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James O’Loughlin

@jaoloughlin.bsky.social
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Frequent spelling mistake. Collector of mental models. Permanently one revision away from a second book.

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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mandatory reading for Secretaries of Defense
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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're right up at the edge here. An MP and deputy leader of a political party playing footsie with the idea it's ok for a street gang to take the law into their own hands
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sooner or later all of us heard one version or another of ‘My Marines are winning this war, and you people are losing it for us in your papers.’
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He doesn’t look a day older to me.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wake this morning to news of another billionaire running his own business up by running the country down.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I now have a week’s worth of data. And, yes, I am the only person who showers at the pool side before going for a swim.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cycling commentators could create a story out of watching Brownian motion in action. And I love it.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Note to self: Your draft hasn’t changed since you set it aside years ago. You have. You’re writing it from a different place.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New banter levels unlocked… Prof Edgeworth: “Was it very caliginous in the Metropolis?” T. E. Lawrence: “Somewhat caliginous, but not altogether inspissated.”
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Revisiting this book👇 after 47 years away. It’s still a really good read. It’s also nearly totally bereft of any modern writing advice. And, to my eyes, exhibits a complete lack of narrative control. Can’t quite work out the contradiction in that…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump is promising to boost the U.S. economy by making it harder for Americans to trade with the rest of the world. He is also promising to destroy Iran's economy by making it harder for Iranians to trade with the rest of the world.
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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Once again we see people who have fled war and persecution treated as if they are criminals from the outset. Not only the booklet, but the reporting on it, reinforces far right narratives against people seeking asylum by treating asylum seekers as "foreign criminals". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet
The nine-page booklet covers issues including respect in public, sex and consent, and gender equality.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
By complete accident I have just discovered the Read Aloud function in Microsoft Word and I think it might be a game changer for my writing.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Unsurprisingly, inhaling weird chemicals into lungs designed for air damages them. And while we wait for the evidence to accumulate, vapes are still being marketed at children - sweet scents, bright packaging. This consultation is positive - but let’s see some action! www.gov.uk/government/n...
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Haven’t put any petrol in my hybrid since you know when.
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If only there was some plot device that would have permitted Dickens to explore Scrooge’s earlier life
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It's so weird how already being famous for doing something that isn't writing books just naturally makes you better at writing Cozy Murder Mysteries
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just rehung two doors. What a day!
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 03/05/2026
This is grotesque on multiple levels.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
When a swelling is bigger than your hat size. #BoulderingCanHurt
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell. All dyslexics. Oh. And Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Memories are not retrieved as they were first laid down. Over time they are increasingly levelled and sharpened to fit with our beliefs about how the world works, and with how we see ourselves. Which is the root of self deception.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Your regular reminder: The act of paying attention to one thing is also an act ignoring everything else. Politicians know this people…
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Open a new coffee shop and sell me an out of date Crème Egg and I will never darken your door again. Ever.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Big Air judge in commentary box: “You rely on your 1st instinct a lot and the replays are reaffirming your initial thoughts”. I’d have thought the replays should be used to disprove the 1st instinct - letting it carry the day only if no disconfirming evidence can be found.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Just went onto the other place to catch up with what happened to Lindsey Vonn and, of course, it’s full of people raging at her decision to race, who, of course, all know better than her. Not so this place. Plenty of humanity here.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
DAMN YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! DAMN IT!
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Just back from a rather large outlet mall. Saw a lot of really nice stuff. Really nice. None of which I bought. Because, on reflection, I decided I was pretty happy with what I already have. I’m calling it a new type of retail therapy.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
From the other place👇but nonetheless…
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In recognition of #WorldCancerDay Eight years since mine. A timely diagnosis, modern medicine and a lot of luck. No battles were fought. To suggest otherwise would be a disservice to those with less good fortune, who don’t make it through.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Haven’t read this👇 yet but it’s already changed how I walk the dogs. As in: less on task.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just Googling what the Barbara Streisand effect is. For no particular reason. None at all really.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
theatlantic.com
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Sometimes you have to stand in a cold shower to remind yourself that you are resilient.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"What if AI wasn't just hallucinating information, but thousands of AI chatbots were working together to give the guise of grassroots support where there was none? That's the future this paper imagines—Russian troll farms on steroids,” @ninajankowicz.com www.wired.com/story/ai-pow...
wired.com
AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy
Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They are not lies. They are hallucinations. And because they are hallucinations they cannot see what we can see with our own eyes.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Really looking forward to the final of The Traitors tonight. Not so much to the unchecked fundamental attribution error that will come with it.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ long enough to find a big rock. Via👇
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Disputes are not about facts. They are about what interpretation and value you give to facts - which ones you think are important and which ones you think are peripheral. Dr. Rosemary Hollis
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Slow news day over at the BBC
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The one on mental health. The one to read if you haven’t.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
People don’t believe facts. They believe the stories they tell themselves about facts. So the only way to change the world for the better is to tell better stories. Tim Grahl
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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
highpaycentre.org/the-high-pay...
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The High Pay Centre's future is at risk - High Pay Centre
Support the High Pay Centre to continue exposing runaway executive pay and championing a fairer economy.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I’ve no problem with message #1 from NHS England concerning unnecessary visits to A&E. But I fear advertising the most prevalent examples of such in #2 risks furnishing the social proof that will encourage people to copy the very behaviours it wishes to discourage.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Uh oh
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Your annual reminder that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
www.nesta.org.uk/toolkit/why-...
nesta.org.uk
Why has it become so hard to eat healthily?
Obesity rates in the UK have almost doubled in just under 30 years. What’s changed since then? That’s where food environments come in. Nesta takes a look back at food environments of the past to see w...
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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?
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James O’Loughlin @jaoloughlin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Found myself in hell yesterday
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