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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

this is not a problem you can fix with calm, reasoned debate. you can't even fix it by improving people's lives with policy. there is no clear, proven, non-violent solution to this issue. finding one is the most significant problem of our age.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 23/09/2026

The wild thing is that the owners are pretty much intentionally burning it to the ground because they've somehow convinced themselves that "make 1000% or higher profit margins and everyone loves you for doing it" is a shitty business model and they can do better.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 22/09/2026

Such a weird quirk that MPs or candidates are not required to live in the constituency they want to represent. Now, such requirements are typically easy to cheat where they exist – just rent a small flat, register, and never go there.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 20/09/2026

Merkel's total refusal to ever acknowledge a problem or try to fix anything is kind of radical in her own way. But that's very different from actively working towards a totalitarian fascist takeover.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 19/09/2026

Pretty brutal for anyone who still thinks mealy-mouthed centrism and "compromise" with the far right is the answer to anything.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 15/09/2026

I quite like “runs at least twice per hour until at least midnight” as a baseline definition of a real transit line. It's a useful level of service, not an unreasonable demand for more budget constrained systems, and excludes nonsense once-a-day vanity lines.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 14/09/2026

People want real risks taken seriously, but aren't worried about obviously made up fake risks. We pretend this is a mystery.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm so tired of people saying things without thinking about what the words coming out of their mouth mean!

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthubert.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As we are processing the disastrous Saxony-Anhalt election result, we're being flooded by people explaining why everyone voted like that. And I wrote earlier that the explanations tend to be wildly disparate, and can't all be true: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

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We don't know why people are voting like that, and the results are terrible - Bert Hubert's writings

We get tons of articles and reports explaining why people just voted like that. However, even for specific elections, these explanations are wildly inconsistent and can’t all be true. In essence, we d...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

2) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 04/09/2026

I have been a 1Password customer since 2006! My whole family is on it! I have moved multiple enterprises to it! Let me just tell you how stoked I am to move 20 years of shit because these people insist on being fascist assholes

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 02/09/2026

Google: “Hey, you wanna use Gemini?” Me: “No.” “But we put it in everything!” “I noticed, and I hate it.” “What if it had a paid endorsement from one of the creepiest people you know?” “… … Were you bonked on the head or something?”

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Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI

MrBeast’s videos are about to feature a lot more Gemini.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 01/09/2026

“Need to check your bag for drugs” My guy, if someone wants to get blasted at an @originstorypodcast.bsky.social live recording just let them. They sound cool.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 01/09/2026

Very funny case of economist brain; his argument is, basically: But if you ban this, people can't do it anymore! Surely an unintended side effect of the policy? Here's the thing though: they banned it because they don't want people doing it. That's the policy.

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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“people who want ever-lengthening sentences in the harshest possible conditions are the fantasists, since they leave us all with only two options - return prisoners to society as dangerous as before, or keep them inside for ever. “ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Why are prisons overcrowded? Because no government will stand up to the tabloids | Zoe Williams

Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high, writes Zoe Williams

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 26/08/2026

A lot of health systems around the world are really reluctant to pay for this shot; at minimum, it's usually age gated. If this link is confirmed, the reduction in CV issues alone would probably financially justify giving it to everyone, before even taking into account the shingles savings.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 26/08/2026

The first paragraph quoted is particularly delusional. Brussels has been clear that Youth Mobility is the minimum they need to see just to show the UK is finally willing to have an adult conversation. There are no concessions to be had “in exchange” for YM. It's just the ticket to get in the door.

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Matt Linton @amuse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I applaud sites/services who try to go "Passwordless" for security reasons but PLEASE, I'm begging y'all: Stop going passwordless with "We'll email/text you a sign-in confirmation every time you sign in". This adds a bunch of useless friction to an already-solved problem!

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 21/08/2026

More broadly, the defining character of our era is "person who chose 'Contrarian' as a career but is traumatised by people disagreeing with them"

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 18/08/2026

This may be too hard to implement because you'd need to keep track of all views, but a @bsky.app feature I would love is “Hide self-reposts of posts I've already seen”. Some of y'all are spammy.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 17/08/2026

“Huge row” is, of course, used in the usual British press sense: “One guy cares, and we made him up.” ☀️

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 13/08/2026

Because “You should pay a living wage, but it's okay to be racist about it” is just not a position anyone holds? Obviously?

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 11/08/2026

A pet peeve of mine about the "entitled" language is that big tech aggressively advertised these perks when hiring, and IMO workers are in the most literal sense of the word entitled to things they were expressly promised when recruited.

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Michael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In der CDU ist man immer noch der Meinung, Klimaschutz sei etwas, das man sich leistet, wenn es der Wirtschaft gut geht. Auf die Idee kann man eigentlich nur kommen, wenn man weder von Klimaschutz noch von Wirtschaft etwas versteht.

