Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 31/07/2026youtu.be/be6emoLhZhUyoutu.beSpaceAcre - Houseplants (Official Video)YouTube video by SpaceAcre 000
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 22/07/2026“Ultimately, Eric Lai, a senior research fellow at Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said the inquiry was unlikely to claim any senior government scalps, he added. “They don’t want the public to feel they have the power to remove their leaders.”ft.com‘Litany of failures’ behind Hong Kong’s worst tragedy in decadesLawyers investigating the fire that killed 168 people point to ‘unscrupulous’ contractors and ‘systemic’ issues with regulation 000
Reposted by Tony BarrettJules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026‘The Wang Fuk Court fire was preventable but not prevented. It was foreseeable but not foreseen’ www.ft.com/content/b0dc... ‘Litany of failures’ behind Hong Kong’s worst tragedy in decadesft.com‘Litany of failures’ behind Hong Kong’s worst tragedy in decadesLawyers investigating the fire that killed 168 people point to ‘unscrupulous’ contractors and ‘systemic’ issues with regulation 032
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-uk-is-...noahpinion.blogThe UK is a cautionary tale for the U.S.Learning from Britain's missteps doesn't mean looking down on them. 000
Reposted by Tony BarrettMarios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · 19/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/mariosri... Tldr; I don't think the 1930s/2010-2020s are exceptional, I think it's 1945-1985 that's weird - that's the period where Authoritarian voters *aren't* voting for Authoritarian parties - which I'd describe as the Surprisingly Long Suppression of the Radical Right.open.substack.comMy Theory of the (Re)Growth of the Radical RightThe Radical Right - aka Extreme Right/Hard Right/Far Right - is a party family that has been studied pretty continuously since 1945[1]. 1212136
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026@mariosrichards.bsky.social I don't *think* this precludes predispositions or relatively stable traits. Maybe individuals are given licence to voice their predispositions to a greater or lesser extent depending on common knowledge of local norms 110
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026@hugoreasoning.bsky.social @dansperber.bsky.social 000
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I liked it when Effective Altruists just suggested donating bed nets to end malaria “Intergalactic war is probably billions of years away — yet physics can already tell us how it ends. And strangely that conclusion is relevant to decisions people have to make today.” 80000hours.org/podcast/epis...80000hours.orgWe can guess what intergalactic war would look like. And strangely, it matters. | 80,000 Hours 020
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAndy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir StarmerExpected candidate in Makerfield byelection says party ‘needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust’ 000
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 18/04/2026www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...swissinfo.chMillions of dollars linked to Magnitsky fraud case leave SwitzerlandA Russian national linked to the Magnitsky money laundering case transferred at least CHF 6 million from UBS accounts in Switzerland, despite a recent Federal Court ruling that could have led to the c... 000
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 18/04/2026www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...swissinfo.chHow Switzerland got caught in the Magnitsky case – againSwitzerland’s controversial handling of the Magnitsky Affair, a vast Russian money-laundering scheme, is back in focus. 010
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026@polphilpod.bsky.social 'what did you do to make him kill you' politics bsky.app/profile/mark... 031
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Flipside to the comparisons posted on here with Grenfell is that people weren’t arrested for sedition for setting up a petition seeking accountability www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...theguardian.comAnger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountability 010
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 26/11/2025@hugoreasoning.bsky.social @dansperber.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Tony BarrettStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Really good @londoncentric.media today that explains why London's major train stations are thronged by faux-charities:londoncentric.mediaWhy can't anyone stop the fundraisers outside London stations?Inside Success and WeRBlighty have broken the law with their fundraising activities. So why are they are allowed to continue operating outside the capital's busiest railway stations? 65212
Reposted by Tony BarrettSean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 13/07/2025My beloved father in law Ranjith Chandrapala drove a bus that stopped at Ealing Hospital. He continued to do so throughout the pandemic’s first wave until he caught covid himself and died, in that very same hospital. Many very ordinary heroes risked their lives for things others took for granted. 213330
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 24/06/2025youtu.be/J-Ha-zuYBvE?...youtu.beSwiss Political Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte: Cartoons and the fight for press freedomYouTube video by SWI swissinfo.ch - English 020
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Lol 🎁 Gift Link: Trump Floats Possible Exceptions to 10% Baseline Tariff www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 030
