Reposted by John DelaneyDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts. 44863367
Reposted by John DelaneyTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nice to have a letter in @economist.com - this one on why naughty Nigel's £72 million bung won't necessarily buy him the next election. #HowToSpendIt 5567
Reposted by John DelaneyEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/10/2026Going to be honest this might be my favourite headline of the AI bubble 341304219
Reposted by John DelaneyDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611049443
Reposted by John DelaneyRich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Viz letter page will always say it best thou 15720
Reposted by John DelaneyEMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 28/09/2026We often get asked what biocurators do so we quizzed our colleague Emily Bowler-Barnett about her role in the UniProt team. We also explored why biocuration is critical to open science, how AI is changing the field & how Emily's dog got her name 🐕 043
Reposted by John DelaneyBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718... 15557208
Reposted by John DelaneyMark Appleby @markappleby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The false ”rogue” narrative rolls out again. These autonomous hacking tools have been built and released on the orders of tech bro execs who need to be prosecuted each time this happens. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government WebsitesThe company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 011
Reposted by John DelaneyDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites. 711037174
Reposted by John DelaneyJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A characteristically coruscating thread from Mr Snow. 2353190
Reposted by John DelaneyJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Also upcoming in budget Tax breaks on stag weekends in Prague Legalization of cocaine but only if it's crap, cut and suspiciously cheap Limited edition pound coin featuring Finchy from The Office 6403
Reposted by John DelaneyMark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.static.klipy.comAmy Poehler's Perfect Chef's KissALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss 652881548
Reposted by John DelaneySarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819... 39618137
Reposted by John DelaneyGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"do you have any cleaning experience?" "well we've scrubbed away every trace of our involvement in the last government" 68517
Reposted by John DelaneyAndre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's a shame no chemist ever came up with the idea to say "I'm working on something that might kill all of humanity, so please give me several billion dollars so I can stop myself" That feels like something that should've been right up our alley 68817
Reposted by John DelaneyKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 13/09/2026Good job the entire stock market is not perched on AI now the teenage boys running it have decided it's a massive nuclear bomb and they don't know how to turn it off *Taps ear piece* 1120636
Reposted by John DelaneyPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance toolExclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot. 331216600
Reposted by John DelaneyJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428131171
Reposted by John DelaneyTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That wouldn't happen to be tax paid on profits made, in no small part, from the delusions and often outright misery of thousands upon thousands of his fellow countrymen, would it?ft.comUK’s top taxpayer says he would ‘not wish to be reborn’ in BritainBetfred founder Fred Done threatens 500 shop closures over tax rises that have left him fearful for the UK’s prospects 93608149
Reposted by John DelaneyDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How far can AI get you in designing and optimizing new antibodies? Not as far as you might have thought:science.orgThe State of AI Antibody Design 47022
Reposted by John DelaneyThe Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation 283657747
Reposted by John DelaneyHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time. 14773240
Reposted by John DelaneyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026If you showed up at Defcon and gave talk about how your autonomous malware did something unexpected and damaged someone else's computers, the first question from the audience would be "Why are you so shit at making secure sandboxes?" It wouldn't be "How are you so awesome at making hacking tools?" 4519141
Reposted by John DelaneyTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh, and if you're ever in Eastbourne and you need gift shop! 05716
Reposted by John DelaneyPoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The cost of concealment: why polling needs transparency ✍️ Alastair McCapra www.politicshome.com/opinion/articl…politicshome.comThe cost of concealment: why polling needs transparencyPublic opinion is one of the great shaping forces in British political life, and polling is how we listen to it. 053
Reposted by John DelaneyWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...portsmouth.co.ukProtestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotelMisinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel 921086480
Reposted by John DelaneyOwen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is that "vendor lock-in" problem you may have heard about Recent report from the SITC Committee committees.parliament.uk/committee/13... Particularly egregious because it's Palantir, obv #techpolicy #publicprocurement 044