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Industrie: Teile der CDU wollen die Klimapolitik neu justieren

Wirtschaftsflügel und Arbeitnehmervertreter der CDU fordern eine neue Ausrichtung in Klimafragen zugunsten der Industrie. Am Mittwoch steht ein wichtiges Gespräch dazu an.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 31/07/2026

Real commu…uh, neoliberalism has never been tried.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 29/07/2026

A big part of this is hoping the airline will have them removed so they can join the “Help, help, I'm being oppressed” fundraising circus.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 21/07/2026

As a semi-frequent traveler, I don't really understand this advice. On the inbound, UK carriers will usually only open the bag drop at T-2h. So if you arrive 4h early, you're just standing around until the counter opens. Passport control is after security, this won't buy you any extra time there.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 21/07/2026

Me: Bluesky time! Give me your hottest takes. Bluesky: 0% VAT on energy should be means tested. Me: Ouch no that's a little too spicy 🥵

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 20/07/2026

The weird entitlement of British expats is never not funny. What do you mean I don't get the "people who live in Britain" rate just because I don't live in Britain?!

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 20/07/2026

“There are 20% of the electorate you absolutely cannot flip, ever, no matter what you do and about 70% on their knees begging for anyone at all to make them a credible offer. Which group do you want to target? Keep in mind more votes is better.” How does everyone keep failing this test?

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Here’s hoping - we won’t survive this year without more TF subscribers however. Spread the word

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 19/07/2026

Thread. If Johnson was actively trying to be the wrongest anyone's ever been about history, philosophy, ethics, and politics, I'd call it a good effort.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 18/07/2026

Same for EU really. Never be afraid to tell companies they can't do crimes. It's fine.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 17/07/2026

Reverse a 50-year project to systematically dismantle Britain in half a term? Gonna go with “probably not”, but best of luck!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Anyway I see the same thing happening in the Climate Doom people. There's this very visceral and convincing version of the world that they had envisioned that would require some very painful moral choices to adapt to, and it turns out "batteries + solar" are basically able to fix the problem.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 13/07/2026

Any "you can be here, but we won't support you" solution has an obvious "and then what?" problem. Just be here, homeless, and starving? Beggars and rough sleepers everywhere would be immensely unpopular, it smells of failed state. Putting them in camps is much more expensive than normal benefits.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 08/07/2026

His answer is, basically, “I don't even know how to spell self-respect.”

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 08/07/2026

Watching everyone figure out that the correct answer was “No, we're not doing that, you clown” was honestly quite beautiful. They all got there.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 06/07/2026

I will be so annoyed if he pulls an Aunt Theresa. We don't have *time* for that! Starmer has frittered away two whole years!

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Why a General Election is More Likely Than You Think

YouTube video by TLDR News

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 06/07/2026

Yes, and, for crying out loud, move it out of a converted flat in an old town house! We have invented the office building! The Kanzleramt may not be pretty, but at least it's a workplace.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 04/07/2026

There are many issues here, but one is that the common process is to send first month's rent + deposit + fees to the letting agency. They are supposed to forward the deposit part to the protection scheme.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20/06/2026

every single study done on this shows that the actual best behavior is done under consistent pseudonyms and people behave worse under real names it’s counterintuitive but at this point the real names thing is willful denial of evidence

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 20/06/2026

It's true, and if you're wondering how it's possible to sell that for millions, you need to understand just how bad governments are at buying IT. "It kinda sorta works, partially, some of the time" literally makes it the best digital thing they've bought in thirty years. They love it.

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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I frequently criticise #ukgov, but this looks good, assuming it all happens: well done

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 12/06/2026

He keeps trying to do the cynical politician thing of, I know this is bad but at least it's popular, and completely missing that whatever he's talking about is also incredibly unpopular.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 06/06/2026

It's all manipulative marketing. “I'm not sure you can be trusted to have this super powerful technology” makes people want it more, and makes them forget to question if it actually is powerful at all.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/06/2026

Anyway... I found it ironic that this piece, which is from 1970 (at which point the maximum copyright term would have been... 56 years... which, oh, hey, 2026!) and argues that copyright is too strict for academic works in particular, including works to be read on computer... is not widely available

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 03/06/2026

If I had a nickel for every time a Home Secretary gets photographed in She Wolf of the SS cosplay in front of some barracks…I'd have three more nickels than you'd think.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 27/05/2026

Not only does "more coding AI" not imply "more good new features", "more good new features" doesn't even imply "happier users". One of the biggest complaints is "Why do my apps change all the time, for seemingly no reason?"

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