Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Next week: The Holocaust was a missed opportunity. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Was being facetious, obviously Starmer would never do something so ostentatious. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think it's inconceivable that a party leader would have stepped down as an MP only to fight his own seat to prove a point. 120
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Not the best sales pitch - "the world should suffer so that I can be rich." 041
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Pyramid by William Golding The Disappearers by Marlon James Empire of AI by Karen Hao 010
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not even making the effort to come up with plausible bullshit. 040
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026People confusing yields with coupons. Just because bond prices have gone down doesn't mean mortgage rates should increase. 100
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Definitely a female couple in the last series, one of them terminally ill. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, because raising taxes isn't at all politically difficult and can never be reversed by rightwingers. 211
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So then pensions and other benefits should be more focused towards the people who actually need it, but see the outrage that Starmer and Reeves faced when trying to means test winter fuel allowance. 100
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That's underestimating the effects of compounding, and also not taking into account there will be more pensioners, plus they live longer, and fewer people working - the dependency ratio is getting far worse because of increased lifespans and declining birthrates. 210
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People aren't allowed to say Michaelmas any more! It's just 'Happy autumn quarter day' now. 1232
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026John of John by Douglas Stuart Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn Breaking by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Mic Wright 141
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Why do people post up clipped text without saying who wrote it? Is it some sort of hack insider game? 010
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He's very Uriah Heep, I've seen him in person (at a parkrun - he's actually a decent runner) and thought the same, he's very small and ingratiating. 040
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Vets are a racket now. And this is where our healthcare will be if we don't watch out. 110
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Doesn't that contradict your first post? They're giving away tickets because they can't sell them, and better to have full houses than part empty ones. If they were financially successful, it would cost them money to give away tickets. 270
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don't forget the floating asylum hostel ships, as nobody wants them in their town. Bringing shipbuilding back to Britain! 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Drinking is allowed in football grounds, apart from European matches (under UEFA regulations), clubs sell beer before the match and at halftime. Fans turn up to matches pissed anyway. It's not as if they're all dry now. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There isn't actually a ban on drinking alcohol at football stadiums, you just can't do it in the stands or seats. You can do it in the bars underneath/behind the stands before the match and at half time. 001
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Those that want to do it get pissed up before the match anyway, although a bit harder for midweek post-work games. European matches have alcohol bans by UEFA regulations. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sort of the point. Also not a reason to give up on King Lear (from which it's derived) 110
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Do you call her viscous because she's thick and runs slowly? 1370
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not AI: www.strikegently.co/products/hor...strikegently.coStrike Gently - Horse Pin1.25 inchesHard enamel with gold platingDeluxe clasp backingShipped with love from our warehouse in LA. 100
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Well no, overwhelmingly he was known as the Flying Finn, never heard the Phantom Finn before, but it's not worth a debate. 200
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blood and Treasure by @duncanweldon.bsky.social John of John by Douglas Stuart Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn 011
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jared Kushner will discover it first and build on it. 020
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bear in mind also that pretty much all the growth in the US economy is coming from tech investment. Once that blows up, there's little underneath. 110
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, there will be a trigger point - a couple of years ago it looked like the collapse of SVB might be it, but that was backstopped. This is far worse, with circular financing, mutual investments and gains in those being used to boost profits and therefore stock prices, plus debt. It's a jenga tower 2211
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think people know, it's more obvious than the subprime crisis was, and people knew there was something coming then too. But again, while the music's playing, they have to keep dancing. 3576
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Someone once stood as a Literal Democrat in a seat that was tight between the LibDems and the Tories. He won 10,000 votes. The Tory majority was 700. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...en.wikipedia.orgRichard Huggett (political candidate) - Wikipedia 041
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026but that doesn't actually prevent bad stuff from happening, it just means a big company might be sued for it afterwards. And then it's a toss-up as to whether they'd lose the action, having the better lawyers and more money to defend. And if people have died, there's no recompense for that. 000
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was listening to Adam Tooze's podcast on AI yesterday and he was speculating on how the potential risks of AI might be valued on a balance sheet - or indeed paid out on if they come to pass. In the contexts of regulation, many of the big companies believe in self-regulation by fear of legal action 100
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You know what also wouldn't be made? Triumph of the Will. Woke gone mad. 040
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Well aware of his background. But it's telling that the same criticisms are levelled against people like Boris Johnson, fucking off to earn money after being PM, but if it's against Sunak, it must be racism, and Sunak should be given credit for still being an MP, despite not actually doing the job. 001
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just as easy to say any criticism of an Indian man is racist. 100