Reposted by John DelaneyTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026'[Labour] has failed to act seriously to tackle the problem, whether through persuasion or the force of law. Instead, it has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point.' @stephenkb.bsky.social 👏 (but also 🤬)ft.comLabour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggeryA government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse 12511
Reposted by John DelaneyTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026On days like this, thank heavens for not-so-small mercies! 0103
Reposted by John DelaneyOld British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 07/09/2026[1965] Tomorrow's World - Pioneering sound engineer Delia Derbyshire, who realised Ron Grainer's Doctor Who Theme, shows how electronic sounds are produced and demonstrates the techniques used to build them into scores for the likes of Quatermass and the Pit. 27140
Reposted by John DelaneyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026All those British politicians like Badenoch and Farage who were such huge fans of Trump and Javier Milei should be asked repeatedly to state where they stand now... and what's changed 511414
Reposted by John DelaneyDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Afraid I profoundly disagree with this paper, the theory of performance management when turned into reality becomes one of the most divisive morale-ruining events in the calendar, an opportunity to let bullying run amok particularly with the fallacies of distribution curves. 1410119
Reposted by John DelaneyAbby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026No, and for same ontological and epistemological reasons Soviet socialism failed, because we are not God, we cannot read the future in our real, evolving, open-system world full of imaginative people… in short: because we do not live in a computable world…🤔 www.ft.com/content/cd3f...ft.comCould AI revive the socialist dream?Artificial intelligence has the potential to both reignite and overturn the century-old debate over central economic planning 2193
Reposted by John DelaneyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Many years ago, I wrote down this bit of a speech Obama gave to an audience in Silicon Valley. Because it absolutely NAILED the difference between government and business. 8407131
Reposted by John DelaneyRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 28/08/2026WTF 8925129
Reposted by John DelaneyEMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 27/08/2026Read more about Dame Janet Thornton’s illustrious career: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...ebi.ac.ukJanet Thornton retires: a pioneer in structural bioinformaticsIn recognition of Janet Thornton’s retirement, we look back at some of her biggest accomplishments shaping the field of bioinformatics. 022
Reposted by John DelaneyBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The two types of people in this world Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/uk-plugs/ 167810
Reposted by John DelaneyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Back when i was editor of @lonrec.bsky.social the BBC asked me during an interview if i thought the Elizabeth line would be Sadiq Khan's big legacy for London. i said: "no. it's ULEZ expansion." they looked at me like i had three heads. Every year though there's more and more proof I was right. 15934209
Reposted by John DelaneyDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/08/2026It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers. 304933935
Reposted by John DelaneyDeclan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026OMG actual Blackshorts! 1311237
Reposted by John DelaneyPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In my column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social this week, I look at the shitshow that is the "trial" of Anthony Fauci, and say that it needs to draw condemnation from the scientific community in the strongest terms. It's Stalinist stuff. www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...thenewworld.co.ukThe grotesque show trial of Anthony FauciThe White House’s chief medical adviser was not perfect during Covid, but science must resist his persecution by conspiracy-deranged Republicans 34315
Reposted by John DelaneySaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 11/08/2026BIG NEW piece by me. A few years ago, if you asked me to summarize my entire worldview in one article, I would’ve said it was too broad and too difficult. But this year, I decided to do it.worksinprogress.coEvery disease is a policy failureFew people know how much medicine has progressed in their lifetimes. Fewer know how much faster it could be progressing. 1327189
Reposted by John DelaneyAndrew R @excelpope.net · 12/08/2026Can't believe that Europe is getting the same eclipse as us. Was Brexit for nothing? 58021
Reposted by John DelaneyGrumio @grumio.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026There’s a certain irony in the owner of the Big Baps lay-by cafe complaining about doggers www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yo...examinerlive.co.ukPolice to investigate Brighouse 'dogging hotspot' behind Big Baps cafeOrganisations set to work together to 'address concerns' raised about the Brighouse 'dogging site' 56325
Reposted by John DelaneyDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"The objection appeared on page 75 of a press release in a section with a non-functioning hyperlink that takes the user back to the page they were on before." 1485
Reposted by John DelaneyRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable! 502301526
Reposted by John DelaneyCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 05/08/2026My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them. 2783362633
Reposted by John DelaneyJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 40845178