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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Every now and then on NextDoor, I get accused of writing 'war and peace' style essay or accused of using AI to write for me because I wrote a comment that was three or more paragraphs long... and I think that says something bad about many people's reading level.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I like to think of these as my 'butch' and 'femme' looks

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Random modern board game evangelism: modern board games are to Risk, Monopoly, & Cluedo what modern computer games are to Pong, Space Invaders, & Pac-Man. If you only know the classics, then you'd be surprised at what modern games have to offer. boardgamegeek.com/browse/board...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

People persistently believe that crime is going up, but it actually peaked in the UK (and also the USA) in the 1990s, and has been falling since. This is actually a pretty good era of British history in terms of violent crime, burglaries, and similar policinginsight.com/feature/anal...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

People who dislike AI have a variety of reasons for doing so. The water/energy waste objection specifically does not make sense when you dig into the numbers though. Other objections require their own discussion, but the environmental objection is misplaced. andymasley.substack.com/p/a-short-su...

andymasley.substack.com

A short summary of my argument that using ChatGPT isn't bad for the environment

To share with anyone still worried

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

(In the UK): From 1968 to 1988, the richest in society got more rich quicker than the poorest of society. From 1988 to 2024, the poorest got richer faster than the richest. ourworldindata.org/grapher/thre...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Some people are using the flag as a symbol for being anti-refugee and anti-migrant, but there's nothing inherently hateful or callous about the flag. The flag is nothing more or less than the choices that we make as a nation, so let's make choices that we can be proud of.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Modern life could and should be better. We've put too many roadblocks in the path of our own success. However, modern life is also better than what we had before. Pre-industrial society was a nightmare of death, misery, and poverty.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”…

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Calculating national/global scale consumption/emissions and then comparing it to something human scale seems really common in environmental messaging, but it distorts our perceptions of what is and us not high impact andymasley.substack.com/p/my-can-of-...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I've seen multiple content creators on YouTube complain about the environmental cost of ChatGPT and I suspect they are unaware that the are throwing stones in glass houses? Streaming is much more energy intensive than ChatGPT? andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sh...

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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...

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Greens need to fall on the right side of the coming pylon wars

The energy transition will need major infrastructure. It's vital Greens don't oppose it.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 04/06/2025

Absolutely brilliant graphic 👏👏👏👏

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Some think that being pro-bike is about being anti-car and 'forcing' people to give up their car and get on a bike... but, if you pay attention to the language commonly used, it's actually about encouraging people to ~choose~ to walk, bike, or take public transport by making those attractive options

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Things people recognise increase housing prices: (1) Increased demand from migrants, students, & tourists (2) Reduced supply due to homes being used as AirBnBs (instead of being rented/sold) Things people don't recognise as decreasing housing prices: (3) Increasing supply by building more homes

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Gen Z, a much maligned and panicked-about generation, are behind a remarkable collapse in weekend violence. Great reporting from @fransham.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

If you feel inclined to criticise and disagree with someone online, it's always best to try to do so without mockery, insult, or hostility. The more angry you are in your attack, the more embarrassing it will be if you make an error, and the harder it will be to admit that error.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Good video about underappreciated policies and laws that save hundreds of thousands of lives, but don't have emotional impact because we can't say which lives were saved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndeB...

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No One Knows When They Don't Die

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The NHS is no longer providing me with free covid vaccinations, so I just got home from a private vaccination from Boots. Bit pricey at ~£100, but I suspect that I'd gladly pay that to reduce the severity of the symptoms if I were ever to catch Covid again www.boots.com/online/pharm...

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Boots PharmacyBoots Pharmacy

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I don't know why this is funny, but somehow it is. It surprises me that there's an Insta account that is popular just by posting it every single day. I guess more people know more philosophy than I imagine? www.instagram.com/p/DFbuxuLObG...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

France stands out as an example of what can be achieved in reducing fossil fuel dependence. We should all be looking at replicating their success lowcarbonpower.org/chart

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This is worse when you consider sample bias: if we expect people who apply to and are accepted into university to be at least a little more bright and ambitious (on average) than the median non-graduate, then we'd expect them to get higher salaries regardless www.ft.com/content/cd13...

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Is the UK failing its graduates?