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Highlighting this thread from Marios (this particular skeet just happens to be one that stops the thread breaking) in case of interest for @polphilpod.bsky.social as I think it fits w/ stuff Toby says on US, here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/mapping www.liberalcurrents.com/author/toby/politicalphilosophypodcast.comMAPPING THE ANTI-TRUMP COALITIONI share a new political spectrum for the anti-trump coalition and use it to think through questions like: Why did the democtratic vote decline from 2020 to 2024, what's gone wrong for liberal messagin... 270
Reposted by Tony BarrettAndrew West 魏安 @babelstone.co.uk · 07/02/2025For the Spring Holiday of 1985, during our year studying at the Beijing Language Institute (2nd year of SOAS Chinese degree course), my roommate (APB) and me decided to go on a big adventure overland from Chengdu to Lhasa 1/🧵 39916
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts, Episode 1The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022. 030
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Another good discussion of the culture and politics of Chinese open source AI; Deepseek; geopolitics link.chtbl.com/chinatalk podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...podcasts.apple.comGREAT EP: DeepSeek: What It Means and What Happens NextPodcast Episode · ChinaTalk · 30/01/2025 · 1h 12m 020
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 26/01/2025www.chinatalk.media/p/deepseek-c... “As a first step to understanding what’s in the water at Deepseek, we’ve translated a rare, in-depth interview with CEO Liang Wenfeng, originally published this past July on a 36Kr sub-brand.”chinatalk.mediaDeepseek: The Quiet Giant Leading China’s AI RaceAnnotated translation of its CEO's deepest interview 040
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 23/01/2025If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. 150
Reposted by Tony BarrettToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Loads more interviews, solo episodes, & commentary coming in the new year that I'm excited to share If you enjoy my stuff, please consider supporting for any amount - I don't do any adds, so this lets me keep doing what I do: www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...patreon.comGet more from The Political Philosophy Podcast on PatreonCreating Podcasts 166
Reposted by Tony BarrettPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Takeaway from crazy news day: need to relearn lessons of Trump 2016 Ignore vast swathes of what passes for ‘news’ Trump wanging on about Greenland and Panama is noise. Ditto Musk’s latest disorientation post on X. Zuckerberg gutting content moderation and kissing the ring is signal though. 1030180
Reposted by Tony Barrettjoocifer @joocifer.bsky.social · 07/01/2025It's mostly this ^ . Trump himself - and now Musk - get endless amusement by watching 'the left' and most media get worked up into a tizzy about something they just pull out of their ass and post. Stop taking it literally. Stop fretting about inconsequential nonsense. > 021
Reposted by Tony BarrettJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 02/01/2025It’s three months since I launched London Centric, so here’s what’s happened and a little bit on what’s next. open.substack.com/pub/londonce...open.substack.comThe best of London Centric, so farThe investigations, exclusives, and intrigue you might have missed. 57818
Reposted by Tony BarrettChris Thorburn @cbthorburn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024SIMPLY HAVING A 10934846810809
Reposted by Tony BarrettToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Some new Patreon supporters, thank you so much! - your support lets me do the show without any commercial ads If you like the show, consider chipping in for any amount: www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcastpatreon.comGet more from The Political Philosophy Podcast on PatreonCreating Podcasts 032
Reposted by Tony BarrettToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Matt @mattpolprof.bsky.social was recently on the podcast discussing liberal socialism This is a good quick primer on the main figures in that tradition: 1103
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Another America m.youtube.com/shorts/bzRU-...m.youtube.comWinter Tour 2025 on sale now! We’re coming home to California (mostly)YouTube video by AJ Lee & Blue Summit 010
Reposted by Tony BarrettMarios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · 09/11/2024There is an issue that a desire to Be Empathetic/See Both Sides often collides with human laziness to turn into "I will Do Empathy To You by choosing to imagine you in terms I find easy to empathise with - probably you're poor, that's why you did it! - not miserable confusing research". 141
Reposted by Tony BarrettAaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Just after the 2016 election, Jon Lovett made the point that Democrats needed to distinguish between what *offends* people and what *affects* them 2102
Tony Barrett @tonybarrett.bsky.social · 02/11/2024When the Guardian makes a cut and paste error in the sentence about a cut and paste error… “after a member of their team had team cut and paste the notice for the event last year” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...theguardian.comPakistani firm apologises for directing Dubliners to nonexistent Halloween eventThousands lined streets of Irish capital waiting for wrongly advertised parade after website’s ‘human error’ 030
