to power convinced a 79 year old man worried about legacy and clinging to power that they needed to bomb Iran to take out an 86 year old man wo... 24611176
Reposted by JabberwockDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I think there is a genuine problem here. Big US houses unlikely to publish research suggesting the policy of the President has materially messed up the global economy. 623433
Reposted by JabberwockMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Trump: “A great war historian told me today, "Nobody would have thought you could do that much damage in that little time."” 5229041
Reposted by JabberwockDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Pretty staggering that the FT Trump interview opens with ‘if NATO doesn’t help us sort this mess, there’ll be problems’ and ends with ‘Russia might be helping target American soldiers, but really that’s sort of fair enough - we started it’. www.ft.com/content/1ca6... 131560656
Reposted by JabberwockDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 14/03/20266th March/14th March BBC lead stories. 15713
Reposted by JabberwockRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It’s almost like Putin and Netanyahu control our foreign policy. 648111624506
Reposted by JabberwockAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/03/2026a slurring Trump in new video on American troops killed by Iran: “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is. Likely be more.“ 153855681727
Reposted by JabberwockNegin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The first deaths announced from the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: dozens of school girls. They hit an elementary school in Hormozgan. 5737371599
Reposted by JabberwockMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026BBC *finally* report on the dozens of Iranian schoolgirls killed — about 32h later. 41536205
Reposted by JabberwockSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant. 832852529
Reposted by JabberwockJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 27/02/2026interesting that new Green MP Hannah Spencer talks almost entirely about public services, cost of living, NHS, the grind of making ends meet.... and hardly ever mentions ecological/environmental issues.... this is the pivot that scares Labour the most 871024174
Reposted by JabberwockCNN @cnn.com · 19/02/2026A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, emphasizing the White House’s control over the nation’s top law enforcement branch that once pursued criminal prosecutions against the president. cnn.it/4cBCqW7 179357159
Jabberwock @j4bberwock.bsky.social · 19/02/2026An unusual moment of pride in Britain today, the sight of Prince Andrew being arrested showing that here the law still applies to the powerful. Though it is still stunning to me that not a single Epstein client has been charged with child sex offences. 000
Reposted by JabberwockOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...irishtimes.com‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since SeptemberSeamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record 20334391752
Reposted by Jabberwocksher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote. 645253998362
Reposted by JabberwockBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy. 516323139635
Reposted by JabberwockMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026Trump's new pick for Fed Chair makes an appearance in today's Epstein Files release: 27253472612
Reposted by JabberwockMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/01/2026Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview" Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent. 626105935167