Young people are bearing the brunt of a long-term slowdown in the labour market, data shows

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I'm seeing a lot of criticism online about how awful Net Zero is, so I thought I'd check public opinion... and it turns out that it's actually very popular? yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Hamas surely belongs on the proscribed organisations list given that it has: (a) has committed terrorist attacks (b) is a major impediment to peace between Palestine and Israel www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Non-philosophers are sometimes surprised at how popular compatibilism is with academics, but it helps to 'free will' and instead ask whether causation/necessity/determinism is incompatible with decision/choice/responsibility and it becomes clearer? survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/resul...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

If this prediction were true (still too early for anything to be reliable) then it would seem unlikely that a majority government could be formed? • Conservative (156) + Reform (167) = 323 seats • Labour (199) + Lib (84) + SNP (43) = 326 seats www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_m...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This likely won't translate into the same distribution of seats (the Reform vote is split over too many constituencies) but it's not good news.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

There may be other reasons to not approve of ChatGPT, but the energy use argument doesn't seem to have a lot of merit... it doesn't use much energy compared to other common energy uses? andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sh...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I'm really hoping that the attempt to whitewash right-wing bigotry and politics under the guise of feminism and concern for women doesn't work as well for other right-wing causes as it has for transphobia.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In fairness to the Reform candidate, there's no sensible reason to complain about student migration into the UK, which basically acts to subsidise education for UK students. Without International students, we would have to look at hiking student fees for UK students.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This seems to go beyond removing protections, rights, and entitlements and into the area of actively banning trans women from women's spaces (so that venue owners, events organisers, and sports leagues can't be trans-inclusive even if that's what they want to do) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It seems odd that free trade between the USA and the UK would depend on agreeing on the specifics of how free speech vs hate speech should work. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Low birth rates and longer life spans mean that a higher proportion of our society is over the age of 65. This means that the per person cost of old age healthcare and pension benefits goes up, which is why pensions are such a huge part of government spending now. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Discussion on how US tariffs might affect the Board Game Industry www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJfu...

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A Bohnanza of Tariffs: Trade in Games and Life

YouTube video by BoardGameGeek

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Seems to be the trend, so I gave ChatGPT a few photos of me and asked it to make an action figure image of me

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I'm sometimes accused of pushing a 'Net Zero' agenda when I talk about urban density, walkability, congestion, and local economics... but it's odd because I don't think I talk about that aspect that much? I'm more interested in the economics and transport network aspect?

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Oven Crypts seem like the YIMBY choice for urban burial spaces :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A6K...

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Oven Crypts of New Orleans

YouTube video by Caitlin Doughty

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

'Academic freedom' tends to imply a kind of 'right to a job' that other freedoms and liberties don't (e.g. freedom of speech give you the right to say racist things, but doesn't protect you from being fired by your employer for racist speech). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 01/04/2025

The more land we exclusively dedicate to parking, the less land there is for housing. It's that simple.

Venn diagram that says on the left 'I want Abundant Free Parking", in the middle it says 'Does Not Exist', and on the right it says 'I Want Affordable Housing'

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Scott Alexander talks about AI and the 'semantic apocalypse' in 'The Colors of Her Coat' www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-colors...

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The Colors Of Her Coat

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

There's in having a clear sense of political ideology that guides your politics, but this idea that every political issue has to be intimately linked with every other needs to get in the bin (in this case, housing policy doesn't have to be linked to your view on the Israel/Palestine conflict)

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

People often ponder leaving their home nation and migrating somewhere nicer in the wake of a divisive political outcome, but I suspect it mostly amounts to nothing (people just get over it). My suspicion is that academics are more likely to follow through www.ft.com/content/541b...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Twenty years ago, an STI test involved a doctor putting a cotton bud (Q-tip) into a place that you don't want one. Then it changed and you could just pee in a cup. Now you can order a (free!) at-home test. That's impressive progress. www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk/stis/testing...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

There's lots of people angry about non-stopping through traffic being redirected from my local high street onto the nearby bypass road via a bus gate, but people tend to like low-traffic areas once they are built.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A School local to me has decided not to have an Easter parade and to not have a school visit to a church service, thus kicking off the 'they're cancelling Easter' nonsense for this year. www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2503122...

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Some people will move into a new neighbourhood, campaign AGAINST new housing being built, and then blame the rising rents (caused principally because of demand increasing faster than supply) and then accuse other people of being gentrifiers. If you can't tolerate new housing, then maybe stay away?

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Some people will say that a political, economic, or environment issue is akin to genocide or is an existential risk, but will also refuse to act like it. They won't make sacrifices in their lives, they won't work with people they don't like, and they will be hostile to non-radical solutions.

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Jamie H @wight1984.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

App that tracks how many months of your expected lifespan you have so far used. Makes me feel like I should do something good this weekend, although I'm probably having a quiet one in by myself painting minis 😄

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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Unnecessary forced parking reduces the tax base and results in an ugly, crumbling city.

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